Lemon's X47 track ST

[M-Sport fan]

Which track stickies would you run on the 15s, once you got them?

 

[lemonjs]

Installed some door cards from trackcardoorcards.co.uk. To save some time I paid for them to pre drill all the holes so fitting took about 45 minutes. The door control modules are now behind the door cards, which is not exactly a water tight area. Hopefully there'll be no issues with them getting wet and locking me out.

The more track days I do and the faster my lap times get, the less inclined I am to take passengers. I'm sure you all saw that Misha did the same thing a few months ago for the same reasons. I've had a few spins and a few close calls this year and I don't want the responsibility of others in my hands. For my last track day I removed the passenger seat entirely so people wouldn't ask, and I'm actually enjoying it a lot.

 

[Grsemky]

Installed some door cards from trackcardoorcards.co.uk. To save some time I paid for them to pre drill all the holes so fitting took about 45 minutes. The door control modules are now behind the door cards, which is not exactly a water tight area. Hopefully there'll be no issues with them getting wet and locking me out.

The more track days I do and the faster my lap times get, the less inclined I am to take passengers. I'm sure you all saw that Misha did the same thing a few months ago for the same reasons. I've had a few spins and a few close calls this year and I don't want the responsibility of others in my hands. For my last track day I removed the passenger seat entirely so people wouldn't ask, and I'm actually enjoying it a lot.

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Those cards look great!

 

[lemonjs]

Small update - when I added the heater back in I replaced the entire dash and loom from a car that had auto climate control, my car originally had manual climate controls as it's an ST2. Ever since then my heated windscreen hasn't worked which is a huge pain in the arse now that England will be dark and grey for 5 months. I tried all the fuses and relays and everything was fine. Today I managed to change the climate control settings in Forscan and it's back!

I don't think the US cars got the heated windscreen, but it's standard on pretty much every Ford in the UK and it is absolutely incredible. The screen defrosts and demists in seconds.

If anyone runs into this problem in the future, change "Climate control unit" from "Air conditioning" to "Automatic Temperature Control (B-Max)".

 

[Fusion Works]

Do you have "lines" in the windshield like the rear glass? I have seen the stick on defroster kits that you could put on a windshield, they are used in race cars sometimes for the reason you described. We do have a defrost strip at the bottom of the windshield where the wipers park.

 

[lemonjs]

Do you have "lines" in the windshield like the rear glass? I have seen the stick on defroster kits that you could put on a windshield, they are used in race cars sometimes for the reason you described. We do have a defrost strip at the bottom of the windshield where the wipers park.

It is similar, but much finer and denser than the rear window. When I first bought the car the lines were pretty noticeable and distracting, but eventually I stopped seeing them. I tried to take photos but it's not easy as the camera keeps trying to focus past it.

If you press the front defrost button it will clear the window in seconds, way faster than the rear, and then after 30 seconds or so it turns itself off. I believe there's an option to have it automatically enable when the outside temperatures are close to freezing.