Is this a real RS?
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Arun_D said:
Quick Google brings this link via another PH thread regarding the same car
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-Focus-1-6-Focus-Rs-...
Excellent find. I love the sales speak...http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2005-Focus-1-6-Focus-Rs-...
JUST THESE COSTS OF THE BUILD TOTAL ALONE TO £12990 WHICH IS NEARLY THIRTEEN THOUSAND POUNDS!
The rear quarter panels are wrong as well, I'm sure they used to be a company in Hull that offered the MK3 RS conversion including lights, front panels, back panels, bumpers,spoiler and side skirts, all for about 3k.
But yeah that is 100% a MK2 converted into a MK3 RS but without the rear panels
But yeah that is 100% a MK2 converted into a MK3 RS but without the rear panels
Biggest thing, IMO, is the crease running down the side of the Mk2.5 (real one) is missing, makes quite a difference, as does the tailgate and the rear light clusters. I've spent far too long comparing a Mk2 (which I had) to a Mk2.5 (which my OH has) 
I imagine the dials will be different too unless they updated them, and the dash lights will be green, not red/white.
I imagine the dials will be different too unless they updated them, and the dash lights will be green, not red/white.
PUA said:
wow, why the hell would someone spend that much just to make a car look like a Focus RS??
Same reason that people have replicated every RS model since R met S ..... because they aspire to own and drive the real thing, however are too young or lack the disposable income to afford to buy and run the real thing, so go settle for an economical alternative that still looks the part.More amusingly are the replicas that are built at such a great expense (read that as approaching the cost of buying a genuine RS to begin with) and then end up being put up for sale at completion of the build. Mainly because when they tell their insurers what they've done, then actually seem somewhat surprised that their insurance is now the same price as that of the genuine RS itself.
Saw it happen on one of the RS forums a few years back as the car got built at equal if not greater expense of a Mk1 FRS albeit with a ST170 engine + heavy engine mods, got it's mag feature, and then got broken for parts at a fairly substantial loss as the young lad who built it forgot that once it was all done, the insurance was no longer based on a 1.4 engined 3door focus, but was now classed as a heavily modified ST170 engined Mk1 Focus RS lookalike.
Same also goes for some of the Escort "Cosworth" replicas that exist out there built out of 1.3lx shells, etc. That said there are far less of them around nowadays as the company that made the replica kits tha were popular all those years ago no longer exists.
That said, there is nothing wrong with a replica of the cars so long as it's done properly. Sadly a lot of them don't always end up as a decent finish and look rather poor/obvious when near to the real thing.
Saw it happen on one of the RS forums a few years back as the car got built at equal if not greater expense of a Mk1 FRS albeit with a ST170 engine + heavy engine mods, got it's mag feature, and then got broken for parts at a fairly substantial loss as the young lad who built it forgot that once it was all done, the insurance was no longer based on a 1.4 engined 3door focus, but was now classed as a heavily modified ST170 engined Mk1 Focus RS lookalike.
Same also goes for some of the Escort "Cosworth" replicas that exist out there built out of 1.3lx shells, etc. That said there are far less of them around nowadays as the company that made the replica kits tha were popular all those years ago no longer exists.
That said, there is nothing wrong with a replica of the cars so long as it's done properly. Sadly a lot of them don't always end up as a decent finish and look rather poor/obvious when near to the real thing.
Edited by AlexRS2782 on Wednesday 29th August 15:14
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