Hi all iv recently got myself a white xr2i with original paint,panels never welded no rust ect really clean looking car and turns heads everywere i go but iv bin looking about online and in the ford mags and noticed they dont seem as popular as most other retro ford.
Was just wondering why because they seem to be quite rare for a good one and not much difference from the frst which iv had two in the past.

 

xr2i's are awesome. Shit in the wet!

I think they are not that popular as they have all been put into a tree, ditch or similar

Get some pics up

 

Same as the xr3i', rs1800's etc just dont get any recognition always will lie in the shadow of the cosworths and rs turbos.

All great cars and worth saving and showing off!!

Get some pics up

 

Plenty have been left to rot.

As with most XR's, they're generally shadowed by the RS. Shame really as they're a good little car.

 

Not a case of not popular, just not many about these days.
Great chance for you to show us some pics tho

 

Tin worm will have ended many 2i's

 

Cool car matey.I hope your gonna look after it.

 

Miss my old XR2i, was so thrashable. Saddly got written off about a fortnight after the Grudge Match feature was photographed for Performance Ford.

 

Ive destroyed 3 xr2is myself 2 crashed, one stripped for parts due to rust.

Good little run arounds.

Preferred the RS1800 out of the N/A fiestas. Especially the 2.0 one i had.

 

Yea soppose your right bout the rs's shadowing them bit odd when its only odd bits that differ from the two obviously the engines aswel...tin worm luckly hasent got to mine yet

 

Couple of pics

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Oh boy that looks tidy!

 

Iv looked on ebay a few times there either a good one or projects and barn finds i rekon a few have been used for reshells aswel

 

Cheers only problems with it was the temp switch and thermostat and the front hub was wrecked so had it all fixed with genuine ford parts..just needs a sump gasket and stem seals doing now

 

Like that alot mate looks really nice and clean

 

Thanks iv spent hours cleaning it and putting plenty of dodo juice on... next year im going to get a some wheels and coilovers

 

 

wow thats mint!!!

 

looks real tidy that look after it not many left in that sort of condition

 

First car was an Xr2i.

H29LEL.

Loved that little motor.

Nice example you have.

 

love them ive had 6 in total including a new one in 1987 looking for one now as i am for a 31 2i xr4x4 mk1

 

Common as muck back in the day and rare as fuck now , I'd have another ....... A good one lol

 

lovely car, mate

 

just bought a mundeo lol fully loaded but hate computer related cars

 

Lovely looking car mate. Look after it in that condition

 

Thanks for the comments i hope the xr models start to get reconised more cause there just as good as any other classic ford...iv had rst's in the past and you get less problems with these and better then a rst replica

 

Get the original wheels on and your onto a winner mate!

 

Nice car looks like its got the rare re are seats as well, I used to have a mercury grey one and it was a cracking car, changed it for an rs turbo but that was the most unreliable car I have ever owned and was glad to see the back of it.

 

get some anti rust protection up inside the quarter panel near the filler neck or it'll fall out by next week,lol cracking looking car is it a cvh or zetec i that year ??

 

It's a cvh you can tell by the engine pic

 

Looks good that mate.

 

I've had three CVH engined 2i's, a 16v one and an Si. I preferred the CVH cars to the 16v cars tbh, more fun for some reason!!

A lot of the early ones either rusted out - badly or got wrote off.

 

Massively grown on me in the past couple of years.... Looked at a couple a while back, but real tricky to find a good one. Usually full of bodgey MOT welding, or shocking mods...

 

Thats really cool mate! was never a fan of the xr2i tbh i just preferred the mk1/2 xr2s!! Ive not seen one for a while around my bit! Seen a red rs1800 going around but thats about it! i have an xr3i cabby and love driving it in summer! gets all the looks lol

 

lol didn't see the engine pic

 

very nice example you have there, cracking little cars

 

Sadly most are not like yours, looks very tidy! Look after it and it can only go up in value

 

That's lovely!

I've had 2 XR3i's, one's long gone, but I know where the other one is: witting in a a garage in Scotland waiting for his owner to get her arse in gear and give him a new engine!

 

Looks very clean, I'd be tempted to keep those alloys, space them out a little and lower it 50mm.

Jordan