US Focus Project (with some european flavor) **lots of photos**
09-02-2012, 01:54 AM
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anyone know where to get the rear seatback like the link below?
Been trying to get that to the US but every time i find them people wont ship to the states
anyone have one they dont want or know a place to get one?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FOCUS...item2c606f872e
Been trying to get that to the US but every time i find them people wont ship to the states
anyone have one they dont want or know a place to get one?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FOCUS...item2c606f872e
09-02-2012, 02:01 AM
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Id just need to know the cost ahead of time to make sure its in the budget. Ive offered to the seller with no response... sadly most dont want to even bother figuring shipping costs though we gladly pay it... i have shipped many parts over.
19-02-2012, 07:09 PM
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19-02-2012, 07:12 PM
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07-04-2012, 01:19 PM
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no luck, ive lost out on 3 different sets of rear lights in the past month....
Only update is i got a new set of headlights (still black) that i will be installing and probably not re-installing the eyebrows.
Also got new tires, and ill be going a bit lower.
Only update is i got a new set of headlights (still black) that i will be installing and probably not re-installing the eyebrows.
Also got new tires, and ill be going a bit lower.
07-04-2012, 01:53 PM
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not much to look at right now, still in winter storage for another week or so.
I have the stock wheels on while the others are getting new tires mounted this week.
I have the stock wheels on while the others are getting new tires mounted this week.
14-04-2012, 01:53 AM
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Got new headlights and went to my parents where the car is stored today and got them installed... tires get mounted tomorrow. more pics after that.
15-04-2012, 01:59 AM
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new tires mounted... lowered the car a bit more to kill the gap that the new smaller tires caused... maxed the rear coilover adjustments out as low as they can go... im now at 23" all around ground to center of fender. Not bad for 17s'
28-05-2012, 02:05 AM
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thanks guys, i wish i could do more with it, so much i want to do but i cant work on it at the apartment... not sure what to do next right now... motor and trans swap seem to be on hold sadly
17-08-2012, 02:44 AM
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Keep forgetting to update this.... Not much going on... Put sme 5mm spacers up front, 10mm in the rear.
Went to a focus meet and show and won best of show and shine...
Still working on getting the motor swap donor car
Took some grass home with us
Went to a focus meet and show and won best of show and shine...
Still working on getting the motor swap donor car
Took some grass home with us
17-08-2012, 03:55 PM
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I'm liking this!! Looks so much better than when you first started. Kepp the updates coming.
18-09-2012, 11:13 PM
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Couple rolling pics from a recent hanging out with some good people...
Also, will have a bunch of updates coming very soon, I'm very excited about and I've been waiting and wanting to do for years.
Also, will have a bunch of updates coming very soon, I'm very excited about and I've been waiting and wanting to do for years.
22-09-2012, 02:28 AM
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Im going to start cleaning the shop,oust to make room for the new project. Anyone need some us spec taillights, bulbs, sockets and wiring pigtails? Get ahold of me.
Pics later this weekend of the new project
Pics later this weekend of the new project
12-12-2012, 01:45 AM
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New project has started... This is the only place I've posted any photos of this, so anyone who is on any other forums I would appreciate the respect of people not saying anything about this anywhere else...
That said....
While the dash was out the interior got a HEAVY cleaning, full steam cleaned carpet, dash all washed, vents washed out and just a ton of cleaning...
While the motors out... I'm going to do more heavy cleaning, painting (it bugs me that half the bay is in primer from ford), and some wire management to clean the bay up as much as possible..
This is all I'm posting photo wise for now, some might notice differences just based off these teasers...
That said....
While the dash was out the interior got a HEAVY cleaning, full steam cleaned carpet, dash all washed, vents washed out and just a ton of cleaning...
While the motors out... I'm going to do more heavy cleaning, painting (it bugs me that half the bay is in primer from ford), and some wire management to clean the bay up as much as possible..
This is all I'm posting photo wise for now, some might notice differences just based off these teasers...
15-01-2013, 12:28 AM
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Few weeks worth of progress...
Got to this point the weekend after thanksgiving:
Donor car and my car engineless and ready for transplants...
We got the motor from my car into the donor car and the interior back in it.
Here is how it sat for the whole month of December because I had an accident at work that left me with 12 stitches in my fingers... Couldn't do anything with my right hand for a month
6 in my thumb, 6 in my index finger...
Fast track to this past weekend...
Got the donor motor and trans cleaned up, had 100,000 miles of grime on it and I'm not putting a dirty motor in my car... Spent 3 hours scrubbing and its much better!
Then I got the body panels on the donor car together her ready for paint.
And just when I thought the red one was done and I could shift my focus I tried to start it to pull it out of the shop and no luck... For some reason it won't start... It ran and drove 5 weeks ago and now won't start, starter is fine, battery is fine... Somewhere there is an electrical issue. Hopefully I can hunt that down next weekend.
That's all for now.
Hope you enjoy
Got to this point the weekend after thanksgiving:
Donor car and my car engineless and ready for transplants...
We got the motor from my car into the donor car and the interior back in it.
Here is how it sat for the whole month of December because I had an accident at work that left me with 12 stitches in my fingers... Couldn't do anything with my right hand for a month
6 in my thumb, 6 in my index finger...
Fast track to this past weekend...
Got the donor motor and trans cleaned up, had 100,000 miles of grime on it and I'm not putting a dirty motor in my car... Spent 3 hours scrubbing and its much better!
Then I got the body panels on the donor car together her ready for paint.
And just when I thought the red one was done and I could shift my focus I tried to start it to pull it out of the shop and no luck... For some reason it won't start... It ran and drove 5 weeks ago and now won't start, starter is fine, battery is fine... Somewhere there is an electrical issue. Hopefully I can hunt that down next weekend.
That's all for now.
Hope you enjoy
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15-01-2013, 12:57 AM
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Black one was a 2.0L auto... Bought the red sedan salvaged for the 2.3L and manual trans. Discovered no frame damage to the red one so I'm fixing it to sell this spring. Nothing was wrong with the black hatch, I was just bored with the automatic transmission.