Paulo P

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I've had my Sapphire about 18 months now so it was time for a change. I didn't want to change the car drastically so I've had it resprayed, gone for some amber front indicators, lowered it slightly and fitted escort cosworth wheels. I'm still after a set of 2 wheel drive rear lights to finish it.

Some of you may remember it looked like this when I bought it



Then I got it looking like this



Now it looks like this



Just need those poxy lights gone I've bought 5 sets so far and there's been something wrong with every set



I've kept everything so I can put the car back to standard because it's unusual to see standard ones these days, just fancied a change of look. I've now got a new front bumper one the way, R&B motorsport rear shims, another T3 to go on, dark green injectors, 3 bar map sensor, Ahmed Bayoo stage 3 chip & Pace rs500 intercooler then it's off to Mark Shead to be set-up Just need to actually drive it then

Intercooler is small


That's a DVD on it to give you an idea of the size of it!

JTaylor

Bladdy hell! Where do you buy DVDs that small?

sarnyboy

back to the oldschool.. love me cossies... well done mate

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monotokpoint

might have been something to do with the bald tyres?!

sarnyboy

no, the tyres were a week old, the suspension had partly collapsed whilst on the M1, then fully gave way at (cough) 60 mph (cough) in lane three, not a good trip to southend that one..

Paulo P

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I remember seeing those photos and a mate of mine had a 2 wheel drive one just like the white one above and his was on momo arrows too.

CupraDave

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She looks lovely mate, well done, the Escort wheels look really good on it

Personally I would have left the clears on the front and got some for the sides too. Also why do you want to get rid of the taillights? Judging by the pic above I think the smoked tails look really good on the car too

LUCKO

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standard rear 2wd lights? good luck

car looks sweet mate, miss the legacy?

Paulo P

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Everyone has done the clears and smoked rear lights which is why I'm trying to be different, it's odd though that different means standard

I need luck, I can't find a set that aren't broken every set I see for sale are 4x4 ones

CupraDave

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well I wish ya luck in your search mate, if I happen to come across any I will let ya know

frayz

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I put ecort wheels on mine for the winter... always look well on escort cossie rims

Looks great mate, makes me miss my one. Keep us updated on her progress too

aRSekicker

looks nice m8 still think cossies rule
had my saff for 10 years never sell its a 1990 2wd magenta
runing 360 bhp castle performance built mine its only done 6000 miles
pisses all over my scoob but my scoob is my everyday car
think it was your sis or mrs that bought my speedlines ?
wish i'd known then u wanted std lights !
just gave a set away and a std interior

Paulo P

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No way! Damn Yes it was my sister that bought the speedlines from you. she was telling me that you had one too.

aRSekicker

i'll ask my mates over the w.end see if they have any lying about
msg you if manage 2 find some
anything else your after ?

got a pic of my cossie in performance ford in the may 2002 edition
only in readers rides section

showed my car in working class 4 couple of years 2 much hard work tho !

Neil..

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Nice to see saff cossies about, I remenber you getting it..

I think most of us with scoobs have had one in the past.

I had a 2wd just like yours Paul, with 330ish bhp, alongside a standard WRX import about 7 years ago.
Whilst the saff was much quicker, the scoob just drove so much better on a day to day, over B roads type of thing...

Paulo P

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Forgot to answer this I do in a way because it was so useable but this is more fun because it's rear wheel drive and requires your full attention.

SC008Y_MAD

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Paul, she looks really good and very old skool.

Schumacher

Very nice, Paul.

I was behind a Cossie today when all of a sudden there was black smoke coming out of the exhaust. Guy pulled over, as did I, and asked him what happened. Said his engine had given up.

Silver Scooby Sport

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Hey Paul wow that's a quick 18 month's where did that go to !!

Looking great matey I have to say I prefer the original wheels myself there's just something about that design that seems timeless but overall the cars looking great

Paulo P

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Mine should be that sort of power soon It's stage 1+ at the moment which should be 295bhp and 320lbft but I haven't had it tested yet. It's much faster than my old Subaru but it is nowhere near as useable on a day to day basis You can only use the power in perfect conditions safely.

Thanks Darren I've tried to keep it clean and simple. I've always got in the back of my mind that it's now a classic.

Thanks Black smoke sounds like overfuelling so maybe it wasn't all bad, at least I hope not.

It's actually 17 months but who's counting

I've still got the standard wheels, suspension and everything. I just fancied a change and because I'm upping the power soon I thought the bigger wheels and tyres would help with getting the power down.

LUCKO

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whats your budget for the rear lenses? i know a ford mechanic who can source almost anything

Paulo P

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I keep on paying £25 a set but they're always broken or wrong

astraboy

mate your cars always look so good!
Love what you've done with it, I'm gonna have to come over and we can compare and contrast
astraboy.

Paulo P

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Thanks mate. It'd be good to see you, it's been too long.

V3 STI

Nice cossie mate , i grew up with these as my dad and i were RS enthusiasts , i still love them now , but not as much as the RS 500 my dad had . Good work .

Rob .

The Zohan

Hi Paul , how you doing?

The cossie look great, nice to see one 'rescued' and looking so good!

Paulo P

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I'd still love an RS500 but the prices keep on going up

Hi Paul, I'm good thanks, keeping myself busy as you can see You good? It's hard to now think I came so close to breaking it after I bought it.

V3 STI

Tell me bout it he sold it about 6 years ago for £11,500

Rob .

Paulo P

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That's immaculate 3 door money RS500's are now £20k upwards for a decent examples

V3 STI

Yer i no, i think he wish he'd kept it now

Rob .