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newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby westers » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:20 pm

ive been a member for a little while now but not said alot, and ive seen alot of really nice looking vans on here! So thought its about time to introduced my self and starting giving some imput! :P

my names Lee, im 20, a carpenter and from North Devon. I bought a connect in septemer after making the dificult :( but wize desission to sell my pride and joy and buy a van :D

heres a few picturs of my old car, a tastfully modified Mk6 1.4 fiesta

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i spent thousonds of hours on the car changing every i could :P from lowering it and putting ST parts on it to taking out the dashboard to changed the LED's to blue and fitting rear disc brakes :lol:

i was and still am very sad that its gone :(

anywho, this isnt a fiesta site, its a transit connect one :D

so heres a picture of it when i bought it.

a 56 plate T220 LX (90)

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first things first, fitted a ply bulk head and floor, and made up a few shelveing units and a cheeky sub box :mrgreen:

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i liked the idea of the folding passenger seat so thought id try somthing a bit fancy with the space below.

so i made this:
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didnt want to change the standard CD player at this point so put a Line converter to feed sound to the amp

and fitted it here:
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plenty of room down there and i think it looks smart!

after this i decided to uprate the door speakers, so bought some Vibe 5'' component speakers and fitted them like so..

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since fitting these i changed the 6x9's for vibe ones and also have a vibe sub i want to used insted of the orange Edge one.

Front ford badge looked worn out and ugly so bought a new one, the newer shape ford galaxy badge is the same size and easyer to find cheap!
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the wheels looked a tad on the rusty side so one hungover sunday i resprayed them
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( terribe overspray! dont even know how with all newspaper and masking tape :lol:)

and while i was at it painted my drums and calipers blue :)
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heres the beast after a days worth of removing tar and polishing!
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a few other things ive done are changed the interior lights to SMD 8 LED festoons, makes the back look like day light and where only a couple of quid!
front indicator bulbs to silvertec chrome'd ones and put my old CD player from my car in.

now thats whats been done, time for the plans!

firstly and most importantly while i was at Ford fair last year, on my way down to the 0-60 strip i saw a very nice white connect that if im honest made my mind up about them and helped my fully make my mind up about them :)
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i have a feeling ive seen picture of the van on here?? if so make your self known! :lol:

since looking around at connects i also found this beauty
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so the main plans are:

:arrow: Focus ST-2 alloys
:arrow: Lower it as much as practicaly possible
:arrow: Spray bumpers and wheel arches white

im think im going to have a go spraying the bumpers and arches my self ( didnt do too bad a job on my fiestas front bumper i dont think 8) )

i might be able to get a set of 2nd hand ST alloys at a good price so there sorted

and my dads a very good welder and been in the motor trade for 30 years + so the axle flip, hangers and actual spring change arnt too much of a problem.

the main thing i need help with is lowering the front, im after a similar hight to the white one pictured above, but not 100% sure where to start, i think ill go down the focus MK2 approch, as it seems easyer to do, but do they have to be RS springs or will all MK2 springs fit? I.E. ST's, 1.6's, derv's ? and as for lowering springs, does any one know how much more extra the weight of the connect adds on?

i do have many more plans for it, but want to sort these out first!

Cheers for looking!

Comments and criticism welcome!
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:35 pm

bottom van looks like SWtechnologies
top one looks familiar too..
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby ginsters » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:36 pm

welcome to the site!


needs to be red though..
the red ones go faster...

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unfortunately the doors aint as great as the caddy

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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:41 pm

oh yeah.... :lol:

welcome to the forum!
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby Graham Taylor » Wed Apr 18, 2012 8:56 pm

Yep welcome. You've not mentioned changing the steering wheel so if you do just ask away :D And for any advice on throttle pedals Jacks your man (Kent Discos) :wink:
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:00 pm

Graham Taylor wrote:Yep welcome. You've not mentioned changing the steering wheel so if you do just ask away :D And for any advice on throttle pedals Jacks your man (Kent Discos) :wink:



:lol: :lol:
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby westers » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:11 pm

thanks for the replys! i changed the steering wheel in my fiesta for a zetec S one, the clips where a bit of a nightmare! :lol: after about an hour of trying to get them undone my dad looked at me, laughed and did them in 10 seconds flat :evil: and there are too many postman connects around my area with out me adding to the red :oops:
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:15 pm

westers wrote:thanks for the replys! i changed the steering wheel in my fiesta for a zetec S one, the clips where a bit of a nightmare! :lol: after about an hour of trying to get them undone my dad looked at me, laughed and did them in 10 seconds flat :evil: and there are too many postman connects around my area with out me adding to the red :oops:


:lol: :lol: you'll fit in fine here (apart from with the reds!) :lol:
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newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby ginsters » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:16 pm

Meeeeooowww!

Won't be telling how to fix the central locking now
the red ones go faster...

53 plate 75ps lwb
vantunner remap and all the other jazz

unfortunately the doors aint as great as the caddy

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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby Graham Taylor » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:20 pm

westers wrote: and there are too many postman connects around my area with out me adding to the red :oops:


OOOOO! dont you go dissing the red un's on here, they are really fast! :wink:
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby Kent Discos » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:22 pm

other white van is van mann!! duhh
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby robbie.cee » Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:33 pm

Top work so far m8! Keep it up!
White Vans look bigger!!
Wish i was half as handy at woodwork! nice shelves there!
Heated passenger seat too :lol:
little roof spoiler would look 8) 8) 8) too


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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby westers » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:08 pm

robbie.cee wrote:Top work so far m8! Keep it up!
White Vans look bigger!!
Wish i was half as handy at woodwork! nice shelves there!
Heated passenger seat too :lol:
little roof spoiler would look 8) 8) 8) too


rob


cheers! :) ive alreaddy got 3 spoilers tho ;)

and are the reds a bit protective over theres? :P
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby mattvik30 » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:17 pm

ye the postman pat crew seem to think their red vans are faster! :lol:

But we all know that vans were meant to be white!!!!!! :D
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Re: newbie with big plans! (pic heavy)

Postby robbie.cee » Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:18 pm

each to their own!! white with focus rs front end- duno which but the one that looks like stormtroopers helmet peak if you know what i mean!
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