Decided to join up and start a thread on my mk5 zetec s track project I been working on for the past year , never done a track day but always fancied a go hence the reason I'm building this car , it's a standard phase 2 with the usual rust issues , drivers side wing had been hit at some point so I started off by repairing that

Beat it out the best i could then cut the lip off and welded a new piece in


I then set about sorting the rust , welded new arches , and lots of repairs to the floor pan , while I was at it cut off every unecicerry bracket and welded in some bars to mount the bucket seats on , also welded in the base plates for the bolt in cage then give it a coat of primer

 

Next I painted the roll cage and the inside of the car using upol raptor through a 1.8 gravity fed spray gun to give a smooth durable finish

 

Next up was finishing off the bodywork and getting the car into primer
insides of the doors cut out removing the window mechanism and saving a bit of weight
shell primed up and ready to be flatted down


Inside of the shuts and panels done in raptor , also done the underside of the car

 

Got the panels fitted up flatted the primer then took it to work and painted it

 

great work, paintwork looks well, had one of these years ago and loved it great little cars

 

cheers mate

 

Refurbished a set of st170 focus front brakes for it this week , had them shot blasted , primed them and painted them in yellow 2k , fitted a new piston and seal kit just need to order a decent set of pads now , can anyone recomend a set ?

 

Nice project, I have a zetec s myself.
what are your plans for the engine?