Hi,
Just spent the afternoon washing the car, pleased with the result compared to how she looked before, no pre wash photos though im afraid.
Freshly cleaned and conditioned leather...looks much better...
My Mintex disks have been bugging me for weeks, the hubs rusted like mad so i decided to put an end to it and painted them black. While at it i also painted the callipers silver. I used Hammerite Smooth paints for future reference.
Photos don’t really do them justice, but looks so much better than rusty hubs and faded black callipers. Also seems to make the disk/calliper look much larger than before:
Rear Wheel -
Front Wheel -
Changed the standard ST170 gear knob to one from a ST220 pretty much as soon as i got the car, as the standard knob was badly scratched and the paint chipping away. ST170 gear knobs are around £100 to replace though so i was going to buy an ST220 knob for £30 from Ford, until ppcall of Ford ST Owners Club kindly sent me brand new one he had lying around for FREE! Bargain or what? I also think the 220 knob looks a lot more modern than the one which came on the ST170 out of the factory.
The ST170 came as standard with a 6disk ford cd player, unfortunately some kind sole had swapped it for a single disk player somewhere along the way. I bought a replacement 6 disk player off eBay which was faulty on arrival...paypal sided with the seller so I was left £90 out of pocket
ops:
Eventually I ordered an Alpine 9856R from Car Audio Security which is still only single disk but does have mp3 support. Pleased with how this looks and blended in very well with the dash with illuminating green.
Finally...she’s tucked up inside the garage for the night now on the freshly painted garage floor lol.
That’s it for now, i have some goodridge braided brake lines waiting to go on soon, if anyone around Staffordshire way has fitted these to an ST170 before and fancies earning a few ££ fitting mine please feel free to get intouch.
Enough chat anyway, thanks for looking and please post your opinions
Just spent the afternoon washing the car, pleased with the result compared to how she looked before, no pre wash photos though im afraid.
Freshly cleaned and conditioned leather...looks much better...
My Mintex disks have been bugging me for weeks, the hubs rusted like mad so i decided to put an end to it and painted them black. While at it i also painted the callipers silver. I used Hammerite Smooth paints for future reference.
Photos don’t really do them justice, but looks so much better than rusty hubs and faded black callipers. Also seems to make the disk/calliper look much larger than before:
Rear Wheel -
Front Wheel -
Changed the standard ST170 gear knob to one from a ST220 pretty much as soon as i got the car, as the standard knob was badly scratched and the paint chipping away. ST170 gear knobs are around £100 to replace though so i was going to buy an ST220 knob for £30 from Ford, until ppcall of Ford ST Owners Club kindly sent me brand new one he had lying around for FREE! Bargain or what? I also think the 220 knob looks a lot more modern than the one which came on the ST170 out of the factory.
The ST170 came as standard with a 6disk ford cd player, unfortunately some kind sole had swapped it for a single disk player somewhere along the way. I bought a replacement 6 disk player off eBay which was faulty on arrival...paypal sided with the seller so I was left £90 out of pocket
ops: Eventually I ordered an Alpine 9856R from Car Audio Security which is still only single disk but does have mp3 support. Pleased with how this looks and blended in very well with the dash with illuminating green.
Finally...she’s tucked up inside the garage for the night now on the freshly painted garage floor lol.
That’s it for now, i have some goodridge braided brake lines waiting to go on soon, if anyone around Staffordshire way has fitted these to an ST170 before and fancies earning a few ££ fitting mine please feel free to get intouch.
Enough chat anyway, thanks for looking and please post your opinions
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My wallets £100 lighter now but im happy at least