[incognito27]

Hey all , Haven't done a whole lot of talking on here , But if you are on FF also i have been there , but since this is a smaller group of More Canadian nature i figure i better live up to my nationality and bring some of my Focus love here too

I will post up my project thus far , you guys can tell me what you think and go from there.



This is what i started with , Had just got the rims and tires on her.





First thing i did was i color matched the front upper grill.



Then i went and found a local parts store that could get a SVT front lower grill , and so i modded the original to fit the SVT one.




Then i repainted the CAI to match my color scheme i was going for , and painted the battery cover too . God thats a dirty engine bay.....



Did a little interior painting, vent rings , and corners and door handles.



Then i had my engine bay cleaned!!!




Not just cleaned But also finally got a euro upper grill!!




Got something new and exciting from Massive Performance
a Trophy Valve cover!!!



And not just the valve cover a Front and rear strut bars too!!



Front strut bar and Valve cover installed




Better look



and finally and definitly not the last of it i got new HVAC knobs

More projects to come and pictures too .....

Gotta pause the upgrades until i figure out a vibration issue.


UPDATE!!!!

So i test fit the bumper , needed a little persuasion on one side , but in the end she fit on pretty good.









Now to tear it all down again for the repair.

[hardk0re]

like the white/purple, love the hvac knobs where did you get them?

don't like the vc breather, imho catch can or just back to intake..

[incognito27]

I bought the knobs from a FF member , but they are readily available on ebay for around 15 bucks

I am keeping my eyes open to a whole new CAI but it is down my list of things to do.

[2000zx3sct]

Very nice car

[adamzx5]

How much more was it to get white for the valve cover?

[incognito27]

(11-18-2012, 05:46 PM)adamzx5 Wrote: How much more was it to get white for the valve cover?

From my understanding , there isn't a extra cost for a different color. I can't defulge the deal i had with massive , but based on their site there was no extra cost as they do their own powder coating.

[adamzx5]

They really do an awesome job on there powder coating.

[1seensvt]

nice stuffs

[drunkinmonkey]

lookin good man

[incognito27]

Updated post !

[2000zx3sct]

Lookin good man , what are your plans to repair it ?

[incognito27]

Well the nasty scratches im just filling with a plastic weld epoxy and sanding to smooth it out. the cracks i will be doing plastic weld with wire mesh on the back and front. i will probably have it done and completed next week.

Today i already sanded 3/4 of the bumper and filled in the scratches, tomorrow i will sand what i did today and remove the bumper and replace with my old one . Monday i will start the cracks , and by wednesday hopefully be doing paint.

[ZX3_2NV]

Never seen those HVAC Knobs before very nice, Keep up the good work.

[incognito27]

Today , well this morning , which is all the time i had before rain fell , but i sanded the nasty scratches and basically melted a little abs plastic into the scratches to fill them , so thats done , monday , as long as weather hold will take the bumper off , and start work on the cracks . Once thats done , wet sand , and prime , wet sand , prime , then if all looks good paint!! , gotta order me some fogs though


Started the custom wireing harness i am making to accomidate the SVT fogs and new headlights i am getting , so far looks good.

[2000zx3sct]

What kind of headlights you getting?

[incognito27]

Bought them from a FF member

[incognito27]

So a small update , AS it snowed hits Morning (&#^$&&#&R#&^&@) but didn't stop me from doing a little work , took the SVT bumper off , then my old on back on , then started to repair the damage on the SVT one.

So as of 5 pm i have all the repairs done. Tomorrow sand down he excess plastic , and then rough it all up and prime. And Wetsand , and prime ad wetsand and see where i go there.

I am hoping to have it all primed by tomorrow evening.

I also start making a wire harness for my new headlights and SVT fogs. as my car doesn't use the same connections , i had to make my own harness.

Will post pictures tomorrow of the repair ad hopefully a primed bumper.

[incognito27]

So another update , bumper is repaired fully , and the following are pics of my repair.



This was the worst repair on the thing , as it was a pressure joint , so it deserved a little more attention. so in the back looks ugly, but the front looks good.



this was a simple matter of reinforcing the crack which is not a supporting crack , but it is repaired and reinforced.



Some more of the reinforcement and repair



some more reinforcement




the front facing side of the first image , the major repair crack.



This is after today , 1st coat of white finally went on , after a few bouts of primer and wet sand to smooth it.





Tomorrow a little wet sand for a little over spray , then another coat of white . and wetsand , then clear coat.

keep in mind i am also doing this when it is far too cold to be doing this. i am baking the bumper useing a heat gun ...... not the best way to do this. but since i am in a competition with father time , and mother nature .

i want this on for the winter.

So thats where i am at. when i have the clear coat on and the lip and grill oni will take a few more pictures to show.

[pogo]

Look really good man. The white is awesome. Good job on the bumper too. I saw what it looked like at first. Lol

[hardk0re]

looking good, what paint are you using? Hope it has flex agent in it....