My Focus Build
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My Focus Build
Hello guys & girls, I've been on here a while now so I'd thought I'd share with you my trials and tribulations that I've had with my Focus
Here she is in pretty much std form apart from wheels and Angel Eye Headlights
As I like my music I slowly began to build a boot install
Boot install still in progress
I now wanted better quality sounds upfront so here's my mate installing new speakers (Fusion Powerplant incase ya wondering lol)
Again different speakers but they'll be for something else which is later on
Now due to poss one to many arguments with kerbs etc, I hit the plunge and bought new wheels
And here they are on the car
I then installed ST170 Fog lights/a strut brace and some daytime running lights
With too many Focus's goin about that were fairly std I bit the bullit and decided to make mine one of a kind, here's it as it stands the day I dropped it off at the bodyshop
While the car was in the bodyshop I decided to start playing with the interior, I mocked up sum custom speaker mounts for all 4 doors
And so the strip down of the car began
Sideskirts mock up
I've never liked the mouldings that are going down the side of the car so I got them removed to create a smoother look down the sides
Mmm...thats better
Now no show car is complete with some shiny bits Haha
Again I've neva liked the mouldings on the car so sod it...off they come aswell lol
You can see the front skirt mock up aswell
Same with the back (no mouldings)
Rear bumper finally all ready for paint
Front bumper ready for paint
And the painting/priming process begins, I'll let the pics talk for themselves
A sneaky peak at the colour ;P
Paint process still continuing
Bumper in primer
Little bits just left to be paint now
Car slowly coming back together
Completed car
Now that I had the car back I could continue with my plan for the boot install
Oh and me tinted windows
With a car show round the corner I couldn't leave the boot install as it was so in its carpeted stage
Boot install finished, well for now neway
Oh and speakers above your head
Unfortunatley due the crap road conditions around my way, my alloy wheel actually cracked and because they don't make the wheel nemore, make that the 3rd set of wheels on the car since I started tinkering
On the car
Here's how the car stands today after 2 trips back to the bodyshop due
the filler or fibreglass dropping where I removed the mouldings on the side n now due its 3rd trip back as its happened again but only on the nearside which is confusing
Underbonnet
I then bought this, already in its striped stage, can ya guess what it is yet? Lol
With uprated cams, polished/ported head, poss either throttle bodies or did some1 say turbo, I could poss be seeing the better part of 230bhp easily
So there you go passionford peeps, my car, all comments, ideas are welcome
Here she is in pretty much std form apart from wheels and Angel Eye Headlights
As I like my music I slowly began to build a boot install
Boot install still in progress
I now wanted better quality sounds upfront so here's my mate installing new speakers (Fusion Powerplant incase ya wondering lol)
Again different speakers but they'll be for something else which is later on
Now due to poss one to many arguments with kerbs etc, I hit the plunge and bought new wheels
And here they are on the car
I then installed ST170 Fog lights/a strut brace and some daytime running lights
With too many Focus's goin about that were fairly std I bit the bullit and decided to make mine one of a kind, here's it as it stands the day I dropped it off at the bodyshop
While the car was in the bodyshop I decided to start playing with the interior, I mocked up sum custom speaker mounts for all 4 doors
And so the strip down of the car began
Sideskirts mock up
I've never liked the mouldings that are going down the side of the car so I got them removed to create a smoother look down the sides
Mmm...thats better
Now no show car is complete with some shiny bits Haha
Again I've neva liked the mouldings on the car so sod it...off they come aswell lol
You can see the front skirt mock up aswell
Same with the back (no mouldings)
Rear bumper finally all ready for paint
Front bumper ready for paint
And the painting/priming process begins, I'll let the pics talk for themselves
A sneaky peak at the colour ;P
Paint process still continuing
Bumper in primer
Little bits just left to be paint now
Car slowly coming back together
Completed car
Now that I had the car back I could continue with my plan for the boot install
Oh and me tinted windows
With a car show round the corner I couldn't leave the boot install as it was so in its carpeted stage
Boot install finished, well for now neway
Oh and speakers above your head
Unfortunatley due the crap road conditions around my way, my alloy wheel actually cracked and because they don't make the wheel nemore, make that the 3rd set of wheels on the car since I started tinkering
On the car
Here's how the car stands today after 2 trips back to the bodyshop due
the filler or fibreglass dropping where I removed the mouldings on the side n now due its 3rd trip back as its happened again but only on the nearside which is confusing
Underbonnet
I then bought this, already in its striped stage, can ya guess what it is yet? Lol
With uprated cams, polished/ported head, poss either throttle bodies or did some1 say turbo, I could poss be seeing the better part of 230bhp easily
So there you go passionford peeps, my car, all comments, ideas are welcome
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It's a shame as the paint looks really well done, but I was going to say as soon as I saw the side molding smoothing thats going to crack/fall out. An area that big/deep needs a plate welding in and skimming rather than filled with fibreglass/filler. It doesn't even look like they took it down to bare metal which you should with large areas like that, especially on doors which will be slammed shut.
#10
Thanx Whizzisat Yeh muz I thought the same 2 b honest ya know n I originally thought thats wot they were originally gonna do but obviously not! I know the people that did it so I'm gonna get them 2 do n hopefully they'll b able 2 sort it properly
#13
I'm not sure if this works but we will give it a go as I haven't updated in a while
Started prepping my winter wheels
The finished product -
Rear seats out ready for retrimming:
Boot install out aswell for painting
Sound deadening going in -
All finished
Everything goin back in slowly
My newly retrimmed seats, very pleased with them I must say
Radio surround
Rear seats in
Fronts almost in so you get the idea
Clock surround
Thats all for now folks
Hope you like
Started prepping my winter wheels
The finished product -
Rear seats out ready for retrimming:
Boot install out aswell for painting
Sound deadening going in -
All finished
Everything goin back in slowly
My newly retrimmed seats, very pleased with them I must say
Radio surround
Rear seats in
Fronts almost in so you get the idea
Clock surround
Thats all for now folks
Hope you like
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