xmod's 96 escort LX build thread

[xmodmatt]

Ok well I didn't think I would end up doing much to this car. So I didn't make a build thread.

Things that were done before I got it.
2 1/2 inch exhaust
Muffler

Things I have done
Fixed the drivers door, it didn't shut and was ratchet straped.
Fixed drivers window, wouldn't open
Replaced flexpipe
Made an air intake for it
Referbed the headlights so there clear
painted the stock winter wheels
Tinted the amber in thie rear
Re painted the hood,
Custom gauges.
10,000k HID'S
I can't think of any more.


Things I plan to do
New rims
Suspention
Header

[xmodmatt]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00324.jpg
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http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00341.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00340.jpg
And my neons lol
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00342.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00351.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00354.jpg

New pics
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00443.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00444.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00446.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00448.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00449.jpg

[KOUZIE]

Looking good.....
Keep it coming my friend! http://board.accordtuner.com/images/smilies/custom/cheers.gif

[xmodmatt]

Thanks. And I changed up the intake a little but. But that's mostly how the engine bay looks. Just cleaned up a bit.

[aojtin]

man that engine bay is a mess. but as i said keep everything in there incase you sell it.

[xmodmatt]

Yep. I was going to pull all that shit out but I decided to keep it all so can have a better chance to sell it if I do decide to.

[Stealthmode]

www.mnfordescorts.com

[xmodmatt]

Rotfl never looked any thing up.

[xmodmatt]

Ough and here's one for you WWW.StealthmodeSTFU.COM lol

[LoveNhate5818]

which model wheels are those?? ADR Sokudo 8's in gunmetal???? if they have the bolt pattern 4x114.3 and you want to sell in the future let me know!!!
i have the extremly rare sokudo 8 white wheels in 18's and want another set to match but smaller

[littleek]

My friend, you have a clean engine bay!

[xmodmatt]

^ is that scarcasum? And yes I their 8s. And they are 4x114 and 4x100, and their sold this weekend so the car is paid off lol so I rily only paid 300 for it.

[LoveNhate5818]

damn i want them!! i never realized we have the same wheels. what you sell them for?

[slowboyb16]

nice ride..

[xmodmatt]

Thanks. Didn't you see it at the meet lol. And I am selling them for 450 haha I wouldn't pay 450 for them.

[LoveNhate5818]

didn't look at them that close. but, from what i've read; black most common as always, then gunmetal and silver are about the same, then white (which i have never seen another set)
very expensive wheels new and strong. hit a open man hole cover at 70 once coming around a corner with construction. thought for sure i bent a wheel. got to work the next day. took them all off, not one single bend. i was extremly suprised

i think you should keep them, they look on the escort :)

[xmodmatt]

Yea well its ither sell them for winter and have money now or keep themm and still pay in on the car and not have money. This way it gives me a reason to buy new ones.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

COPY CAT!!!!! lol just messin with ya! cars lookin good I almost like your body style better than mine. But than I wouldn't have ZeTec now would I?

[MonkeyGein]

psht. the zx2 owns the old hatches... i'm tellin ya matt, you need wing...

[xmodmatt]

Lol no. If I do any body shit it will be a escort gt body kit.

[KOUZIE]

My friend, you have a clean engine bay!

http://www.cb7tuner.com/laugh.gif

[xmodmatt]

That's what I said lol.

[AlexD]

cleaned up this thread, play nice please.

[littleek]

^ is that scarcasum? And yes I their 8s. And they are 4x114 and 4x100, and their sold this weekend so the car is paid off lol so I rily only paid 300 for it.

It was just joke, don't take it to the heart! :D

[xmodmatt]

Thanks again alex.

I had a flat lastnight. And fixed it. But synce I am selling the rims tomorrow I decided to swap my winter wheels on. And wow it makes the car look so bad lol. The tires are so small.

[xmodmatt]

Well I still have the wheels now.

I updated the first post and I did my gauges today

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00375.jpg
Before
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00360.jpg

After
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00376.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00377.jpg

[MonkeyGein]

i'mm gonna do mine soon to. it's the blue gauge movment

[xmodmatt]

Your a ricer.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

yay for blue gauges!! I did the Integra today as well she has blue gauges too. Not sure if I'll ever do the RSX cuz that's 30 leds LOL

[xmodmatt]

Well actualy its 29.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

either way that's way too many led's. I did have fun ripping the srs light out today with a needle nose pliers hehe.

[xmodmatt]

Lol. Ough and I didn't need to rip the cluster out. I could just pull the lights out lol. Took 5 mins to get all the dash out and leds in. Took 1 hour for paint to dry on the surrounding so its black and than it was a lot better.

Thanks for ordering and doing the reserach on the leds brandy

[xmodmatt]

Ough and I forgot to post what they looked like dark.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00378.jpg

[xmodmatt]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00378.jpg

[xmodmatt]

Woa I just notticed my car is supper cold lol.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

haha way to go, looks good though. your welcome and don't forget you owe me big time!! ($10) lol

[xmodmatt]

Yea yea yea.

[cxjon]

holy hell thats alot of miles

[xmodmatt]

Hell yea it is. There's a 91 accord on cl with 357k lol

[WannabeG]

Sell it lol

Jk i like the gauges.

[MonkeyGein]

umm, i don't think you are in position to call me a ricer

[xmodmatt]

Lol I was playing with ya.

And I might do a testing watters thread to see what I can get for it.

[LoveNhate5818]

empty keg of beer?

[xmodmatt]

Fucking bout time kevin. And no I don't want a empty one

[LoveNhate5818]

how about 2? think the others empty dunno didnt even drink at all was sicker than hell and among other things

[xmodmatt]

Lol sad....... im sure you don't want it.

[LoveNhate5818]

well, i have 3 total. but 1 i gotta return this week

[xmodmatt]

I meant you don't want the car.

[mike55112]

Did you get a loan on your escort? If you did, can I ask why you picked an escort. As far as the loan thing goes, the bank technically owns half the car since there name is also on the title and cant sell it without getting a lien release.

[2000_IntegraGS]

keep it clean guys! Matt owns a ford! So what! I had a taurus once upon a time! He is on here all the time, pichin in here and there and having fun. That is what this forum is about! It is not all serious-all the time!

[94 EX VTEC]

oh and i might be weird but i like the underdash neons

[xmodmatt]

Josh don't tell any one but there the $20 led strips from walmart....... hehehe. And just so I don't get flamed I didn't buy them they were on the car just not hooked up. So I hooked them up.

[xmodmatt]

Ough and no I didn't get a loan. He was a friends brother and he wanted to sell a car so I made a deal with him. And now he wants to change the aggreement every 2 days. First he wanted to buy it back than he wanted to buy the rims than he wanted my truck now he is bitching about every little thing. I hate dealing with minors. They don't know what they want.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

Holy crap Matt I thought we were just doing an oil change. What about the plans with your gf sunday? Cuz she won't be happy if were not done lol

[xmodmatt]

Well I don't work monday night so we might just have to save same stuff for monday.

And im doing the neons on saturday so I can role down to uni and be all tight yo!

[xmodmatt]

Ough and I forgot I had some coilovers sent to your house. They should be there on saturday so we should do them too.

The girlfriend won't mind she has a few cars so she can always come pickme up and chill. Brandy you should come with so there's no funny stuff going on.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

ok I'll make sure I get some more pb blaster. What you and your gf do is your business I'll stay home lol

[94 EX VTEC]

ok I'll make sure I get some more pb blaster. What you and your gf do is your business I'll stay home lol

PB Blaster is good stuff.

[xmodmatt]

Well looks like I will just stay at your house than lol.

I wonder if these springs I have will work. I will bring them down and I will let drew look at them. I have springs and coils from when I had the lude.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

When was Drew coming up? I don't remember that one.

[xmodmatt]

At uni silly goose.

[GSR_Racer_Chick]

ohh so were doing your suspension on uni now? geeze

[xmodmatt]

Hell yea boi. Im as redneck as josh.

But no I am just bringing a spring to uni. If I remember.

[MonkeyGein]

i'm in the process of blueing one of my guages

[xmodmatt]

I am in the proccess of turboing my car.

[AlexD]

deleted a bunch of stupid shit in the thread. 2 strikes, 3rd and youre locked. if you really need to ridicule eachother keep it to pm's to keep this thread clean.

[xmodmatt]

Alright alex. I don't think im posting any more stuff that I do to my car.

[xmodmatt]

Bump!!!

I updated some things and added pics

[EDU]

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00378.jpg

LMAO @ the temp gauge.... :palm:
arent you gonna post this on MNSC? like you did with your lumina? LOL
i remember that thread got like a million pages :poo:

[xmodmatt]

Hahaha yea I fixed that after I seen it was just a tad off,

And yea I got more than 100 posts off that thread, I love messing with the mnsc ppl. And no im not posting it there.

[LoveNhate5818]

post a link from the lumina lol

[xmodmatt]

Alright ill search for it, it will take me along time cause I got rid of that car 6 months ago.

[xmodmatt]

matt's chevy z34 build thread. - Minnesota Sport Compacts Forums

Hahahahahaha 251 posts, wow that brings back a lot.

[xmodmatt]

Well I was bored today so I started some small things that I wanted to do.

First is changing the interior from a light gray that's ugly as all hell, to a black that I have not seen any one do in a 2nd gen escort.

Here's the first part of the transformation.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00450.jpg


And than I got sick of the old amber signal lights so now there black.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c98/ak47matt14/IMG00449.jpg

[MonkeyGein]

lolol