My RWD Escort RS Cosworth nick named "The Widow Maker"

[gaz1234]

vid no worky,

[Alexw88]

Looks awesome buddy.

[iva cosworth]

Come on Mark get yourself a cheap splitter off Ebay.

As you say they look awful without one.

I put my wobbly Ford original back on after trashing my carbon look one with worse damage than

yours.

I tore mine off,couldn't stop in time and drove over it

[mboon]

Just checked the vid and it is working for me? Click on the link, takes around 1 minute to load for some reason

Just got back from a run (physical) and seen the Escort looking nice in the night light so got the DSLR Out and had a little play



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Comments welcome

[mboon]

Another massive thank you to Mark Barber!!! Put a wanted add up a week ago and Mark saved the day



Today I recieved these items







and







There is two of these but one was fitted before I took the photo.



So this now means my bumper sits alot better than it did



Drivers side







Passanger side (This was the side which was missing)







Thanks again Mark, best thing I did joining the RSOC



So as mentioned above, the splitter was removed which gave me a good view on the damage to the bumper. Not as bad as I thought and had a price of £100 to fix and spray so a cheap fix



This is a photo of the damage







Lucky for me, it was only the middle splitter that was broken, the bottom item and hockey sticks are all in good shape. I am keeping an eye out for a middle splitter and just waiting for the right time to buy.



Not sure if anyone has one of these spare? but I need one







These go on the doors, some kind of reflector



As like the rest of the UK, we had snow. I nearly got stuck out in the car which would of been a nightmare, lucky for me I got her home and safe. Took me ten minutes to get on the driveway though... was good fun











The weather has got better now and for the first time managed to get my daughters car out to play







And after a clean at the weekend, like always it rained. Noticed the paintwork bubbled up nicely so took a couple snaps of the old girl with my phone































And that is it for now.

[mboon]

Today I thought I had enough time to get a good amount of the engine bay cleaned up but turned out I didnt.



As I have no doubt already said, the car will not be used daily at the end of next week so starting to get her how I want. Engine bay has never been very pretty in the old girl, a good clean and a change of colour on the tanks and I will be happy.



These are the before photos, they was taken on my DSLR.























































And this is a couple of the front grill area that I was working on today before I ran out of time.































All I have done is take the front grill off, remove the bonnet lock/catch and use Megs compound cutter to clear the grime off. Did not have time to put any polish and wax on this area yet but the time will come.



Plans are to remove the two chrome tanks, get them cackle black or satin finish, when removed clean up the suspension tops and arches etc and as much as I can get to.



Going to try and change some of the fixings for new items just so it looks a bit fresher.

[mboon]

Well its now official. The car is no longer a daily. Although it can be used as a daily if I want, I am now working close to home and can walk or get a lift to work etc.



Last time I drove the car was Thursday, put £20 worth of fuel in and parked her up. Not really feeling the love at the moment and not in the mood to drive the car, it has been cold and did have it spinning in 4th under part throttle... as you can imagine, its not much fun to drive when it is trying to kill you.



So started her up today and gave it a clean, wanted to get the salt off the old girl as its not going to be used for a bit now.



So cleaned it and took a couple snaps on my Samsung Galaxy S3... Not bad for a phone!!



























I also got my subwoofer sorted in the back of the car. Ended up soldering the terminals and wrapping etc, tucked all the cables away so it looks half decent. No photos of this but you can guess what it looks like.



While I was putting the cables away I found this on the passanger side in the boot?



Any idea what this is?











Also used the Liquid Gold car shampoo and it does not work on a black car. It was leaving water marks on the paint so wiped it down myself.

[mboon]

Met up with Leggy Pete today for a chin wag etc, bought the camera to get some snaps of his car.

I had a nightmare! Accidently deleted the photos so had to buy a caddy to put the memory card in, then when I found them I had over exposesed a bit too much

Anyway, these are the photos of the two cars. Mine looks like crap without the front splitter





























































































































All comments welcome

[mboon]

Just purchased a front splitter for my car. Cannot stand it looking like rubbish anymore! I am tempted to paint the hockey sticks in satin black and do away with the carbon fibre stuff now. Either that or wrap the new front splitter I just bought to try and match the hockey sticks?

[cossy400]

mboon said:

Just purchased a front splitter for my car. Cannot stand it looking like rubbish anymore! I am tempted to paint the hockey sticks in satin black and do away with the carbon fibre stuff now. Either that or wrap the new front splitter I just bought to try and match the hockey sticks?

Not knowing the ins and the outs of wrapping.

But would a wrap not hold up better to stone chips and general road debris?

Rather than paint which would chip.

[Max M4X WW]

That ECU thing looks like it has ATE on, so ABS controller?

[sprouting]

Such a lovely looking car, just needs one these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-RS-3-spoke-steering... to finish off the interior

[mboon]

Splitter arrived

[kashv90]

Love Escort Cosworths! Read the whole thread this morning, this, the Lotus Carlton, E36 M3/E34 M5 are probably my favorite 90s cars.

Put up more videos if you can .

[mboon]

Kash from m3 cutters? Had two e36 m3s. Lovely cars!

[Loui]

What are the bonnet vents in the focus?

[mboon]

Yes 4x4 vents. Looks very nice. The ones to have

[VXRuss]

I had an Escort Cossie, it cost me so much money, wasn't that enjoyable an experience most of the time!

Do love them though, yours looks nice, brave man leaving it there though lol.

[mboon]

Bumper removed. Fixed, sanded down, sprayed, carbon fibre hocky sticks removed, sanded down, treated and sprayed in satin black. Both front splitters fitted back on the car. Car is now back at home.

[mboon]

A couple pics.



Car has not been cleaned and is covered in dust and grime. The faint parts on the splitter etc is dust


Before







After