Mk1Daniel

i have 205/60s on the back. and 250 a tyre is a bit much for me lol. ill try find some cheap 185/60s or 195/60s Cheers guys

so 175s will fit? Cool. How much is a usual fit and balance?

Hey guys i need two new front tyres for my escort with 13x7 hotwires. Whats the narrowest i can go and whats some cheap ones i can get? Dont want them too wide because they rub as 205s and its still standard height

Put the hotwires on today. will put pics up when i can find a camera to use

Flares look very similar to what I did to my old escort. To get them like that I cut the three triangles out of the gaurds. One in the middle and one on each side. Then I pumped the gaurd out and welded a new triangle peice back in. I reakon it looks good without going over the op. Gaz Haha i actually printed off a picture of that car to show to the guy who does my panel work to see if he can get them like that. they look good as. thanks for that Edit:Your 1/4 bumpers look like a cut up full one?. i might just do this because i still cant find any. then ill just buy some if they come up. did they rust at the ends? or did u put a thin coat of paint or something on it?

lol they nearly as wide as they are big, get minitubs with it .

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 450773.htm What about these wheels they have the mean dish

Well the escort i have is made of up of three and the brakes i have are actually quite big. I think they were off my sedan but i cant remember? do those brakes bolt on with no mods? no need for cert or any brakebooster upgrade(Mines also a resonable size come to think of it) alot of parts are from a 75 mk1 and they supposibly have alot of running gear from/similar to a mk2. Also why is a mk2 steering rack used alot? Faster steerting or easier. my guess is its 3 stem so they work together for a quicker ratio? lol but i dunno. im blabbering again

just a tad too pricey.Would rather minilites to be honest but.. they are cool.

Yeah ill see how it all works out but it wont be for a while so hottys will do for the time being. mostly exited about the new motor though. Also i have no idea about how to measure offset. Whats the offset of your 13x7 minilites? ill compare to my mags later on

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 389538.htm Want flares that look like this. i asked how they got them that way and they said. flares where done with hammer and dolly and front was pulled out by baseball bat then got a panel beater to smooth it out.

Thanks i have hotwires with 205/50r13s so ill get those on. bushes are pretty new and i have my blocks and springs but cant lower it with those stupid 70profile tyres lol. rear shocks are newish munroes and fronts.. f%#% knows lol. Cant wait to get the 1600 in but i dont think ill be able to drive it for a while coz ill be stripping it How wide are those mags your putting the 205/50r13s on? Have a go at this to see what the new vs old profile will look like relative to the width and offset of rim atc http://www.wheelsmaster.com/rt_specs.jsp 13x7 hotwires. for now until i can afford 13x7 minilites Fuck your a helpful cunt aye?

... the front seats are HORRIBLE. way too high and i reckon uncomfortable. might get those black vinyl recaro replica seats i like the look of those and they not bad because dad had a set and they were comfy. then will just retrim it all in black. but that will be in good time. or ill just get fishnets and retrim it to match them. leaning towards option A though forgot to mention it has a full front bumper now but i dont like it still trying to find some proper steel 1/4s

Thanks i have hotwires with 205/50r13s so ill get those on. bushes are pretty new and i have my blocks and springs but cant lower it with those stupid 70profile tyres lol. rear shocks are newish munroes and fronts.. f%#% knows lol. Cant wait to get the 1600 in but i dont think ill be able to drive it for a while coz ill be stripping it

Yeah the plans to do it cheap but.. already spent about 1g on the engine set up. oh well. would sound like nothing to you guys i suppose. My dads been a HUGE help as he knows his shit and gets repco discounts through work and is good at finding cheapys.so yeah. plans to make the outside nice and get 1600 in. then i can save up for a nice interior( least important part i reckon) also whats a cheap way to improve on suspension/breaks mines not bad but might as well look into just in case. Edit:QCADTA and LOW'N'SLOW im loving your guys builds btw

haha thanks actually as far as im aware the only rust ive had has been fixed(primer patches and some of them are fixed dents) drivers side guard had a f*&% load of bog but all was fixed for $350(dads panel beater mate ) no floor rust or heater bubble rust etc like my last one. saw this looked better than my old one already. suprised me a bit actually.but we will see when i start to strip it down. Is all undersealed and floors done with some black underseal type stuff. no sound deadning its a bit F#%*ing loud in there so might have to fix that.

So i thought i would finally put one of these up even though my progress will be really slow. And i wont do to many updates as the closest thing to a camera i own is a phone but whatever Enough of my negativity heres some pictures. As you can see it looks like its a 4wd The tyres even rub on the inner guard But after i get my hotwires on i will lower it and after i find a new car i can begin to strip it down and paint it etc.. Am thinking something along the lines of this colour am only 16 though so moneys hard to get on my New World pay Looks absolutely mint i reckon =D> Discussion thread if you have anything to say. viewtopic.php?f=18&t=21246

Discussion? lol

k got my shit sorted. Any1 got pics of a 2 door mk1 with 2" lowering.. on hot wires maybe?

so 2" blocks , shortened shocks and those springs= lower without need of cert and cheap???

ok i assuming i dont need to shorten it but if i do does it need a cert? and is it expensive to do??

Yeah thats what i was looking at. getting blocks off them to

cool how much for a pair. only 16 so budgets a bit small

na suspensions standard at the moment. so some 50mm lowering springs will do just fine?? where can i get these from and about how much for a pair. was looking at lovells ones?

Haha thanks man. was getting a bit worried bout that. I got told that i would need to.. Hate it when people do that.....