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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Hi all
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after being a serial guest stalker on this site for many months iv decided its about time to show my mondeo
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. I picked her up back last August after my honda civic gave up the ghost, I knew I was getting a really good looked after mondeo as it was my dads car. Don't think iv done to bad considering I was 19 when I brought her off my dad
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. After a few months she started to have the engine light pop up which made me thought it was going down the same route as the Honda, but luckily it was just a faulty sensor, other than that and a snapped spring she has been excellent she sailed through 4 mots in a row so hopefully next january she will past again. As she stands she has been modified and it's still a work in progress so here's the list of the mods
• 40mm lowering springs
• induction kit ( has been removed at the moment so it's only rip speed air filter cone atm )
• front and rear bumper strips resprayed colour coded

That's all iv done so far iv also resprayed my 16inch zetec alloys in ford graphite grey and sprayed my brake callipers red and also resprayed my rocker cover harverd pearl blue in memory of my civic and plus it was a epic colour which sets the tone In my opinion
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. So here's some pics of my pride and joy

When I first got my mondeo

still standard but with resprayed alloys
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I'll add more pictures asap as for some reason it's still telling me my photos are still to big even though iv downsize them lol thanks for looking will keep you all updated
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heres some more pics
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taking the bumper strips for respray



just finished priming


few weeks later my spring went
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when my delivery showed up after being 2 weeks late !
my purple 40mm lowering springs
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and fitted looks much better
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more pics on the way folks
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respraying my rocker cover the cheap mans way
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this is how low 40mm is next to another mondeo
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so that's everything up to date, next thing iv got to do is to refurbish my wheels as I caught a kerb.
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so that will be done next weekend finger's cross as long as the rain holds off then its a good clean and polish before japfest
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#7 ·
cheers Chris
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i brought them from Racing dynamics which are based in Andover (Hampshire) they have a site on eBay which is where I found them

heres a link to there main site on their mondeo springs for you
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http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Racedynamics2u/_i.html?_nkw=mondeo+lowering+springs&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4634

and yeah I have them on my OEM shocks they match really well the ride is a lot firmer but still keeps its comfort on normal driving. the handling has improved ten fold, leaves most my mates gti's in the dust round the bends
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just came back from a little drive from the shops and i have noticed that my 2nd gear seems wierd
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as soon as i change it to 2nd gear the gearstick seems to be/feel quite loose when engaged in 2nd but is fine in all the other gears. and this is the strange part when the car is warmed up/ driven for awhile it seems fine
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. Fingers cross its not needing a new gearbox and hopefully a service could help as its due for one. i do really wish this constant rain would stop so I could go and tinker with the car lol
 
#12 ·
Your right about standard setup, even my eg6 would have struggled to keep with the mondeo lol, I think the estates are the same for springs best thing to do is to phone them up mate
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, you won't regret getting it lower on the floor
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then the handling bug will kick in then it will be power ! Lol
 
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Well the call from the garage says the gearbox was low on oil so she's all topped up nicely and her service is all done
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should have done most of it myself but fitting it around work is a problem lol anyway the update I have is she's about to have a bath and start on refurb my alloy
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#14 · (Edited by Moderator)
Update so far is I manage to refurb my alloys, and sort out some parking dings as well. As the weather held up on the weekend manage to get it done in one whole day result !
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only problem was trying to colour match the passenger door. Witch was a right pain compared to the rest of the car bodywork. Also went to the scrapyards in my area to have a look for goodies, unfortunately there was only a lx which i didn't need anything off apart from the roof rack cover, bit of a wasted journey but hey its just the way things are. Here's some pics from Saturday
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. Also on Sunday i resprayed my wing mirror and sticker bombed my fuse cover
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(had loads of them from fast ford and fast car so i had a laugh with it
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alloy filler just been applied on


and the parking dents





 

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wheels sanded down





body work resprayed waiting for some lacquer




 

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#16 ·
priming alloys and yes i know i haven't covered the tyres and everything else i didn't mind as on the Sunday she got fitted with brand new tyres
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i also resprayed my wing mirror
 

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#18 ·
good work
 
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2001 TDDI Zetec. I am as well
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see the diary 'mr mk1/2 petrol has gone mk3 diesel'
 
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#25 ·
Okay I'm just putting this here As I can't find these selling rules through my iPhone so I have 3 mrk3 mondeo springs for sale just over a year old and I don't have a use for them selling for £50ono
(will put a pic up of them later today)
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#27 ·
Docterozlo said:
Okay I'm just putting this here As I can't find these selling rules through my iPhone so I have 3 mrk3 mondeo springs for sale just over a year old and I don't have a use for them selling for £50ono
(will put a pic up of them later today)
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put them in the for sale section
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#34 ·
just dont spin
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was great fun in my ST last year even if my seats were crap and the clutch slipped (excuse for uprated one
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recaros
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ST ones. currently full leather but after half leathers
 
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Iv decided that I'm going to colour code the under skirt on the rear bumper so I'll have crack at it on Friday before I show these jap boys a proper car
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( most Likely the other way round lol ) on Saturday will be taking pics for you all at castle combe and maybe a few videos for you drift lovers
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#42 ·
i'm doing that too (eventually
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) along with the rub strips in the bumpers either being coded or smoothed
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I'm gonna have a facelift front bumper as wellwith the lower plastic colour coded to and the grill painted white as well as the upper grill mesh and headlights and fog lights 'white eyed'
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have to ask him what pics hes got.

ST bumper is a hell of alot heavier. Why i'm sticking with standard one but tweaking to my taste
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tbf on my car dont really notice rub strip arentcolour coded cos the cars black too
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as i promised got the the underskirts done did a little twist on the rear bumper instead of blasting it full on silver
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here's the pics

getting them ready for a make over
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first primer



 

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