Mk1 Fiesta Zetec - Project Welsh & Proud

[ASHLEY]

Some cracking work there m8 keep it up looking great

[WelshRS]

been a long busy week spent too many hours on the fes this week, but finally got the inside all prepped and seam sealed, my mates coming down tom to prime the inside and four outer/inner arches then hes gonna spray it in diamond white, cant wait to see the interior painted been a long time coming, will have to wait for that to go off a bit before i can spray the dash and 'a' pillars satin black, was hoping to get the cage prepped but didnt have time so thats a job for next week to spray it diamond white and maybe refit it the week after.

once all thats done i can get started on getting on with exterior fitting the wings and arches - fingers crossed i can get it all sorted ready for painting over the christmas hols

couldnt resist trying in my bucket seat, alloy footrests and hydraulic handbrake, all the alloy parts are gonna be sprayed satin black to match the dash, need to make a mount to sit the hydraulic handbrake a little higher as its fouling on the seat crossmember, also got to try and fit a mechanical handbrake somehwere so it'll pass an mot - but gonna look into this to see if it defo a failure without one or not

Chris

[Dave1800BDA]

fantastic work gone into this, great read

[taffr]

nice one chris, what does the boss think about his new spray booth??

looking good

[WelshRS]

nice one chris, what does the boss think about his new spray booth??

looking good

he dont mind he even helped to make it lol, surprising what you can make from two ladders, trestles and some polythene. monday morning it all be taken down ready for work at 8.30am

roll on tom can wait to see the inside in shiny white


Chris

[graham John]

more pics please Chris, coming along well

cheeRS

[WelshRS]

more pics please Chris, coming along well

cheeRS

Here go GJ as requested, didnt take long to paint - 2hours ish, used a white high builld primer this time and that stuff really covered good so the top coat went on a lot better, wish we'd used that for the underside floor now but nevermind we're learning all the time, had a bit of paint left so gave the dash a flash over with white! still in

undecided whether to keep it white or satin black or half n half - the bit where the top vents/speaker vent are will be satin black and the front in white with the flocked dash top in between??

cant wait to go in tom and get started on prepping the cage and arches ready for me to have a go at spraying them next weekend

Chris

[fox2fox]

looking sweet.....

this is looking really sweet,as for the the dash,i think you are best painting it satin black,as if you leave it white you will get really bad sun glear from it,when you are driving it..just thinking out loud,or am i talking b o l l o c k s!!!!...

[WelshRS]

this is looking really sweet,as for the the dash,i think you are best painting it satin black,as if you leave it white you will get really bad sun glear from it,when you are driving it..just thinking out loud,or am i talking b o l l o c k s!!!!...

think your right, the cage is going white too so a bit of contrast with the black dash will look better

Chris

[mk2ddc]

Nice work and the spray booth looks ace !!!

[taffr]

now we're cooking chris, bet you ain't stopped smiling butty

satin black that dash and the cage i'd say, contrast!!!

[WelshRS]

now we're cooking chris, bet you ain't stopped smiling butty

satin black that dash and the cage i'd say, contrast!!!

Yeah i havent stopped smiling lol, few bits of dust here n therer but nothing a flat back and polish wont sort

dash is defo satin black but im defo ion the white cage

should look a lot different by the time you come down for chrimbo

Chris

[WelshRS]

here you go butt - pic courtesy of escort-tec website white cage / white dash

[Andyc]

looking good chris top work going on well done matey

[WelshRS]

I've had my 8x13 rims for a while and when i was tidying up the garage last week i found a pepperpot wheel with a 185/60 tyre on it and thought would that fit on my wheels??, so took the tyre / wheels over to my mates and he fitted the tyre with the help of some air tank to force the tyre on it went on first time, not sure if its too much of a wall on it though, i know others have used 195 45 on there 8's so not sure which is best, i think the 185 tyre looks a bit too rounded, needs to be on the car with some weigh to really see how its sits, if i could get a 205/45 that would be even better

sorry about the pics theyre off my mobile

Chris