Ben G
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Well my corsa B got wrote off because an idiot pulled out not looking and decided to hit the whole side of my car. I still have it and currently it is now driveable just needs parts spraying.
I also got a new job at Ford building engines and got a good discount on this car as my dad has worked for Ford for 25 years.
Day I Got It:
First mod... Tax disc holder... Wow, although i really do feel it's the small and subtle touches that really make the biggest difference. Also some plain number plates.
Then de-tango'ed the headlights, side repeaters and rear lights and put chrome indicator bulbs in there place. (The colour coded mirror cases will come into play soon).
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Then a mate of mine let me use all his meguires and mer goodies to clean the car up really nice. we washed it, then used a claybar, then polished and waxed, and went and took pics.
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You can also see the colour coded door handles that were fitted at the same time there (both de-locked).
Got the colour coded mirrors from fords so fitted them.
I then decided the rear looked a bit cluttered so i set about taking the 'Fiesta' and 'Zetec S' badges off. This was such an easy job and took about 5 minutes in total, much better now.
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I then sourced some colour coded side mouldings so set about fitting them (again, easy job, the other's came off in about 5 minutes, took about 10 minutes in total)
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Looking 100x better now with the colour coding in my opinion.
Then I recieved some colour coded washer jets from torquesteer.co.uk. Again, easy to fit. I love Ford parts!
And that's how it's sitting at the moment.
Waiting on Ford valve caps, flat blade wipers and a colour coded boot strip.
Future plans are:
Fiesta ST sideskirts - ordering them monday morning.
Exhaust.
Lowering 35mm.
comments and criticism welcomed. Only had this car for 2 and a half weeks so be kind!
[Edited on 30-03-2008 by Ben G]
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Steve X16XE
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Looks well 
What engine is it?
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bieransri
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quote:
Originally posted by Ben G
I love Ford parts!
 wait till it breaks
[Edited on 29-07-2007 by bieransri]
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Ben G
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3 years warranty will sort that right out
and i get parts for cheap/free anyway 
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve X16XE
Looks well
What engine is it?
thanks mate, just the 1.6 in this one, ford quote it as 100bhp but i believe it's a little more than that tbh
wanted the st but insurance was a killer with an accident - claim pending 
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Robin
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Focus RS wheels look ace on these 
I really like this shape Fiesta, look great in white too.
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Ben G
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had a pic of a silver mk6 on those, looked
can't find it though 
bet they cost a fair bit though tbh
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STANNY
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Very nice mate, love subtle mods. Lose Fiesta badge at back and colour code base plates on mirrors and it will look brill.
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Rob R
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white focus rs wheels on white mk6 fiesta = the nuts
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random dav
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Looks cool in white, nice to see they finally put a proper fuel gauge in them
WRLFC !
Project cars
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Ben G
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quote:
Originally posted by STANNY
Very nice mate, love subtle mods. Lose Fiesta badge at back and colour code base plates on mirrors and it will look brill.
thanks mate. i already took the badges off the back by the way
and, robin... oh my, i'm in love 
here's a random arty farty picture i took today on my mobile next to a burnt out escort sorry for the quality of the image.
sideskirts being ordered tomorrow so check for more updates soon
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Fro
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Had the pleasure of seeing this car in the flesh, its really nice and uber shiny The little touches so far really have made a huge difference
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Ben G
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thanks Fro, wheels were always dirty when you saw it though
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Kurt
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looks good, tempted to get one in red.. whites gonna be a proper pain to keep clean
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Fro
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Use to have a white golf and it seemed to look cleaner for longer than my corsa, Which looks dirty a few hours after its been washed
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Ben G
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yeah my black corsa was a right pain to keep clean, the fiesta isn't that hard to keep clean right now as it's just been clayed, waxed and polished so keeps that glossy look and i just got over it with a cloth every couple days 
i love red mk6's colour coded too 
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Ben G
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bit of a strange update.
my dad went to pick up my colour coded boot strip today, as we were half way through fitting it we realised that the bolt's didn't line up with the holes..
turns out it's for a fusion and not a fiesta so he's going to get on the phone and make sure we get the correct one.
got it for free anyway so can't complain tbh
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Ben G
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turns out the woman who gave my dad the free boot handle for ''investigatory use'' thought my dad said it was for a fusion getting another free one in the morning though so will upload more pics then
also got some ford valve caps through from torquesteer.co.uk very good quality and very efficient delivery.
will post pics when i can be bothered to take some
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Ben G
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update:
got my fiesta st sideskirts from ford today, already primed just got to spray and fit them:
and bought some anti theft valve caps after some little chav cretins stole my other ford ones whilst i was away, cunts
random reflection pic
getting a fiesta boot handle on friday, finally, then it's just tints, wheels, exhaust and lowered
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TheCam
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lookin seriously good ben. love the subtle mods you've done so far. keep it up.
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Ben G
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thanks mate
got these today: flatblade wipers, first set got lost in the post so been waiting for these for about 3 weeks now, got rid of the crap noise the other ones made
out with the old:
in with the new:
just need a colour coded aerial and then the front is complete
[Edited on 16-08-2007 by Ben G]
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reeves_8
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nice in white
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Barbosa
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lovely....
just make a good work on it...
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Ben G
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thanks lads
got my colour coded boot handle today so i now have a fully colour coded zetec s the way an st is
just need to spray the sideskirts and fit them in the next 2 weeks
might not get tinted window now and just get exhaust and st wheels and job done
[Edited on 17-08-2007 by Ben G]
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Fro
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Good stuff benny boy love it
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