Leeroy Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 We bought a Focus banger last night, it's a 1998 1.8 Zetec. It's seems pretty solid apart needing a wheel bearing and having a bit of a dodgy boot lock It's in metallic State Blue and cost 600 notes I'm looking forward to giving the bodywork some love as it's covered in scratches and is pretty dull. Does anyone have much experience of Focii? It needs a service which I reckon I'll DIY and might stick a K&N filter in. I'm not going to spend much dollar on it as we'll only run it for a few months until we buy a proper car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 The Focus is a reliable car, we’ve just had a customer in this morning who bought a panel filter for his 1.8 Focus too, so if I can help with this please do let me know… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldel Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Good choice, we have an 04 focus, service between myself and brother took a couple of hours including tea breaks! Easy to get at plugs, just generally very maintenance friendly car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabbitstew Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Ive been servicing my mates focus for the last year or so and its all really easy to do. Did the brakes on it for him a few months back as well as a full service - all the bits were well cheap. 11quid for full set of front brake pads, and service bits came to less than 30quid. Only thing which is a complete git to do and ive no idea why ford did it, is that the pollen (cabin) filter on it is actually up under the dashboard behind the glove box. So you have to strip out the entire glove box, move the fuse box etc etc to get to it!!! God knows why they didnt just put it under the bonnet like most manufactorers do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeroy Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Excellent, thanks for the info guys. I always fancied a go in the Focus due to it's reputation as a good steer, although I'm not sure how representive a 14 year old one with 115K on the clock will be I'll throw it around once I know it isn't going to fall apart on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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