Hi everyone, i have recently purchased a rs turbo fiesta which has been lowered and sitting on spax springs and shocks,the problem is at my ripe old age i'm finding it a bit to low Lol,has anyone got any idear how i can find out how much it has been lowered without striping half the cars suspension down? Also i live in croyden and would be interested in meeting any members for a beer or a coffee to compare cars,tips ect and just have a laugh,i like all fords regardless of age and my son has an escort rs turbo which some of you may have seen on the oddkidd stand, look forward to hearing from people with a common interest in great cars,thanks Cliff

 

Just post a picture of the car from the side. Its pretty easy to tell how much its been lowered from a picture.

 

o.k. will try and post a couple of pics at the weekend once i,ve gone at it with the polish,could'nt post pics of a dirty car

 

i dont seem to be able to add the pics of my car can anyone tell me what to do? come on guys help the old boy out i'm still struggling with abacus i gess the computer will come easier once i've mastered that lol,cliff

 

Upload the pictures to here:

www.tinypic.com

Then post the [img] link.

 

i hope the picture comes out this time

 

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thanks fella seem to have got it that time

 

That looks like it has been lowered -35mm.

Has it been reshelled? As it doesn't have the rear pop out windows.

 

blimmy thats good! And yes it has the guy who had the original car had a very good low milage car that basically roted around him which as we know is typical of the mk3 so he purchased an xr2i shell and swopped it all over,shame its not an rst on the v5 but the shell is the same and she has only done 70,000 miles,i have the the mot's for the original car to prove this, i wounder if there is a way of getting the log book changed,do you know if it is possible to change the rear windows over? thanks a million you have been a great help,cliff

 

Windows are as easy as remove and replace. Finding a set is the more difficult bit. I have a set on mine, but I need to find some new rubber seals!

 

yer there are a couple being broke on ebay at the moment and they have the rubbers i think if not i know a guy who fits windscreens he might know somewhere that does em let me know if you dont have any luck mate also jano at oddkidd creations has just broke a fiesta rst

 

hi ive just bought a fessy turbo and mines in red as well but think mine seen better days any way ive seen some rear windows on ebay .

what size rims are they are they 15's if so mine don't seam as low

 

yes they are 15s but the car has been lowered as well, when you say yours has seen better days just what is wrong with it? is it a runner or a project

 

hi its a runner but the last owners have boged alot of things on it and the paint work is faded a bit you could say its a project but ment to be my daily drive bit silly to have bought a car thats now needing some work .

body work is good no welding needed just oil leak and its smoking ive posted a question on Q&A for advice ,my breaks are good on the front think that handbrake needs adjusting think the od bush needs doing and the car seams lower at the back i am in two minds to ither by two new standard dampers for the back see if that levers it out or it could be od size springs which wouldn't suprise me.

Its had t3 converstion but not done the best way they have left off the water cooling pipes for the turbo who ever did it hope fully the thread hole are not too rusted up so can fit water pipes and the other bodge was the alternator they have fitted a muti v belt pully and alternator but the alternator was just resting wegde by a peice of wood away from the sump

ive just started on the sump its got a leak that will be fun while i was takeing alternator off will change it all back to right single pully

 

it dont sound to bad mate remember these are getting very rare so if its a solid shell its worth doing, shame you dont live a bit closer would love to help out,mine has the standard t2 turbo but mate dose she fly dont see the need to go to a t3,good luck cliff

 

I have a spare set of standard springs!

 

You should post on www.fiestaturbo.com/forums

Will get much better info on there.

 

ok feind thanks yet again

 

did u buy this from Mayfield in east sussex?

 

yes mate i did,do you know the car?