My Focus ST3 - Update

[thebigmacmoomin]

Hi all,

Had My 2007 Focus ST3 lowered on Thursday using Eibach springs. Also added a clear brake light & have a small ST badge to go on the front grill.

Before







After







Andy

[Sim89]

Very cool. Any engine mods?

[Monkey news]

If I am honest I prefered it before hand. However, it is still a very nice car

[jdwoodbury]

Nice car, I like the colour better than the in your face orange that everyone seems to have.

[thebigmacmoomin]

Sim89 said:

Very cool. Any engine mods?

Nope, no engine mods at all. Would like Code:Red or Dreamscience but theres no point, 99% of my drive is around town in traffic.

[thebigmacmoomin]

Monkey news said:

If I am honest I prefered it before hand. However, it is still a very nice car

The back was quite high and not a very sporty pose.

[thebigmacmoomin]

jdwoodbury said:

Nice car, I like the colour better than the in your face orange that everyone seems to have.

I like the orange, but wasnt sure if I would still like it after a year or 2 of having it. Plus I would always be worried about stone chips etc. 2nd choice was blue but my Mondeo was blue and wanted a change.

[soad]

jdwoodbury said:

Nice car, I like the colour better than the in your face orange that everyone seems to have.

Ditto, seen quite a few orange ST's in the past couple of days.

Nice motor, i like it lowered.

[Funk]

Grey was always the best colour for an ST.

If you're a chunky bd like me, you can get that 'lowered' look for free.

[peanutjb]

Very nice! It;s a very subtle difference but IMO they look much better lowered.

My old car, before:


After:

[anonymous-user]

Have to agree they do look much better lowered..

Here is mine after lowering, sadly no before pics!

[Sim89]

thebigmacmoomin said:

Sim89 said:

Very cool. Any engine mods?

Nope, no engine mods at all. Would like Code:Red or Dreamscience but theres no point, 99% of my drive is around town in traffic.

They are worth it, you can always load and unload the maps. A friend has had a few ST's now, last one had a hybrid turbo and a quaife diff. Grey looks awesome.

[thebigmacmoomin]

Just realised that I never put this pic on here.

A month or two ago, I bought some new (to me) wheels. Their Kei Force 10 in hyper black (i think) & the same 18" size.



Got them of a friend who had them on his Focus Titanium. Love the colour of them but still warming to the design of them.

Still got a small ST badge for the front grill, white LED sidelight bulbs and focusSToc stickers to add.

Edited by thebigmacmoomin on Thursday 23 December 18:02

[BriC175]

Original wheels look much better IMO. Nice car though

[Tallbut Buxomly]

Have to say i i think the new wheels are awful and ruin the look of the car.
Otherwise really nice and the drop has definitely improved the look.

[*Al*]

Great looking car, lowered looks good, but the wheels imo look terrible.The standards look better.

[thehappyotter]

Sea Grey's a lovely colour. Shame they're not as fast as Panther Black ones though :P

One of the first things I did to mine was fit Eibach springs. Improves the looks no end and it handles better now too.

[ImDesigner]

Those wheels do look awful on that particular car. Put the standard items back on as it looked great before.

[AndyT77]

I like the ST's, will like them even more when they're selling for less than £6k. Lovely colour, but got to agree with some others here, the new wheels don't suit it.

[SteveS Cup]

Those Kei Force 10's look awful mate... seriously, Standard wheels with a nice drop in mint condition is the way forward for most of the Hot Hatches.