got this little xr2i on wednesday and it is very clean but needs a couple of bits doing


as i got it






all day thursday concentrating on the paint finish


here are a few pics of the results


started with snowfoam


then a full machine polish using 3m fast cut on green 3m pad ,followed by fine finish 3m on yellow 3m pad and waxed using autoglym hd wax


here is wax curing



then some nice shiny shots













and a very very clean interior



then friday was mechanical day ,when driving it home felt a bit vague on steering so checked it over to find both bottom wishbones knackered, both front shocks knackered and a worn front wheel bearing :doublesho ,i have now replaced these and had it tracked up and it now drives as nice as it looks :thumb:

spent rest of the day cleaning the engine bay sorry no before shots (forgot) still a couple of little bits to do but deffinately presentable now :thumb:





today was a bit more attention to detail


exhaust after a quick clean the other day




exhaust after a couple of hours cleaning and polishing





and a couple of hours on years of grease and road grime inside door shuts and ended up with this






cheers for reading all comments welcome

 

now thats a clean car mate, looks a1

 

Looking very nice mate

 

Very nice

 

looks awesome.... exactly how it should look!

 

Very nice

 

that looks very tidy

 

Looks good. Needs a set of amber indicators.

 

cheers guys your comments are much appreciated , when i got the car it came with the standard xr2i alloys, springs and front amber indicators , in 2 minds weather to resort car back to original spec or leave as is what are your thoughts.


cheers dav

 

Wow that's clean. I would take her back to standard if it was my car.

 

Back to original, not many left, awesome looking car well done

 

looks stunning mate top job

i would put it back to standard as there rare now

 

As it looks 100% mint bodywise, I'd make this a concourse car if I could

 

Looks very tidy that! Would go for a set of saph shark tooth wheels, they look good on mk3 fiestas. Paint the rear drums black too!

 

Stunning mate.

 

Minter. Good work

 

amazing

 

Awsome matey! Love a xr2i. Theres one just came in at my scrappy, completly standard in red, now its already been trashed!

Id put it back to original if i were you, definatly! Oh yeah and do the drums and calipers black!

Get some more pics up!!

 

cheers mate will do

need some pics of it out and about ,i don't half get some looks in it

 

I love it. Really considering getting rid of my xr3i for one!
Yeah i can imagine you do!
Any plans for it?
Underside resto would be good!

 

not really mate ,will probably go back to stock with it , as for underside resto dont know ,like to use them and i f i went down that route the car would never leave the garage ,will be taking it to a couple of local events this year,got one in 3 weeks so see how it goes down there.

 

Yeah i suppose your right, if its too good you won't use it!

Take it back too stock would be good!

I bet the underside isnt too bad looking at the bay etc

How many owners it had? If you don't mind me asking what did you pay for it?

 

yer underside is clean ,has had a bit of welding but to a good standard ,has had 7 owners but 3 in last 12 months.


came with a set of five standard alloys with as new tyres, standard springs and a spare new windscreen all for measley sum of














Ł850

 

Lovely little XR2i that ! Definately back to standard for me including rims....

 

Bargain if you ask me! Definatly standard wheels back on and ambers!

These should start to go up in value next few years!

 

decided to make a start cleaning and tidying the under arches and getting rid of the horrible red callipers

so here it is before




horrible red callipers cant believe he painted over retaining springs





nasty red all gone





all painted and cleaned






and all back together , only another three corners to do now

 

just completed my callipers,drums and cleaning under arches just fitted my latest purchase see if you can spot it ,also got another coat of hd wax on it

 

Cheeky ford sticker on caliper there! Cars looking wicked fairplay keep it up :thumbs:

And mudflaps??

 

Looking good matey love the look of this car for some reason!

Looks so much better now they are black!

 

That looks stunning matey.I really like that.

 

cheers guys ,think its loads better with the black ,went for a satin finish rather than gloss black looks much better than the red effort that was on there ,also thought the ford badge would set them off without being too in your face and not look too tacky