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Car has gone into the bodyshop today...


Gregs

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... can't wait to get it back.

 

Having new rear bumper, rear passenger side quarter panel, all the stone ships painted, and a polish.

 

Plus wheels refurbed :dance:

 

Should be like a new car when she gets home :teeth:

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Took it to a place just off Ascot Drive called Lee's bodyshop (near Remploy). It's a guy who has just set up in business on his own. He was at Chartwells for a good few years as it happens (but think he got bored with lamborginis lol) and a place called CARS if you've heard of it before that.

 

He worked on our Focus RS - gave it a full hit as the standard paint job was rubbish. Looks amazing now. Hoping the Z comes back just as nice :-)

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Focus before (having been stripped down):

 

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... during:

 

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... after:

 

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... Clio cup car in for respray (taken before graphics were added but still looking pretty smart):

 

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Zed before - with bumper different colour to rest of car:

 

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Someone had obviously reversed it into another car too cos my bumper is all bumpy - I don't have any pictures of this though out of shame lol (wasn't me who did it though and it got me a lot of money knocked off the selling price)

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B)

 

Did you ever go up the Paddock on a Sunday night ? There always seemed to be a lot of RS Owners up there for a meet....

 

I think I prefer that shape RS to the new one

 

:thumbs:

 

Yeah we go to the Derbyshire RSOC meets :-) the other half had an escort cosworth before the focus and then an Escort 1600i before that and an Escort XR3i before that. He's a huge ford fan.

 

I agree - I prefer the mk 1 - do like the look of the RS500 they're bringing out though.

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why does that 200 have a roof scoop? :lol:

 

It's a clio cup car - that's how they come.

 

It was in to have graphics done before the race season started.

 

Im pretty sure they dont. A few guys who have 200's cups dont have them. Plus a roof scoop on a clio is pointless it slows you down as there is no air going to the engine. :shrug:

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why does that 200 have a roof scoop? :lol:

 

It's a clio cup car - that's how they come.

 

It was in to have graphics done before the race season started.

 

Im pretty sure they dont. A few guys who have 200's cups dont have them. Plus a roof scoop on a clio is pointless it slows you down as there is no air going to the engine. :shrug:

 

if it's racing in the Clio Cup then it will come with the scoop, and the OP did say it was getting the decals ready for the racing season?

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why does that 200 have a roof scoop? :lol:

 

It's a clio cup car - that's how they come.

 

It was in to have graphics done before the race season started.

 

Im pretty sure they dont. A few guys who have 200's cups dont have them. Plus a roof scoop on a clio is pointless it slows you down as there is no air going to the engine. :shrug:

 

if it's racing in the Clio Cup then it will come with the scoop, and the OP did say it was getting the decals ready for the racing season?

 

Yeah the car is racing in the clio cup ... this is the team and the car after the respray.

 

http://www.20tenracing.co.uk/

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why does that 200 have a roof scoop? :lol:

 

ok spoke to the owner of the bodyshop my car is in with - seems the roof scoop is to cool the cabin as clio cup cars don't come with fans and they can get pretty hot in there on race days. It's not a performance thing anyway!

 

My car is getting there - will post up picks when she's done!

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why does that 200 have a roof scoop? :lol:

 

ok spoke to the owner of the bodyshop my car is in with - seems the roof scoop is to cool the cabin as clio cup cars don't come with fans and they can get pretty hot in there on race days. It's not a performance thing anyway!

 

My car is getting there - will post up picks when she's done!

 

Makes sense :thumbs:

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  • 4 weeks later...
going to keep watching this thread. i'm in burton and need my GM front bumper resprayed!

 

ETA: do you guys know roughly how much this will cost?

 

I'll ask the guy who's doing mine next week and put some picks up when it's done so you can see the job he's done.

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same as lot of rally cars have them, to save wait things like air con and all the internal venting are removed, but as driving with the window down isn't possible they use the roof scoops to divert air straight into the cabin.

 

middle of summer, fire proofs, overals, helmet and no circulating air, hmmmmmmmmmm that sounds fun :lol:

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going to keep watching this thread. i'm in burton and need my GM front bumper resprayed!

 

ETA: do you guys know roughly how much this will cost?

 

I'll ask the guy who's doing mine next week and put some picks up when it's done so you can see the job he's done.

 

That would be great thanks!

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