Post a pic of your car as it sits currently

[AaronGTR]

Originally Posted by TDavis

Yes. Fiesta is much lighter and much better chassis/suspension/bang for your buck. Would make a really neat canyon/auto-x car.

Not to mention the good power and torque for a small light car, and good MPG. Every reviewer I've watched loved the car.

They have got good reviews, but they are still a lot less powerful than the focus st. A lot smaller too. I don't care how good a car it is, I couldn't live with a car that small.

[[ChaosweaveR]]

I'll take a Focus ST anyday over a Fiesta ST.

I got to drive a Focus ST for a day before...sooooooo much fun to drive. The surprising thing, minimal torque steer with all that power. They're making 265HP, IIRC. The six speed felt super nice too, even while power shifting, hehe.

[Black&Red01]

Originally Posted by gregraisbeck

Very nice! Tint those windows.

One day I will probally getting 20% and (MAYBE a 6 inch strip along the front windshield) because my drive to work I'm facing into the sun. Also if done right I think some look good but I'm not sure yet. Some new headlights are also in order cause mine are getting fogged over again.

Originally Posted by mfuller

Looks good. I miss the green grass and dry, salt-less pavement.

Thanks I miss those days too. Hopefully they will be back soon.

[TruGreenGAGT]

Originally Posted by Black&Red01

One day I will probally getting 20% and (MAYBE a 6 inch strip along the front windshield) because my drive to work I'm facing into the sun. Also if done right I think some look good but I'm not sure yet.

I put a strip of black vinyl on mine 7 inches down and cut it to match the curve of the top of windsheild IMO that looks best.


and heres the effect you get if leaving the bottom edge straight and then putting it on. this is a random pic I found searching google

[Kayaus]

Finally checking in with a pic



Honestly the car needs some work, obviously my rust post, but also a few scuffs here and there, nothing a professional buffer can't take out, and I need a new front bumper, clear coats got a few imperfections and the crack I mentioned.

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Geez, I could have swapped my dual post mirrors for ya when I still had mine.

[gudge]

Those side mirrors have to go as well. Need dual post. They are pretty cheap on amazon. Like $25 each

Edit: chaos beat me to it

[TDavis]

Originally Posted by AaronGTR

They have got good reviews, but they are still a lot less powerful than the focus st. A lot smaller too. I don't care how good a car it is, I couldn't live with a car that small.

Sadly the European model has all the goodies, Mountune has a tune for the Fiesta over in Europe and it boosts the HP from 197 to 297 and the torque from 203 to 300 or something along those lines, no exaggeration.

Someone tested a stock Fiesta ST on the dyno and it made 215HP and 225 ft/lbs. Made more then advertised which is 197/203. Of course its going to be less powerful then the Focus, its the little brother but the weight will overcome that.

The Mountune tune for the US car would knock it to 212HP and 236ft/lbs, which since the stock Fiesta makes more then advertised I'd say that would make it around 230HP and 246ft/lbs.

Originally Posted by [ChaosweaveR]

I'll take a Focus ST anyday over a Fiesta ST.

I got to drive a Focus ST for a day before...sooooooo much fun to drive. The surprising thing, minimal torque steer with all that power. They're making 265HP, IIRC. The six speed felt super nice too, even while power shifting, hehe.

The Focus ST is making 252HP. Test drive a Fiesta ST and I guarantee you'll reconsider a Fiesta. Way better steering feel, six speed in the Fiesta feels just as nice too.




Also to be fair on the Focus side, don't get me wrong I like the Focus but when the Fiesta is so cheap its hard to pass up that kind of power to such a lower price, The Focus with the Mountune tune makes around 278HP and 304ft/lbs.

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by gudge

Those side mirrors have to go as well. Need dual post. They are pretty cheap on amazon. Like $25 each

Edit: chaos beat me to it

37 for a pair on ebay.... you have to get them painted.

[gudge]

Originally Posted by sleepyalero

37 for a pair on ebay.... you have to get them painted.

The amazon ones I was looking at have a glossy black finish according to a review I read and the picture. That mean they wouldn't need to be painted since his car is black. Maybe I'm wrong and let me know if I am since I need to replace my mirrors and didn't plan on having to paint them.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000E4PNC2

[Kayaus]

Slapped these on as well, yeah about the mirrors, it's on my list xD I think someone's selling a set here as well thinking about it, I should throw him an offer

[Black&Red01]

I bought some mirrors off of amazon and they were gloss black but the gloss faded away.
I would have them painted because they will look much better. And I don't think they would cost much at all to get painted.

[DrFabulous]

Originally Posted by bricooper78

Our house was only 60K here in bumpkinville.... they're trying to choke us with taxes every year, but ya know.

Buddy's brother in law managed a home depot up in minneapolis, told my bud his house (a quarter of the yard and minus a bedroom and bathroom and laundry room of ours) would easily go for 100 up there. you guys have some insane prices up there

I just pulled the full tax info on a house for sale in the area... Nothing special, just a 4 bed/2 bath, 2,200 square feet, 1/2 acre lot, built in the mid 80's.



$285k. Taxes are $3,300 a year.


The property that my wife and I will eventually build a house on has taxes of... $7,500/year. Around 3 acres with 200ft of lakeshore, but still. That's almost the equivalent of making payments on an Escalade... for the rest of your life.



TL;DR it's really f'in expensive to live in the Twin Cities SW suburbs.

[AaronGTR]

Originally Posted by TDavis

Sadly the European model has all the goodies, Mountune has a tune for the Fiesta over in Europe and it boosts the HP from 197 to 297 and the torque from 203 to 300 or something along those lines, no exaggeration.

Someone tested a stock Fiesta ST on the dyno and it made 215HP and 225 ft/lbs. Made more then advertised which is 197/203. Of course its going to be less powerful then the Focus, its the little brother but the weight will overcome that.

The Mountune tune for the US car would knock it to 212HP and 236ft/lbs, which since the stock Fiesta makes more then advertised I'd say that would make it around 230HP and 246ft/lbs.



The Focus ST is making 252HP. Test drive a Fiesta ST and I guarantee you'll reconsider a Fiesta. Way better steering feel, six speed in the Fiesta feels just as nice too.




Also to be fair on the Focus side, don't get me wrong I like the Focus but when the Fiesta is so cheap its hard to pass up that kind of power to such a lower price, The Focus with the Mountune tune makes around 278HP and 304ft/lbs.

The focus gets great reviews for it's handling and steering feel too though, and it's not much heavier than the fiesta. And I believe it's power is under rated too.

But like I said, I just couldn't live with a car that small. I don't give a you know what about how good a deal it is. It's just too small for me. Even the focus is on the small side, but I could live with it. Every time I get in my mom's mini cooper, I think about how damn small it is inside and how overpriced it is for what you get. The grand am is really the perfect size car for me, which is why I've kept mine so long.

[sleepyalero]

Originally Posted by gudge

The amazon ones I was looking at have a glossy black finish according to a review I read and the picture. That mean they wouldn't need to be painted since his car is black. Maybe I'm wrong and let me know if I am since I need to replace my mirrors and didn't plan on having to paint them.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000E4PNC2

The "gloss black" is just the black plastic its made out of. Just like black&red01 said about 2 comments below.. his faded and he didnt paint them. It was the plastic that faded. They have no paint and no clear coat on them. So you have to paint them. I had to paint mine off ebay. Yet they looked painted and glossy black.

[TDavis]

Originally Posted by AaronGTR

The focus gets great reviews for it's handling and steering feel too though, and it's not much heavier than the fiesta. And I believe it's power is under rated too.

But like I said, I just couldn't live with a car that small. I don't give a you know what about how good a deal it is. It's just too small for me. Even the focus is on the small side, but I could live with it. Every time I get in my mom's mini cooper, I think about how damn small it is inside and how overpriced it is for what you get. The grand am is really the perfect size car for me, which is why I've kept mine so long.

Fiesta is 550lbs lighter then the Focus. Focus' curb weight is 3250 while the Fiesta sits at 2700.

I don't think the GA is much bigger then the Focus , I think what you're trying to say is that you would rather have a coupe. Since coupes feel bigger on the inside because of 2 less doors.

Originally Posted by Kayaus

Slapped these on as well, yeah about the mirrors, it's on my list xD I think someone's selling a set here as well thinking about it, I should throw him an offer

You have it on the easy side, there are plenty of painted dual posts in black on eBay.

[sleepyalero]

Just found mirror visors

http://m.ebay.com/itm/221354318371?nav=SEARCH&sbk=1

[geldartb]

that reminds me of those mirror bra's they made for the GA.. they were like the bra for the front of the car but on the mirror. partdforyourcar use to sell them.

http://www.autoanything.com/car-bras/61A3871A0A0.aspx

[sleepyalero]

Lol who would buy that

[tipnitty]

The big thing around here are brake caliper covers. They are on EVERYTHING!!!!! Saw a 2014 vette with the caliper covers on them. Seen them on diesels. Saw a new camaro with the front caliper covers on the front and rear. People around here are fuggin stupid