Thanks Shaun,
the guard was in a right state but I got it looking pretty good now, I gave it a layer of primer this rvo , all that needs doing is those little divots from air in the filler to fill..

Thats come up really nice, love the way the arches look. Sorry if youve said earlier but what color will it end up?

I don't want to let on the exact colour just yet, but I have a couple of colours up my sleeve and they aren't lairy , I want it to be noticed but not ' in your face' , also it'll be old skool looking. I've only told a couple of friends, the misso and Deano the colour I'm planning on painting it.
If you can wait about 6 month all will be revealed

Love a surprise - cant wait!

Marty, Is that guard being prepared as a mold?

Hey MarkA , you are correct it will (and the other side) are being fixed for molds . As it is this left hand guard was very crusty as you've seen tho it's still a half decent guard for a rally car etc. Once I've done the mold they will be for sale so if anyone wants them, send a PM ..

Apart from some house duties today I managed to get the boot skin mold ready and slapped a layer of gelcoat , I'll flop a couple of glass mat layers on in the morning

Gelcoated

i'm glad you are offering moulded parts from these Marty, that will be very valuable to many people going forward.
 
I've just spent yonks fine tuning 1 of the guards fitted with the bubble arch,  and getting it onto the car.
Having a guard come complete with choice of arch is gold, and I can see why people spend $$ to get the repro panels with bubbles included, if you can afford it.
 
That was alot of progress achieved over Xmas.
And it's true, I was privvy to the colour a while ago.
And if you need a cryptic hint, think a famous pair of hot pants owned by a singing budgy might give you a clue.
 
 
 

Yep your right on with the guards. Anyone who has played with flaring existing or add ons would vouch for having the whole guard ready as a 'bolt on'.
 
Hey Deano, showing your age with the musical reference. I reckon gold is the colour then

That's a hard cryptic even for me... And I know the colour !!!
Mark are you referring to Kylie Minogs shorts ? Lol

I did put a couple of layers on the boot lid mold so that parts done, it'll still need bonding to the inner frame to it but the mounting threads and nuts need glassing in first , I could use those rivnutserts things which I might try..

Spent a few hrs yesterday on the Focus mk1 3dr, when I gave it a full birthday last year replacing almost every part, I installed a pr of stage 2 cams and wasn't very happy with the lack of performance so I added a 65mm throttle body, this is when the ecu started getting freaked out and threw a code saying lack of fuel running lean.
I was going to buy a standalone ecu from USA but since my job is in limbo I'm not forking $750 plus a dyno session so to simplify things I removed the cams and installed the stock jobs again but the 65mm tb stays for fun and economy. Luckily I didn't need to remove the front mount or cover, just the front belt cover, leads and rocker cover, nice easy job but the humidity was stupid at 88%
The cams are nearly new and have been put away for a rainy day..