Who owns a Mondeo ST220 / ST TDCI?

Yes. Yes they do.

bunnox said:

sounds like its blowing ?

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Its decatted.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KA0UdCKut50&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Can someone who's got Xenons on their MK3 Mondeo confirm the HID bulb type for me please.

Philips D2S 81522. Roughly.

Thanks Howard. I've gone for these:

OSRAM Xenarc Cool Blue Intense (HID) D2S 66240CBI-HCB 35W.

Wow they're expensive I did some research when I replaced my bulbs and it seemed that the Philips ones were universally recommended on various forums as a pretty damn good OEM replacement. Mine are slightly brighter now that I've replaced them

Yeah the Philips looked good too. The OSRAM are supposed to give a slightly whiter light (5000K vs 4300K I think) but while having the lumens of a 4300K bulb. They are also said to have a wider field.

Got the OSRAMs for £118/pair. Philips do a +50% bulb but cheapest I found that was £198/pair.

All fitted yesterday.

Before (Halogens):


and after (Xenons):


If the beam looks high it's because my drive is on a slope and slight tilt as well.

New projector headlamp units and associated wiring I take it? It's a great upgrade that's for sure

Full OEM headlamps swap with re-wiring to work with a factory Halogen car and direct feeds from the battery with in-line fuses for the extra power requirements.

Exactly what I did then. Did you wire up the adjustment motors to work?

Well someone did

Yes I can use my manual levelling adjuster the same as before.

On another topic, does anyone else have trouble with in-car phone chargers causing interference with the Sony 6CD unit?

What kind of fuel economy do you guys get on a steady run if trying?

34-36mpg at 70 depending on traffic

Oh right, way more than I was expecting to be honest.

It depends how you define 'trying'. I've seen 37 but that was in the middle of the night on a really steady run. In reality you'll see between 32 and 35 depending on conditions etc. It's not something to get hung up on really

It could be when I plan on doing over 20,000 miles. I was expecting high 20s' really.

Thing is though I was looking to spend £15,000 or so on a replacement for the Monaro and Focus and looking around you can pick up a nice spec ST220 for under £4000 now. It's really something to consider.

MOT time this week, last year there was an advisory for the exhaust beginning to perish.

What are my options for replacing the exhaust? I don't want anything too loud and I don't want to spend much if I can help it. I'm certainly not looking for any performance gains or anything like that.

I did 320 miles yesterday on the A14zzzz at a steady 70mph and was getting between 34 and 35mpg indicated. There was no traffic though and I was able to use cruise control pretty much the entire time. A couple stops along the way and a bit of town driving each end brought that figure down to just over 30mpg overall (measured at the pump).

Typically though I get 20-21mpg on my commute due to traffic and I've had a few 18mpg tanks lately.

It's painful isn't it