Ive been asked by Lewis to start his mk3 Fiesta project thread as he's having difficulties with his account.

So his plan is to turn his base model mk3 Fiesta into something a little more appealing but still easy and economical on running costs as we can all appreciate.
So i'll start with the pics he's sent me and try my best to do the thread justice until he gets on.

So this is the car




Very clean Example, you dont see many in as good nick as this these days. So its a great base to start on.

So The mods so far;


RS Alloy Wheels


MK3.5/4 wing mirrors


Bearing in mind the car has only been in his possession for 2 weeks, its not taking long for the project to take shape! He's already sourced a RST bodykit minus a rear bumper and bonnet.

More updates to come as and when they happen.
Well done Lewis

 

Good on him.

I like Lewis. He's a good lad.

Queu the haters though

 

There's always gonna be haters, BUT not everyone can afford to go balls out with a project. It will come together slowly. This will be his first car driving so gotta start small. Good luck to him

 

Nice one lewis lad - look forward to the updates !

 

Exactly.

Didn't like the crap he got on here from a few people.
Think they forget he's a young lad.

Look what happened with that meet he organised! Well happy for him with that one.

 

Look like a clean car, what are his plans for it ?

 

Seen it on Facebook Lewis. Keep up the good work.

For such a Young lad, your taste in cars is brilliant!

 

Nice one... these fiestas are bloody reliable. Me and my dad had one that we shared a few years back and I would of trusted it to take me on a trip around the world.

 

i like those foglights....

get the reyland recaro seats in there pal

 

for now He's looking at XR/RS parts and Bumpers along with a few other ideas he's had.

He didnt end up getting the reyland seats, so hes going for a set of 90's spec Recaros and a xr2i rear bench and door cards.

I know hes reading this so i'll just mention that i think he should go RS1800 Interior with Black Dash

 

ahh shame, them reyland seats were gorgeous!!

couple of red xr2i/rs rear bumpers on ebay for cheap

 

he's a good lad lewis

 

He is a good lad Lewis

 

Ask him if he wants to swap his centre caps for some with a small blue ford badge in them.

 

Lewis's new Stickers have arrived

 

looks a nice clean example

 

 

Seen his sticker on Instagram earlier, looking good Lew

 

Little update, no pictures.

Today he has given the car a polish, inspected the body work.

As well as one bit of welding he already knew it needed, He also found one other patch of rust that needs welding, all other can be treated no problem.

He also removed all the tacky chrome strips that are proper Halfords products

He'll be looking at the welding this weekend, the interior is already out ready for the work to begin

 

A ford that needs welding nnnnoooooooo.

 

Isnt this a mk3 fiesta or if you wanan be a pervert mk3.5???

 

I've got 2x rear RS bumpers and a front if he still needs them, also got a set of jacking cover points but the arches/skirts were warped badly so they went.
Got all sorts actually

What happened to his Escort?

 

He says that the welding is not a problem and is 100% mk3

 

I believe Stuart Collins bought it mate

 

Tell me about it!

 

Does yours need welding??

 

Yep! Plenty of it. Will be done later, actually got it in storage for now.

 

Yep pumas got a tad but since I've just been sponsored it's getting cut out and new frp panels

 

A question from Lewis:

"The current stoppers on the car aren't the best, so I'll be looking at an upgrade. Is it worth going Fiesta Turbo"

Any answers or tech talk will be much appreciated

 

Update from Lewis:

I sold some part to a friend and i also got some parts my way too, so my side skirt kit and XR2i spoiler came today, so I only need a rear bumper now.




And earlier I measured up one of the patches that was needed, marked it out an then cut it out of the sheet of steel.

Then my dad tacked it in, ready to be fully welded in fully tomorrow.

I have also seen that one of the drivers seat mount has almost snapped all the way round, so will sort that out too.

Cheers for looking guys

 

Update from Lewis:

Plate Is fully welded in and the seat mount is welded too. Getting grinder out tomorrow to clean it up and look at some more welding

 

He's cracking on

 

More welding. ... this doesnt suprise me.

 

theres not many fords that dont need welding

 

From Lewis:

Reply for Glenn


There isn't much welding that needs doing, the seat mount had snapped almost all the way round, so it had a few welds at it to keep it in place, it wasn't rotten.

There is only two patches that need doing but were doing more then that, and also will be replacing the area around the fuel cap. It isn't rotten but has gone through a little bit.

There are bits that I'm going to treat and leave, after some paint and sealing.

 

Thanks for sorting out a thread Sion mate

 

Welcome back lewis

 

Cheers buddy

 

How much is your insurance going to be if you don't mind me asking Lewis, i'm 21 and just got a quote of £4500 on an escort bonus

 

Not sure mate, ill be driving it as a learner for a fair while which is £615, which is better then the quote on my escort, which was 1200 on a provisional!

Obviously I'm expecting it to go up.