What have you done to your Festiva today!?

[neanderpaul]

Sweet! That's like our ford escort GT, but we never got it in turbo or all-wheel-drive.

[kumalaba]

^ very cool!!!

[91blufestiva]

I want more pics of that thing! I would LOVE for my escort to be AWD turbo!!

[navdoc101]

Front Bumper Cover

Removed the bumper cover & preped everything for painting. Washed cover, cleaned with Acetone. Cleaned metal underbumper with steel wool( a little rust), wiped with Acetone, & painted with Rustolem "Rust Reformer", will paint with Black rustolem beform re-assembley. Thinkin' about replacing horn with something with a liitle more power/volume. What a pain gettin' all those plastic screws7 fasteners off!! I think I invented some new names for them. Hope to get it all back togeather tomarrow!

[Oren09]

What kind of paint did you use on the bumper cover?

I used Krylon fusion on mine but the paint was fading and chipping before the wreck and now the paint is cracked.

[FestYboy]

^ i used Duplicolor bumper paint... it doesn't come off and looks good.

[Oren09]

Oh, thanks!

[boydg1]

.... Would like to see UP CLOSE what the GRILL looks like. :festiva:

Thanks
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Changed oil and filter. Installed new rear tranny mount. from Daves discount parts
on line, a great place, pulled apart rack and serviced. Replaced strut and set
front end the way it will remain.

Should I order red hydraulic plastic hose spiral wrap to put on the coil over??
I think it would look cool.

The front is where I want it, Makes my 13 snows look like kart tires!
should I raise the back more? the car looks level but ? It kinda looked
alright before higher in the back. Should I move the tires toward the back
in the rear?? The front tires are moved to the front about 1/2 inch and the
front is 2 inches wider...maybe I should get 1 inch spacers for the rear?

Almost time to order the new tires!!

[Christ]

that's not a stock festy cable in your car... maybe from a protege or aspire?

Possibly Aspire. I forgot the engine/5 speed in "red" was from the Aspire. So discount that from memory, I'm sure I'm probably the only "lucky" guy with a 2 pc cable. LOL

[Movin]

The grill is Peterbuilt stainless cut to fit. The emblem is the biggest Ford
emblem I could find with grill attachments! Stainless mounting screws..

Up close of grill?

Thanks
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[Team Lightning]

I checked on Blue Lightning today at the body shop. Here's a couple of photos of the body in primer.

[NTRCOOL]

This past Sunday big block n I swapped out my speedo cable n cluster. So now I don't have to rely on my garmen for a speedo. Yesterday I got my new tires installed. Hopefully my kybs show up soon so I can install them this weekend. Plus reinstall the interior panels after patching the holes in the floor.

[boydg1]

.... I like that, that was a good idea. I may do something very similar. Do you have any trouble with rain on the ignition wires or distributor etc.

Thanks
:thumbup:
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The grill is Peterbuilt stainless cut to fit. The emblem is the biggest Ford
emblem I could find with grill attachments! Stainless mounting screws..

Up close of grill?

Thanks
.

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[navdoc101]

Painted front bumper cover black. Clear coated it. Installed new horn.

[Christ]

@movin - It doesn't look terrible or anything, but IMO it looked better from afar. LOL Ingenuity doesn't have to be pretty, and my opinion doesn't really count, though.