Hi all

Thought I’d start a project tread for my pride and joy. Some may recognise the Paul R part of my username from ZSOC etc. I had a mk5 Fiesta zetec S and mk2 Focus st before this I love ford mostly the older stuff, I've been meaning to join this forum for years and finally got round to it.
I got the car when it was 1 year old so had it quite a while now and still not bored of it, There's always something to mod usually audio wise as im a bit of an audiophile I love old home HiFi gear so the move of doing it in the car was inevitable lol. I was competing for EMMA (European mobile multimedia association) in it for a few years at various stages and guises of build but I'm having a break from all that now and just enjoying it.
Hopefully ill be able to get to a few shows in the future and meet some of you I usually go to trax, rs combe and ford fair etc. There's some seriously cracking builds on here I don't know where to start.

For anyone that's interested and wants to look at the stages of works in more detail up to now it can be seen on Talk Audio here https://talkaudio.co.uk/mk7-fiesta-z...t-t267536.html

Cheers, ta for now

Whats been done so far is

Engine

Mountune Racing MR155 kit (full exhaust/cams/remap)
J1 induction kit with larger dual cone green filter and opened up top grill for more cold air.

Suspension

Bilstien B6 shocks with H&R 35mm lowering springs

Wheels

Speedline Turini 17x7in refurbed in factory ford sparkle silver with contisportcontact 5 tyres mcgaurd chrome locking nuts

Brakes

300mm front brake conversion st170 Mintex discs mk3 Mondeo callipers refurbed in black by Big Red Brake Co. Rears standard drums painted black

Exterior

Nearly all plastics sprayed satin black (working on it)
Mountune rear valence
Led sidelights, osram nightbreaker bulbs
Zunsport black front grill with shortened plate
Mountune short shift linkage

Interior

SQ (Sound quality focused) audio build Custom A pillars with Morel integra 424 HiFi drivers fitted, trimmed in alcantara, Custom door builds with Focal V1 165 Midbass drivers,Custom Sealed footwell sub enclosure with PeerlessXLS10 HiFi driver trimmed in alcantara, Pioneer Dex-p99rs Headunit in custom facia panel trimmed in aclantara, Custom false floor again trimmed in alcantara lit with Britalitez led strips, housing 3X Genesis Dual mono amplifiers, 1X Genesis SA30 amplifier, Van Damme signal wiring, knuconceptz power wiring .

Sound deadening
Mountune short shift with gaiter
Mountune mats
Leds

Pics of the car as it stands now

 

Welcome to the site Paul, I follow your build over on TA! Im Amar, I run teamSPB

Would love to have a listen to the car at some point!

This forum much like TA has died down in recent years but it can still be a kool place to be!

 

Hi Amar cheers. I didnt expect another TA'r to be on here. Thats a cracking escort in your sig.

Sure listens always welcome i usualy go to most meets

Yes many forums are fading joys of facebook

 

Your a sound guy lol , nice job though.

 

Lol cheers mate

 

A little interior tweak ive been wanting to do for a while change the dial faces and needles to something more sporty.



So i got some custom dial faces from spinal studios these were fone differently from how they usually do them as i wanted a more glossy/satin finish to the background so they were face printed rather than their usual reverse printing.



I like the needles on the fiesta st180 so i bought some clocks to take them out of. Typically they were a slightly different fitment so a bit of careful drilling was needed.

Really happy with the end result.



St donor clocks needles removed







mine taken apart






Before



Now much more sporty

 

Cool car! You dont see many red pre facelift zetec s.

Must be pretty rare?

Like your centre console and the speakers on the a pillars

 

Nice build, you do not see many sound builds these days compared to 80’s and 90’s. I like that you have gone for quality and not 100 subs.

 

Very nice build mate

 

Cheers. No the favorite colour for these was frozen white i think.

Thanks, Yes its nice to just sit and listen to not tiring at all.
Cheers appriciate it.

 

The cars recently had a change in the looks department with some Compomotive MO6 wheels that came up on ebay. I've always really liked them and the fact they were freshly refurbed in the right colour with some new Goodyear Eagle F1 5 tyres on that I've been wanting to try seemed like the ideal purchase.
I didn't like the blue anodised centre caps so I stripped them and polished them up and coated with Finish kare 1000p sealent. Also my factory wheel nuts didn't look right on them, So I got the nuts that I believe Compomotive put on them in the catalogue pictures chrome Mazda dome head ones. I also changed the lockers for something chrome and similar too. Im loving the look of them on the car and theyre so easy to clean too. not sure if im going to sell the old Speedline Turini's yet or not its like choosing between your children lol

Anyway pics of proceeding's



Sorting the caps (Stripped)



Polished, Sealed and fitted





Pics on car time

 

Nicely done just recently picked up a s1600 and was wondering is it still possible to buy the kit? i have the 120ps model and in some areas it could do with a bit more power?

 

Hi

Its not on their site but i suppose you could ask them if not oc motorsport still do tunes for them i think.