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Have been browsing a few ford sites and came across this one i thought id say hello too. At the mo im on the south coast just outside of pompey

i have a radiant red(no pinks) mk6 escort saloon
2.0 Silvertop Mondeo Engine partially rebuilt Dec 2008
1.8 115ps inlet manifold
4-2-1 Ashley exhaust manifold, sports CAT, 3.5" inward rolled silencer (if you can call it that!)
IB5 gear box
Morette quad headlights with indicators mounted behind front grill
Lowered -40mm on cold coil springs with standard shock absorbers
Focus ST170 front brakes (300mm)
Escort RS2000 rear brakes (270mm)
Escort RS2000 Recaro front seats (combined with 5 door Si rears - same material pattern)
Front strut brace

Thats what it had when i got it since then ive added

Evotech Front bumper
Mk6 bonnet with RS2l humps
Afterburner rear lights
Replaced the Recaros for Full Leather Interior
Plasma Dials
my own clock face
Door lights both sides
Few bits of engine bay painted to go with the black/red theme
Removed the badge from the front grille

[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Prep%20And%20Paint/newpaint4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Prep%20And%20Paint/newpaint5.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Car/2011-09-10112005.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Car/Pic_0328_007.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Car/Rearlights.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Car/LeatherFronts.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Car/badge.jpg[/img]

Things im am going to do next are

sort out the rusty sills (its behind the skirts but i know its there!!)

And as a side note this is what i got the Mrs for her birthday

Mk5 XR3I cabby
Since pic was taken ive added an RS2k bonnet to it
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Escort%20Cabby/hers4.jpg[/img]
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Escort%20Cabby/hers5.jpg[/img]

His an hers
[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v150/zetec_orion/Escort%20Cabby/HisanHers.jpg[/img]

Well i think thats enough for a first post. Hope to have lots of deep and meaingful conversations with you all as well as talking about Fords of course!!

[color="#0000FF"][size="5"][font="Times New Roman"]Hi welcome[/font][/size][/color]

Hello and welcome.

Hi and welcome, nice paintwork, what do you use to keep them like that? Gary

Welcome to the Forum,
your cars look great
also check out DMB Graphics for Badge overlays or Original Vintage decals [url="http://www.dmb.uk.com/cart.php?m=product_vendor_list&v=23"][color="#525252"]Click Here [/color][/url]

Hope this helps

[quote name='Gary Maxreflect' timestamp='1318253157' post='147786']
Hi and welcome, nice paintwork, what do you use to keep them like that? Gary
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Red One has jusst had a paint job and the blue one was just a bit of perfectly place picture taking!! not as good as it looks up close!! but i do use some autoglym products on them

[quote name='Lenny' timestamp='1318258521' post='147818']
Welcome to the Forum,
your cars look great
also check out DMB Graphics for Badge overlays or Original Vintage decals [url="http://www.dmb.uk.com/cart.php?m=product_vendor_list&v=23"][color="#525252"]Click Here [/color][/url]

Hope this helps
[/quote]

yea i know there website seen them at FF aswell only problem i only need one overlay for the rear bage as the front has been removed and they only sell in pairs!!

[quote name='Jack Tar' timestamp='1318351174' post='148042']

yea i know there website seen them at FF aswell only problem i only need one overlay for the rear bage as the front has been removed and they only sell in pairs!!
[/quote]

I purchased a single order for the rear of my focus mate, i didnt have to buy a full set, i just contacted them on the site, then they gave me a paypal address to pay the cash in to
and told me to put in the comments section what i was looking for


[img]http://i575.photobucket.com/albums/ss192/lennymanwoods/Image0788.jpg[/img]

Hi nice cars u got. like the evo-tec bumper looks less close to the ground then my silly wrc one gotta go slow on every bumpy road lol