Welcome to the Ford ST Owners Club!

[Shlade]

Well I said goodbye to my ST the other day. Beyond member Skrilla now owns it.

[xnvy]

That was a really nice car, Skrilla made a good choice.

What are you moving on to?

[Sugarphreak]

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[Shlade]

Thanks guys.

Bought a volvo s90 to be my daily for now. Plan to just mod my harley for the time being and have fun with that.

If and when I decide to buy a newer vehicle it'll be something auto/dsg, and something that'll be good for year round use

[Sugarphreak]

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[Tik-Tok]

Did I see you today on Crowchild N/B around 3:15, Phreak?

[Sugarphreak]

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[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
Wouldn't have been me, my car is parked for the winter now

Ah, was a orange FiST in front of me, with a guy that looks like what I think in my head you look like.

[pheoxs]

Anyone with a FiST want a Cobb rear motor mount? Came with my exhaust, never got around to installing it at the time and am probably never gonna. Brand new in the box

[Sugarphreak]

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[Skidro]

How is the Cobb motor mount compared to others? Are you running another brand?

[pheoxs]

Originally posted by Skidro
How is the Cobb motor mount compared to others? Are you running another brand?

I'm running stock, was too lazy to install it at the time and now its been 6 months and found it cleaning out the garage.

I don't really bag my car or track it, hell I don't even think I hit full boost on a regular basis but the forums seem to think it makes a huge improvement.

[eglove]

Originally posted by Skidro
How is the Cobb motor mount compared to others? Are you running another brand?

They are all going to be more or less the same. It's a worthwhile upgrade though. Big difference after I put my cobb RMM in my FoST

[heavyD]

Granted I haven't overly bagged on the car but I haven't had any issues on my 2015 that would make me want to add more vibration from an aftermarket mount. I did that once and vowed never again on a daily driver.

[eglove]

I have no more vibration than I did with the OEM one. Once it breaks in you would never know

[relyt92]

To the FoST lowered on white rims with "Yo Low" for a plate, car looks sick.

[eglove]

Originally posted by relyt92
To the FoST lowered on white rims with "Yo Low" for a plate, car looks sick.

Haha. That's me. Thanks

[03ozwhip]

I keep seeing these cars around and they've really grown on me, I thought about buying one but I love AWD for the winters, because awd and snow is fun as hell.

However, I'm interested to know, now that winter is officially here, for you guys running winter tires, how is it in the snow/ice?

[pheoxs]

Originally posted by 03ozwhip
I keep seeing these cars around and they've really grown on me, I thought about buying one but I love AWD for the winters, because awd and snow is fun as hell.

However, I'm interested to know, now that winter is officially here, for you guys running winter tires, how is it in the snow/ice?

I drive mine year round and haven't had any kind of issues.

Fiesta ST /w General Altimax Arctic tires (studded)

Sometimes when its really cold I spin a bit (dry cold pavement) but never had any issues getting around or fucking around when it snowed.

The lack of limited slip diff in the Fiesta does get annoying sometimes, kinda wish it was offered like the Focus

[eglove]

I've driven my FoST the last 3 winters with no issues at all - cheap chinese winter tires. Drove through the rockies this last november as well. No problems. AWD is something that everyone thinks they need. But you really don't. It's just a bandaid

There is no LSD for the focus, only aftermarket ones - which you could get for the FiST too

[pheoxs]

Originally posted by eglove
I've driven my FoST the last 3 winters with no issues at all - cheap chinese winter tires. Drove through the rockies this last november as well. No problems. AWD is something that everyone thinks they need. But you really don't. It's just a bandaid

There is no LSD for the focus, only aftermarket ones - which you could get for the FiST too

Really? For some reason I thought FoST had a proper diff, and FiST just got the torque vectoring crap. Good to know.

[eglove]

Nope, no LSD. One day I'll get a Quaife one, or mFactory (warranty better on the mF) it's on the list. But I'll probably wait until I hit 100k and my warranty is done before I rip the transmission apart.

[pheoxs]

Originally posted by eglove
Nope, no LSD. One day I'll get a Quaife one, or mFactory (warranty better on the mF) it's on the list. But I'll probably wait until I hit 100k and my warranty is done before I rip the transmission apart.

Its funny, I'd happily drop the money for a Quaife one today, but don't trust anywhere to actually install it. When I looked at what they have to pull apart to do the install, I don't trust my car at any shops.

If someone else did one as a guinea pig, I'd probably book mine in right after them

[eglove]

Id only trust Paul at Garagebox to install mine

[heavyD]

I've been running stock size 18" Pirelli Winter 210 Sottozero Series II so far this winter and while it won't be confused with an AWD car on winter tires it's pretty decent so far and no complaints.

[Svensunn]

Hey everyone,

Haven't posted on this club yet. Got my '14 Fiesta about two months ago after selling my FR-S. Are there any specific plans for ST car meets? It would be great to meet up. Is there a Facebook page to follow?

[eglove]

There's alberta focus enthusiasts

[Sugarphreak]

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[mzdspd]

Hey everyone, I am thinking about picking up a fiesta st. Probably wait until spring or summer.

How does everyone like their fiesta?

How is the Sync 2 system? Any issues with it? I am not sure if i should get the 16 for sync 3 or buy used.

[pheoxs]

Still having a blast in mine. Wish it looked nicer lol but its a ton of fun year round to bag around in. No clue about sync 2 vs 3 thing. There wasn't any options like that for mine (2014)

Also been running Cobb stage 3 now for about 30k and beat on the car pretty good, no complaints or issues yet.

[riander5]

I had some dude in a fiesta st that was crazy loud try to race me, not in a douche way or anything. Thing ripped pretty good!

edit: in summer obviously, along sarcee

[Sugarphreak]

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[mzdspd]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
Lots of used ones popping up on Kijiji right now, I would have gone that route myself if it hadn't just come out when I got mine

Still loving mine, can't wait for spring to get it back on the road. Such a rewarding car to drive.

Yeah lots of good deals on lightly used ones (around 5-10k off msrp).

Sync 3 is supposed to be a significant improvement but I didnt really mind the sync 2 when I sat in one.

I really want to properly test drive one but they all have summer tires and you can't really push it until the spring.

[mzdspd]

Originally posted by pheoxs
Still having a blast in mine. Wish it looked nicer lol but its a ton of fun year round to bag around in. No clue about sync 2 vs 3 thing. There wasn't any options like that for mine (2014)

Also been running Cobb stage 3 now for about 30k and beat on the car pretty good, no complaints or issues yet.

Thats awesome, are there any squeaks or rattles? I know it is fords cheapest car but the fit and finish seems pretty good.

[Svensunn]

So far so good with mine. Only complaint so far is the trim on the back driver door at the base of the window keeps popping up and wont stay down :dunno:

[Skrilla]

I can't believe how many of these (both FiST and FoST) are popping up for sale, both private and dealer. I know my reasoning for dumping mine so fast, but I would be curious to know why a lot of people sold theirs. I was talking to my dealer last week when getting my truck serviced, and they had 3 used on their lot, one was mine, and two traded in a week later.

[pheoxs]

Originally posted by Skrilla
I can't believe how many of these (both FiST and FoST) are popping up for sale, both private and dealer. I know my reasoning for dumping mine so fast, but I would be curious to know why a lot of people sold theirs. I was talking to my dealer last week when getting my truck serviced, and they had 3 used on their lot, one was mine, and two traded in a week later.

They're fun toys but not really practice space-wise for most people. I imagine with things slowing down people are getting rid of their toys. 25k$ Fiesta is hard to justify when you are trimming your budget.

That would be my guess? I'm probably going to run this thing until 100k ish or until it starts having issues. Fun/fast/good on gas, the space & looks are the only issues for me, the latter I can get over but there are times when I want to go to Ikea or something and then have to plan it out.

[blitz]

I love mine and I can fit me + 2 adults + 2 kids in carseats + a fatbike hanging off of the back :)

[pheoxs]

I wonder if I can put a roof rack on it (snowboards), I looked when I first got it but it appeared to only be non-ST models

[Sugarphreak]

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[pheoxs]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I have a hitch on mine that let's me mount up my bikes. Works great as a summer run-about

Yeah wouldn't work for boards. I had a quick look online and it looks like I can get bars that sit on the roof and clip into the door jams. They're only rated for 100lbs but that actually might not be bad.

[blitz]

Originally posted by pheoxs
I wonder if I can put a roof rack on it (snowboards), I looked when I first got it but it appeared to only be non-ST models

There are no hard mount points, so you have to use the clamp under the doorframe type which isn't ideal.



Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I have a hitch on mine that let's me mount up my bikes. Works great as a summer run-about

Same, I installed a Curt hitch and bought a 1up USA rack with the fatbike conversion kit. It's truly awesome. You can sort of see the rack in it's folded position in this photo:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5696/21797736996_7b0bf9f0ba_b.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/zdc6ME)Leica M240 + CV 35 1.7 M (https://flic.kr/p/zdc6ME) by Ryan Karr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryankarr/), on Flickr

[Skidro]

Mines at 25k and loving every drive. Too bad the uniroyal winters that came with them suck so much ass

[eglove]

Love those OZ wheels

[Go_Lancer_Go]

Off topic question, I finally mounted my AP, looks sweet.

For the Air Fuel Ratio, how accurate is it vs a wideband?

[03ozwhip]

Originally posted by Go_Lancer_Go
Off topic question, I finally mounted my AP, looks sweet.

For the Air Fuel Ratio, how accurate is it vs a wideband?
Cant answer your question because I didn't go with cobb, nor do I have a Ford lol, but it's been a long time since you posted here! Do you still have the evo 9?

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

I am joining the club, 2017 FiST in Magnetic ordered today!

[Darkane]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
I am joining the club, 2017 FiST in Magnetic ordered today!

Nice.

Out of curiosity, and the colour aside, why didn't you buy GTSJeff's fiesta?

[pheoxs]

I'm starting to get the itch to sell my fiesta. Been running the Cobb stage 3 for 60k flawlessly so far but feeling the itch for something more roomy

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by Darkane


Nice.

Out of curiosity, and the colour aside, why didn't you buy GTSJeff's fiesta?

Mostly colour and the fact that it's likely almost out of base warranty by time despite the mileage. I can't tell if it has a sunroof or not but I specifically needed a non sunroof car. Other minor reasons I won't list but break in really irks me and not knowing how it was done on a car that new would bother me the whole time I owned it. My entire BRZ ownership was sullied because of a warranty paint claim when it was brand new, that's just the way my mind works.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Sugarphreak]

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[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Yeah, I actually was leaning towards a 2017 WRX and modding the seating position to fit me, but I already have a fast Subaru and it made more sense to save $8k over a Sport WRX and keep my old STi for ice racing/rally x/fun days. The FiST will likely see lots of road trips in the future, which means major fuel savings over my current road trip vehicle I'm getting rid of (4Runner).

[Sugarphreak]

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[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

How does the paint hold up on the FiSTs? I'm debating having my entire car 3Med when it arrives.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
Thin paint for sure, I have noticed a few chips already.

The car was too cheap to bother with 3M for me though. You'd never get your cost of protection back in resale IMO

I guess that's true. A full car would cost me about $2k from my 3M guy. I'll probably do the front bumper, hood and fenders fully, mirrors, leading edge of the roof, side skirts and rear bumper flat for sure. Cost me about $800 on my BRZ.

[reiRei]

I too, have joined the club!

I am so far enjoying the car, I've had it for just about a month now. Took it for a drive out to Calgary for Christmas and it's great!

[cet]

Meant to post this a while ago. I picked it up at the beginning of September and love driving it.


https://c7.staticflickr.com/1/515/31657274870_ab97641dfc_c.jpg

[Sugarphreak]

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[Sugarphreak]

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[J.M.]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I need to mount a front licence plate to my car... the dealer's solution is to drill and rivet it to the body :rolleyes:

Anybody have other ideas?

zip tie it to the front grill :rofl:

[eglove]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I need to mount a front licence plate to my car... the dealer's solution is to drill and rivet it to the body :rolleyes:

Anybody have other ideas?

I have the front license plate kit in my closet if you want it, lol

[Sugarphreak]

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[GTR_Auto]

I have used this company in the past but it does not look like they have anything for the ST

http://www.rho-plate.com/

[Sugarphreak]

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[relyt92]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak
I need to mount a front licence plate to my car... the dealer's solution is to drill and rivet it to the body :rolleyes:

Anybody have other ideas? It'll block the FMIC slightly, but there's the Sto-N-Go plate bracket that mounts to the underside of your front bumper and keeps the front of the car from having to be drilled into.

[Sugarphreak]

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[reiRei]

This is where the front plate ends up with the dealer kit:

http://i.imgur.com/XQyBSrv.jpg

[spikerS]

ok, well, in reading the OP by Sugarphreak, I can post in here too...

So, I recently purchased a 2015 Ford Focus SE for Baygirl as a daily, but, I figure we should have some fun with it too. Find ways to keep it as a daily and family car, but I want to wake it up a bit, and maybe have some fun with it too. Not sure something like autocross is in it's future, but not off the table either...


http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/Snorakk/Resized_20170109_104732_zps8q6cs4fy.jpeg
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a334/Snorakk/20170111_103202_zpsumtmnids.jpg

Anyone have some ideas on areas to focus on the car? I don't want to void the extended warranty either, so I have to keep that in mind, which I get, will restrict what we can do to it.

[Sugarphreak]

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[pheoxs]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak

I was looking at that option, but I had some concerns. First, I am a bit worried somebody is going to use the quick disconnect and run off with my plate in Vancouver. The second is that if I rub my lip on a curb, I've read the bracket gets knocked off.

If you figure out a good solution please post it, I need a front plate too in the next couple months

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Checked in on my car yesterday, approximately 12 more weeks before it arrives they said. 18 weeks total from order date.

[BlueHaloGirl]

Hey there!!!
Just joined the ST community this year.
I've had mine for just over a month now and loving every minute of it.
Can't wait for the summer!!!

[Sugarphreak]

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[Sugarphreak]

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[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Still no production date for my car. If I had the option I'd cancel my order now and just drive my $1 Integra until it dies haha.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Finally an estimated delivery date of April 25th +/- 5 days.

[BlueHaloGirl]

There's a ThreeTwenty meet on Monday 3/20 7pm at the Glendeer Circle A&W.

Hope to see some fellow ST's.

[03ozwhip]

Originally posted by BlueHaloGirl
There's a ThreeTwenty meet on Monday 3/20 7pm at the Glendeer Circle A&W.

Hope to see some fellow ST's.
what's a threetwenty

[BlueHaloGirl]

Originally posted by 03ozwhip

what's a threetwenty


It's a local group of friends that mostly drive Focus.

[eglove]

Originally posted by BlueHaloGirl
It's a local group of friends that mostly drive FERDS.


www.officialthreetwenty.com

http://www.project-st.com/

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Cancelled my FiST yesterday. Finally got some time to sit in one at the auto show and I just can't get comfortable.

[Sugarphreak]

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[Redlined_8000]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
Cancelled my FiST yesterday. Finally got some time to sit in one at the auto show and I just can't get comfortable.

Dam! Buy a Type R :)

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


Sucks to hear you won't be joining the club... so what is next?

Yeah the seats are ridiculously tight for the first month or so of ownership, it throws a lot of people off the car... however after that, they break in to your body exactly and are the most comfortable seats ever

Mine are actually way more comfortable on long trips now than my Audi, they just support perfectly. Compare that to when I first got the car, I was really unhappy with how they felt and thought I had made a huge mistake.

For me being a tall guy it was actually the shift lever position. I find it's too far forward and I would be basically shifting with straight arms outstretched. Headroom was borderline acceptable for a tall guy, seats we ok but not amazing.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by Redlined_8000


Dam! Buy a Type R :)

Definite no unless I win a substantial amount of money. Dream sub $50k daily driver for me though.

I'll be daily driving my $1 Integra until it dies and racing my EK Civic hatch, which is a crazy fun car. Might replace the Integra with something else random when it folds in half from rust.

[EF9 Sedan]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo
Cancelled my FiST yesterday. Finally got some time to sit in one at the auto show and I just can't get comfortable.

time to pick up that S2000?

[killramos]

Honestly I think renting cars could actually be cheaper for you man.

You are like shak, except we all know he can afford it.

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by EF9 Sedan


time to pick up that S2000?

Tempting but I just picked up a fairly modified K swapped EK which is going to be enough of a crazy car for me. I do really miss my S2000 but prices are just insane :(

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by killramos
Honestly I think renting cars could actually be cheaper for you man.

You are like shak, except we all know he can afford it.

Sometimes I even question my need for a personal car these days. So busy with work that I commute in the company car, basically only go out here and there on the weekends. It's been two weeks since I filled up my personal car and it's still got half a tank haha!

I prefer to keep it sub $10-15k. Probably going to put some of the $28k I saved from the FiST onto my mortgage, some into my RRSP for next year and leave the rest in savings. Bought a set of tires for my EK and will do a bit of maintenance in my Integra so I can take it to ERC Rally X too this summer.

[eglove]

Originally posted by Twin_Cam_Turbo


For me being a tall guy it was actually the shift lever position. I find it's too far forward and I would be basically shifting with straight arms outstretched. Headroom was borderline acceptable for a tall guy, seats we ok but not amazing.

DHM shift extender works wonders. I love mine

[Sugarphreak]

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[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Originally posted by eglove


DHM shift extender works wonders. I love mine

Unless it moves it backwards about 3" it's not going to work for me unfortunately. In the end I think I'm probably happier driving a $1 car and saving $27999 than driving a $28000 car anyway...

[Mitsu3000gt]

I have a question for you guys with Fiestas. When I was in one, shifts into gears 2,4, and 6 (anything that sent your arm towards the rear of the car) rammed my elbow into the center console. It was completely unavoidable, and would have made the vehicle literally undriveable for me. Exact same thing for my dad, and neither of us are big/tall guys. At the car show I saw at least 2 other people sit in the car and experience the same thing, then laugh and get out. Do you just drive around with the center console lid removed and no arm support or something? The long throws probably didn't help but I couldn't believe it was designed like that. But maybe I'm missing something so I wanted to ask here.

[eglove]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
I have a question for you guys with Fiestas. When I was in one, shifts into gears 2,4, and 6 (anything that sent your arm towards the rear of the car) rammed my elbow into the center console. It was completely unavoidable, and would have made the vehicle literally undriveable for me. Exact same thing for my dad, and neither of us are big/tall guys. At the car show I saw at least 2 other people sit in the car and experience the same thing, then laugh and get out. Do you just drive around with the center console lid removed and no arm support or something? The long throws probably didn't help but I couldn't believe it was designed like that. But maybe I'm missing something so I wanted to ask here.

My elbow sits on the armrest. I've never hit it

[Sugarphreak]

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[Mitsu3000gt]

Weird - I don't know how you guys aren't smashing your elbows every time haha. Maybe you have the seat really high? I adjusted my position to where I would need/want it and it would have been literally undriveable without removing the center armrest. Same for the few others I saw sit in it. Looks like fun though!

[gpomp]

I have my seat at the lowest position and have never had this issue before. I'm about 6 ft tall btw.

[GTS Jeff]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
I have a question for you guys with Fiestas. When I was in one, shifts into gears 2,4, and 6 (anything that sent your arm towards the rear of the car) rammed my elbow into the center console. It was completely unavoidable, and would have made the vehicle literally undriveable for me. Exact same thing for my dad, and neither of us are big/tall guys. At the car show I saw at least 2 other people sit in the car and experience the same thing, then laugh and get out. Do you just drive around with the center console lid removed and no arm support or something? The long throws probably didn't help but I couldn't believe it was designed like that. But maybe I'm missing something so I wanted to ask here. Odd, I find the shifter positioning poor for the opposite reason. Gears 3 and 5 were a stretch to reach.