My Daily - Focus gone, now 307 Hdi 110(+) Pics P10 - Saxperience

Andy_K · 22nd June 2008, 22:43

Picked this up over the weekend to replace my Volvo as a daily driver

Spent all today cleaning and polishing it up but the heavens opened by the time i got the camera to take some photo's - hence the poor shots:

Its a Focus 1.8 zetec mp3. Pretty standard except 17" pro-race 2's, spax coilovers and a stainless backbox. I'm pretty chuffed with it tbh.
Will get better pics later.

SaxoAlex · 22nd June 2008, 22:48

not bad, not bad

SaxoJamie · 22nd June 2008, 22:52

looks nice mate

Andy_K · 25th June 2008, 22:19

Not happy. Can you spot whats wrong in this picture?

How about this one?

One of the rear springs snapped yesterday on my way to work. Not a great start to fous ownership lol. New springs are being ordered tomorrow so it should all be fine by the weekend. It does look quite good slaaaaaaaamed though:

dispin · 23rd July 2008, 01:19

[QUOTE=Andy_K;2272400]

One of the rear springs snapped yesterday on my way to work. Not a great start to fous ownership lol./QUOTE]

Well it is a ford lol.

Looks really nice, i love the alloys

Andy_K · 24th July 2008, 20:01

[QUOTE=dispin;2359620]

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Originally Posted by Andy_K

One of the rear springs snapped yesterday on my way to work. Not a great start to fous ownership lol./QUOTE]

Well it is a ford lol.

Looks really nice, i love the alloys

Cheers mate

Did a bit of work today on installing the new stereo. Old headunit came out, and then i stripped all the seats and doorcards out to make access easier. Gave it all a good clean with AG Interior shampoo as it was a bit grubby:

Then Dynamat'd the boot and doors behind the speakers (thanks to Source Sounds in Sheffield for a good deal on the Dynamat) and then made spacers to allow 6.5" speakers to fit in the doors (original speakers are 8x6")

Original plan was to fit 6x9's in the stock position in the rear quarters, but they wouln't go in without cutting a lot of the panel out, which I wasnt prepared to do. SO I went and ordered a pair of Pioneer 6x8's which are arriving tommorrow

Also made tweeter pods into the mirror covers as I couldnt find anywhere else to stick them

These were then fillered and are now rubbed down and in primer, ready for rubbing down again and spraying.

More photos when I do a bit more.

Saxo-Will · 25th June 2008, 22:22

rust ftl... typical ford...

but yea, looks good... all that matters!

Andy_K · 25th June 2008, 22:25

lol. Though they were all about the build quality lol.

Springs are uprated - not ford parts so I'll let em off that.

Steve · 25th June 2008, 22:26

lower it while your on man

Andy_K · 25th June 2008, 22:30

its already dropped on coilovers mate. Can go up to 70mm lol

Andy_K · 7th July 2008, 22:57

Got a little package today:

Got a new pair of rear springs to replace the snapped one. Decided to replace the other one as well as it looks pretty buggered tbh:

Will get them fitted one night this week. Also got a couple of C spanners and a new adjuster nut so that I can soften up the coilovers and set the ride height. Think I'll go -45 to 50mm for everyday and -70mm for shows etc.

Andy_K · 7th July 2008, 23:03

Got all these from Silverstone Tuning. Great service tbh. Ordered friday - on my door step today

Also started on the boot build. Spend a lot of time in the car so I want a decent sound system. New head unit arrived last week. Speakers are on order and already have a sub and couple of amps. False floor is still to go in over the amps, along with acryllic windows.
Speakers are going to be 6.5" components in the doors. Need to make some tweeter pods for on the back of the mirror covers, or see if they can be built into the a-pillars.

So far....

Got my eye on a new front bumper, and sorted a few little niggly bits like the rusty brake callipers and drums with a lick of hammerite. Will clean it this weekend and get piccies up when the boot is done

saxowebby · 7th July 2008, 23:24

lol fair play to ya mate. taking on another project, hows the vts

Andy_K · 7th July 2008, 23:30

lol this one aint such a big project - just want a tidy everyday car. VTS is coming on slowly. Donor car is nearly stripped and ready to go. VTS bodywork is practically done bar the front morettes.
Have spoken to a bodyshop about painting it. The guy seemed up for it, and he can do a good job as he has just done my mates polo and it looks nice. Getting him round to give me a quote soon. Also going to talk to another shop for a comparison price.

Andy_K · 21st July 2008, 20:39

Some progress...

New rear springs are fitted and the car is all road legal again.
Finally got my front component speakers in the post this morning - MTX TXC6.1's

Been collecting various wiring kits and an adaptor harness so that the new headunit will still work off the steering wheel controls:

Will be off to get some dynamat in the morning and then getting all this little lot fitted, including the JL Audio sub and amps and some rear speakers.

Mikey · 21st July 2008, 20:41

sweet car pal

rob_s · 21st July 2008, 20:47

oo i know this car

well i say know it,used to be a lads on a site called "cruise-cad" back in the day could have chanaged hands a few times since then though

Andy_K · 21st July 2008, 20:51

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Originally Posted by Mikey

sweet car pal

Cheers mate.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rob_s

oo i know this car

well i say know it,used to be a lads on a site called "cruise-cad" back in the day could have chanaged hands a few times since then though

Ah right, cool. It was a lady who owned it last, according to the log book.

rob_s · 21st July 2008, 20:59

yea must have been passed on since

was a lad who had it when i last saw it,cant think of his name now,maybe matt or something

was a nice car anyway!

Andy_K · 21st July 2008, 21:02

Yeah it seems nice so far, bar the spring lol.
Good choise of mods he stuck on it