Needed a diesel car for work so got this,
Its a focus 1.8 tddi CL model, basic spec, but this makes it more fun to build









First of all added the tddi badge,


then added ghia rear noot handle

Clear side repeters and lx trims


Had a mess

Ghia dash trim



Ghia leather steering wheel




Colorcoded front bumper trims



Colorcoded grille,


Sidelights


interior light


Front foglights, and refitted front rubber splitter







For now thats it, owned it since 25th of may and i'm happy

its really economical for what i need and hopefully will look good in time,
hoping to get wheels next

miss my mondeo tho

 

Also being the basic model it diden't have remote locking,
So after abit of resarch i found out it needed the control box, first i got one from a mk1 but that was diffrent as mines mk1.5 diffrent box, went to a fordspares place who ggave me a mk3 mondeo one to try, it worked fine and now i also have lane chane feature, wiper on when reversing in rain feature lol but best of all i could program this



New ford flip key, grey mod love it

 

Step up from the old escort estate pal like the key mod

 

Lol too right, had loads of motors since that, few hatchback escorts fiestas ka mondeo, 2 astras ect, ill have to post them all up sometime

Well receved my foglight switch yesterday so just fitted that

old


New


Test, perfect, had all wireing there,


Led numberplate lights

 

Nice clean focus

 

Cheers mate, well my handles arrived so fitted them this morning, only pics atm

Also painted my boot handle Silver







Foglight bulbs. ordering headlights soon

 

Side view colorcoded handles



the rear





ST170 Lower grill

 

Nicely done.

 

Picked thease up and took old ones off





And fitted depos aswell and the finished result colorcoded strips





alloys saturday morning wooooo

 

I absolutely LOVED my Mk1 TDDi Focus CL....200k on her and still went like a train. Until some cunt in an artic on the M1 drove over the front of her really miss that car. My replacement Mondeo is a bloody good car and goes like stink but I preferred driving my old Focus.

 

i love it too mate, i had a mk3 mondeo before this and i prefer this to it

 

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Why have you put the headunit fascia at the top? It's meant to go underneath.

 

I love the mrk1 focus aswell im on number 5 now lol

Miss my ghia mrk1 estate tddi awesome motor, immaculate had full leather me and missus broke up let her have it and it got fuckin rear ended 2 weeks later

Now i have another but cl spec tddi again, 150k on clock drivers super mint just done pump and belts etc etc, just wish it had the ghia extras and toys hey hoo i bought it for pennies so not throwing money at it adding the extras id rather just get a cleaner model...... i personally am always looking for the saloon model that an old farts had and kept garaged so its a minter .... there was a stunner a few weeks ago in red aswell ghia spec etc etc

superb cars

 

It doesnt go underneath the headunit mate he has it the correct way round

 

No it isn't....

 

Sterio facia only fits at top on focus,

csm yeah mines on 134k now its a soldier just done 200 miles going getting my wheels today, did it with no problems

Heres some new pics how she currently stands












they need a refurb but they was a bargin

 

Love a silver mk1.5. Miss mine.

 

Cheers mate

Few updates since last post

White badge gel overlays





Mudflaps fitted



Ghia chrome handles



Black engine head



Old Interior out



Ghia velour interior in











Autodim rearview mirror



Hit this



Resulting in this



So bought thease


ST170 suspension ready to fit, this will lower the car 30mm



Detailing,

Clayed, Polished, High gloss protect, Dodo juice diamond white sealent, results are awesome





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Shes come a long way now since i bought her in may

 

Looks great

 

Thats well cool matey.I think focus,es look miles better with a colour coded grill.Did you paint it yourself.Was the bottom st grill easy to fit.

 

very nice mate keep up the good work

 

The wifes radio surround is in the other way round. Have you got an adjustable intermittent wiper stalk fitted? I fitted one to the wifes focus.

 

Mine and the wifes focus.

https://passionford.com/forum/pictur...g-special.html

 

just masked it up then painted it mate, and the bottom st grille is easy to fit mate

 

Very nice mate, I like this a lot.

Benni

 

ST170 Suspension fitted on front by me today

up she goes





out comes the old leg



st leg in place and drpped down,


pass side



level ground now

 

Well shes lowerd all round now and now has black eye headlights fitted,

 

Looks really good, where did you get the autodim mirror from?

 

Lovely transformation that the small mods have made.


Cheers,
Grant

 

Makes you wonder why Ford even bothered with all the basic crap. Car looks lovely now well done

 

Amazing transformation. Small question, where was the mondeo photo taken? Looks like that is the A628 or the A6024. Where you based?

 

Very nice thread mate

 

Cheers mate, the first few pics of the focus are in the same place lol,

i don't know the road name but it leads to ripponden road in oldham, come off at saddleworth junction on the m62

i'm based in manchester mate

 

MK3 mondeo ghia x, early one

 

my misses has got a mk1.5 and the alarm control module has 5 plugs that go in it, tryed the ususal focus upgrade from a mk1 and it didnt fit because its one big plug, so you rekon i can use a mk3 mondeo straight fit? dont want to knacker the car up. thanks

 

Looks really well!

 

ah, just seems very familiar. I'm in Glossop. Reminded me of the road that goes through Holmfirth

 

Ah right not far then, i know the roads very well

heres the one to holmfirth i took withy escorts years ago



i've been on every road in this area lol, all over snakes pass and woodhead but no pics on there yet,

 

if its 02 reg onwards the mondeo one will fit, mondeo one has 5 plugs to it,

i made same mistake buying mk1 focus unit lol

 

Big difference in the car in 2 months, much better.

When did Ford change over to the 115hp TDCi engine in the Focus?