SimonTDCi

I hate orange lenses so made myself some back lights
They are DEPO clears, with the indicator masked off and tinted red.........
needed to put LED brake light/ stop light bulb in so they are bright enough to shine through the tint.......
waiting on a drivers a pillar with guage pod for a focus RS to arrive then itll be totally finished. [img]

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also de- tangoed the front lights........

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mackers

loving your car mate, alot of budjet mods that make the car look great, keep up the good work. What have you done engine wise?

cossie04

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Looks alot better

Ed.

ballin

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Are you going to lose the mudflaps? They spoil the car in my opinion if you are going for looks - kind of make it look like a Grandpa car!

smudge_lad

Get some of the chrome faced indicator bulbs and it'll look even better, as there will be no orange there at all!

Got them in the Orion, looks a million times better

SimonTDCi

we its actually a funny story- ill just copy and paste it from ffoc cos i cant be bothered re typing it.......

when i was in the shop buying my lights i got chatting to the guy about my car. Turns out he had a focus tdci too and did a lot to it so he came out to see mine.

when he came out he asked me "did you get that from dunfermline autocentre" and i said yes. He asked me what the original plate was and i told hm so he smiled to himself.

Turns out the last owner of the car was a tech at dunfermline autocentre (the ford dealer) which i knew and he was mates with this guy.

He just said to me that car has had a hell of a lot of money spent on it. "You've bought yourself a quick car mate". then i told him about all the stuff i have done to it and that its got a k&N panel filter and Van aaken tuning box.

He wouldnt tell me exactly what was done but he did say when the last owner had it he had the ECU remapped which i didnt know about, so i actually have it remapped AND a tuning box on it.

Now i didnt think a tuning box would work with a remap, but when i got the van aaken box put on i noticed the difference- it now goes like a rocket and spins in 3rd gear!

Then i told him i put a boost guage in and he asked what it boosts too. I told him it was 1.5 normally but when the overboost kicks in it goes past 2 bar! Again he just gave a grin.

when i was leaving i asked him, so have i bought a good one then? He just smiled and said i had bought a cracker!

so im well pleased.

Really have no idea what bhp its putting out, as a remap usually takes it up to 140bhp the van aaken box takes it up to 135/140bhp and the K&N gives a couple. From 115 standard but.......

My Girlfriends bro got a new civic type R and we both had a shot, now my missus knows bugger all about cars but she said to me " whats so special about it- it doesnt feel as quick as yours" it also out accelerates an st170, VTS's and all that. My mate has a tuned punto HGT with 160bhp and he couldnt keep up with me on the motorway overtaking and that.

Plus i had a problem when i put silicone intercooler hoses on it cos they kept blowing the jubilee clips off under boost. That might have something to do with the engine work.

Turns out i have a bit of a sleeper and its been quick from day 1 but not having driven another tdci to compare, i didnt realise how quick.

the best bit is though i still get about 500 miles to a full tank of BP ultimate....... and the tax is the same as my 1.2 punto

SimonTDCi

i like the mudguards-make the car look lower at the front and stops stones etc chipping the bottom of the car.

im gonna get the chrome bulbs- just havent had time yet. They wont work for the back though as there is an orange filter in the light.

BM08

looks good mate

Id keep the flaps aswell for the reasons you said, anyway you can barely notice them unlike the older type ones which flap around in the wind, those were horrid

SimonTDCi

tonight i made up a spec sheet of all the things i have done to the car and was amazed at how much has been done in the last year......

still just looks like a normal focus though


Engine……..
Van Aaken Smart box
K&N Panel filter
Remap and Other things which I don’t know about that the last owner did

Chassis……..
Lowered -40mm
Anthracite 16' focus Edge alloys
Red calipers front and rear

Body……

Clear indicator lenses in headlights
Depo clear rear lights tinted red with clear indicator
Ford Clear Side repeaters
HID headlight conversion
Xenon sidelight bulbs
Colour coded custom mesh grille
Colour coded de-locked door handles
Colour coded washer jets
Colour coded boot handle
Colour coded boot lock
Colour coded rubbing strips
Colour coded bumper mouldings
ST170 front bumper grille
de-badged boot
short aeriel
Bosch Aero wipers
Chrome exhaust
Citroen C3 rear wiper
Short number plates
European reverse light with red bulb
"TDCi Inside" sticker


Interior……

MOMO Race air gear knob
Nomad A pillar with boost guage
Focus Ghia Chrome interior handles

ICE……..
Kenwood MP3 player
Ipod lead in glovebox

Kevin_Mc

didn't realise you were on here too.

as said on mk2 the rear lights turned out well mate.

i've started on that battery tray btw

RichieST

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they look good mate, wouldn't bother with the led bulbs tho, they'll be dimmer than the originals.

Rich

SimonTDCi

had to put the leds in the back as the originals wouldnt shine through the red tint.

the leds are actually much brighter

Twins

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RichieST

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Ah right thats good then. Whenever i've had LED's in the back they've always been dimmer than a standard bulb. Which bulbs did you use? Do you have any night shots of the LED's?

Rich

fezzajsy

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looks good

Brian

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Looks loads better mate


Brian

CompEuroZX5

Is you Focus red or orange?

SimonTDCi

its colorado red, but when its polished up it looks orange when the sun hits it