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My Mk4 Do'Er Upper To Replace My Mk5 Nighmare!!!


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Got another trick up my sleeve when it comes to removing the locks just need to see if i can track down what i need to make it happen 1st as its going to swing 1 of 2 ways, but both are very similar outcomes.

 

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well i managed to get the 1st stage of what i wanted to make out the way as ideally i would have had them made from stainless so i could polish them but the bolt supplier did not carry them so i have them on order but as he had the tensile steel version i got these instead and done the machining at work to make them look like dummy locks butonce donethey looked a little boring so managed to spraff a ford logo dxf image off the net and engrave them, there now painted mat black to prevent rusting imeadiatly.

 

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well got the dummy locks in today they look ace still unsure as to wether or not to fit the stainless ones once i make them. :unsure:

 

also fitted the remote central locking kit off fle-bay mega,mega,mega bargain. . . . . . . . £18 deliverd!!!!!!

 

normally £21.50 deliverd but it was on a best offer. :tongue:

 

 

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Double post how cool.

 

we are talking about 2 locks here so a double post is allowed...... :biggrin:

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Well now that xmas is out the way i've got the chance of a cheap banger focus tdi as a daily driver and breaking my 2.0 16v mondeo so looks like the pink cabby will be getting a new heart that beats a bit more rapid than its counterpart.... :banana_dance:

 

this might also inc. transfering the old heated seat pads over as well as a few other odd's n sod's. :blink:

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Well is it just me or have all the local roads suddenly sprung 20,000 new massive pot holes between where i live and work??? :unsure:

 

So to save the 17'S dying a horrible 50p shaped death i bought some black rs turbo rims for the time being just to see if i can regain some drving comfort when out offroading, sorry i mean going to work..... :tongue:

 

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Looks good like that :cool:

 

Thats what i was starting to think as i had a xr3i that i converted to 2.1zvh turbo many moons ago and that ended up on black rst rims too which i liked.

 

 

black wheels suit it :cool:

 

Thing is i can't see her in doors being cocker-hoop about shifting here 17's on and pocketing the coin. :punish:

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looking good. not a lover of the colour but if its for the misses then why not.

whats the score with the orion in the background?

 

The thread on that car is on another website, its going matt black, lowerd on army green 15" steels with a 2.0 zetec in running zx6r bike carbs. . . just for a bit of novelty. :banana_dance:

might start a repeat topic on here but i'll have to see if i get the time to do the write up twice 1st.

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The thread on that car is on another website, its going matt black, lowerd on army green 15" steels with a 2.0 zetec in running zx6r bike carbs. . . just for a bit of novelty. :banana_dance:

might start a repeat topic on here but i'll have to see if i get the time to do the write up twice 1st.

 

 

hopefully youll get the chance would love to see it.

I've got a soft spot for the Orions and lost count of how many ive had.

my last one was matt black running steelies with a full rs kit and running a rst lump.

looked like s**t but went well sadly ive not got any pictures as at the time I wasnt into

pc's and never owned one.

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well i have been raking around and have finally managed to get everything together to put a 1.8 zetec in her mota just been messing on with the hammerite as you do to give it a freshen up....

 

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then after hoying the sump through the blaster at work to give it a clean up to.

 

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I very nearly put a 2.0 in but thinking about it i think her in doors would end up in a hedge somewhere so opted on the 1.8 instead.

 

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Well this must be the 1st time since as long as i can remember that i put a days holiday in, and actually got 90% of the day to my advantage!!!!!

 

so spent most of the morning sorting out the engine loom for the conversion, then weighed some wheels in, then got all my e-bay posting done.

 

turns out the zetec loom can be extended and is only a 9 wire & 3 relay connection!!!

 

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So this is how it stood when i 1st seen it at my mates escort breakers.

 

 

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Then after sculking around his yard for 4x steels to get it mobile enough to pull it onto his recovery truck i got it deliverd to my house.

 

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nice cars m8 can i ask where your friend has his breakers yard as it looks like some of the cars could be put back on the road .

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Nah m8 all the cars left outside are to far gone anything worth keeping are inside or in lock-ups.

 

Its notreally a breakers yard as such as its more of a hobby for him, but its near newcastle.

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hi ya derrick

dont look 2 bad?

r u puttin the mk3 front end bak on her than?

looks a bit funny wiv a mk4 front end on a b plate!

regards mark

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hi ya derrick

dont look 2 bad?

r u puttin the mk3 front end bak on her than?

looks a bit funny wiv a mk4 front end on a b plate!

regards mark

 

Nahh the B reg one has now gone and was replaced with a pink mk4 on an E reg thats just about to get a 1.8 zetec conversion on it.

 

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