My mate has no Internet, so i thought i would do a post for him!

Its a red 1984 2.8 sierra XR4i and was standard when he bought it ... a few yeas ago!

And was in a very good condition to .. with 2 owners from new .. still had the toolkit in the boot and was like new!

well not much happened to it for some time it just sat in his garage till we came up with a plan for the car ...


So after some time and thought on what to do, thing's started to move..

All the body-kit was removed + wheel arch-liners, yes its a late 84 so it has them, carpet.s lifted to check for rust .. all was found to be good!

new 3dr cosworth bonnet from fords! grill and 3dr cosworth wheels where bought from PJ motosport!

New uprated and lowered shocks and spring where fitted! its a System 2 Suspension -25mm!

A genuine ford RS wooden 4 spoke steering wheel and wooden gear nob replaced the standard ones!

sorry old pic crap i know But! not looking to bad for a car thats now nealy 22 years old!

 

more piccys please

 

i have got a lot of pics, sadly not many of the car, as the garage is to small to get any good ones!

 

So up an till this time he had a nice clean XR4i, this was last year by the way




ford RS wooden 4 spoke steering wheel and wooden gear nob!

not to every ones likeing i know but you don't often see them










an original ford toolkit in top condition





and um 1 of the 3dr cosworth wheels

 

Then a 2.8 sierra 4x4 in a scrap-yard was found

The back-end was removed from it and taken home till we decided what to do.

It was @ this time we decided to renew or paint most parts under the car..

The back-end of the 4x4 from the scrap-yard was then striped down..

The rear beam and lower arms where then sent off to be sand-blasted and then powder-coated black the diff was pressure-steamed cleaned and painted silver..

The rear drive-shaft's and anti-roll-bar being shot-blast and powder-coated red
all new rubber-gaiters for the driveshaf's are on order .. as are a full back-end set of polly-bushes ...

 

2 new rear brake Shields bought and powder-coated red ...
2 new rear disc's bought
2 re-con caliper's bought soon to be panted red

New handbrake cable will be used when its all put on .
The fuel pump holder was removed shot-blasted and powder-coated red

Fuel tank removed shot-blasted and power-coated silver .. the strap on the tank was powder-coated red ..

putting the all the pics now!

 

rear beam and arms









rear drive shafts






all most forgot about the rear strut brace!

 

LSD taken from the 4x4, cleaned up and painted.





rear roll bar.

 

Love the wooden steering wheel

 

rear break disc's calipers and break shield's.

 

Thats stunning,what mine should look like! Have you had any trouble mounting the rear anti roll bar? I fitted a 4x4 rear end to mine and the rear anti roll bar fitting on the arms were different to that of the xr4i.Unless you can find a mk1 xr4x4, i believe theye the same. I had to cut off the 4i fitting and weld them to the 4x4 axle.

 

fuel tank + tank strap and fuel pump holder! and the back end is all done!

 

yea the mk1 4x4 is a straight swap, but as you can see its the mk2 4x4 back end we got, so will weld the new mounts to the floor, to use the mk2 rollbar!

 

I love those mk1 Sierras

Top project

 

Thanks m8 , so do i, trying to find a good 1 my self

 

Well after he had put the back end all back on, it was the engine bays turn next, lots more pics to come he loves this power coating

 

looks very nice mate top work

 

engine pulleys, thermostat housing , alternator bracket. power steering

braket. air box lind . damm he likes red , rocker covers .

air chamber, twin fans will be going on the car ,

 

 

 

 

started to fit some of the engine bay parts on, fitted the pas of the 2.8 4x4 as well , his XR4i came with out it, as it was a option on the 4i, hes still got more to do before the engine bay is done, but hes in no rush.

what you all think, looking worth all the work >?

 

Very different from the usual projects you see on here - nice to see an old Xr4i now and again.

@ the ultra rare steering wheel and gear knob - only place i've ever seen them was in an old RS catalogue dating back to the early ninties.

 

yep he bought them new back in the ealy 90s m8

they were on his old XR4i before this 1, and they werent cheap even back then

 

Very nice update ,that interior is mint and the steering wheel and tool kit must be worth a bit

 

loving this

 

started to get some of the front end parts back from the power-coaters now!

 

 

my mate has now fitted most of the parts back on not muck left to do.

 

 

Nice looking sierra mate!! good job!!

 

You got shares in a powder coating company?

Jokes aside it looks good, the red theme works well

 

Makes me want one!!!

 

lovely work

 

i LOVE XR4I PROPER ARSE OUT CAR LOOKS LOVELY

 

car looks really mate

 

very nice

 

wow GORGEOUS car

 

I recently purchased this car. much of the powder coating is still there i'm slowly making my own personal changes to the car.

 

Any pix mate?