Performance Blue Fiesta ST

Performance Blue Fiesta ST

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JPearson

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1,269 posts

161 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Been meaning to post something up for a while but never got round to it!

Aquired it back in 2010 as a standard car which looked like this


57 plate with 18k on the clock, White side stripes with Technology pack ( auto wipers + lights, powerfold mirrors and MP3 aux port )

Managed to sneak into a magazine shortly afterwards



Painted all of the plastics myself ( front and rear valance, grille, spot light covers front and rear[ rattle can did a fine job ]) and de-tango'd the headlights and fitted a mk1 focus RS splitter
Had a little photoshoot with a friends LY 182




Then removed the side stripes stripes, wheels refrubed , plastics painted Gloss black as i wasnt happy with the crap job i did, now looks much better!
Sort of going for some styling changes first before i did anything proper.




Lowered 35mm on eibach springs
Before


After, looked low on the back but springs hadnt settled in yet.


Splitter numero uno didnt last long...replaced it with a better one!



Then started on some performance stuff, K&N57i induction kit ( made a bit difference from the very restrictive airbox!



Coupled upto a 60mm throttle body ( 57mm standard ) is a simple bolt on bolt off job!



Got some more stuff painted, Gloss black B Pillars


Gloss black mirrrors




Bought a second set of wheels and had them refurbished in gloss black , really happy with these!



Got them fitted at the weekend before RS Central Show at Santa Pod







Got a full Milltek exhaust coming on at the end of the month, really cant wait for that!

Thanks for reading thumbup




BriC175

961 posts

179 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Beautiful. Really smart looking cars these IMO smile

wackojacko

8,581 posts

189 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Looks nice, good work.

AdamTheTrader

242 posts

144 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Nice one mate- love that splitter thumbup

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Tuesday 17th April 2012
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Splitter looks excellent, where did you get it? My friend absolutely loves STs, had one for a few years, bought an Impreza WRX recently and is now looking at going back to an ST because he reckons he had nearly as much fun in the ST for a fair bit less petrol!

Matt0812

1,450 posts

204 months

PH Reportery Lad

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Love Fiesta in that colour, mods look great too. Well done OP!

ashleyqprw12

167 posts

146 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Awesome pics mate smile I met with you before RS Central! Gorgeous car and im sure you'll love the Milltek!

liamsxi

21 posts

177 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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have the same car really nice mate
have been looking to do the b pillars gloss black for the last week because 1 came off (classic) hadnt seen it on a pb but it does look good.


al1991

4,552 posts

179 months

Wednesday 18th April 2012
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Lovely car, the only thing I would say is you've bought it in the wrong colour wink

JPearson

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1,269 posts

161 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Picked up park of the milltek yesterday, 2nd hand item from a friend of mine.

Its a 4-1, sport cat and resonated catback system. Got it home and set to work on cleaning it up.

Only reallly going to bother with that back box, 90% of the time youll only see the tailpipe but it looks good if you ever look under it!

How it was



Resonator needed nothing more than a quick zip over with some trusty wd40



Took some Wet+dry to the tailpipe that isnt chrome plated, it was looking tired along with the back off the back box that its welded onto



Then hit the lot with some autosol







Hopefully should have it on at this week at somepoint, will put the manifold on another time as its not in my hands yet!

Will update it when its on thumbup


Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Looks good.

I recognise the plate... You Dav way?

JPearson

Original Poster:

1,269 posts

161 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Podie said:
Looks good.

I recognise the plate... You Dav way?
Yeah around there!

ohtari

805 posts

143 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Love it, keep us updated woohoo

Mastodon2

13,818 posts

164 months

Sunday 29th April 2012
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Looks like some pretty big silencers on there, I imagine the resonated Milltek will not be all that loud. I had a resonated Milltek on my Cupra R and it was too quiet for my tastes!

JPearson

Original Poster:

1,269 posts

161 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Mastodon2 said:
Looks like some pretty big silencers on there, I imagine the resonated Milltek will not be all that loud. I had a resonated Milltek on my Cupra R and it was too quiet for my tastes!
My brother has the same but decat and its quite loud. If it was too quiet i could always get a non resonates pipe and drop it on it wouldnt be too much hassle!

Podie

46,630 posts

274 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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JPearson said:
Podie said:
Looks good.

I recognise the plate... You Dav way?
Yeah around there!
Thought I'd seen it on my travels.

Looks like a nicely cared for ST.

deltashad

6,731 posts

196 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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There's something about the shape of these Feasties that really appeals to me....

TotalControl

8,016 posts

197 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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deltashad said:
There's something about the shape of these Feasties that really appeals to me....
Definitely. Prefer these to the new one strangely.

JPearson

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1,269 posts

161 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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TotalControl said:
deltashad said:
There's something about the shape of these Feasties that really appeals to me....
Definitely. Prefer these to the new one strangely.
This reason why i dont have a mk7! had one as a courtesy car and it was awful, build quality was shoddy and everything felt just a bit too bulky!

Powerrr

1,978 posts

171 months

Monday 30th April 2012
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Nice, but i would prefer the silver wheels myself.

What sort of bhp gains do you rekon with the mods, anything else planned?