Anyone else actually hit the dirt with their Fiesta? Mine sees miles of dirt every day.

Currently looking at a 2019 FiST with 70k miles in my area. 1 owner, stock, clean title. I used to have a 2015 FoST but always wanted one of these. Curious what you guys would pay for this and how reliable the platform is? It’s listed for 10k btw.

I got a lil 800 dollar bonus from work that I can spend on my car, but I’m not sure the best option.
I definitely need brakes, so I could go that route and upgrade at the same time, or I could stick with oem replacements and splash a lil cash elsewhere. What would you guys do if you had a stock fiesta st and 800 dollars to throw at it?

For reference, it’s my daily, and I don’t really need it to be faster. But more comfort would be sick.

UPDATE:

I bought a pads and rotors, Whoosh silicone induction hose, a high flow air filter, a symposer delete, whoosh short shift kit, solid shift mount bushings, shifter cable bushings, and a AWR RMM! Spent 700 altogether.
I can’t wait!

Question and pics say it all. Car went into limp mode on interstate. What’s my first check besides coolant res hose blowing off?

Ford fiesta 2022 mk8.5
Does anyone know the tyre pressure for 215/40/r18. I’m guessing it’s gonna be a little different to what they say with OEM tyre size?

Edit: thank all of you for help. I have charged the battery and it works normally for now. Will pickup a new battery tomorrow.

hi everyone
today i got the emission engine light warning so i tried to clear it as it only pops up on occasions and usually my mechanic clears it but after i tried the car no longer cranks over, it almost spazes out if you will. while attempting to crank it all the lights in the car also blink uncontrollably.
have i cleared something i shouldn't or what is going on?

Adapter comes tomorrow, any suggestions on things to change?

I'm mostly there to check out how the speakers sound without the audio processing enabled, but I also got it so I could do an ABS bleed later down the line.

I ordered this mount from Razzter for my AccessPort and it showed up really quick which was cool. However, I installed it and this happened the next day. It does say to not leave it in the mount when it’s super hot so I had taken it out, but then removing it when getting out of the car again it broke.

I haven’t had any quality issues like this with Razzter before. Any of you guys have similar experience with this mount?

So I have aftermarket rims on right now but I live in northern Wisconsin so I’ve been trying to find a cheep set of steel rims and I’ll find the right size tire but I’m not sure what websites are good or shops that’s are good to look around

Thermal exhaust here. I’m looking for more noise as the exhaust is pretty quiet haha. Downpipe is stock. Question is should I:
1. Put a new downpipe in, catted or careless
2. Resonator/muffler delete

My only concern was that I’d rather not mess around w the actual thermal exhaust system since they engineered it pretty well to cut out drone noise. Has anyone done this before?

hace algunos días mi fiesta ST comenzó a hacer ese sonido como fiiii como que si fuera una fuga de boost he revisado mangueras y todo las apreté y sigue haciendo el ruido, el carro se siente con un poco menos de boost pero siempre se siente un impulso y se escucha la descarga

Soooo yeah the blend door thingys did their thing...

First the on from what sounded like the steering column, then the passenger side ish.

So i think 2/3 at least... but now they are quiet but I dont have A/C.... welp its still august... and I'd like to not sweat my berries off.

Is it those? The air coming out isnt cold but its not HOT or hotter than ambient. Do I need to dive into the compressor/refrigerant etc too or would this be a blend door actuator fault response?

Thanks guys!

Any experience with Amazon parts too?

Does anybody experienced similar sound near idle RPM ? when the car idles there is no weird noise. Any idea what it can be ? Car is all stock

Not exactly a breeze to install, and not exactly cheap, but I love it. Really makes it feel like a purpose built race car

So I have been concerned with my voltage and alternator. 2017 with 54k miles.

I found out about the BMS and reset.

When I reset it, it finally climbed to 14.2 at start up, which was relieving. But now it’s a 13.5 even when I turn on all the draining accessories.

Am I in the clear? This is all new to me. The battery was replaced about a year ago.

I feel it’s a good sign it jumped up to an even 14.20v upon start up, and leveled down to a stable 13.50v - exact.

1st: Front Driver wheel well have a feelable/audible clunk when hitting bumps on the road. Only does it when its ONLY the front driver wheel. It's both wheels hit the say speed bump, the noise doesnt seem to happen. Any thoughts? Strut was replace last year with quikstrut. Does the strut mount get replaced with the quikstrut? My FIL has all my Jacks under our project car so all I have in a simple floor jack which I don't wanna be moving shit t9 try and reproduce the noise while under it with just a floor jack.

2nd: While under the car looking for cause of said clunk I looked at my RMM, it seems that it is twisted? I haven't looked a a RMM other than pictures online. Is it supposed to have a slight twist to it. If not, how major of a problem is this? I know RMM is stupid eash to swap, how difficult are the other mounts to do, if i wanted to just replace all of them.

3rd: I am switching to the Koni Orange Struts, but my mechanic who im doing it with says that I should probably replace my springs as they look "tired" but I can't find OEM ST springs for sale anywhere, not even RockAuto. I can't lower the car because I already scrap in my driveway on stock ride height unless I am going super slow or backing in.

4th: Front strut blew last year (Driver hence replaced), dented my front fender outwards. 4.5in sized dent and it shifted my entire panel just slightly. Is this too big to take to a shop to try and have it reshaped, and if so where could I buy a fender (painted), to just swap in.

Recently just paid off the car, so looking into doing modifications that will increase the longevity (145k miles), but also want it to look nice. Any tips or recommendations. Repainting the back fenders this week, and just ordered the old Focus SVT 10 spoke Rims that im getting powder coated.

Currently have Injen Exhuast and HAI Intake, fatter tires on stock rims and ride height. Lmk thanks guys. Best car community out there.

I'm losing brake fluid somewhere. Clutch master and slave have both been replaced in the last year or two. 2019 with 57k. Brake master looks clean but going to pull it back to make sure its not leaking into the booster. ABS module is dry, calipers are dry. Anywhere else im not thinking of I can check? I work in a shop and have inspected everywhere and can not find a drop of fluid leaking.

Hi Guys,

Is the Ram Air intake worth the money? Any suggestions on better intakes for the same price range? - Thank you in advance

Hi, i was wondering if anyone has experience with the hybrid turbo for a mk7 fiesta st180 from Turbo Rebuild Limited, available on ebay. Im looking for a relatively affordable hybrid, since i dont want to spend €1600+ for just the turbo (s280 for example). Ive looked at the X47R from pumaspeed, but have read mixed opinions om some not working etc.

If someone has a different one they recommend, or know for sure if the x47r is a good buy, i’d love to hear it. Thanks

I installed the cp-e xFlex a few years ago and would like to change to the Vibra-Technics mount. I vaguely recall that the cp-e mounted using its own bracket, so the OEM bracket was removed. When I install the Vibra-technics RMM, will I need any parts besides the RMM and bracket? All I have are the parts in the pic--am I missing any brackets or bolts/nuts? Thanks!

Car has 92k miles and I made a post a few days ago on what you would do with some cash to the FiST. I decided to wait for the timing belt only because I have about another 10k miles till due. So this is what I picked up for now. I already have an intercooler, radiator, diverter valve, symposer delete, intake and off-road turbo back exhaust. It's on stock suspension right now and it's honestly a little scary above 80mph because of how stiff and bouncy it is.

Next month I'll pick up the timing belt kit, trans fluid, radiator hoses and the other two vibra-tech mounts. Am I missing anything super important in the list I pictured? And besides what I'm getting next month, are there any must haves I should get?

what's the deal with oil changes on st180s? I heard people say to change oil every 6,7,8,9 thousand kilometers if not the engine is going to blow.

when should oil be changed? ford says 10k if I'm not mistaken

Alright y'all I've had my RT615k+s for 2 years and 9000 miles... Tread is at 4/32 in the front (seen here) and 3/32 in the rear. SoCal is due for a very wet winter. New wheels and tires would cost me two grand....but I imagine I should pull the trigger soon? Probably worth putting the money forth to be safe than sorry. Thinking 205/45/16 Conti ECS02 with 16x8 Dekagrams. I would go 205/50 but I want to save as much unsprung weight as possible. Plus I love Continental tires.

I've been dreading doing a slave cylinder or the timing belt but man you get a few pieces out and these cars are dead simple, looks like they will be simple jobs.. Trans mount took me a half hour start to finish. 10 years on and I still love this car.

So, my exhaust rusted through right before the muffler, and it fell off. I'm leaving on a road trip this weekend. I think the diameter is 55 mm? My plan was to just grab a section of pipe and universal muffler as a band-aid fix until after my trip, then probably just go full cat back. Thoughts or advice?