Who owns a Mondeo ST220 / ST TDCI?

Howard · 4 Dec 2014 at 10:27

Imy said:
The prices I've seen some people pay on here for a "decent refurb" has been around 50% of the cost of brand new alloys.

I'm half tempted to buy new and sell off the old ones.

I looked into it a few months before I sold mine, and contacted some local places for quotes. Prices seemed to average around £350 to have all 4 wheels done - tyres removed, wheels stripped and re-painted, and that's in Surrey!

Last time I checked, a new 18" ST wheel was £150 ex vat, and slightly manky second hand sets seemed to sell for £2-300. so I'd say having them refurbished represents a decent saving

Edit: Just checked FordPartsUK who are usually a few pounds cheaper than the RRP - £187 per wheel, excluding VAT. I think that further embellishes my point.

Howard · 4 Dec 2014 at 15:11

I would have them refurbished. Far less hassle and likely to last longer.

Howard · 4 Dec 2014 at 16:22

Then why do you want to spend £817 on new ones

It looks like second hand wheels go for between £100 and £200 on ebay.

Howard · 4 Dec 2014 at 18:03

Imy said:
I don't want to do that either lol. I make it £577 inc. VAT once you sell off your old set though.

I make £577 a larger sum of money than £350 though. But I could be wrong, my mental arithmetic is a bit flakey. Much like a new set of wheels probably will be in a year's time.

Howard · 14 Dec 2014 at 11:50

Mine was Machine Silver, so is yours. It's ever so slightly darker than regular silver. They were also available in Stardust Silver which is just regular silver

Magnum Grey is the dark one, and probably my favourite facelift colour. If only they hadn't dropped Infra Red with the facelift

Howard · 6 Feb 2015 at 18:02

New exhaust systems from Ford are lolmoney. It's all one piece from the cat back. I took great glee in chopping mine off and replacing it with a JP system. You should do the same.

I miss the noise.

Howard · 6 Feb 2015 at 23:30

Yeah the back boxes are different for some strange reason.

The sound of my JP hasn't really changed since it was installed

Howard · 7 Feb 2015 at 21:58

I sold my tatty old ones for £35

Howard · 11 Mar 2015 at 15:39

Makhaira said:
I think that's pre face lift model in which case I'd avoid. Only a 5 speed box, and rust issues that were both resolved with the face-lift.

Nope that one is a facelift. It's a bit expensive though.

Howard · 12 Mar 2015 at 14:04

teenwolf said:
4k on a st220 you must be mad.
i would go for something like this.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...sedcars/radius/1500/make/bmw/page/6?logcode=p

All it needs at some point in the future is a new/ repaired/ reconditioned turbo.

What an excellent suggestion and a car that does indeed seem like a great buy!

Howard · 12 Mar 2015 at 14:35

It's a silly suggestion anyway for someone who is in the market for, and has made their mind up on a performance Ford, especially in a thread dedicated to a particular car!

Howard · 13 Mar 2015 at 18:52

Dav4 said:
Tinted tail lights look good on just a normal black car imo.

No, they look pants.

Dav4 said:
It's no different to the black eye headlights that people like to put on there St's.

... Which also look pants.

Howard · 24 Mar 2015 at 08:06

Some of them don't work either (heated windscreen button, trip computer backlight) - they must be quality LEDs

Howard · 24 Mar 2015 at 11:14

BoozerDawg said:
Did think they stuck out a bit, considering it's an "original, un-abused example". Are these led jobs quite involved (should I want to remove them, back to standard) ?

Very. You have to take all the dashboard apart, and many/most of them will be tiny surface-mounted LEDs that require a steady hand and a small soldering iron to remove.

Howard · 24 Mar 2015 at 14:37

You can see where he's scratched up all the fascia etc when removing it

Howard · 30 Mar 2015 at 13:15

Crap photos, crap listing, Enduro tyres, 5 previous owners (presumably excluding him)... I don't think I'd waste my time travelling to see that tbh.

Howard · 30 Mar 2015 at 15:30

I went in my old ST220 at the weekend for the first time since I sold it.

DAT JP EXHAUST NOISE.

I'd forgotten what it was like. Everyone with an ST220 that has the standard exhaust, change it for one now.

Howard · 30 Mar 2015 at 15:38

Rybo89 said:
Milltek is louder

Fixed

Howard · 31 Mar 2015 at 20:07

JP Exhausts

Howard · 10 Apr 2015 at 18:16

The springs would usually put me off, purely because they're an unnecessary modification that will make it even more annoying to drive, but on the face of it that one does look like a nice, cared-for example so if it was a choice between a well looked-after lightly modified example like that or a shabbier standard one then I'd take that one. There can't be many left that are cosmetically as good as that one {appears to be}.

Go check it out. If you buy it the first things to do are remove that silly ST badge from the grille, those random tyre valve caps, and the one remaining piece of random silver trim that's been stuck to the foglight surround