made a last minute decision to buy a focus on monday and get it ready for fiestas in the park
the car is a 2.0 esp with 47000 miles on a 03 plate












as you can see its pretty mint
these are my general inspiration





the first thing to do was order some wheels
i went for calibre vintage 8x17



and i also ordered toyo proxy t1r tyres
i have also ordered some gmax 50mm springs

today i decided that the headlights didnt look right so i bought a new set of st170 dark headlights and fitted them

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after






my wheels tyres and springs arrived today so they will be fitted tomorrow

 

Very nice wheels them. Should look good

 

love the grey one looks cool

 

Nice one, going to have it finished by FITP then?

 

wheels and suspension will be done tomorrow
currently waiting on my st170 fogs to come in the post along with my colour coded door handles
but got a lot of things i want to do and wont have time

 

What a lovely car.Me and the mrs went to look at one of these but thought it might be poor on fuel.I want a pair of them headlights for the wifes focus.

 

look forward to seeing it at FITP!

 

Seen a few of the one's above at EFE a few years back, cool cars with very limited bits fitted for big impact. Good luck with it

 

Started today with my door handles

Before



After



Then on to my st170 fogs

Before



After



Then started on my springs




And wheels fitted






Hopefully the suspension will settle after a few days, since driving it home it's dropped a bit from these pics.
And I'll be on the FST Automotive stand
If anyone wants to chat, im the ginger guy

 

Car is looking amazing bruv, serious props for that work happening so quickly. What are the springs you've fitted and what sort of drop should they give? I'm looking for a set of springs now for my 51 plate Estate for decent drop hopefully...

 

Nice mods, looks very nice now, anymore plans ??

 

springs are gmax 50mm drop

glenn the headlights are only 69.99 off ebay for the pair

 

Ah mate, you need some coilovers to drop it a bit more over those wheels. They'll fill the arches nicely

 

love those alloys

 

Focus in the park?!

Looking good, I have a soft spot for Calibre Vintages... mainly because they are sexual!

Ginge

 

Must.. Resist.. !!!!!!

 

doesn't work at that ride height. you need coilovers to try and go with the "euro" look

 

Looking great mate...defo needs to go lower for sure...are you 100% you have the right springs? As it definitely does not look like 50mm springs?

 

Definatley needs dropping on it's arse on coilovers it will look quality then.
Rich

 

Top work matey.Were the rear springs easy to fit.

 

They are Glenn, you don't really need to remove much except one bolt and prise the arm down with a bar and just pop the springs in. A bit fiddly, but easy

 

Nice one.I take it you remove the back bolt on the sub frame.The anti roll bar bush/rod will have to be removed to wont it.

 

Can't remember off the top of my head, been a while since I had a FWD Focus But I think it was only 1 bolt because you can prise the arm down enough to have someone else to pop the spring in.

 

Old spring can be a nightmare to get out. The way I do them is unbolt the shocker and the anti roll bar, put spring clamps inside the spring up through the hole in the bottom arm. You need to do this as there is no room on put them on the outside. Get someone to force the arm down as far as possible (standing on top of the drum works well) then lever the spring out. Don't undo any other bolts as chances are they will be siezed and will snap.

 

As above, couldn't remember off the top of my head but would know if looking at it

 

Ha, that's the exact spec/mileage Focus I've been on the look out for. Nice car mate!

 

Rear suspension was fitted by removing the bottom shock bolt. Then a pry bar to lever the rear arm down. And another to lever the springs out
Rear lights tinted today

 

Got my rear lights on my st170 tinted like that don't think that looks 50mm but when I lowered my st 30mm it looked exactly the same for a few days then settled and sat nice. Looks well love the colour

 

get some us rears



look way better, keep an eye on ebay

 

new side repeaters




and some pressed plates

 

great improvement

 

very nice mate keep up the good work could you tell me where you got your number plates from please

 

I like the us rear lights.

 

a stall at fiesta's in the park today

 

was that a one off purchase for the headlights or was the seller selling more? exactly the lights im looking for

 

really needs to be dropped on coilovers to pull the euro look off , other thn that it looks in great health for a 9 year old motor and the wheels are sexual !

 

eBay item number 220893686747

 

Give it another few days and the springs will have bedded in and dropped some more.its already lower today than it was on Friday

 

Cheers Dude, what was the Small Modification required in order to get them to fit? Dya have a pic of it at all?

 

This looks really tidy mate, well done . Ive always fancied one.