What did you do to your Fiesta ST today ?

[Sam4]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

 

[XanRules]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

Sounds like a leak somewhere. If you're feeling brave, it's not that much work to drop the headliner - there are two pop rivets securing it to the roof (very easy to see if you are looking up from the trunk). Then you remove the C pillar, B pillar, and A pillar trim and it'll just drop down. Removing the A and C pillars is a nightmare because of all the weirdly angled clips, but the B pillar is like three clips and a T50 bolt. I just did this on Saturday while soundproofing the roof of the car.

Also, feel for moisture in your rear footwells. When I had the leaky sunroof, it was also dumping in there and I ended up getting black mold growing under the carpet, which is a nightmare to take out.

 

[WolfDampf]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

I've had this in my car. Turned out my hatch wasn't centered so it left a gap on the gasket. You gotta loosen up the hatch bolts and adjust it, trust me it took me a good 1.5 hrs of fiddling to get it centered just right. Then I had to adjust the striker a bit further inward for it to close tighter. After that I found my tail lights were still leaking a tiny bit so fixed that. And then I found out the body shop had plugged up my drains with glue so the sunroof was dripping down the sides into the rear passenger foot wells on both sides

 

[Switchback]

While I wait for a replacement turbo, I found a used Schroth QuickFit Pro harness for the driver (along with Boomba Brake Deflectors) for $380 locally. Installed the harness this evening to test fit it, and boy does it feel good.


I shall not slide around in the seat now when on track/autoX. Brake Deflectors will get installed for actual track days so those are sticking in the box for now.

 

[akiraproject24]

Installed JL Audio C1 650x coax speakers in rear door. Used custom printed adapters with some speaker foam tape to seal the speaker to the adapter and the adapter to the door. Was able to Dynamat about 75% of the inside of the metal door panel and a few of the larger flats inside the door card.
I have the Sony Processing turned off with FORSCAN.

Will be doing the fronts hopefully tomorrow. In order to install the inline hipass filter I need 2 male spade connectors that are super slim. Probably either 1/8 or 1/16. Harbor Freight had nothing under 1/4. Gonna fart around the rest of the day and relax now. Will save my opinion on sound after I get the front components installed.

 

[Intuit]

vacuumed up all the water filling the spare tire tub following this weekend's downpour - carpool material. Could the sunroof drain tubes really drain this much while closed? Or maybe a split under the roof channel? Literally drips of the package shelf post behind the right rear seat. WT trunk liner actually catches some!

https://www.fiestastforum.com/threads/water-intrusion-issue-resolved.23553/post-435429

 

[Ricky_Bobby_24]

Finally installed a custom steering wheel from Aliexpress just in time for Nürburgring next week. Just on the little local drives it feels amazing. Literally cannot wait to go rip it on some turns. These new Vega rear window vents also came in and fit in so nicely if I don’t say so myself.

 

[XanRules]

un-F'd the wiring and loomed/tidied it up, finished the soundproofing. Obviously I could have been a little bit more precise in how I cut everything but whatever, that's not going to make a difference.

 

[XanRules]

Finally installed a custom steering wheel from Aliexpress just in time for Nürburgring next week. Just on the little local drives it feels amazing. Literally cannot wait to go rip it on some turns. These new Vega rear window vents also came in and fit in so nicely if I don’t say so myself. View attachment 70149 View attachment 70150

How did you get the airbag to match up? Did you have to buy a Euro airbag separately, and was it plug and play after the fact?

 

[Ricky_Bobby_24]

How did you get the airbag to match up? Did you have to buy a Euro airbag separately, and was it plug and play after the fact?

I had to get an EU airbag. Currently abroad so it wasn’t too hard to find one. See them on EBay for good used condition.
it was basically plug and play but I would say we have a 2 stage in NA, and EU is using a 1 stage airbag.
I read on a forum that you can bypass the second plug with a resistor to get the light off and am going to try that route.
I accidentally broke my clock spring so getting a new one to see if everything works out.
so far to my knowledge a EU clock spring and US one are not compatible, because that would be too easy. 🥲.

 

[Ricky_Bobby_24]

I also got a new summer setup installed today.
Sparco Assetto Gara’s and 205/45/r16 Indy Firehawk 500 V2. It’s been a while since I had a dedicated summer set. Plan to turn my Terras into all season/ Winter rims.
Still have a backup 15” winter set from an early 2000’s focus I’m debating on keeping as such.

 

[foodtruck]

205/45/r16 Indy Firehawk 500 V2.

Could be just me but they look beefier than V1 in the same size

 

[XanRules]

I had to get an EU airbag. Currently abroad so it wasn’t too hard to find one. See them on EBay for good used condition.
it was basically plug and play but I would say we have a 2 stage in NA, and EU is using a 1 stage airbag.
I read on a forum that you can bypass the second plug with a resistor to get the light off and am going to try that route.
I accidentally broke my clock spring so getting a new one to see if everything works out.
so far to my knowledge a EU clock spring and US one are not compatible, because that would be too easy. 🥲.

Everything in this car has multiple different non-interchangeable part numbers, it's absolutely insane, I have never seen anything like it. No wonder they didn't make any money on these things.

 

[Intuit]

Ford never advertised the Fiesta here. Only car they bothered to advertise was their Mustang. What seemed like 99% of their advertising was aimed at trucks and SUVs. Back in 2016, I had to go to multiple lots and finally ended up at one out-of-state before I could find one that was willing to sell me something they didn't already have on the lot. The big secret I had to figure out on my own was, the other dealers were only willing to sell what they already had on their lot. But they didn't tell me that. They'd rather have me sitting around for weeks waiting on a phone call that was never truly going to happen. In other words, Ford was working HARD to send me to one of their competitors, simply because I wanted THIS car. The one FoST I let them talk me into test driving had flat-spotted tires and ran like it was on ancient gas.

 

[XanRules]

Ford never advertised the Fiesta here. Only car they bothered to advertise was their Mustang. What seemed like 99% of their advertising was aimed at trucks and SUVs. Back in 2016, I had to go to multiple lots and finally ended up at one out-of-state before I could find one that was willing to sell me something they didn't already have on the lot. The big secret I had to figure out on my own was, the other dealers were only willing to sell what they already had on their lot. But they didn't tell me that. They'd rather have me sitting around for weeks waiting on a phone call that was never truly going to happen. In other words, Ford was working HARD to send me to one of their competitors, simply because I wanted THIS car. The one FoST I let them talk me into test driving had flat-spotted tires and ran like it was on ancient gas.

Oh yeah, and mine had been sitting on the lot for six months when I drove away with it. It had every option except nav and I got it for $19.3k out the door with nine miles on it, five of which were from my test drive. I'm more commenting on the fact that there's vanishingly little parts sharing between the ST and other models of Fiesta, both in the US and elsewhere in the world. The gauge clusters, HVAC systems, center consoles, head units, steering wheels, etc are all totally different. There are as many as 16 different part numbers for certain switches, and those switches aren't interchangeable. Just really stupid stuff from a procurement standpoint.

 

[STHeart]

New plate.

 

[Grsemky]

New plate.

Spicy

 

[STHeart]

Decided to throw in some fresh Ruthenium plugs to compare with the iridium's... What should've been a simple install turned tense when an unseen pebble fell into cylinder number 2😭😭😭 though I was eventually successful in the attempt and she's back in the road
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Boroscope time?

 

[Grsemky]

Boroscope time?

Luckily I'm a service tech and had one on hand to assist making sure nothing was left behind... It was a dicey 40 minutes though😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

 

[Intuit]

Oh yeah, and mine had been sitting on the lot for six months when I drove away with it. It had every option except nav and I got it for $19.3k out the door with nine miles on it, five of which were from my test drive. I'm more commenting on the fact that there's vanishingly little parts sharing between the ST and other models of Fiesta, both in the US and elsewhere in the world. The gauge clusters, HVAC systems, center consoles, head units, steering wheels, etc are all totally different. There are as many as 16 different part numbers for certain switches, and those switches aren't interchangeable. Just really stupid stuff from a procurement standpoint.

It seems the Sport Tune team gets a lot of leeway to do what they want I guess. 🤷‍♂️ Wouldn't surprise me if the Explorer ST and other ST vehicles are the same way. They included the specialized parts in the cost of the vehicle. I also see different part numbers on what are visually the same part that are shared between vehicles. Many of the part number changes I suspect are just supplier-related and occur over time. Most recent example I've bumped into...



https://www.fordpartsgiant.com/part...nuckle_and_hub.html?filter=(6201;13221;13480)

It undersold both in volume and then price due to an almost complete absence of investment in marketing. The dealers here were actively steering folks away from them.