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Hi all, on the 22nd October, 4 months after passing my driving test I purchased my first car. A 2005 mk2 Ford Focus Zetec Climate 1.6 petrol for 1175 GBP. I live in the north east of Scotland and got it from Edinburgh so 4 months of no driving having to do 170 miles was enough to get me used to the car. Being my first car my knowledge was limited and as time has passed the car had a few problems. Overall by now I have spent around 3000 GBP on the car not including the price of the car to begin with and although it has had problems the car I feel has been brought back to life. As I have owned this car I have learned more and more about cars in general. Always had a high interest in cars but obviously it grows when you get your first car. Anyway enough rambling. This is the car as I bought it >
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Then to current day >
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Things that have been done/repaired:
(DIY mods)
Interior
(Non-DIY mods)
Exterior
Interior
(DIY Repairs)
(Garage Repairs)
Plans for the future:
Will get better photos/exhaust videos once the weather improves.
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Then to current day >
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Things that have been done/repaired:
(DIY mods)
Exterior
-tinted tail lights, head lights, indicators, fog lights, reversing lights/rear fogs
-xenon white headlights, sidelights, full beam lights, registration lights, reversing light
-sunstrip
-wind deflectors
-refurbed and painted alloys
-carbon fiber wrapped plastic trim above fog lights
-painted front grill
-debadged the 'focus' and 'zetec' from the back
-brake drums painted black
-rear ford badge 'tinted' black
-mudflaps rear and front
-tinted tail lights, head lights, indicators, fog lights, reversing lights/rear fogs
-xenon white headlights, sidelights, full beam lights, registration lights, reversing light
-sunstrip
-wind deflectors
-refurbed and painted alloys
-carbon fiber wrapped plastic trim above fog lights
-painted front grill
-debadged the 'focus' and 'zetec' from the back
-brake drums painted black
-rear ford badge 'tinted' black
-mudflaps rear and front
Interior
-new gear gaitor
-carbon fiber wrapped central climate control panel, lower geat gaitor panel, steering wheel inserts
-blue pvc trim round central climate control panel and air vents
-leds in footwell
-blue st style mats
-aftermarket double din stereo (bluetooth aux etc.)
-xenon white interior light, boot light
-seatbelt harness covers
-circular climate control knobs
-carbon fiber wrapped central climate control panel, lower geat gaitor panel, steering wheel inserts
-blue pvc trim round central climate control panel and air vents
-leds in footwell
-blue st style mats
-aftermarket double din stereo (bluetooth aux etc.)
-xenon white interior light, boot light
-seatbelt harness covers
-circular climate control knobs
(Non-DIY mods)
Exterior
-custom made catback exhaust system
Interior
- N/A
(DIY Repairs)
Front brake discs and pads
Full service
Full service
(Garage Repairs)
2x Front wheel bearings
1x rear coil spring
2x rear shock absorbers
New timing belt
New spark plugs and leads
2x rear shock top mountings
front suspension arm bush
New clutch
New handbrake
New water pump
New stock exhaust (before the custom catback)
1x rear coil spring
2x rear shock absorbers
New timing belt
New spark plugs and leads
2x rear shock top mountings
front suspension arm bush
New clutch
New handbrake
New water pump
New stock exhaust (before the custom catback)
Plans for the future:
Tint the back windows
Paint the lower bumper black (the grey plastic)
Paint the spoiler black (instead of grey plastic)
Paint the brake calipers (blue or black undecided)
Possibly get side skirts/bumpers (unlikely)
Fix up the rust spots on the wings and sills
Change colour of lights in instrument cluster and central panel
Paint the lower bumper black (the grey plastic)
Paint the spoiler black (instead of grey plastic)
Paint the brake calipers (blue or black undecided)
Possibly get side skirts/bumpers (unlikely)
Fix up the rust spots on the wings and sills
Change colour of lights in instrument cluster and central panel
Will get better photos/exhaust videos once the weather improves.
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To the untrained eye, you just painted the wheels and changed the grill
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Clean looking Mk2. I like it. But damn, clutch and 2 front wheel bearings? Bet that was expensive.
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Very nice you not thought of putting a hid kit in makes headlights so much brighter and they shine much further
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JZX wrote Clean looking Mk2. I like it. But damn, clutch and 2 front wheel bearings? Bet that was expensive.
Haha you bet, but Id rather put money into than risk the clutch burning out and having to shift without it.
Thanks though!
MrMw209 wrote Very nice you not thought of putting a hid kit in makes headlights so much brighter and they shine much further
Yeah one of my mates, who now has a Scooby and Im beyond jealous mentioned I should do it, reason I done it the way I have is because it was cheaper and the bulbs were straight swaps, might look into it in the future because they do look a lot better.
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You should take a pic of the rims so we can have a look at them, overall looks decent mate
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Visxal wrote You should take a pic of the rims so we can have a look at them, overall looks decent mate
I'll try get a few tonight, weathers brightened up!
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Looks good mate! I'm liking the fact that you're darkening down most of the bright parts of the car. I would personally go for larger alloys, and perhaps not black, go for alloys in silver or gun metal grey; you don't want too much black!
May I ask, how did you tint your headlights? Did you use film or spray? I used spray on mine and it seems patchy in places, so I'm planning on removing the spray tint and redoing it with either black tint film or fly eye tint.
May I ask, how did you tint your headlights? Did you use film or spray? I used spray on mine and it seems patchy in places, so I'm planning on removing the spray tint and redoing it with either black tint film or fly eye tint.
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Uzi wrote Looks good mate! I'm liking the fact that you're darkening down most of the bright parts of the car. I would personally go for larger alloys, and perhaps not black, go for alloys in silver or gun metal grey; you don't want too much black!
May I ask, how did you tint your headlights? Did you use film or spray? I used spray on mine and it seems patchy in places, so I'm planning on removing the spray tint and redoing it with either black tint film or fly eye tint.
Thanks mate appreciate it! I used a fly eye like tint, its on ebay and its called 'SpiVision' and the quality is very good, comes with a decent roll of the material and has a fitting kit as well as a detailed video on how to install it! Recommend it!
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lilmayo wroteUzi wrote Looks good mate! I'm liking the fact that you're darkening down most of the bright parts of the car. I would personally go for larger alloys, and perhaps not black, go for alloys in silver or gun metal grey; you don't want too much black!
May I ask, how did you tint your headlights? Did you use film or spray? I used spray on mine and it seems patchy in places, so I'm planning on removing the spray tint and redoing it with either black tint film or fly eye tint.
Thanks mate appreciate it! I used a fly eye like tint, its on ebay and its called 'SpiVision' and the quality is very good, comes with a decent roll of the material and has a fitting kit as well as a detailed video on how to install it! Recommend it!
Sounds perfect mate, I appreciate the recommendation. I've been looking into fly eye tint for some time but people would always put me off it because it apparently looks good from a distance but looks poor up close. Can't look any worse that my spray job.
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