its been a while..

[marshyuk]

but im back..i warn you now theres a fair few pics with this thread...
:???: :???:

when i was last online,my baby looked like this....

then she went for her first mot with me.....
and failed! on 10 points.. :sad: but after a word with a mechanic friend got it all done with new mot for £270,
then this happened....


a kerb took a dislike to the passenger side aided by black ice...
after spending £60 to sort this...

this then happened...


so after replacing both sides costing £34 (and grazed knuckles!)

i started with little mods...


mk6 mirrors,new grille,rs2k headlights sidelights and front bumper with clear indicators..

painted up..

gti skirts..

mk6 rear bumper (which cost a fiver due to damage..easily fixed with a bit of elbow grease!)


and thats pretty much it..
im in the process of removing rubbing strips..


next im looking for an exhaust and some gti spats,then fitting the koni shocks and springs i have,then sourcing some rubber for my 17s,...
well what ya think guys???

[wildoliver]

www.escortevolution.co.uk/

[Killer2005]

marshyuk said:

well what ya think guys???

Its an Escort

[wildoliver]

Lol I was going to put that but thought it was too mean.

I'm sorry my attitude on this sort of thing is simple.....If you run a sh1tter as a sh1tter then great, we all sometimes need one, whether we need to leave it somewhere dodgy and not worry or don't want to pile big mileage on a nice car.

But the old adage of you can't polish a turd truly does apply.

[burriana]

Maybe a bit harsh.

I admit, when it was first posted a few months back I, and a few others I think, suggested that PH may not be the desired audience for this kind of project, but nevertheless, it's his pride and joy and he's obviously taken a lot of time and effort.

[gemini]

politician

[Killer2005]

burriana said:

it's his pride and joy and he's obviously taken a lot of time and effort.

And he's proud of it, so there is that.

[simon.b]

My first car was an 1100 Escort Mk 1.

I spent, what was then to me, a lot of money time and effort making it different and keeping it road worthy.

We all start somewhere…..

Cheers,

Simon.

[minimax]

the car certainly looks a lot better than it used to, and at least it's not been chavved fair play to the fellow

[marshyuk]

firstly..its my first car,im only young and cantafford anything better,i have 2 kids and a sh1te wage to live on..and yes its my pride and joy
secondly..whatever you think is your opinion,and your entitled to that..
thirdly..thank you for the helpful comments,,im kinda new to modding and im not about to go ramraiding halfords for every stick on piece i can find..i personally cant stand chavved up cars,i think that you can go to far and spoil a car...

[burriana]

Good on ya

Though that escortevolution link that Oliver put up might actually be quite helpful for you.

[fridaypassion]

good for you m8, less is more with cars like this I think your doing a good job. Sure beats sticking a daft bodykit on.

A petrolhead is a petrolhead weather your in a ford or a Ferrari

Edited by fridaypassion on Tuesday 17th April 22:36

[marshyuk]

thank you again for the nice comments..
also dont if you can make it out..but on the rear quarterlight windows there is already a link for evo!! lol!! im already a member..

[Zad]

Don't you find that number plate makes you rather "popular" with the Boys in Blue? I think the rad grille looks daft without a Ford badge, but that's just personal taste.

Rather than spending your hard earned £ on cosmetics, how about treating it to a set (or part set) of poly bushes? On a car that is more than 3-4 years old they will sharpen up the handling nicely without incurring any nasty insurance problems. Not only will they make it nicer to drive around the twisties, they will probably make it safer.

[burriana]

Zad said:

Don't you find that number plate makes you rather "popular" with the Boys in Blue?

I don't think they'd worry about a plate that's so close to legal compared to some of the jokes you see on the road. At least you can read what it's supposed to say

[jagdpanther]

Hey

At the end of the day, if its your run about an you want to improve it by adding details from later models, go for it son

The standard 5 door Escort always did look a little mundane (I suppose it was meant to really) so I see no harm in visually improving the car and making it more attractive

Its starting to look nice and clean

Although I must agree on the grille thing...it REALLY needs a new Oval in there!

[c2look]

It's better than the first car I had.

[ChristianZS]

c2look said:

It's better than the first car I had.

Same here.. Mine had a different coloured bonnet and more rust than metal! oh and it kept blowing headgaskets :|

[tuscnick]

I started with an Escort MK2 1.1, I loved it and it was my P&J, I made similar mods, and I enjoyed it - which was the main thing.

Marshyuk - I am not sure this will be of any use to you, as i am not sure on fit etc, but I have a set of a nice upgraded set of front brakes (to 4 pot etc ) consisting of:

2 Big grooved discs
2 Four pot calipers (chromed)
2 Wheel spacers
2 Braided hoses

I got these for my old (when I had it) Escort Mk1 RS Turbo - it was an upgrade to Cossy size brakes (i think I paid about £450)I never got round to fiting them.

The only problem I can forsee it that your wheels may not be big enough to fit the discs under (but you may be thinking of getting bigger wheels at some point)

Anyhow, if they are of any use - you can have them FOC, just need to arrange collection.

If no good to you just say - I will not be offended.

And keep on enjoying your car

Cheers

Nick

Edited by tuscnick on Wednesday 18th April 11:54

Edited by tuscnick on Wednesday 18th April 12:02

[marshyuk]

tuscnick..where abouts are you?? i maybe interested in them..i am upgrading to 17s when i can afford the rubber for them!
also im interested in a poly bush kit as ive been looking at buying new exhaust rubbers as mine are fraying and im replacing backbox soon..i cant remember the name of the company atm..they do the yellow polybushes etc..