Bought last August for £280, ok on the outside, crap under the body kit

all stripped out and currently undergoing some major restoration...........needs new wings all round, new rear panel, holes in floor pan and boot re-plating.









getting there, slowly but surely

 

looking good mate,all the best with it....

 

love the XR2i! used to have one myself in the same colour, think it's gotta be the most fun i have ever had in a car! whats your plans for it mate you modding it or is it all going back standard?

 

Ive just bought one the same,Its a pacifica blue L reg with a 2.0 zetec and cost me £350,I took the kit off and found quite a bit of rot (both sills ,rear arches ,rear panel etc..) I got a bit disheartened last weekend but after a week of spending on panels,brakes,exhaust and bottom arms, im determined to get it sorted.Good luck with yours,I know they are not classics but if nobody saves them there will be none left in the next 5 years.

 

dont get disheartened mate, go for it,,,really easy car to work on. I was the same and it seems along time before any progress is made, but now I've got the rear panel fitted and the rear wing, it feels like its coming together.

 

its going to be tracked mate, probably stick the standard engine to start with then go on from there

 

Exellent project

Brian

 

people always overlook the xr2i glad to see people saing em, hope your project goes well!

 

whites the best colour in them
good work mate

 

thanks fellas, it certainly has picked up a little pace over the past couple of months. Because of the size of my garage I'm having to work on one side at a time, but now the passenger side and rear is almost complete as far as welding and panels are concerned. (I had not picked a welder up for 30 years, since my apprentice days lol)

Started on the mods too, was in Halfrauds last month and spotted a pair of front grooved discs, Red Dot, was £90, got them for £20!

One question, if anyone know, the stuff they stick on the floor pan and the inside of some panels, looks like its pressed on under heat during manufacture and designed to stop flexing/rattling of the panels?, what is it, can you get hold of it??

 

moving on






all rear end now sorted inside and out

rebuilt inner wing on offside and inner sill

waiting for funds for new o/s rear wing, o/s sill and o/s front wing

 

Nice to see one being saved, good work and keep the updates coming

 

Where in Derby are you chap? i'm Breadsall!

Need a hand with anything let me know, i'm handy with a welder (ex railway welder/fabricator)

 

bloody hell, now you tell me lol, weldings almost all done but thx for the offer

i'm in shelton lock mate, your welcome to drop by for a chat and a nosey anytime m8, drop me a pm and i''ll let you have address

 

Didnt do a runner from a taxi Saturday nite did you??!

I drive a yellow cab for a job, last job Saturday was Sinfin Avenue and they did a runner lol, only picked them up in Allenton tho....

Need a hand mate PM me, done quite a bit over the years, my mates got a spray shop on Shaftsbury street

 

BTW, where you do your apprenticeship?

 

lol, i'm too fecking old to be running mate

now i'm interested in the spray shop, might be putting some work his way if hes any good

 

apprenticeship, now let me think, was a bloody long time ago lol

was at a company called jones and shipman as a machine tool fitter

 

He sprays taxi's yellow 90% of the time, hes either cheap and ok (taxi's) or normal priced and hes very good, he just sprayed my 5 series

Ive a few MK1 XR2 spares in garage if you want them mate, free off course i wont be doing another!

 

ripped the offside sill off and found this....more welding




and the inner sill



now all patched up




so, thats all the welding done apart from spotting on the new wings and sill

next i'll prep all the body work ready for an eventuall respray

 

some good work your putting in 2 that keep it up

 

nice project, getting there

 

anyone know what that matting stuff is thats stuck onto the floor pans?, its also found on the inside of the rear wings. You can see it in the last 2 pics Looks as tho' its there to stop the panels rattling?

Anyone know what it is and where i can get hold of some?

cheers

 

You talking about the Sound Deadening thats on the boot floor too? Most people get rid of it because it weighs to blood much!

You can buy sound deadening from most car audio places.

http://www.caraudiodirect.co.uk/acce...pukormgpnhm784

 

cheers mate

 

quick update on this, although nothing much happening with it being show season and my Mondeo craving some attention.

the front suspension on off side is all stripped off and currently being refurbed, and I picked these wheels up last week as payment for a car i had detailed and paint corrected, think they will look ok on the XR2i

Puma alloys 15" 195/50 with good treatd on the tyres

 

Top motor mate,keep up the good work.Ive seen a set of ford sport ka alloys on a xr2i and they looked mint.

 

Bloody hell! I'm dreading stripping my 2i! Time I learn how to weld!

 

As mentioned above they are sound deadening pads as fitted standard.
I have them if you need them. They come in in 2 sizes, 500mm x 500mm
which are ideal for floor pans and 200mm x 500mm which are ideal for
inner sills and other small areas. Lay these down first them paint over
them for a nice looking job

cheeRS

Chris

 

well its nearly a year on now, not much been done during the spring and summer, due to the car season and alot of paint correction and detailing work

But I've managed to get all the frront suspension cleaned up and put back on with new brake dics and a few other bits



ready for the rear wing to be fitted (when it turns up )



fuel tank all ready to go back, 1 coat of underseal, 2 coats of stoneguard and 2 coats of black gloss



all the underneath is complete, undersealed and 2 coats of stoneguard

with all the wheels back on now I can get it out of the garage on sunny days and get it prepped for spraying.

 

nice work matey

 

new offside rear wing and sill

 

good stuff mate

 

aryt im new to this form iv just bought a xr2i and i am looking for some bits just wondering if some of use boys can help me out ivan seems to be doing a gd job restoring his so thought use might no ware to get the bits

 

doing a great job mate will be keepin an eye on this one. need to crack on with my mk3 too. just need to rob a bank first!!!! keep up the good work.

 

lol im a taxi driver to i hate runners ive had a couple.(sorry jumping on the thread)

 

managed to roll her out of the garage on Sunday, its been a while since I seen her as a whole car, albeit an odd looking one at the minute

 

reading you thread has inspired me to carry on with my mk3,must admit was considering striping her for parts.

no where to start lol

john

 

starting to take shape

 

Nice project, ts nearly as rusty as mine.

Did you fit genuine panels or patern parts, what do they fit like?