TDCiST Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 So... as promised New Car, New Thread! As with the last one, this isn't a project thread, as I'm not planning on doing too much to it! But I do have some small things planned for the car, so will use this to keep everyone updated! The things include: K&N 57s kit (luckily I can use the one off the ZS!) Remap (More than likely now Pumaspeed 1R...) some colour coding, not sure what colour or what exactly yet! Maxton Or TripleRComposites front splitter Maxton Rear RS Style Diffuser Carbon Gel Badges all round De-Tango front and rear end (Chrome bulbs already bought!) Hydraulic Bonnet Struts CEUK LED Reverse Light Upgrade CEUK LED Extreme Indicator Lamps Forum Sticker and a little surprise mod... that will be secret for now! That’s it for now, the car is staying with me for a while! So there’s plenty of time for all this to happen. So to add to the history, carrying on from before... First Ford I owned, was a 1.4CVH Fiesta Freestyle... First Car, did me well for 3 years! My Second was the Mk1.5 Focus Edge 1.8TDCi 115.. I owned her for 8 years in total! Had ST170 Cosmetics (Lower Grille with TDCi badge on, Headlights, Foglights), colour coded front grille surround, Twin Reverse Light Conversion, De Badged, Mondeo ST Rear badge. Dragon CRDII Tuning Box, see graphs above, gained about 10bhp and 40lbft! I knw not as good as a map, but we all make rookie mistakes when young lol! K&N Panel Filter. I had some ST170 alloys too, that i bought about a month before things went wrong! Loved this car, still do! I hope whoever bought it at the auction does her proud, and makes a nice little project from her! The next car, which was bought as a replacement when the 1.8 blew up on the side of the A1 was my Focus Mk2.5 1.6TDCi 110 Zetec S, She has a K&N 57s filter, colour coded front bonnet lip, carbon badges all round, custom Zetec S door sills, twin reverse light conversion, S badges all round, footwell lighting, among some other bits. I never got round to remapping this one, or adding cruise control! Sadly she’s become uneconomical to repair after the MOT, and with some other bits that needed doing, an electrical fault that’s impossible to find! It causes the headlights to flash on their own, the temp gauge to swing around like a kid in a playground, and numerous weird things with my dashcam and the traction control being almost super sensitive! Add everything together that needs doing, and it was time for it to go! So... the moment you’ve all been waiting for, onto the new one... My Car Number 4, which is my Ford Number 4, and... Focus number 3! Members of FOC, please meet... TDCiST’s Focus mk3.5 TDCi ST... Bout time I had a car that matched the username!!! I pick her up on Wednesday! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vroomas Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Looks nice! Loving the wheels. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsdriver Posted January 25, 2018 Share Posted January 25, 2018 Looks gorgeous, love the black wheels too. What about a set of rally armour flaps ? Got bluefin on mine , soooo much torque . Not long left now then , you trading in your old one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share Posted January 25, 2018 I’m not really a fan of mud flaps, never have been! Dunno why lol yeh I’m open to ideas about maps, I’ll either bluefin or custom map. yup trading in! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Some exciting news!! IT’S HERE!! Very happy with the car, I’m more impressed at its handling than the relative performance, however I love second and third gear... Hoping to take it for a drive tonight to see what its motorway cruising is like, as I’ve literally driven it round corner from the dealer to work a couple of times today and that’s it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drsdriver Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Glad to hear your liking your new car. like the colour too. How was your cruising on the motorway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 I got bored rapidly of motorway and went back to B roads lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H8XME Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Good choice in motor, I've got to wait till March for my stD, even though I was supposed to be ordering a petrol but changed my mind!!! :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 4, 2018 Author Share Posted February 4, 2018 On 28/01/2018 at 5:51 PM, H8XME said: Good choice in motor, I've got to wait till March for my stD, even though I was supposed to be ordering a petrol but changed my mind!!! :) You won't be disappointed! the torque is phenomenal. DOne a couple of little easy mods today, changed the indicator bulbs, so now theres no horrible orange glow when you look at the car from the front or back. and ive whacked on the K&N, needs a clean however, so i'll end up swapping back to the paper filter at some point to clean it. Ordered the Bonnet Struts today too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatHead1979 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 16 hours ago, TDCiST said: You won't be disappointed! the torque is phenomenal. DOne a couple of little easy mods today, changed the indicator bulbs, so now theres no horrible orange glow when you look at the car from the front or back. and ive whacked on the K&N, needs a clean however, so i'll end up swapping back to the paper filter at some point to clean it. Ordered the Bonnet Struts today too! I had one on demo for a full week a couple of years ago....I spent the whole week with a big daft grin on my face! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 I had a courtesy diesel one for a few days when my previous one was having some paintwork corrected (scuffed on delivery).It's a good engine but the petrol version totally stuffs the diesel one [emoji41]Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Mines having the same done today clive. also, having the NSF tyre changed... but the can’t get it to pop into the rim... they’ve been trying 2 hours apparently. I now have a courtesy car...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 How long??? Are they fitting F1 Asymetrics like from factory? Shouldn't take them more than 15 minutes to swap and balance. Are they using spoons? Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 Michelin pilot sport 3’s I believe... that’s what I have all round. apparently they can’t get the tyre tompop over the bead or something... I was less than impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Ah yes, you have the 19's on.Still, making such a hash of fitting a tyre doesn't bode well.Was the tyre punctured on arrival?Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 No, I picked it up and the tyre pressure light came on after a couple of hours. Had a look round and noticed a bulge in the sidewall. So it’s in having that done, and new pressure sensor and some little niggly bits that I picked up when I collected her 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 You gotta make sure it's 100% or it will bug you to pieces.I go over my new cars like a Forensic inspection [emoji848]Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Indeed! today saw the fitting of my Sico Developments Bonnet Struts. Although a pain to fit (getting them through the plastic was interesting...) they are designed so no cuts in rubber or plastic, or any rerouting of cables or pipes are needed. They work well and certainly look the part when the bonnet is open without a stay! why ford don’t fit them as standard I don’t know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoney871 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Totally agree, struts as standard would have been a quality touch.Same thing for bonnet vents imo.Sent from my SM-G930F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Today this happened! little update to v3.0 from v2.2! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azz899 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 where did you download the files from? what do you think of the update? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 3 hours ago, Azz899 said: where did you download the files from? what do you think of the update? Update makes a couple of icon changes, seems to be a bit quicker and less buggy... no other changes I’ve noticed yet. was hoping for the Waze functionality that was announced couple of weeks back on a few forums, but think that will be 3.1 or later! files came from another well known forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share Posted February 15, 2018 Also, my new K&N arrived today, my old one is slightly bent and is caked (and I mean caked) in black crud! think my old car had a small issue of oil coming back up the intake. I noticed when I took it out the maf And feed pipes were absolutely sodden with black oil and soot! hopefully a deep clean will sort the old one, but for now, I’ll chuck the new one in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azz899 Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 18 hours ago, TDCiST said: Update makes a couple of icon changes, seems to be a bit quicker and less buggy... no other changes I’ve noticed yet. was hoping for the Waze functionality that was announced couple of weeks back on a few forums, but think that will be 3.1 or later! files came from another well known forum! doesnt waze work with android auto? could you pm me said info in regards to the upgrade? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDCiST Posted February 16, 2018 Author Share Posted February 16, 2018 I think it does yes!! But I’m good old iPhone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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