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[GazSi]

Bought this in october as a standerd 1.8 lx, 53 plate early 04, had 44k on when i got her, was completely standerd,




After i picked her up i fitted the prefacelift wheeltrims my mate gave me,



Thats my old escort in background aswell

[GazSi]

Cleaned her up straight away, unfortunly the cd player wouldent input sound so i had to get a aftermarket one





Then i fitted mk4 trims



i then bought a set of foglights a i hate blanking caps, then i realise i can wire them in easy, so i did



I sold the trims after awhile and got the mondeo facelift ones, also 06 facelift bottom grille, also fitted leather steeringwheel at this point,

[GazSi]

Seems my pics diden't upload , anyway

she had crystel clear side repeters fitted, Done loads of touches that make that big diffrence at this time i'd done afew k miles and loved the car not one fault and drives brilliantly
Dident do alot over the next few months, fitted areo wiper blades and not bothering sticker lol

[GazSi]

Also i have fitted led headlight sidelights and interior light, and a bright led in boot



and i had a great win on ebay, won 4 ghia x doors of a 04 car, had electric rear windows and mine diden't, they also had chrome trims, and i won them each door for, yes go on, £0.99 except one was £6 and i won a headlight, bargin if you ask me






I then fitted the ghia x wood trim, and i got the ghia x steering wheel, quite rare to come by,




Then it was time to fit the doors



After afew hours i had them done, drivers door was hardest as had to change my door lock, and passengers side needed a window reg,
here is a pic fitted, and you will notice i have the last facelift rear lights fitted aswell

[GazSi]

Boot light



chrome weather strips were a nightmare to find



Then came my fiddly mod, focus flip key


I also got a focus gearknob out of 2010 model




Then i got a full ghia x leather interior





Then my brakes started grinding so got them replaced and painted my calipers all round




Silver glovebox handle


Then i did my headlights black,

[GazSi]

And heres how she stands today

[23K]

Great work! What made you change the doors?

[Curlyben]

Interesting approach there.
Is it still on the steelies ??

[GazSi]

23K, on 06 February 2012 - 04:12 PM, said:

Great work! What made you change the doors?

They were complete and had electric rear window loom fitted, mine diden't was quicker and easy to change the door instead, i changed the others as my drivers door was scratched and my passengers rear door had a pin dent that stood out like a sore thumb, was an easy job, need a drivers front wing tho as thats dented due to idiot in carpark

[GazSi]

Curlyben, on 06 February 2012 - 04:19 PM, said:

Interesting approach there.
Is it still on the steelies ??

Yeah mate, i just havent found a set of alloys i want, i'm in 2 moinds to get st's or ghia x, 10 spokes, its the price of them tho never paid that much money for wheels and i've bought loads over the years lol,

[GazSi]

she now has alloys

[GazSi]

[stevegtuk]

Nice find with the doors, it looks good, wish i could find some with the electric rear windows

[GingerTom]

Just in case you didn't know, the face lift rear lights dont have reflectors so your car is illegal if you don't fit secondary reflectors onto the bumper like the face lift has.

If yours already has them then ignore me.

[Jonsen]

Something a bit strange with this one. Looks like it has headlamp washers or at least the cutouts for them? On a LX with no Xenons. Strange.

[GazSi]

Has the cutouts for them but no washers behind the bumper.

GingerTom, Yeah i know about the reflectors mate, did have tempary ones but they diden't stay on long, getting facelift st bumper soon so all being well,

[Kobeone]

I like this one....its similar to what im doing to my 2001 LX. Im now currently looking into adding ZS bumpers to mine and will be getting my Ghia X alloys re diamond cut. Black looks nice on the MK 3 and a great find on the doors.