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I've been a member of this forum for a while now but am yet to make any real posts so this is my first.

I have a g reg escort bonus van, 1.4 standard engine, was white but has been resprayed grey and black by previous owner.
I bought it last year for £750 and have easily put that back into it on minor things and fix ups, eg the exhaust broke off twice in different places, that sort of thing.its just gone trough the MOT and all is well, plus I've just got a new job that doesn't require me to use it as a work van anymore so it seems time to start making it abit better.

I've installed a new soundsystem, begun to sort out the back interior, I've sprayed up the steels to make it look abit better than it did, but I'm looking for some help and ideas on what to do/how to do it.
I've got a fairly limited budget so I can't be affording no new engines or anything at the moment, but I definately want to get some new wheels and lower it, but there is my first problem, how do I go about lowering it?! I've read all about it online but I still am unsure about getting it done, I know it involves some axle flipping because of the leaf springs but I don't know anyone that can help me

So if anyone has any helpful ideas, or even spare old parts they think would go well, let me know and ill get on it

Cheers, Joe
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Looks quite smart, I like it

 

Thanks! It's a lovely van really, just wanna do some work to it

 

nice one mate. my sister will love this, as she was searching for a mk4 escort van for a daily work van and ended up with an rs2000 kitted mk5 escort van

 

Haha nice, I love these mk4's!

I think I've posted this in the wrong thread, but I've started a new one in the restoration rebuild and projects area

Thanks

 

Got any other plans for it mate?

 

Yeah like I say I wanna lower it and get some nicer wheels, a nicer front bumper
Maybe get round to sorting out some of the bodywork, there's some dents and stuff in the panels, I was toying with the idea of a respray but I haven't got that sort of money, maybe a new exhaust

This is my first real car I've ever had the time and money to work on so I'm very new to this and I don't know a huge deal about engines and stuff to get involved with that at the moment

 

Agree to the lowering but I quite like the wheels!

 

Did those myself! Wheels were £60 from the scrappy with nearly brand new tyres, then it was just masking tape and dinner plates!

I do like them but I think I'd like them abit bigger, might just do they same again!! Those are 14s at the moment, maybe ill go 16...?

 

I must admit I have a secret desire for one of these to go with our Mk4 stable as a kinda support vehicle at shows etc all liveried up, or for picking up stuff for the others

 

I love this thing! I had an eclipse before but I couldn't afford to fix the rust so sadly had to scrap it, and one day by pure chance I saw this on the side of the road, now it's mine hahaha!

 

Yea they would be better if there where abit bigger!

 

If I get round to doing it ill get some pictures up.

I quite like the look of those deep dish wheels though... But again I've no idea where to get them or how much they'd cost :/

 

Probily not everyone's cup of tea but I like the way it looks now so I'd say lower it and get some banded steels in the same style as those wheels

 

That's exactly what i want but I couldn't remember the word! Where can I get banded steels?

 

Just search for "banded wheels Essex"

 

Agreed!

 

there is a place called weldfab in Chichester mate that do banded steels, my mate is having some done there atm

 

Lowering - I had a company make my springs flatter. Was really cheap, but this was fookin ages ago...

This was mine:

 

Van looks nice as it is mate but if you want to lower and replace the wheels, lowering springs at front, flip the leaf springs over at the back and perhaps a set of RS Turbo alloys (perhaps diamond cut with the inners painted grey and a 90 spec turbo front bumper?!

 

Sounds good to me! Know anyone selling a bumper? Hahaha

 

Excellent thank you! I couldn't be closer to chichester so that's great, thanks mate

 

Awesome, those wheels are real nice!

 

haha max power sticker in the windscreen lol

 

not off the top of my head mate, am sure ebay will have loads! Whatever you do dont put a cossie kit on it, had one fitted to my old mk4 and was awful!!!





Chris

 

Haha okay ill take that advice!
Those speakers are insane, and I like how there's a ps2 controller there hahahaha!

 

lol yeah it was a little loud lol!! PS2 in there and a phoenix gold EQ mounted in the roof lining!!

 

Awesome haha