more of a good tidy up
11-03-2012, 05:01 PM
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more of a good tidy up
got this little xr2i on wednesday and it is very clean but needs a couple of bits doing
as i got it
all day thursday concentrating on the paint finish
here are a few pics of the results
started with snowfoam
then a full machine polish using 3m fast cut on green 3m pad ,followed by fine finish 3m on yellow 3m pad and waxed using autoglym hd wax
here is wax curing
then some nice shiny shots
and a very very clean interior
then friday was mechanical day ,when driving it home felt a bit vague on steering so checked it over to find both bottom wishbones knackered, both front shocks knackered and a worn front wheel bearing :doublesho ,i have now replaced these and had it tracked up and it now drives as nice as it looks :thumb:
spent rest of the day cleaning the engine bay sorry no before shots (forgot) still a couple of little bits to do but deffinately presentable now :thumb:
today was a bit more attention to detail
exhaust after a quick clean the other day
exhaust after a couple of hours cleaning and polishing
and a couple of hours on years of grease and road grime inside door shuts and ended up with this
cheers for reading all comments welcome
as i got it
all day thursday concentrating on the paint finish
here are a few pics of the results
started with snowfoam
then a full machine polish using 3m fast cut on green 3m pad ,followed by fine finish 3m on yellow 3m pad and waxed using autoglym hd wax
here is wax curing
then some nice shiny shots
and a very very clean interior
then friday was mechanical day ,when driving it home felt a bit vague on steering so checked it over to find both bottom wishbones knackered, both front shocks knackered and a worn front wheel bearing :doublesho ,i have now replaced these and had it tracked up and it now drives as nice as it looks :thumb:
spent rest of the day cleaning the engine bay sorry no before shots (forgot) still a couple of little bits to do but deffinately presentable now :thumb:
today was a bit more attention to detail
exhaust after a quick clean the other day
exhaust after a couple of hours cleaning and polishing
and a couple of hours on years of grease and road grime inside door shuts and ended up with this
cheers for reading all comments welcome
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cheers guys your comments are much appreciated , when i got the car it came with the standard xr2i alloys, springs and front amber indicators , in 2 minds weather to resort car back to original spec or leave as is what are your thoughts.
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12-03-2012, 07:21 AM
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Awsome matey! Love a xr2i. Theres one just came in at my scrappy, completly standard in red, now its already been trashed!
Id put it back to original if i were you, definatly! Oh yeah and do the drums and calipers black!
Get some more pics up!!
Id put it back to original if i were you, definatly! Oh yeah and do the drums and calipers black!
Get some more pics up!!
12-03-2012, 08:08 AM
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not really mate ,will probably go back to stock with it , as for underside resto dont know ,like to use them and i f i went down that route the car would never leave the garage ,will be taking it to a couple of local events this year,got one in 3 weeks so see how it goes down there.
12-03-2012, 09:10 AM
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Yeah i suppose your right, if its too good you won't use it!
Take it back too stock would be good!
I bet the underside isnt too bad looking at the bay etc
How many owners it had? If you don't mind me asking what did you pay for it?
Take it back too stock would be good!
I bet the underside isnt too bad looking at the bay etc
How many owners it had? If you don't mind me asking what did you pay for it?
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yer underside is clean ,has had a bit of welding but to a good standard ,has had 7 owners but 3 in last 12 months.
came with a set of five standard alloys with as new tyres, standard springs and a spare new windscreen all for measley sum of
Ł850
came with a set of five standard alloys with as new tyres, standard springs and a spare new windscreen all for measley sum of
Ł850
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decided to make a start cleaning and tidying the under arches and getting rid of the horrible red callipers
so here it is before
horrible red callipers cant believe he painted over retaining springs
nasty red all gone
all painted and cleaned
and all back together , only another three corners to do now
so here it is before
horrible red callipers cant believe he painted over retaining springs
nasty red all gone
all painted and cleaned
and all back together , only another three corners to do now
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cheers guys ,think its loads better with the black ,went for a satin finish rather than gloss black looks much better than the red effort that was on there ,also thought the ford badge would set them off without being too in your face and not look too tacky 
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