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After spending like 5k in parts everything is finally installed. Finished with the rear brakes last weekend. Finally got to wash her. Let me know what you think
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wheres the 5k?

really likeh rims they match the tint well

I'm guessing the supercharged comprised the majority of it

Supercharger and tuning, some bolt ons and brakes.

wheels are sick! very nice car...and clean I might add.

didnt know we had any focus owners here, the bastard and reason for the escort line to die. :rolleyes:

gunna drop it? any info you want to share on the s/c, setup, etc.?

Can't drop it, Already rubs around hard turns. It actually looks like its sitting a lot higher than it normally does. Supercharger is jackson racing m62. It hits 10# of boost by 2500rpm hits 11.5# at redline. Dynod 278/212. Tuned by ray at mcnews automotive. Also have Short ram intake, 65mm throttle body,42#injectors, custom MAF,JR fuel rail and random tech. high flow cat.

Nice. You do the supercharger install yourself?

yea basically. My friends who is also a tech at ford has a lift at his house, So I did it there. He helped me pull the fuel rail and that was all. I guess UTI is actually teaching me.

nice 4x4.

I don't see many modded focus' yours looks nice tho.

lol yeah right. the only **** i learned at uti was **** i already knew, waste of my damn money.

When I had my mustang, I did my own supercharger install too. Definitely a learning experience and exciting at the same time. Good luck with the car, looks good.

HAHAHAAH thats why your working at saturn. This is why Im already working at M.B. making 16.50 a hour and they are sponsoring me for the M.B. elite program. Nice integra!!!!:bs:

Thanks man, yea it was definatly a learning experience. The most I learned was at the dyno though, some crazy **** you can do with the new tuning programs.

I don't know much about the tuning process but I have a friend that's going to some sort a fuel injection/computer control school, hoping to learn a thing or two from him.

LOL right bro, cause you make a whooping extra dollar an hour? I didn't even have to apply at saturn, they called me as well as 4 other dealers. I wasn't trying to say anything bad about you, just saying UTI isn't what its cracked up to be. I know a few kids thats went into the manufacture programs that couldnt turn a wrech worth ****, but they were book smark. Way to be an ass :thumbup:

yea thats a extra dollar before Im even done school and you are. By the time im done that will be 25-30 an hour. Manufacure programs are where you need to be, none of these schools do **** for you but help you get into a msat. Looks like you just chose the wrong path

If you are rubbing roll the fenders with a little pull and throw some spacers on, then dump that mofwaky.

Is there a shop around here with a fender roller?

Right dude. Benz is right next to my dealer and they are dirt slow right now. And they hire techs with NO LESS than 2 years experience for 15ish an hour. You're a ****ing tool chest, get your head out of your ass before you hit the real world of flat rate and dealerships. I still dont understand your additude, I didn't say anything against you, i just said uti is a joke. Maybe I just knew a hell of a lot more before going into the school then you did.

Fight Fight Fight

Theres a tool you can buy for fairly cheap to do it yourself, probably cheaper than paying a shop to do it. Or if you are smooth enough you can do it with a baseball bat, but I don't recomend doing it that way cause its very easy to damage a 1/4.

Really thats why my benz dealership is adding 18 lifts next month? And thats why we have a brand new sales dept. with a mclaren sitting in it? Im getting 16.50 an hour right now parking cars buddy. If you knew more than me you wouldn't be working at saturn :wink:

wheels look great

Bro if you wanna keep talking **** I'll be glad to meet up with you right now and set you straight, or I'll roll up to uti tomorrow and sit next to your pretty red focus until you get out of class.

You know what, why don't you prove you are working at benz. What hours do you work and whats a number I can reach you at?

You know more than me? Yeah how do you figure? Because I work for saturn? A car is a car, I can fix anything. I was doing motor swaps and rebuilding motors before you were even driving.

i agee with honduh one hundred percent. dude uti is definitly not what it is hyped up to be. my cousin and a couple of guys i know went there. flat rates, specific job labor expectancy times will own you. being a mechanic is'nt also what it is cracked up to be but hey if its what you love then go for it. also a car is a car man, to crack on saturns is just lame. car looks good by the way.

Chill out you 2, this has gone too far. You are clogging up this thread, take it to PMs.

Hahaha yea let's fight over a internet forum. Sweet man, almost as cool as your integra. I dont give a **** if you believe im workin at benz or not. Who are you? And I know UTI is bull**** all of the automotive schools are. Thats why I said you should go just to get into a msat, because that is where the $$$$ is.

Ok last thing I'm going to say in public and then we can go to PM if the little boy chooses to.

When was your start date? I see your birthday is 6-25 so that means you didnt start until the earliest of july, which was 4 months ago. Which makes you 5 classes deep depending if you started july 1st. Mstat programs won't even look at you that early. So don't even try to bull**** me. So unless you want to give proof you work at mb, anything of the sort im calling :bs: on you. Since we already know mstat is out of the question.

looks great !!!!!!!my buddy has a sick 4 dr auto its even the tan grandmom color he is turboed and has a custom built auto trans and massive work

yea you could roll the fenders yourself, or get different sized rims/tires. otherwise every other foci owner wouldn't be able to lower the car......

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. No.

So you work at benz and have a bmw sitting there - yeah, logic sounds right for Mercedes.

slam it!!!

I might just wait a little bit and buy new 16rims/tires and then slam it. Gotta save some money up first.

wyotech ftw haha

Trim and Upholstery, Collision/Refinishing, Chassis fab

16.50 parkin cars must be nice living in fantasy land, and ummm yeah I bet the benz healer honduh is talkin about is waaaay nicer than yours, and guess what they get no work and hardly sell dick keep lying. And from the pics it looks like those wheels are the wrong offset, maybe that's why they rub but you know that your a student at one of the worst schools ever

Nice focus man, I don't see how your rubbing tho, must have wrong offset. I know a guy with a SVT and he was tucking the rear because he had a wall of 12 10" subs.

I'm going to WyoTech and I'm in Trim/Upholstery right now. If I was to work out of my garage, at the level/quality of work I do (furthest ahead in class) I could charge between $35-40 an hour depending on the work.

However, If I was working at a shop, I would start at $12-$17 an hour... (sucks)


On my own...

When charging for items, everything is set at the standard hours per the item recovered.

It takes 8 hours per bucket seat (add 1 hour for headrest)
Rear split seat takes 5-8 depending on contours and such.

At $37 that's $518 pocketed right there and that's just for labor. Then you add tax, supplies, and you are ranging from $650+ just for 2 bucket seats...

Add 6 hours at $37 for the rear seat, that's another $222 in pocket.

right there, the customer would be looking at $740 in just labor... for seats only.

Fabric/Vinyl/Leather range in price, as low as $15 a yard and up to extreme prices.

Figure regular vinyl at $25 a yard, each seat 1 solid color it takes approx 2-3 yards per bucket seat, and 3 for a rear. Total of approx 8 yards of fabric, and then you need 1/4" foam...

8 yards at vinyl$25 a yard, $200
8 yards of foam at $12 a yard, $96
Add 10% to foam to cover misc supplies (Comes to $105.60)

Total before tax for everything, $1,045.60
6% tax $62.73
Final Total $1,108.37

That's just a normal estimate to reupholster seats in a standard fabric. I'm sure some of you know that there are quality fabrics that range from $40+ but aren't that practical in a Daily Driver.


Ive learned estimating at WyoTech. I love this school, I have my bad days, but my instructors and the head guy in our building cant believe the work I am doing.

Early 2009 I plan on having a shop, under its own roof (not running out of a house garage LOL)

It will offer Rollcages, Upholstery, Collision/Refinishing.

Eventually, if all goes as planned, I want to offer Dyno Tuning and engine/tranny work. Eventually when I expand, I will offer Frame Modifications like C-Notching on Trucks/SUVs for extreme lowering. That wont be for years...

I'm going to get my inspections licence, but I most likely wont offer inspections, I will have to deal with to much paperwork disposing and properly filtering everything as a body shop as it is.

I'm already gathering estimates for a building, I will be starting out in a 60' deep by 100' long fully insulated warehouse style building. They are relatively inexpensive. It will house an enclosed area to hold a maximum of 2 cars for major body/prep work, 1 paint booth, office, restroom, and plenty of area for tools/cars inside to do other custom work...