Hi, Guest
12-22-2013, 04:24 AM
Hey there guys, I am new around here, and new to driving a focus! I just got a 2000 zx3 a couple of weeks ago. Its got 226,000 KM with alot of new parts in the past couple of years, and quite a bit recently for me to get it on the road. The body is in fairly good shape, minor rust in a few spots, and after winter I may look into fixing it. Right now this is how the car sits, (as I bought it, haven't done anything yet because I want to hear some opinions)
2000 Focus Zx3 (Silver), 2' eibach lowering springs, HID's, and on stock wheels right now for the winter but I do have 17's for the summer that came with the car ( they dont look the greatest though). Also has that body kit mesh on all of the grills (previous owner install, looks better than stock for now).
I have had a couple little issues with it already, which I have worked out. The tranny grinds the odd time downshifting from 3rd, to 2nd , and the odd time when im putting it into first or shifting into second. Is this something I should be concerned about? What are some normal issues with these cars that I can try to avoid by doing certain things?
First thing I'm probably going to do is tint or exhaust, might do a full exhaust with header and all, and once winter is over , a cold air intake.
I don't want to sink a tonne of money into this thing, but I would like to make it look, and sound a little bit better, and maybe give it a little bit more power in the process. The car does have 226,000 on it, Im not sure what these Zetec motors/ trannys are capable of, but that is why I'm here, to learn about them.
Hopefully I can have a good experience with Ford Focus, and maybe this is only the first of many focus for me to own, this seems like a great community. Pm me if you have any tips, or live around me.
2000 Focus Zx3 (Silver), 2' eibach lowering springs, HID's, and on stock wheels right now for the winter but I do have 17's for the summer that came with the car ( they dont look the greatest though). Also has that body kit mesh on all of the grills (previous owner install, looks better than stock for now).
I have had a couple little issues with it already, which I have worked out. The tranny grinds the odd time downshifting from 3rd, to 2nd , and the odd time when im putting it into first or shifting into second. Is this something I should be concerned about? What are some normal issues with these cars that I can try to avoid by doing certain things?
First thing I'm probably going to do is tint or exhaust, might do a full exhaust with header and all, and once winter is over , a cold air intake.
I don't want to sink a tonne of money into this thing, but I would like to make it look, and sound a little bit better, and maybe give it a little bit more power in the process. The car does have 226,000 on it, Im not sure what these Zetec motors/ trannys are capable of, but that is why I'm here, to learn about them.
Hopefully I can have a good experience with Ford Focus, and maybe this is only the first of many focus for me to own, this seems like a great community. Pm me if you have any tips, or live around me.