rbkr

Hey all, i'm Ria and i'm new here and this is my first Ford (previously a Corsa owner *facepalm*) she is a 1989 1.6 ghia (yes a ghia it's top of the range ) probably quite a few of you won't like my car but I thought I would show you anyways and hopefully you can give me some advice if she goes wrong The radiator already has a leak













And thats how she stands at the moment I have a crome and wood roofrack coming next week and then I just need to get her sitting on the floor and she needs a full service and abit of lovin'

Comments etc welcome good or bad?

Also i'm having abit of trouble finding a lowering kit which goes lower than 60mm do any of you have any pics of escort mk4's lowered by 60mm?

Over and out

paul16v

Love how clean the engine bay is looks mint, im really not a fan of the fablon down the sides tho I think it looks horrific sorry.

maxest

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As above the wood effect looks terrible.. take that off and some standard trims and leave it be.

Neil@FastFord

Ginge...you taught me something, Fablon. Never knew that. Alway's called it "that wood shit or panelling"...mint.

But agree, the motors shockin'!

carlo

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Is that real oak on the sides ?

Mcgarry

that looks shit!!! sorry

rs_traynor

mate you wanna get yourself over to one of the vw forums

shitty wood effect off it, throw your wooden roof rack to fuck with they wanky stickers...

deck it and stick a zetec turbo in it with a set off black steels, mint!

neil andeRSon

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I quiet like that..

Congrats on doin something different from the norm....

R4N SS

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shit

rbkr

Lol but I don't have a VW or ever want one?! Nope I want to do something different

But yeh cheers for the comments, 1 slightly positive comment out of 8 was better than I thought I would get

Over and out

chris m1

Why did you have to do it to an aqua jade?? . Im not tottaly against the look tbh its just yours is the only other 5 door one in this colour I've seen in a few years.

Get yourself on the boards here. http://mk4escorts.freeforums.org/?si...417cd12146bbdc

PS as for the lowering kit, any mk4 escort setup..be it RS or 3i will fit so no need to go as low as 60mm

whizzisat114

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Clean car
But you gotta loose the wood
it doesn't suit the car :-(

paul16v

Its an education knowing me mate

Darylc.

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on that car, I'd loose the "wood". Interesting idea and, when done right and on the right car, could look good but it doesn't on this. I see what you tried to do though mate and respect to you for being different.

jonfoc

Each to their own i guess, but everyone is entitled to an opinion. LOSE THAT SHIT WOOD EFFECT!

weegaz22

i Think a wood panelling effect can be pulled off successfully IF the whole cars been done over, On wrecks to riches barry white's ford focus estate that was red with the wood panelling looked good, but like i said the whole car had been gone over, wheels, lowered tints etc, they didnt just stick some fablon to the sides of a standard car.


i'd be tempted to fit a tuned up RST lump and leave it looking like that...sleeper chariot

PileOfRust

looks like the majority vote is that the wood looks poo

very clean little car, but the wood just doesnt look right. Wouldnt be so bad if it was a combi but it isnt

Darylc.

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To be honest though, i hate the "I love tractors" sticker even more

rbkr

Seriously I do love tractors, do we not have any ford tractor threads going on here? I would love to rebuild a T20 but skills and money and space prevent me

Yeh maybe the wood might come off :S

And no engine swap for this one I'm afraid but I do want to tune up the cvh as much a possible, so any advice or links to threads on how to do so would be appreciated

jonny s2

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looks a clean shell

not keen on the woody but its yours so dont let anyone put you off LOL

phil_rs

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Fuck it, keep the wood lol! On the floor on some 15" Puma steels with a naughty lump would be funny

jonny s2

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^^wood be hillarious

B19 JUB

ive never seen a woody effect escort but i reckon it would look better on an estate.i reckon though with right combination of bits and pieces to give it the full effect it may look ok.your car mate noone has to drive it,ignore the negative people,just carry on

rbkr

Cheers I might try and redo the wood though, cause I think the lines don't really work nice to have a few slightly positive comments

studabear

Do you use ronseal and auto glym when cleaning?

P.S if you slam it too low it will drive like sh*t

Car does look in good order, for tuning you could fit twin carbs or throttle bodys?

rbkr

Nope I just take it too the local jet wash and use the wax, then I dry her off with microfibre cloths Thing is I have very little knowledge when it come to engines I did build a haynes engine a few months back no joke!! So i'm going to have to take her to the garage to get most things done meh

What would you recommend for lowering?

studabear

depends on budget really, a set of G max shocks and springs will drop it quite well, or you could go for a koni set up (a lot dearer)

rbkr

Budget is about Ł500ish

gouch1

peel the wood effect of lift up the the wheelie bin lid and place the wood effect deep in the bottom close lid.
the rest of car looks good tidy the arches up and get some wide steels on it

studabear

Have a look in the rs turbo parts for sale section, normally a few cars getting broken for spares, so you might get a 2nd hand bargain or ebay etc

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/escort-rs-...item45fdf9b331

or a koni set up?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-ESCOR...item19c9441bb2

rbkr

Right I thought you would all like to see a pic of my nice rack lol :P





Also I have brought some 40mm Gmax lowering springs, but they may loose a coil

luke19790_3

wtf

rbkr

Hahahahahahaha what?!

luke19790_3

it looks f**king shit, go and buy a vw.

rbkr

I'm glad you like it and why would I buy a VW I hate them :S

Glenn_

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More like an experience lol.Your a funny lad matey.

Korda

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paint the steels black put you springs on and fit a nice zetec turbo lump
and put the wood in the bin

Glenn_

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It would be a nice car if you took all that shite off it.Wtf do you want a roof rack for???are you going anywhere nice.



I hate thus ratty look.

Korda

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homebase for ronseal

rbkr

Hahaha Er yeh i'm off for a little trip to the seaside so I will need to attach all the luggage to my roof lol :P