BITCH ASS: A Build of Average Proportions and Modest Income

[cobrawannabe]

Bump because I know a few of you were waiting to see these on the car and I updated at a weird time.

[cobrawannabe]

Test fit the Type Bs this past Saturday at my friend's house after stripping the stupid black paint off of the spoke faces.

Specs as tested:

Front: 16x7.5 et20
Rear: 16x7.5 et15 (5mm spacer)

Once I have the money (probably this Friday), I'll be ordering tires and camber arms, then finally getting into summer mode. I will be running a 205/40-16 ZE-912.

[cobrawannabe]

You're so lucky. California is sooooo dry.

Plus, riding in mud makes it that much more fun.

I LOVE riding in mud, but I'm not a huge fan of cleaning the bike for two hours after I get home hahaha.

I'd like a little bit more dry stuff out here, to be honest. There's nothing cooler than blasting down some sick steep singletrack with a giant roost behind you.

[rice4life]

You're so lucky. California is sooooo dry.

Plus, riding in mud makes it that much more fun.

[cobrawannabe]

Hurry and get them new wheeeeels.

Nice bike, must be fun.

Trust me man, I can't wait to have them! Thanks for the kindness, I can't wait to go riding. It started pouring before I even got it home tonight.

[rice4life]

Hurry and get them new wheeeeels.

Nice bike, must be fun.

[cobrawannabe]

Why do you update this on strange days?

Get some horn clips up, I haven't heard a good sound clip of them, most are too close, or have distorted sound.

Haha, I dunno, I just sort of do. I'll get some clips up once I get around to it. You can rest assured that they are extremely loud.

Here is the last update (as of last week) and today's update combined...


In case you've ever wondered why my car has taken so long to progress... Aside from the budget issues (which are now behind me due to a new job), this is the first time I've gotten to work on my car since the last update. I'm lucky if I get to wrench on it once a month.

Anyway, this weekend was mildly productive. I got rid of the DipS**t on my fender and replaced it with vinyl stripes. This time, they do not have K|Bdev. cut out of them, since the car is already branded in two other places. I also touched up the yellow lettering on the tires, straightened out the driver's side fender a bit, painted the horn bracket, and finally wired in the horns.

I'm not 100% pleased with the wiring. As usual, it was a rush job, so while we did solder every connection and heatshrink everything, I didn't have the time to clean stuff up as I'd have liked to. I'll be fidgeting with it over the next week or so to perfect it and hide the wires as much as possible.

New stripes:


Install complete:




For good measure, here are a couple of shots I liked of the car from this weekend.




Next update: Wheels, new fenders, and the start of my new intake (just kidding, it's a bike and a rack attachment. All that stuff comes next, I promise). The only thing between me and autocross is tire size, and it's driving me crazy.

Well, I started getting the crackhead itches to go riding, so I made a purchase today to replace my last two-wheels love which was sadly lost in my apartment fire over the winter.

2014 Kona Fire Mountain along with a Thule Side Arm to put it up on the roof of my car. I texted a friend as soon as I got home and tracked down a pair of Kona floor mats, and also have a lead on some Kona rub strips. If you know anyone with some Kona strips that they are willing to part with, PLEASE LET ME KNOW! My lead is not a 100% guarantee and I've got a really go idea stuck in my head.

Oh yeah, and the Borbets will be dropped off to me on the seller's way to Carlisle! As soon as they arrive, I'll be stripping them down and refinishing them.

Pics:






Here are the floor mats in question: They are out of a 2000 Kona Edition Focus.


And the rub strips from the same car:

[rice4life]

Why do you update this on strange days?

Get some horn clips up, I haven't heard a good sound clip of them, most are too close, or have distorted sound.

[cobrawannabe]

Small update: I still don't have my summer wheels and tires, since I'm waiting on some money to ship everything. I have added a new lip, though. I'm pretty sure it's off of an Escalade, but I'm not certain; it was found in a snow bank.

Since I installed it on Sunday, it has been torn off twice.


Also, I finally made the bracket for my Hella Super Tones, here's what I came up with. I'll be cleaning and clearcoating the bracket as well as wiring in the horns on Monday.

[cobrawannabe]

I don't mean to clutter your thread, but the 1st gen focus RS was only available in europe as a hatch right? Have you thought of cutting USDM hatch rear quarter panels off and making overfenders out of them since they have a similar look to the RS rear quarterpanels? Then plastic welding the bottom half of the RS rear bumper to the stock bumper? Just a thought, I am not sure too much about the focus, and what's different between the RS and the regular one.

This is definitely not cluttering the thread, it's great conversation!

The US hatchback fenders are no different in width than mine. What I ill be doing is ordering RS quarter panels and fenders from a Ford dealer, then cutting them and the car to come together. It will flare the car about 35mm on each side, though I will have to pull some trickery with the rear doors. To my knowledge, I'll be the first true, metal "RS sedan".

[rice4life]

I don't mean to clutter your thread, but the 1st gen focus RS was only available in europe as a hatch right? Have you thought of cutting USDM hatch rear quarter panels off and making overfenders out of them since they have a similar look to the RS rear quarterpanels? Then plastic welding the bottom half of the RS rear bumper to the stock bumper? Just a thought, I am not sure too much about the focus, and what's different between the RS and the regular one.

[cobrawannabe]

Yeah, I see what you mean. It will look great behind the grill.


I thought I subscribed to this thread, but updates seem to never pop up and I miss them /:
At least this isn't 3 pages of nothing getting done to the car

I know this may sound strange, but have you thought about a diffuser for the rear?

Thanks so much, bud. Because of my limited budget, I don't really get to update the thread all that often; and frankly, I don't keep up on this one as much as I do my main build thread on FocalJet, since I've never gotten the impression that anyone cared all too much

Re: The diffuser, I actually have tossed some ideas around in my head and on paper, but for this car, I'm keeping the overall appearance pretty restrained. The car will be widebody by the time my plans are finished, but I will be using all OEM parts from a MK1 RS to widen it. It'll be rare that anyone not versed in Focuses will even notice the work. I'm trying to keep it all subtle so that I can take the liberty of having six velocity stacks poking through the hood once my engine swap is complete.

Loving the look of the focus man!

Thank you! It does alright for a daily driver with a *very* rough life.

[DjGreggieP]

Loving the look of the focus man!

[rice4life]

Yeah, I see what you mean. It will look great behind the grill.


I thought I subscribed to this thread, but updates seem to never pop up and I miss them /:
At least this isn't 3 pages of nothing getting done to the car

I know this may sound strange, but have you thought about a diffuser for the rear?

[cobrawannabe]

Oh hey! Someone cares!

I have not actually gotten to mount or wire any of that garbage yet The horns will be going behind the grill, and as much as I despise Subaru kids, I love that look too much on the mk1.5 Focus to not do it.