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Hello all :)

So I bought my new car 20th of Feb, felt great to buy a decent car :) I bought the Ford fiesta zetec eco, as I wanted something that was fuel efficient as I travel a lot but wanted something still abit smart, but didn't have enough for the ZS so I have started modifying it slightly and I am now at a stage of what can I do next....

I started off with adding wind dereflectors, followed by new 17" rims and then as off tomorrow will have black roof and wings! I have ordered gel overlays in black and white but I am now thinking possibly black and red and paint my calipers red, what do you think?

I dont want to add to much red but belive maybe black and white is going to be abit bland.

Thoughts&opinions would be great cheers guys :)

*Car as it stands atm & potentially what will look like tomorrow (edited)

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I second that it would make all the difference to the front !

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Hi guys speaking of grills. why not grab yourself a can of matte black plastidip and spray your current grill(chrome and all)..

Would that work?

Hi guys speaking of grills. why not grab yourself a can of matte black plastidip and spray your current grill(chrome and all)..

Would that work?

I personally think the honeycomb looks a lot nicer. That's why I changed mine, stock my Focus grill was gloss black slats.

Its cheaper and saves you from spending(a lot) and removing your grill..

Nah. its up to you. Thats my view anyways. ^^

Its cheaper and saves you from spending(a lot) and removing your grill..

Nah. its up to you. Thats my view anyways. ^^

Definitely worth considering, really depends on how much you want to spend :)

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It's saying I don't have permission to brie that forum :/ could u link a picture,please?

There you go :)

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It's saying I don't have permission to brie that forum :/ could u link a picture,please?

Can you message me a screenshot of the error you are getting, you shouldn't be seeing a permission problem to view the guides section

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Thank you, looks ace that :)

you could start on the body kit.
That's what i'm doing.....

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I could :)

I'm going to do my calipers over next few days but undecided whether to go orange or red and get gel overals to match... Opinions?

Thanks :)

Slam it onto its !Removed!

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Haha Damian.. Did u mean ar*e ;)

I could :)

I'm going to do my calipers over next few days but undecided whether to go orange or red and get gel overals to match... Opinions?

Thanks :)

Rule of thumb is not to have more than 3 colours, white, black and the tail lights being red I would go red callipers, ;)

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Sweet! Hot ride! My alloys are very similar ;) Red it is then :)

Just make sure the calipers are mint clean before you paint them and use lacquer and hardener afterwards, it'll look much better and not like some most chavvys you see out there who rattle canned it with drip marks all over the arms and wish bones. Will also be easier to clean.

Actual brake cleaner is the best stuff too can be bought it halfrauds just don't smoke around the stuff.

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Hardner? You think will look okay red then and red overlays :)

Katie, I used Halfords brake calliper paint. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_categoryId_165495_productId_175090_langId_-1?cm_mmc=Google+PLA-_-Paints+&+Body+Repairs-_-Specialist+&+Decorative+Paints-_-363374&istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istItemId=lwqpwm&istBid=tztr&_$$ja=cgid:8475776884|tsid:35522|cid:166296844|lid:47422310288|nw:g|crid:33910835764|rnd:5008237309277703385|dvc:c|adp:1o2|bku:1&gclid=CJK-s_ulob0CFSn4wgod0R0AMA

Try to remove any brake dust etc I used a wire brush, as mentioned above give them a clean with brake cleaner then using a small paintbrush give the callipers three light coats.

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_252419_langId_-1_categoryId_255218

The Halfords paint does not require anything else and there's more than enough in one tin. You may find a few artists brushes quite useful for the difficult bits.

The Fiestas starting to look B)

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Thank you :) but I'm now becoming unsure whether to go red, as everyone goes red don't they? What do you think?

Katie be different! Especially because there are a lot of white Fiesta's ;)

I bet you blue, yellow or green would look great too!
I think I will do mine in the coulour of my car.

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Well I have just bought red so shall see how it looks,if it's crap will go a diff colour :)

NAhhhhh red wil look great too ;)

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Calipers Done Yesterday...

What You Think? Also Thinking Red Gel Overlays Instead Of The Black&White I Have Ordered?

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