Who owns a Mondeo ST220 / ST TDCI?

Howard · 8 Mar 2013 at 08:22

Rybo89 said:
Listened to loads of videos last night of Milltek,JP,Blueflame exhausts and I just don't like any of them. The noise just doesn't suit the car imo.

I'm glad it's not just me who thinks this!!! The videos people put online are crap though, I don't want to know what it sounds like if the camera is 6 inches from the tailpipe, this will misrepresent it completely :rolleyes:

Rybo89 said:
Also been looking at facelift rear lights with the chrome strip, do these fit 2004 cars? Is the light bulb essembly the same? Can you remove the chrome strip and replace with blue?

As far as I know, the 2005 (or is it 2006?) facelift rear lights don't have reflectors in the clusters, so if you swap them you'd also need to find the rear plastic bumper inserts with the reflectors in, if that makes sense.

Rybo89 · 8 Mar 2013 at 08:39

Yeah, shame they are about £40 quick per moulding, ludicrous :eek:

Just hoping no rain comes at the weekend so I can give the car a proper wash.

Howard · 8 Mar 2013 at 08:42

Me too, I need to service it and fix the incontinent windscreen washer bottle.

Phil W · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:03

I had the facelift rear lights fitted to my Zetec S, didn't bother with the reflective strips though, car had no problems at MOT time but if I did it again I would make the effort

Imy · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:21

Those rear tail lights look ok on a silver car but I think they look a little "after-market" on a performance blue ST.

I do like the rear reflectors though and was considering getting them. Do I need the black surround as well as the reflectors?

Rybo: I have the JP exhaust and it sounds a lot tamer than the YouTube videos.

Rybo89 · 8 Mar 2013 at 10:52

Phil W, is the bulb assembly/panel the same? Straight swap over?

Phil W · 8 Mar 2013 at 11:03

Yeah they are the same IIRC.

Rybo89 · 8 Mar 2013 at 13:12

Ok nice one, just ordered some aftermarket ones off ebay.

Are your lights genuine or aftermarket?

DogsBody · 8 Mar 2013 at 13:17

Howard said:
I'm glad it's not just me who thinks this!!! The videos people put online are crap though, I don't want to know what it sounds like if the camera is 6 inches from the tailpipe, this will misrepresent it completely

To be fair though most people will tell you how happy they are with the sound after they have them fitted.

I really want more noise from my exhaust but £500 to get a bit more noise is asking quite a lot IMO.

Although it should = a slight* performance upgrade at the same time I still thik £500 is steep, considering that the standard exhaust is S/S and will probably last the life of the car in most cases

Howard · 8 Mar 2013 at 15:44

I want mine to sound properly raspy and throaty like some sort of touring car under hard acceleration, but I don't think that's going to happen unless I buy this exhaust..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrsfVxSTpOY

Rybo89 · 8 Mar 2013 at 16:26

No Howard, just no.

Phil W · 8 Mar 2013 at 16:31

Rybo89 said:
Ok nice one, just ordered some aftermarket ones off ebay.

Are your lights genuine or aftermarket?

Sold the car ages ago, but they were genuine. For some reason a guy with an ST220 wanted rid, so i swapped them for my pre-facelift ones

tummelv · 9 Mar 2013 at 10:16

How are these for rust? Any better than the mk1 focus?

Rybo89 · 9 Mar 2013 at 10:53

2002 cars (up to 03) had rust problems on the doors.

Guys is there anything needed to fit a double din Pioneer head unit? I had to buy a cage kit to fit it in the Fiesta ST, anyone know if thou need anything for the st220?

thepeteh · 9 Mar 2013 at 10:56

No wonder you get bored of cars Rybo, you do all the mods possible within a week of purchase

Howard · 9 Mar 2013 at 19:45

Music is important

Rybo I posted some crap on the previous page of this thread about double din stuff and linked to some bits you'll need in addition to a wiring adaptor.

I changed the oil and filter on mine today, nice and simple as it should be, I don't know why people on forums complain about having to remove the undertray and whatnot?! Numpties. Not that it has much of an under-tray. Or at least, mine doesn't.

Rybo89 · 9 Mar 2013 at 20:11

Howard said:
Music is important

Rybo I posted some crap on the previous page of this thread about double din stuff and linked to some bits you'll need in addition to a wiring adaptor.

Very important! Though i do find my self muting it a lot, so i can hear he V6 scream like a jet engine

Will look for your post, cheers

Princey · 9 Mar 2013 at 20:52

Howard said:
I want mine to sound properly raspy and throaty like some sort of touring car under hard acceleration, but I don't think that's going to happen unless I buy this exhaust..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrsfVxSTpOY

Rybo89 · 10 Mar 2013 at 09:49

It's bloody cold out there 1 degrees! Think ill save cleaning the car for next week. Brrrrrrrrr

Rybo89 · 10 Mar 2013 at 12:29

Ok, so I ended up washing her anyway

Can't bloody find my Polish anywhere though :/ so I will have to leave that till next time. Tell you what though, I am very impressed with the paintwork condition. Total of about 4 stones chips around the whole car (there all on the front of the bonnet), few hand bag scrapes that will easily come out, the tiny bit of lacquer peel on the bonnet we all knew about and a tiny bit of lacquer peel on one of the wing mirror covers.

2 of the wheels look like they have been refurbished quite recently, though I think the previous owner wasn't the best at parking, as there is the odd scrape here and there on the alloys.

Going to have a hour on the engine bay, clean it up a bit.