XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 06-23-08 - Page 23 - Focaljet

**Ray** · 08-16-2007, 06:17 PM

i knew i should have brought the DV cam for in car video.

damnit!

**hEaT** · 08-16-2007, 07:14 PM

Heh. I'll ride shotty and hold it.

**Ray** · 08-17-2007, 07:03 AM

joe i put that camera mount on the harness bar. silly.

**hEaT** · 08-17-2007, 08:13 AM

Yeah, but the bouncing camera is so classy. Can your camera mount to do that? Didn't think so.

**Ray** · 08-31-2007, 03:07 PM

took the day off, decided to paint the cladding white. will paint the wheels this weekend.

i had to go to 5 different places to just get 4 cans of the right color. what a pain in the butt.

**Fordfan05** · 08-31-2007, 03:10 PM

That looks really good. Can't wait to see it with the white wheels.

**steedafocusgirl** · 08-31-2007, 03:27 PM

it looks really good!

**biscuitninja** · 08-31-2007, 05:40 PM

Spatula rims FTW!
anyways good luck
-bix

**Ray** · 08-31-2007, 08:44 PM

bix, the spats wont fit on my car. front brakes are a tad bit bigger now. can barely squeeze those pony wheels on.

**SVTADAM** · 09-01-2007, 12:48 PM

Looks great. But you still didnt fix that front bumper where it meets the fender...dude...wtf!

**Ray** · 09-01-2007, 01:58 PM

it's not the bumper, it's the bracket. i'm not going to bother as it lets the tire sit in there better anyway

wheels got some paint too.

clean with dish detergent, wetsand with 400 grit, preclean with paint precleaner, tape, clean again, self etch prime, then a few coats of white.

edit:

you know, she's come quite a way.

**Honkeytonk Monkey** · 09-01-2007, 07:26 PM

White wheels are so last year... what kind of fool paints thier wheels white anyways?

**Ataru** · 09-02-2007, 02:13 AM

Ray does.

It looks completely different now Ray, an unbelievable transformation. Of course that's many years and hundreds of hours of hard work in there too.

Only bad thing with the white cladding is now you are going to get cone marks on your white paint. NOt as easy to remove as it is on the bare cladding.

You do need to paint those 4 front flare bots white as well.........or put 4 bolts in the rear flares to match. When the flares were black, you could barely see them, but they stand out now. And without them in the rear as well, it seems a bit odd.

I guess I'm a tad anal about things like that. lol

**Ray** · 09-02-2007, 05:16 AM

Honkey, it's okay. I understand COMPLETELY your sentiment.

Ataru - that is only if i hit cones

I am pretty sure the goal is not to, right? Besides a few cone scuffs wont bother me one bit.
My friend also emailed me saying the same thing about the fender flare bolts. Odd. I guess since two completely different people have pointed it out, i should get done. I noticed it as well but didn't think that big of a deal...

**hEaT** · 09-02-2007, 11:08 AM

Looks hot in person.

Needs a tint and drop tho

**secondechomatt** · 09-02-2007, 11:12 AM

looks amazing man! I have been wanting one for some time now. I saw one local here in Michigan on merkurclub, but he never responded to my pm's...

Someday....someday!

**rejectZX3** · 09-02-2007, 11:38 PM

The flare bolts bohered me as well. Just so you know.

**jinstall** · 09-03-2007, 08:06 AM

All white and it looks more like a Cosworth now.

**Ray** · 09-03-2007, 08:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hEaT

Looks hot in person.

Needs a tint and drop tho

jinstall - i might be getting a cossie front bumper (replica), but first on list is oil cooler.

**hEaT** · 09-03-2007, 04:27 PM

Haha, nice.

**Ataru** · 09-03-2007, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonfire

Ataru - that is only if i hit cones

I am pretty sure the goal is not to, right? Besides a few cone scuffs wont bother me one bit.

If you don't hit some cones from time to time, you're not getting close enough to them. How do you know what's close enough until you find out what's TOO close.

Quote:

My friend also emailed me saying the same thing about the fender flare bolts. Odd. I guess since two completely different people have pointed it out, i should get done. I noticed it as well but didn't think that big of a deal...

Well, if you thought enought to paint the molding black (when it looked great like it was) why not address the bolts too?

**ElPogoLoco** · 09-03-2007, 08:49 PM

Wow Ray. Awesome job!

**steedafocusgirl** · 09-04-2007, 08:31 AM

looks great ray!!

**Ray** · 09-04-2007, 09:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ataru

If you don't hit some cones from time to time, you're not getting close enough to them. How do you know what's close enough until you find out what's TOO close.

Well, if you thought enought to paint the molding black (when it looked great like it was) why not address the bolts too?

I like telling newbies that the goal is to hit ALL the cones. And i will take care of the pesky black bolts when i get a chance. Trust me, i nail a few now and again. And i dont just tap em. I PUNT THEM

**OmniFocus** · 09-04-2007, 12:38 PM

Monochrome for the absolute win.

I approve. [Approval stamp... THWAP!] (Sorry about the dent...)

08-16-2007, 06:17 PM	#551
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 26,770	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 i knew i should have brought the DV cam for in car video. damnit! __________________ Cable Ties. Is there anything they can't fix? Driver > Car - in memory of GaryK *Roadtrippin.org* \| CART

08-16-2007, 07:14 PM	#552
hEaT [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CT Posts: 5,646	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 Heh. I'll ride shotty and hold it. __________________ 2001 Twilight Blue ZX3 - Volant Intake, FC 65mm TB, SVT Header, RT High Flow Cat, SVTF Borla Exhaust, Koni's 1985 Nimbus Grey Merkur XR4Ti - Work In Progress Tuned By: Bristol Dyno

08-17-2007, 07:03 AM	#553
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 26,770	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 joe i put that camera mount on the harness bar. silly. __________________ Cable Ties. Is there anything they can't fix? Driver > Car - in memory of GaryK *Roadtrippin.org* \| CART

08-17-2007, 08:13 AM	#554
hEaT [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CT Posts: 5,646	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 Yeah, but the bouncing camera is so classy. Can your camera mount to do that? Didn't think so. __________________ 2001 Twilight Blue ZX3 - Volant Intake, FC 65mm TB, SVT Header, RT High Flow Cat, SVTF Borla Exhaust, Koni's 1985 Nimbus Grey Merkur XR4Ti - Work In Progress Tuned By: Bristol Dyno

08-31-2007, 03:07 PM	#555
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 26,770	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 took the day off, decided to paint the cladding white. will paint the wheels this weekend. i had to go to 5 different places to just get 4 cans of the right color. what a pain in the butt. __________________ Cable Ties. Is there anything they can't fix? Driver > Car - in memory of GaryK *Roadtrippin.org* \| CART

08-31-2007, 03:10 PM	#556
Fordfan05 TEAM Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Largo, Fl. Posts: 904	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 That looks really good. Can't wait to see it with the white wheels. __________________ 2005 ZX4 ST 2.3

08-31-2007, 03:27 PM	#557
steedafocusgirl Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, Fl Posts: 1,229	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 it looks really good! __________________ "Why dont you go shave your balls you dusty old fart! " Turbo Steeda Focus #42- 2001 89 Merkur Xr4TI I am the Turbo Princess

08-31-2007, 05:40 PM	#558
biscuitninja [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6,647	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 Spatula rims FTW! anyways good luck -bix __________________ 2008 Prediction: In the immortial words of Clubber Lang... "my prediction ... PAIN! " Waiting to pounce on a foreclosed home!

08-31-2007, 08:44 PM	#559
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 26,770	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 bix, the spats wont fit on my car. front brakes are a tad bit bigger now. can barely squeeze those pony wheels on. __________________ Cable Ties. Is there anything they can't fix? Driver > Car - in memory of GaryK *Roadtrippin.org* \| CART

09-01-2007, 12:48 PM	#560
SVTADAM Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Connecticut Posts: 3,083	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 Looks great. But you still didnt fix that front bumper where it meets the fender...dude...wtf! __________________ Black Aria...#1211 built in 2002 Rain...1990 Ford Escort Wagon "Dear Diary...Jackpot!" Giggity Giggity Goo!

09-01-2007, 01:58 PM	#561
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 26,770	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 it's not the bumper, it's the bracket. i'm not going to bother as it lets the tire sit in there better anyway wheels got some paint too. clean with dish detergent, wetsand with 400 grit, preclean with paint precleaner, tape, clean again, self etch prime, then a few coats of white. edit: you know, she's come quite a way. __________________ Cable Ties. Is there anything they can't fix? Driver > Car - in memory of GaryK *Roadtrippin.org* \| CART

09-01-2007, 07:26 PM	#562
Honkeytonk Monkey Where is my @#$ antenna?! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canadia Posts: 4,159	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 White wheels are so last year... what kind of fool paints thier wheels white anyways? __________________ 2003 LG ZX3 - Pile of glitchy Ford crap. I'd sell it if I hated the person buying it.

09-02-2007, 02:13 AM	#563
Ataru Team Sonic Racing Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Where the winds come sweeping down the plains Posts: 11,489	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 08-07-07 Ray does. It looks completely different now Ray, an unbelievable transformation. Of course that's many years and hundreds of hours of hard work in there too. Only bad thing with the white cladding is now you are going to get cone marks on your white paint. NOt as easy to remove as it is on the bare cladding. You do need to paint those 4 front flare bots white as well.........or put 4 bolts in the rear flares to match. When the flares were black, you could barely see them, but they stand out now. And without them in the rear as well, it seems a bit odd. I guess I'm a tad anal about things like that. lol __________________ Owner of SONIC - 2003 Sonic Blue SVT Focus ZX5 Yes, Sonic has a Car Domain Page [FJ] focaljet - GUIDELINES - GALLERY - [FJ]WALLPAPER - STORE - SPONSORS - SEARCH - Any Questions?

09-02-2007, 05:16 AM	#564
Ray Driver > Car Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: CT Posts: 26,770	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 Honkey, it's okay. I understand COMPLETELY your sentiment. Ataru - that is only if i hit cones I am pretty sure the goal is not to, right? Besides a few cone scuffs wont bother me one bit. My friend also emailed me saying the same thing about the fender flare bolts. Odd. I guess since two completely different people have pointed it out, i should get done. I noticed it as well but didn't think that big of a deal... __________________ Cable Ties. Is there anything they can't fix? Driver > Car - in memory of GaryK *Roadtrippin.org* \| CART

09-02-2007, 11:08 AM	#565
hEaT [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CT Posts: 5,646	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 Looks hot in person. Needs a tint and drop tho __________________ 2001 Twilight Blue ZX3 - Volant Intake, FC 65mm TB, SVT Header, RT High Flow Cat, SVTF Borla Exhaust, Koni's 1985 Nimbus Grey Merkur XR4Ti - Work In Progress Tuned By: Bristol Dyno

09-02-2007, 11:12 AM	#566
secondechomatt Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Boston, MI. Posts: 4,228	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 looks amazing man! I have been wanting one for some time now. I saw one local here in Michigan on merkurclub, but he never responded to my pm's... Someday....someday! __________________ a jetter with a case of the "usta's" "The existence of flamethrowers is proof that someone, somewhere, said to himself, "I want to set those people over there on fire, but I don't feel like walking over there to do it." There's no right way to eat a Rhesus.

09-02-2007, 11:38 PM	#567
rejectZX3 Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,731	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 The flare bolts bohered me as well. Just so you know. __________________ R.I.P. Bro - Garret McIntire [7.25.1984 - 4.14.07]

09-03-2007, 08:06 AM	#568
jinstall [FJ] Addict Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Manassas/Ft Belvoir VA Posts: 12,983	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 All white and it looks more like a Cosworth now.

09-03-2007, 04:27 PM	#570
hEaT [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: CT Posts: 5,646	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 Haha, nice. __________________ 2001 Twilight Blue ZX3 - Volant Intake, FC 65mm TB, SVT Header, RT High Flow Cat, SVTF Borla Exhaust, Koni's 1985 Nimbus Grey Merkur XR4Ti - Work In Progress Tuned By: Bristol Dyno

09-03-2007, 08:49 PM	#572
ElPogoLoco Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Herndon, Virginia Posts: 3,585	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 Wow Ray. Awesome job! __________________ 03 Escape XLT V6 w/No Boundaries Package: AWD, SCT, K&N, Alpine 01 Escape XLS V6: FWD, SCT, K&N 81 Pontiac Turbo Trans-Am: Resto Project, Wallet Crusher 02 Focus ZTS: SOLD March 2007

09-04-2007, 08:31 AM	#573
steedafocusgirl Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Palm Beach, Fl Posts: 1,229	Re: XR4Ti Build Progress - Updated 09-01-07 looks great ray!! __________________ "Why dont you go shave your balls you dusty old fart! " Turbo Steeda Focus #42- 2001 89 Merkur Xr4TI I am the Turbo Princess

09-04-2007, 12:38 PM	#575
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