Ford Focus Mk2 [ST] Estate Sleeper - Build Thread
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TonyF55 said:
I used to have one of those, in that colour, with a 1600i engine in it.
Caught a lot of people out at traffic lights.
Chr1sch said:
just an fyi but i bizarrely came across 17" Ford hub caps the other day on ebay - Came off a fusion i believe (they do look much like an ST alloy)
fyi 2, these are 17" for a Ford Kuga http://www.trustfirstparts.co.uk/product/Ford_Kuga...CHR15 G said:
davepoth said:
Awesome work OP. Are you going to use a genuine Ford wheel trim, or will you go and look for a random one on a grass verge somewhere?
Thanks! Don't think I can use a genuine Ford one, as they don't make 17 inch steels. It will have to be a Halfrauds special.So, as far as wheel trims go I could use some Ford ones!
The interior is all back in, apart from swapping over to the new ST door cards. Then I put the front wings on and lined them up with the front doors to get good shut lines, and then the bumper on which attaches to the front wings.
Then I attached the bonnet and used this to fine tune the position of the front wings to get a nice even line down the wing/bonnet shut line.
And from the back. The exhaust is a mixture of Milltek 2 3/4" to the rear axle and 2 1/4" standard diesel from there back, connected together with a little adapter from eBay. Straight through apart from the cat, it's loud, pop-ie and bang-ie
(just temporary to get me to the exhaust shop)
It all went together easily and all the lines are pretty good for a first try, when I was just desperate to get it out and drive it home for the first time! (not before picking up a very important passenger though)
So I did! Here it is on the driveway, about a 5 mile drive from the barn (but I took the long way back). All seems to be well but I did take it very slowly and it was all a bit of a blur! It's odd being in a car that seems so normal and run of the mill but knowing that almost every nut and bolt on it was put together by you!
Then I attached the bonnet and used this to fine tune the position of the front wings to get a nice even line down the wing/bonnet shut line.
And from the back. The exhaust is a mixture of Milltek 2 3/4" to the rear axle and 2 1/4" standard diesel from there back, connected together with a little adapter from eBay. Straight through apart from the cat, it's loud, pop-ie and bang-ie
(just temporary to get me to the exhaust shop)It all went together easily and all the lines are pretty good for a first try, when I was just desperate to get it out and drive it home for the first time! (not before picking up a very important passenger though)
So I did! Here it is on the driveway, about a 5 mile drive from the barn (but I took the long way back). All seems to be well but I did take it very slowly and it was all a bit of a blur! It's odd being in a car that seems so normal and run of the mill but knowing that almost every nut and bolt on it was put together by you!
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