A return to glory..... - Page 2 - The Ford Focus Forum

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-04-2009, 12:43 PM

lol
James's car has Bassets and the car in the last pic is his not the V6!

**Stolle** · 10-04-2009, 01:00 PM

same thing.

jeff gordon is proud to see them on a focus! GO FAST TURN LEFT!

**o2_designs** · 10-04-2009, 07:55 PM

There is no shame in Steelies...

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-04-2009, 10:10 PM

who said there was? after this winter i might flog the stock wheels in favor of some 15" 05+ steelies and get them widened! then next winter stretch on some studded winters and call it a day!

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-04-2009, 10:21 PM

oh and a little update...

so as far as the stereo goes, i'm just going to dynamat everything and the build a 18x18x9.5" OD box out of 3/4" MDF. then make a halo out of 1/2" MDF that covers the floor so i can mount my amps and cap to it that will also fit up tight to the box. the amps and cap will get mounted like pictured in a previous pics and on the passenger side i might make a little storage box for extra lights, tools, etc. then i'm going to raise the floor with another piece of 3/4" MDF cut in half for easier install and removal and brace everything so i can still used 100% of the trunk floor space and only loose about 4-5" vertically all the while never causing damage to the stereo get under it. on the passenger side i figure cutting out a section where that box was and putting a couple of hinges on it so it's sort of a smugglers style compartment.

I don't have the skills for fiberglass nor the time so the void under the halo and beside the box i'll just stuff in some poly fill or insulation to minimize resonance.

i'm not building a SQ or DB setup, just something nice and usable without having some big huge box in the trunk that eats up all the space.
one thing i have always hated about systems is how much space they kill.
no stupid neon lights or glow tubing either!

everything about this car is going simple and minimalist i guess.
i don't want to attract attention for the wrong reasons!

Today i spent about 30-40mins before my side and back started to hurt BUT managed to get the battery mount sorted out and a little shoty wiring left over from Matt cleaned up before i sealed up the ECU and mounted it back under the battery tray. I also installed a new Deka 15lbs battery i got from Shawn at MMP and hooked up the fuse holder and power wiring for the stereo!

Before:

after:

slowly coming along... the garage is a mess right now.

Comment and suggestions about the stereo setup welcome... i'm pretty green when it comes to anything more than the basics of stereo work!

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-07-2009, 04:15 AM

Picked up some Gun-Wash from work to wipe down the interior to get it ready for the sound deadening. after cleaning the inside of the car, i had a couple of Doctor appointments and then a quick trip out to a fabric store for a couple of Bolts of fabric, more on that later. after all that i went down to my US shipping location tonight and picked up 240sq/ft of Edead sound deadening and after a couple of hours of cutting and rolling and a few beers, this is where i'm at...

hope to have most of the interior done by tomorrow!

as for the fabric bolts, i got 3 yards of Soho Black Suede and 3 yards of a nice looking black and grey tartan plaid to redo the headliner, and a,b&c pillars and the door insets... but the problem i'm having is how to do it...

Should i do the headliner and door inserts in the Plaid and the pillars in Suede or should i do everything in suede or everything in the plaid....the pillars are the cream colored plastic and i think it would look kinda goofy and out of place in a basically completely black interior with cream pillars. the headliner is currently the greyish off white.

**secondechomatt** · 10-07-2009, 09:14 AM

black suede every where, restitch the seats with the plaid in the middle.

maybe cover the radio/hvac and door inserts with the plaid as well.

**98LowRanger** · 10-07-2009, 12:52 PM

Wow, looks like you've been busy. Not a ton done, but time consuming projects. You'll have to let us know how effective the edead is. I've contemplated doing it for a while, but wasn't sure if it was really worth the time and money. Not that it's all that costly just mainly a lot of time to remove the interior and lay it all down.

I love the 2 fabric combos you choose to use! Funny thing is I have a VERY similar plaid that I was going to use for my a-pillars. If I was you I would go VW style and cover the headliner and a-pillars in the plaid.....maybe even the door inserts, but don't go overboard. Then use the black suede everywhere else. Keep us posted on the progress man!

**Wagamos** · 10-07-2009, 01:04 PM

That makes me want to do my interior up nice like.

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-07-2009, 01:06 PM

lol
i was thinking the plaid on the headliner and door inserts with suede on the pillars would be the nicest contrast. although suede headliners are sooooo nice!
as far as re trimming the seats go, the long term plan is to swap out the seats with EAP Recaro interior so wasting money on doing anything more to the stock seats seems pointless. Unless of course i can get the guys at Stätus to give me another set of seats then i might get the inserts for those seats done in plaid and the rear seats re trimmed to match, who knows... still want more input on which way to go with what i currently have.

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-07-2009, 01:18 PM

oh and i don't expect the edead to make that much of a difference, i just got the e45 stuff so it's not that thick and i didn't get any of the V4 foam either although i probably should have... there are lots of little rattles in this car and i'm trying to start to eliminate them but after taking the interior out, i think a lot of them came from broken trim tab from who originally tore the car apart back in the day for Sema! a lot of the trim issues can be fixed with a little glue and some V4 foam or similar down the road!

**CheckMyVitals** · 10-07-2009, 02:48 PM

Definitely looking to do my headliner in plaid. Lemmie know what glue you use.

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-07-2009, 08:50 PM

got the back half of the car done including the roof! will get the front half done tomorrow and will run all the wiring and hopefully put the carpeting back in. before my buddy comes over and we do the headliner and as much else as we can get done!

i'm hoping i can have most of the interior back in on Friday and then start on the sub box and everything else on the weekend! more pics tomorrow, i have decided on what i'll do with the fabrics so i should have good finished shots by Monday as i wont be sharing anything after all the edead is in!

**2focusd** · 10-08-2009, 03:29 PM

Man, I'm so glad to see that the plaid headliner thing is finally starting to gain some ground

I'd vote for doing the headliner in plaid and doing everything else in the black suede. When I did mine, I did just the headliner in plaid and resprayed literally every other part of my interior trim flat black to give it a nice contrast so that the plaid would really stand out, which it did

-Brian

**o2_designs** · 10-08-2009, 06:16 PM

I like the plaid...

**SVT3658** · 10-08-2009, 07:47 PM

I dig the whole car...and especially the plaid

**Dads03SVT** · 10-09-2009, 06:55 AM

Good looking JOB!!! So where ya gonna hid your spare ??? Ohhh and that's a battery?? How much was that little thing???

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-09-2009, 02:36 PM

spare tire?
i have BCAA(AAA to you yanks down south) and never have to worry about needing a tow or anything! who needs a Spare!

The battery puts out about 550ccam which is more than enough, to run the car and we've tested it to be just as strong as a stock focus battery! it doesn't have the reserve of a stock sized battery but that's not an issue for me!
and it was about $85usd!

edead is all in, with the roof and being very liberal with the application i think we used about 180-200sq/ft!?

i'll post some pics later but i'm off to start putting the interior back in at least partially!

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-09-2009, 09:24 PM

here is the finished edeading....

started playing around with the plaid and the suede... pics on that onces it's all done and in the car!

**ZX3TUNING** · 10-12-2009, 02:20 AM

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............................................................................... more to come.......

**kenzx3** · 10-12-2009, 02:29 AM

Tease!

**Xenos** · 10-12-2009, 02:34 AM

SEXY!!!

I haven't seen these posts yet. I love the plaid idea. I almost don't want you to do it because some people up here will call me a copy cat if I continue with my plans that I was thinking of... although mine will be the Clan Robertson Tartan if I do it.

**starfuryt550** · 10-12-2009, 03:10 AM

very very nice project!!

**bustonit** · 10-12-2009, 10:08 AM

the rebirth of a classic....jealous! Work looks fabulous

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**BCV6SVT** · 10-13-2009, 01:14 PM

Bernie wants to know if a blind retard did the e dead work.

Did you know that you dont have to cut the e dead into little bits you can put it on as one big peice.

10-04-2009, 12:43 PM	#26 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... lol James's car has Bassets and the car in the last pic is his not the V6! __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-04-2009, 01:00 PM	#27 (permalink)
Stolle Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Drafted (Stop Lossed) in the US Army Posts: 3,278	Re: A return to glory..... same thing. jeff gordon is proud to see them on a focus! GO FAST TURN LEFT! __________________ Andy. {262 Crew!} West Bend Wisconsin at Heart. Always. 262 CREW! Deployed to Afghanistan 2009 OEF 09 & 10. Stop Lossed. ='( "Despite Secretary Gates's order, by April 2008 use of stop-loss had increased by 43%" "Never in my life have I seen a focus pull like that before!" - STI Owner Stollen\|Werks! "I couldn't repair your brakes,so I made your horn louder"

10-04-2009, 07:55 PM	#28 (permalink)
o2_designs Resident Wheel-Whore Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: mnfocus.com Posts: 11,157	Re: A return to glory..... There is no shame in Steelies... __________________ TUNED By FSWerks -- Parts by TOUSLEY Ford ~~BOOST CREW, Bottled Fresh since 2006 ~~ Vacuum Crew, Stirring things up since 2008~~

10-04-2009, 10:10 PM	#29 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... who said there was? after this winter i might flog the stock wheels in favor of some 15" 05+ steelies and get them widened! then next winter stretch on some studded winters and call it a day! __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-04-2009, 10:21 PM	#30 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... oh and a little update... so as far as the stereo goes, i'm just going to dynamat everything and the build a 18x18x9.5" OD box out of 3/4" MDF. then make a halo out of 1/2" MDF that covers the floor so i can mount my amps and cap to it that will also fit up tight to the box. the amps and cap will get mounted like pictured in a previous pics and on the passenger side i might make a little storage box for extra lights, tools, etc. then i'm going to raise the floor with another piece of 3/4" MDF cut in half for easier install and removal and brace everything so i can still used 100% of the trunk floor space and only loose about 4-5" vertically all the while never causing damage to the stereo get under it. on the passenger side i figure cutting out a section where that box was and putting a couple of hinges on it so it's sort of a smugglers style compartment. I don't have the skills for fiberglass nor the time so the void under the halo and beside the box i'll just stuff in some poly fill or insulation to minimize resonance. i'm not building a SQ or DB setup, just something nice and usable without having some big huge box in the trunk that eats up all the space. one thing i have always hated about systems is how much space they kill. no stupid neon lights or glow tubing either! everything about this car is going simple and minimalist i guess. i don't want to attract attention for the wrong reasons! Today i spent about 30-40mins before my side and back started to hurt BUT managed to get the battery mount sorted out and a little shoty wiring left over from Matt cleaned up before i sealed up the ECU and mounted it back under the battery tray. I also installed a new Deka 15lbs battery i got from Shawn at MMP and hooked up the fuse holder and power wiring for the stereo! Before: after: slowly coming along... the garage is a mess right now. Comment and suggestions about the stereo setup welcome... i'm pretty green when it comes to anything more than the basics of stereo work! __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-07-2009, 04:15 AM	#31 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... Picked up some Gun-Wash from work to wipe down the interior to get it ready for the sound deadening. after cleaning the inside of the car, i had a couple of Doctor appointments and then a quick trip out to a fabric store for a couple of Bolts of fabric, more on that later. after all that i went down to my US shipping location tonight and picked up 240sq/ft of Edead sound deadening and after a couple of hours of cutting and rolling and a few beers, this is where i'm at... hope to have most of the interior done by tomorrow! as for the fabric bolts, i got 3 yards of Soho Black Suede and 3 yards of a nice looking black and grey tartan plaid to redo the headliner, and a,b&c pillars and the door insets... but the problem i'm having is how to do it... Should i do the headliner and door inserts in the Plaid and the pillars in Suede or should i do everything in suede or everything in the plaid....the pillars are the cream colored plastic and i think it would look kinda goofy and out of place in a basically completely black interior with cream pillars. the headliner is currently the greyish off white. __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-07-2009, 09:14 AM	#32 (permalink)
secondechomatt [FJ] Specialist Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Trenton, MI. Posts: 5,293	Re: A return to glory..... black suede every where, restitch the seats with the plaid in the middle. maybe cover the radio/hvac and door inserts with the plaid as well. __________________ BRONCO BFG/RUST/WHITETRASH/TREEFAIL "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."

10-07-2009, 01:06 PM	#35 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... lol i was thinking the plaid on the headliner and door inserts with suede on the pillars would be the nicest contrast. although suede headliners are sooooo nice! as far as re trimming the seats go, the long term plan is to swap out the seats with EAP Recaro interior so wasting money on doing anything more to the stock seats seems pointless. Unless of course i can get the guys at Stätus to give me another set of seats then i might get the inserts for those seats done in plaid and the rear seats re trimmed to match, who knows... still want more input on which way to go with what i currently have. __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-07-2009, 01:18 PM	#36 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... oh and i don't expect the edead to make that much of a difference, i just got the e45 stuff so it's not that thick and i didn't get any of the V4 foam either although i probably should have... there are lots of little rattles in this car and i'm trying to start to eliminate them but after taking the interior out, i think a lot of them came from broken trim tab from who originally tore the car apart back in the day for Sema! a lot of the trim issues can be fixed with a little glue and some V4 foam or similar down the road! __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-07-2009, 02:48 PM	#37 (permalink)
CheckMyVitals Senior TEAM Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 3,494	Re: A return to glory..... Definitely looking to do my headliner in plaid. Lemmie know what glue you use. __________________ For Sale: Koni/Eibach ERS/GC Coils Car: 2004 Mazda3 Sport GT

10-07-2009, 08:50 PM	#38 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... got the back half of the car done including the roof! will get the front half done tomorrow and will run all the wiring and hopefully put the carpeting back in. before my buddy comes over and we do the headliner and as much else as we can get done! i'm hoping i can have most of the interior back in on Friday and then start on the sub box and everything else on the weekend! more pics tomorrow, i have decided on what i'll do with the fabrics so i should have good finished shots by Monday as i wont be sharing anything after all the edead is in! __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-08-2009, 03:29 PM	#39 (permalink)
2focusd [FJ] Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Uniontown, PA Posts: 15,364	Re: A return to glory..... Man, I'm so glad to see that the plaid headliner thing is finally starting to gain some ground I'd vote for doing the headliner in plaid and doing everything else in the black suede. When I did mine, I did just the headliner in plaid and resprayed literally every other part of my interior trim flat black to give it a nice contrast so that the plaid would really stand out, which it did -Brian __________________ Godspeed, Colin McRae, may you live on forever as the reason countless people fell in love with the Ford Focus (myself included). 1968-2007 '08 Carbon Grey Metallic Hyundai Tuscani GT V6 Early '00 ZX3 - E-spec in progress (Rattletrap) - Gone but not forgotten!

10-08-2009, 06:16 PM	#40 (permalink)
o2_designs Resident Wheel-Whore Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: mnfocus.com Posts: 11,157	Re: A return to glory..... I like the plaid... __________________ TUNED By FSWerks -- Parts by TOUSLEY Ford ~~BOOST CREW, Bottled Fresh since 2006 ~~ Vacuum Crew, Stirring things up since 2008~~

10-08-2009, 07:47 PM	#41 (permalink)
SVT3658 MS Paint PWNS ME! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Jax FL Posts: 3,210	Re: A return to glory..... I dig the whole car...and especially the plaid __________________ 2002 SVT Focus #3658 CD Silver with Red Inserts born on 7-30-2002 \| SVT3658 here, 02SilverSVT over there... *Join the SVT Owners Group!*

10-09-2009, 06:55 AM	#42 (permalink)
Dads03SVT Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Roxboro North Carolina Posts: 1,060	Re: A return to glory..... Good looking JOB!!! So where ya gonna hid your spare ??? Ohhh and that's a battery?? How much was that little thing???

10-12-2009, 10:08 AM	#49 (permalink)
bustonit Senior TEAM Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The great divide Posts: 3,441	Re: A return to glory..... the rebirth of a classic....jealous! Work looks fabulous . __________________ ...always in Focus Sarah Palin: A voice for the leaderless. Give me wings that I might fly, my restless soul is longing. No pain remains, no feeling...eternity awaits.

10-09-2009, 02:36 PM	#43 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... spare tire? i have BCAA(AAA to you yanks down south) and never have to worry about needing a tow or anything! who needs a Spare! The battery puts out about 550ccam which is more than enough, to run the car and we've tested it to be just as strong as a stock focus battery! it doesn't have the reserve of a stock sized battery but that's not an issue for me! and it was about $85usd! edead is all in, with the roof and being very liberal with the application i think we used about 180-200sq/ft!? i'll post some pics later but i'm off to start putting the interior back in at least partially! __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-09-2009, 09:24 PM	#44 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... here is the finished edeading.... started playing around with the plaid and the suede... pics on that onces it's all done and in the car! __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-12-2009, 02:20 AM	#45 (permalink)
ZX3TUNING Black EAPs = Love. Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Vancouver, BC. Canada Posts: 2,284	Re: A return to glory..... ................................................................... ............................................................................... more to come....... __________________ Power in Style.... *ZX3Tuning* Part of Conglomerate Motorwerks! Mitch A.

10-12-2009, 02:34 AM	#47 (permalink)
Xenos TEAM Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Langley British Columbia Canada Posts: 150	Re: A return to glory..... SEXY!!! I haven't seen these posts yet. I love the plaid idea. I almost don't want you to do it because some people up here will call me a copy cat if I continue with my plans that I was thinking of... although mine will be the Clan Robertson Tartan if I do it. __________________ It's a road car so it should be reasonably quiet... Oh No. It isn't quiet... You have never rolled over in bed on a set of DD's in the middle of the night have you? They make grrrrreeeeeeaaaaattttt pillows.

10-12-2009, 03:10 AM	#48 (permalink)
starfuryt550 TEAM Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 601	Re: A return to glory..... very very nice project!!

10-13-2009, 01:14 PM	#50 (permalink)
BCV6SVT TEAM Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Van City, BC Posts: 148	Re: A return to glory..... Bernie wants to know if a blind retard did the e dead work. Did you know that you dont have to cut the e dead into little bits you can put it on as one big peice. __________________ EAP's or Hot Swaps...The cheapest/easiest way to ruin a focus. Last edited by BCV6SVT; 10-13-2009 at 05:26 PM.

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