What have you done to your fiesta lately

[ebv8]

I fitted DRL's but have not wired them yet as not sure if i want them as fog lights or as DRL's. they look ok and the curve matched the front bar, not bad for $4 from china
(i'll put up pics once i wire them up)
also bought some 195/55r15 semi slicks for when i head to the track. the car is slower with the 17's so 15's should be quicker

[Pursya]

Originally Posted by a pirate

Gone...as mentioned below...there is another black one on ebay which has already been stripped off. Oh well ill keep looking.


My plans with my fiesta is cosmetic;
Zetec rear wing
Maybe front zetec bar
Front oem foggies and drls
Dark tint
Monsoons/small window visors
Light 16" or17" rims
Bonnet/Roof rally stripes (maybe)
And maybe lowered a little,

Mods so far after 2 days of ownership;
Custom plates
Stubby antenna
Scanguage 2
Rear debaged

End of the day its our second car and an oiler so sports exhaust and intake wont make a huge difference nor will it make it sound better.

The stubby antenna.
How does it work and where can I get one?

[trumpy73]

I got one off ebay some time ago. It looked good but reception (WA) was terrible so chucked it out.

[a pirate]

it was off my old modified SP23 can be purchased from usa ebay or us afermarket sellers or specific sellers like perrin.
sydney reception didnt change.

managed to get myself a zetec rear wing last week.....so hard to find.

[kiwijohn42]

Gave the old girl a wash & service. Still looking good after all these years, now if I could just drop an ecoboost & 6 speed box in, she'd be perfect.

[a pirate]

got the monster serviced today and had a look at a xr4....would the 17" rims off an xr4 fit a wt lx?

[MISTA FIESTA]

They will only fit WP/WQ/WS

[a pirate]

now this is where im confused is a ws and wt same pcd? 4x108 if so xr4 rims will fit

[Trinhy]

WT has a PCD of 4x100

[a pirate]

excellent thank you for confirming this.

[DAZL91]

So I bought my baby on the 17th. I now have a dashmat, changed my park lights to LEDs, upgraded the headlight bulbs, purple LEDs in the footwells, chrome door handle covers, and now red calipers

[a pirate]

My little rocket visited "tint me up" at campbelltown getting getting some nice and dark tint all round.... Now im looking at a set of Advan RZ DF in either 15" or 16".... Not sure which size.....oems are 15".
16" in hyper black (shaddow chrome)
15" in matt black which would be better? Same size thus less unsprung weight or an inch bigger with a little more weight to spin with all of my 66kw.

[ebv8]

tyres cost too much in 16's, 15's do look small but get a decent width they look ok.
i went 17x7.5 and the 205 stretches nice over the rim but not much gap from the road to the rim lip so the lips get damaged from rocks and so-on
17in tyres are very cheap though

p.s. how do you get rid of the fiesta fun police (traction control)

[a pirate]

i dont think i have tc on the oiler as a few times ive managed to spin the fronts and they keep spinning till they grip.

Im thinking 17" are also off the cards (as much as id love to get them) as the wife has a history of barking rims so want a little more side wall protection.... ill look into rubber. saying that if they are cheaper than my 19" on my forester ill be happy

[ebv8]

have a look at the UK forums with pic of 15's they look great but i think 15x7.5 may look the best with a 205/50r15 tyre (very common and cheap)

[a pirate]

ta mate ill see what i can find. the rims in 15" are as follows 15" 6.5, 4x100 +38 in matt black

[a pirate]

zetec rear bar now on with twin exhaust tips also ready for paint is a zetec air wing and front skirt....then 17" rims and im done almost.

[ebv8]

nice! it definately looks better than the smooth bum of the CL/LX

[a pirate]

jjauto wreckers have a few zetec rear bumpers for sale for cheap atm if your interested.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/FORD-FIES...00931649425%26

[ebv8]

if only they had black, last one off ebay (place i got my wing) wanted $350 and couldn't justify that for a bumper.

[ebv8]

forgot i bought a spare wheel tool kit from a wrecker, its designed for a space saver but it works good enough with a full size, they had a zetec WS complete minus firewall forward, forgot to look at the rear bar.

[a pirate]

Originally Posted by ebv8

if only they had black, last one off ebay (place i got my wing) wanted $350 and couldn't justify that for a bumper.

I was lucky enough to grab their black one

[ebv8]

fitted a pipercross box (thanks vhcbm) not sure if it goes any better or worse but it sounds much better, outside the car its very loud
also fitted a bluetooth OBD11 box and connected it to my phone, works pretty well but i think its just a novelty thing but for $12 its ok, easy way to read water temp, vacuum and all your other gauges, also checks fault codes and can reset them and data logs heaps of info.
there is an eco mode to help you drive more efficiently

[ebv8]

fitted a zetec front lip

[vhcbm]

Originally Posted by ebv8

fitted a pipercross box (thanks vhcbm) not sure if it goes any better or worse but it sounds much better, outside the car its very loud

Yea it is a great intake when I removed it and put the original one back in the car felt like it had less torque down low but that was about it.

[a pirate]

Originally Posted by ebv8

fitted a zetec front lip

did you swap out the whole bumper or just add the lip? if you just added the lip did you drill 101 holes to mount it or did you cut off all the little tabs and just glued it on?

I have one also just need to get it painted along with my rear zetec wing and was planning to glue it on with automotive body kit glue.

[ebv8]

i got the dealer fit instructions from the UK forums, cut all the tabs off and used automotive double sided tape, and looked at youtube to see how its done.
one side keeps pulling away from the bar so will need something like sikaflex to stick it down.
i didn't use the middle lip underneath i like it better without

[a pirate]

okies ta this was exactly the path i was planning to go down too... so next step is paint.

[Pursya]

Forget the Sikaflex.
Hunt out Soudal (soudis in Oz) T-Rex.
There is no better.

[Simon10]

Hi all. First time poster here. Purchased my 2009 Fiesta Zetec manual early this year second hand with 42,500kms on the clock. I've recently had the exhaust changed to a single Cat Back 2 1/4 single pipe through Sharp Exhausts which makes it sound more gruntier but not as much as a Suburu WRX. 2 days ago went to Bob Janes and decided to upgrade the tyres from Pirelli Zero-Nero 16" to Bridgestone R002 17" with CSA "Shaker" Rims and simple loving them. Picture of exhaust was with the Pirelli's at the time. Also have a K&N 57-0686 57i Performance Intake Kit in transit from the states, should arrive in the next 2 weeks.

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Next will be tinted windows (soon) and then suspension and shocks much later on this year.