ednacreach

hello, i thought i'd join this forum as i've just a bought a 1990 escort bonus with genuine 35k on the clock, 2 owners and 99% straight.
i've always loved my fords and especially escorts, i used to own a series 1 turbo, a cabriolet, an estate, mk1s, mk2s but never a mk4, this is gonna be my winter project as i intend to do something quite tasty with it but not sure what yet, here's a few pics of how it stands at the moment

Danwood79

Nice car you got there, whats your plan for it full RS it or sleeper?.
Hope you do a resto thread i'll be watching.
Good luck.

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

love it mate....its the one colour of bonus i havent had yet but hopefully one day i will!

i got a gold one with a 2.0 zetec, hoping to have it on bike carbs soon.

Yours looks mint

ednacreach

i'm going for the sleeper look definately, i will be doing a start to finish thread but its gonna take me till next summer to do it, no rush.

ednacreach

yes thank you its almost perfect, how difficult was your zetec transplant? how would you rate it?

jonny s2

iTrader: (12)

awesome pal, defo the perfect base infact looks too good to mod

chris m1

owww another Aqua jade mk4.. top stuff

phil_rs

iTrader: (3)

cool car! proper one with NO sunroof too like mine

jamieclements

ah , its nice to see a clean mk4 still about . makes me want to buy & modify another 1 !!!!!

rogerxr3i

nice car pal.
you don't see many of these and in such a good colour.
i was up your neck of the woods today looking round some scrap yards as i only live in darlaston.

GranaDavey

Just love a Bonus
Looks very tidy !

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

here's mine mate

https://passionford.com/forum/pictur...16v-bonus.html

conversion wasnt difficult, done a few now. Well worth it, mine did the 800 mile trip to Ford Fair perfectly. What stuff you need to know?

plenty advice and inspiration on here too:

https://passionford.com/forum/other-...ar-thread.html

Ross

Twins

iTrader: (18)

Great conversion to do for the money and great fun to drive

ednacreach

cheers for that, will be doing a lot of research for a few weeks until i decide what route to take on it. i'm bidding on some s2 turbo alloys at the moment which i'm currently winning. they're in my area too which is a bonus. (bad punn)

Tonyt1t

another bonus whooop!!! i need another one soon i think! check the sig!

ednacreach

got these in the week


and these off ebay

and my daily driver

Colin-Tempest

Nice first upgrades! Mk4's are coowl

Daily drive aint so bad i think

If you're going sleeper, are you gonna keep the standard bumpers? Or you gonna spray them?

ednacreach

keeping body and bumpers standard, looking for a chrome or polished cage for the back at the moment but cant seem to find a good 1

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

those bits + a set of 60mm springs and she will look ace mate

dragons-motors

the daily looks very nice . any more pics ?

ednacreach

a few more, 330ci ac schnitzer

ednacreach

gonna get shocks and springs to drop it 60mm. undecided on what make of shocks though

Jordy

Great! Love base models.. Nice thread to follow

ednacreach

ordered my lowering kit earlier, going for jamex shocks and springs and a 60mm drop, should have it on its arse by the weekend plus a lot of cleaning to do.

rogerxr3i

do you mind me asking where you have had your jamex kit from.
and was it a reasonable price.
thats the next thing on my list the suspension.

ednacreach

ordered the kit from aldon automotive in brierley hill 01384 282282, jamex full kit was only Ł240, they do gmax as well but they are Ł290, chap on the phone recommended the jamex for me

Zetec_mk4_XR3i

would have Jamex over G-Max anyday, dont rate them on a mk4 at all - funny cos they seem to be pretty good on the mk6 i had.

lookin forward to more pics