2000 Ford Focus ZX3
(taken with my Blackberry Curve)
| Lead Project Manager | Allan Gale |
| Suspension/Brakes | H&R Sport Cup lowering kit (H&R springs and H&R shocks), Steeda caster/camber adjuster (front and rear), FocusSport strut tower brace (blue), Power Slot slotted brake rotors (front), EBC "green stuff" brake pads, Goodridge stainless steel brake lines. |
| Body Mods | Wings West body kit (front bumper cover, rear bumper cover, side skirts, rear spoiler), TYC euro clear rear tail lights, and TYC black headlights. |
| Engine Mods | Magnaflow exhaust, Pacesetter headers, Steeda air intake, AEM spark plug wire cover, LiveWires spark plug wires, Screamin' Demon Coil Pack, Brisk LGS spark plugs, Optima 800 CCA red top battery, Samco blue hoses, Centerforce dual friction clutch, and Fidanza flywheel. |
| Gauges | Auto Meter carbon fiber series water temp. gauge, Auto Meter carbon fiber series fuel pressure gauge, Auto Meter carbon fiber series oil pressure gauge, and an Auto Meter 3 gauge pod (driver's side). All of them are electrical and not mechanical gauges. |
| Interior | Katzkin black leather interior. Front seats have the "Katzkin" logo in purple stitching on the sides of the seats and the "A&G Custom Motoring" logo in purple stitching in the headrests. |
| Wheels | Dunlop Direzza DZ101 215/35/ZR18 tires, Konig Sideways wheels |
| Paint | Stock Black paint |
| Stereo | Alpine IVA-D106 AM/FM/CD/XM/DVD receiver, Alpine PXA-H701 Dolby sound processor, Alpine RUX-C701 controller for sound processor, pair of Alpine 5 1/4" mids, pair of Alpine 1" tweeters, pair of Alpine "S" series 10" subs, Rockford Fosgate 1 farad stiffening cap, Alpine 5 channel amplifier, Rockford Fosgate/Kicker wiring, Rockford Fosgate power distribution block, Rockford Fosgate battery terminals, and Street Glow blue neon in speaker enclosure. Protecting everything is a Clifford code hopping alarm. |
| Extras | Steeda black floor mats with blue "Steeda" lettering, Steeda brushed fuse block cover, Steeda aluminum polished door sill plates, Fidanza short throw shifter, Steeda black shifter knob, and Street Glow blue LED neon under car. |
| Shops That Have Worked on Car |
A&G Custom Motoring (East Los Angeles, CA) - rebuilt the audio system in the car and installed the neon. Certified Tire and Service Center (UTC Location - San Diego, CA) - general maintenance on car. Also installed miscellaneous performance parts on the car. Discount Tire (Solana Beach, CA) - purchased tires and wheels from them. JBA Racing (San Diego, CA) - installed miscellaneous performance parts on car. Mossy Ford (San Diego, CA) - general maintenance on car. Steeda (Pompano Beach, FL) - ordered most of the car parts from them. Summit Racing (Akron, OH) - ordered gauges and gauge pod from them. |
| Interesting Facts |
When car was purchased in May 2008, it
only had 3,500 miles on the odometer. Not bad for an eight year old
car! Car was formerly owned and built by Progressive Car Audio (Mission Valley store) as an Alpine Electronics demo car for their shop. It spent most of its time at shows (including SEMA) and in the showroom of their El Cajon store. I contacted them in 9/2008 to change out some audio components and when they said (and I quote) "We are not going to work on the car because the original builders are long gone" and "It will be too difficult to work on the car", I did some homework and found A&G Custom Motoring in East Los Angeles who have built many celebrity cars for people like Snoop Dogg, Tito Ortiz (ultimate fighter), Oscar de la Hoya, Xzibit, and Wayne Brady. They are now the only people that I will trust to work on my car stereo! They had the stereo rebuilt in a day. I have done many modifications since the purchase of the car to enhance the performance and looks. Car formerly had a set of 18" BF Goodrich Scorcher T/A tires (discontinued) which produced blue smoke on burnouts and different Konig wheels. Those were removed in August 2008 and replaced with the 18" Pirelli PZero Nero tires and Konig Sideways wheels. Car is a dedicated show car for the rest of its life. My car has and never will be a daily driver.
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| Where is the car now? | I sold the car in January 2009 to a US marine stationed at MCAS Miramar here in San Diego. Not only am I moving out of state soon but I am purchasing a Nissan 370 Z before I leave. |