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Thought I would make a project thread on here

There seem to be a lot of Mk7 owners, so thought it might be of interest

So this is my old car [First Car]

Ford Fiesta 2003 Zetec 1.4 Petrol



I bought my new car in Dec 2009 with 9000 miles on the clock

Ford Fiesta 2009 Zetec S 1.6 TDCi

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First thing I did was change over to my personalised plate

I saved up for this before I could even drive

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My first proper mod was fitting the Armster armrest

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Next up I fit the Ford 'Power' Push Start Button

I have done a wiring diagram and made a guide on this website already explaining it in detail

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Car got keyed
I would guess it was through jealousy as I don't think I have !Removed! anyone off that much

£250 respray for the whole side
Which I thought was quite reasonable





So I decided to make the most of the respray with a bit of cheeky colour coding

Panther black interior trim

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I was intrigued as to what was behind the compartment under the stereo, so I couldn't help but to prise it open to have a look

After finding a one way catch on the "secret" compartment, I replaced it with a push-release catch

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Fitted the aluminium gear knob as the old one looked out of place after I'd got everything painted black

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Made a custom aluminium iPhone holder and bought a Brodit ProClip dash mount

Moved aux lead so it came out above the phone holder

Hard wired iPhone charger to free up 12v plug and made it accessible from the "secret" compartment

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Fitted the Fiesta tailored matts, aluminium pedal covers, Lockwood 'S' door sills

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Got my alloys powder coated in an anthracite colour

Also got a cracked alloy welded up and done too so that I had a full size spare

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The original spare wheel clamp no longer fitted, so i made a new clamp to lock the 16" alloy in place

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Purchased some Black/Red DMB gel overlays

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Fitted a Mondeo sunglasses holder