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Was a painted bumper an option on all festivas or does that mean it's had an aftermarket paint job?
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The GL got the painted bumpers, all other trim levels got the black or gray bumpers.The Festiva Store
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Only U.S. GLs had body color painted bumpers.
All Canadian Festivas had gray bumpers and soft headliners.
Only U.S. Festivas with auto belts had hard headliners.
All Canadian Festivas had manual belts.
I bought my Festiva GL in Detroit. It had body color bumper skins.
I threw out my painted ones and put on a pair of gray ones from the wreckers.
I kept the hard headliner, but threw out the auto belts and replaced them with manual ones. It's entirely up to you. Make it the way you like it.Last edited by bravekozak; 02-05-2015, 07:34 PM.Comment
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What is the difference between the hard and soft headliner?Doug's Daily Driver (Dad): '91 Ford Festiva L Manual "Old Yellow" got with 40,xxx mi... about 52,xxx mi. give or take now
Austin's Daily Driver (mine) : '91 Ford Festiva GL Automatic "Whitie III" W/ 0.40 over aspire engine from '94 Aspire "New Blue" rebuilt 92,xxx mi. then... about 96,xxx mi. or more now (on body)
Doug's work car: '95 Ford Aspire Manual "Whitie II" w/ swapped stock aspire engine from '95 Silver Aspire and has it's 5th transmission! 75,xxx mi... now with about 130,xxx mi.
Sold! '89 Ford Festiva Manual "Gaystiva" (sold to my Uncle) - got with 163,xxx..... now 163,xxx Sold!
TRANSFERRED! '89 Ford Festiva Automatic EFI "one hit wonder" Given to bolokid - got with 210,xxx ...... now with 210,xxx miles TRANSFERRED!
'94 Ford Aspire SE Manual "Assfire" - got with at least 350,000 mi
SOLD! '90 Ford Festiva L Manual look for Narion (or click the username) it's new owner on the forum! - got with 193,xxx miles... now has 193,xxx miles give or take SOLD!
R.I.P '91 Ford Escort GT w/ bad engine..... stripping for parts then off to the scrapper!
R.I.P '91 Ford Festiva Manual "Lil Red Rocket" bought brand new in 1991 with ~120 mi... ended with 227,xxx mi.
R.I.P '97 Ford Aspire 4 Door Automatic "Ford Metro" parts car - got with about 144,xxx mi.... ended with 144,xxx mi
R.I.P '95 Ford Aspire Manual Silver (one owner and one family car) got with about 50,000 miles ended with about 90,000 miles
R.I.P '94 Ford Aspire Manual "New Blue" got with 150,xxx.... ended with about 200,xxx (it's engine is the .40 engine in my GL)
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OMG I love your car. Yeah the one I'm looking at has the auto belts and painted bumpers but I really like the look of the normal bumpers. That is one sexy automobile. Did you put the decals on yourself or were they stock?Originally posted by bravekozak View PostComment
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Exactly that, one is hard made with some kind of cardboard, the other is vinylOriginally posted by old yellow View Post
Vinyl = manual seatbelts
Cardboard = auto seatbelts
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Some Canadian Festivas got body color bumpers. The 92 and 93 GL Sports got them as did the LXs.Ian
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I bought my NOS swoosh decals on eBay and did my best to put them on by myself.
If I had to do it again, I would get a horizontal laser. Freehand isn't the greatest.
The red tape on the bumpers is probably one of the cheapest and easiest mods to do. It is also one of the first mods I did. Someone on the forum talked me into it.Last edited by bravekozak; 02-05-2015, 09:15 PM.Comment
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The two Canuck 93 LXs that I scavenged in Ottawa had colour-coded bumpers. These were not ordinary bumpers with a coat of paint because the regulars have a rough surface whereas the coloured ones are smooth right through.Comment
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