late 80s-90s mods for cars

[cjhillman]

I've got a red 3 door escort from 1985... just thinking what mods i could do to it or accessories i could find that were common from the time. Maybe if i took it to shows in the summer it would be fun to make it look like it came from that era

at the moment i can only think of those little hand you used to see popping from under everyone boot lids in the early 90s... although cant find any on ebay.

[steveo3002]

fords had tiger stripes and turbosystems stickers for the 90s , 4" back boxes , non xr escort would have likley had the xr3i wheels and some of the spoliers and some front spots fitted , probably debadged and stickered up as a top of the range one too

generaly neon stickers that said fido dido or on a mission , neon fake car phone aerials ,garfield cat , lots of speakers and graphic equalizer

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Beaten to it but tiger stripes hands down.

The cloverleaf alloys or even cloverleaf wheel trims on a lower model.

And look for the guy making window backflashes on here.

[steveo3002]

[VWPowered]

Max Power cir 1995, i thought this was the baddest escort around back in the day...

[steveo3002]

would likely have had a number plate with some jaunty italic font that we could get away with back then

cant find any pics but "trailblazers" were popular , it was a reflector kit that replaced the number plate with a large red "xr3i " reflector , you then lashed the number plate onto the lower valance

any RGA brand bodykit or replacement grille would have been a desireable item too



edit heres a trailblazer

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

maybe later but i remember a red "blood" splatter one too

[steveo3002]

Nov 27, 2014 11:06:26 GMT fr€$h&m1nt¥ said:

maybe later but i remember a red "blood" splatter one too

werent it paint splatter stickers?

also colour coding everything was cool as could be , remember doing the mudlfaps on a beige orion lol

[fordperv]

Nov 27, 2014 10:58:26 GMT steveo3002 said:

generaly neon stickers that said fido dido or on a mission , neon fake car phone aerials ,garfield cat , lots of speakers and graphic equalizer

Don't forget the obligatory kenwood sticker and passion, grace and serious bass

[THE_Liam]

Fancy tape deck with graphic equalizer - Sharp made some really tacky looking ones that I love
Rear screen louvres
Anti-static strip on rear valance
Black rubber aftermarket boot spoiler
Bumper-mounted spot lights
Aftermarket grille with 2 square driving lights
Huge XR3/XR2/GTI/RS Turbo etc decal in rear window

[fr€$h&m1nt¥]

Nov 27, 2014 11:12:51 GMT steveo3002 said:

Nov 27, 2014 11:06:26 GMT fr€$h&m1nt¥ said:

maybe later but i remember a red "blood" splatter one too

werent it paint splatter stickers?

also colour coding everything was cool as could be , remember doing the mudlfaps on a beige orion lol

This is the one i was thinking but as i thought it's more of a 00s spin on it...

[baggabones]

Backflash as said above (can't recall the username on here but I have a custom one he did for me on my 924...great quality and fast service), fat willys sticker an a big oakley sticker from what I remember...also feu orange air freshener

[Dan_betG]

I need to dig out all the 80's Ford accessory brochures and tuning magazines my dad gave me. He was hugely into fast fords as was my mom and some of the optional extras you could get and "demon tweek" esque ads were incredible.

I'll take some pics and upload them

[sweep]

Don't forget your obligatory 4" Peco exhaust for maximum "rude" points!

[HoTWire]

Go the whole hog : retrorides.proboards.com/thread/24470

[richp]

3 spoke wheels!

[generally01]

Set of neon colour twin blade wipers;

[nofrills]

clear indicators on the front too, and a dodgy phone holder.... i had a blue orion 1.6 gl (1985 c reg) in 96, it had a peco big bore 2, k&n pancake filter, front spot lights, dimma fuel cap, halfords hub caps, also had 2 alarms and the led's for the alarm were under the solex door locks, also i had yellow detailing, and a yellow kenwood sticker on the bootlid and seduction weekender sticker on the rear window with a no fear sticker too, also had a cacky halford 4 spoke small steering wheel which had a yellow centre lol

[grifterkid]

You need to ensure your dashboard is covered with the correct amount or Turtle Wax 'racing turtle' air fresheners...!!!

[Rob M]

Strangely, this morning I saw a (IIRC) C plate MK3 Convertible. My god, how dated and diddy small it looked!!
I'm not sure modding a car as it would have been modded in the late 80s/90s is a brilliant idea, some of the mods then were shocking!!
Even Ford got in on the act and were selling the odd one or three snot green MK1 Mondeos.
Mind you, spot lights were quite popular back then and they tended to get pepperpots off of Orion Ghias.

Clean and sweet.