ok guys ive only just found out about this site and already fallen in love with it, so i thought that i would post up some pictrues of my baby

this is my escort mk4 1.3 bonus 90 i bought it back in october when it looked like this





then i rememberd that my mate had a rs turbo bonnet so went and got that for a 10er



as you can see i still had a fair bit of work to do on it

then my cousin told me he was getting a new bumper for his rs so gave me his old 88 spec front bumper



which i then took my mind to and cut out the center beam which will be seen in a pic later

i then went and found my other mate who has jus stripped his rs and managed to blag the back bumper and 88 spec rear spoiler and the full interior (without the dashborad) for 100 quid

as seen here



the drivers seat has the usual wear on it and a small cigarette burn where yoiur ass sits so not visable when driving

the back seats are in imaculate condition along with the passenger seat



i then went out and bought the usual crap a 17 year old would



i then proceeded to take off the bad boy bonnet to get the car through the mot which it now has

then my mate tells me he has a set of 17 inch chrome wolfrace katanas for sale

so obviously i went and bought them



with the bumper now near enough finnished and fitted



i have just been out and bought a set of brand new fiberglass replica s2 archs and side skirts for 30 quid

seen here





now some random crap that i have either bough (ie the rims) and not using or stuff that has come off the car







then this is how it stands at the moment



hope u like it guys

the progress as of now will be slow and painfull as trying to learn to drive at the moment

 

good to see you enjoy it though but last pic reminds me of a beach buggy. stick the turbo wheels you got on slam it and in goes a cvh turbo lump

 

Nice project you got the there,would deffo get some lowering springs on it

 

you could with a set of springs about half as long or even twice as short as the 1's you'v got.

Ask Jack Sugden from Emmerdale cos i reckon his landrover is probably lower.

 

used to have a Bonus as my 1st car.... In Magenta, with XR3 Clover leaf alloys, straight through exhaust and a set of twin choke carbs and dropped by 1.5" all round

Unfortunatly i span it at 70mph into a motorway crash barrier.... was never quite the same after i had rebuilt it

 

 

 

Nice one mate, I used to have a 1.3 Popular Plus and it was the best fun I ever had making it look like an RS Turbo.

Good luck wiring in an RS dash (I gave up at that point!)

Keep the pics comin!

 

cheers guys i know it needs lowering in a big way butlike i said its gunna be a slow and painfull process from now on ill have a pic of me stereo 2moro jus got it fitted today

but got me test on monday so hopefully if all goes well i can get rid of them damn l plates then start saving to get some mroe bits n bobs done to it

other than lowering what shoud i do to i ive got the spoiler to go on and the srch trims n skirts to go on also so was thinking of an rs extension splitter?

xheeRS Tony

 

cool motor! we all start somewhere and thats alot better than my mk1 fiesta!
if ya after some suspension i got some koni adjustables and 35 mm lowerin springs for sale! im mint condition!

 

Nice motor mate comin along nicely n mayb 1 day u can drop a decent lump in there sorted!! ah n gd luck wid da test

 

by yourself a 3 quid metal grinding disc and cut 3 coils off the back and 2 off the front and it will be sorted for 3 quid

 

aint that a little bit risky?

 

just buy some cheap Pi lowering springs for 50 quid. Fook cutting coils off thats stupid!

Looking good tho kid

 

cheers mate just been offerd some lowering springs and koni adjustables so dose any 1 wanna lend me 120 quid plus the postage fees :P

 

oh yeh guys how much wourl i be looking to spend to have the hole outside of the car resprayed not the engine bay the uner or the inside just the visable bits

also dose any 1 know where i am able to get a decent rs extension for my front bumper like the 1 that is on well used to be on f55 soy ???

 

just to bring every 1 up to speed i failed the test :@ ANGRY ME!!! but aparently i was 2 hesitant at a round about when there was a car driving accros my line of traffic?

fuck knows how that works oh and i missed my blindspot when parralle parking

 

Good god! do you actually drive it round like that!?
i really would get the rest of it sorted fisrt... will make a decent first car once everything is on.. but you gotta do youself a favour and not drive it till then!

 

I had a silver 1.3 bonus as my first car - fookin loved it to death!! Ended up being slammed on turbo rims with black 90 spec bumpers and a quick 1600 cvh in it, it used to love scaring various Saxo's and the like!!

Oh and not to be big headed but i know how to wire XR3i clocks in so rev counter works properly................

 

Looking good mate, i had a 1.3 years back, never got round to doing out with it though.

If you pick a flat colour - Red, white foer exam[le it will be cheaper to spray, if you are abit handy with the old body work why not higer a gun etc and spray it yourself, get plenty on so you can flat sound it right back to get a decent flat finish.

Some places will do a crappy job for £200 but it will be a doors shut, hammer a thin layer of paint on job. Affraid it's a get what you pay for most of the time.

i would personally keep it standard till you have all the bits then in one go transform it, this way you'll feel the biggest benefit.

Keep it up mate, you have made a good start, keep the pictures coming and sorry about the test, just get straight back in and you'll get there.

Matt

 

cheers guys

MATTS1 cheers mate i am rather good at spraying im learning it at collage at the moment touble is they wont allow me to spray my car there.

also i was going to have the car the same color black as standard on rs turbo's

oh and i have to drive ti around as i cant afford the driving lessons anymore but i still want to keep driving as to not loose confidence

cheers Tony

 

Tony, i would deffo higher a compressor and gun etc, do a bit of practicing on an old bonnet or something then go for it.

I don't think peeps were trying to knock you about driving it around, but would deffo try and put it back to standard until everything is ready to be put and and sprayed up. Thay way people suddenly see you in a shit hot motor and not something that they have seen build up over time and know what it was.

You put back in for that test?? Maker sure you do and don't be tempted to drive that motor without a license, seen lots of peeps do it and get caught and wait far longer to get back on the road - Ban - fines - insurance etc etc.

 

its alll booked 7th october mate

i now what ya saying about reverting it back to standard but i dont ahve any wheels left to put on other than the chromes so there is no point plus i cant be assed to change the panels back over now lol i like it that it is coming along slowly

ill get some pics and update it soon well not soon some time today

 

love building bonus-turbo reps i does, never actually had one meself but mates have had plenty. great fun with good looks for low cost!!!


my mate built this one couple of years back, was only a 1400cvh but brilliant car and really missed!!!

 

 

i love the look of that bonnet without the vents it looks so smoooth dunno if i want the rs 1 on there now lol