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had a couple of these now and I dont normally post pics of my cars as its just not me but some of you saw it at passionfords 12th birthday party at the ace cafe earlier this month and asked many questions so after a few requests for pics here goes, I know it wont appeal to everyone but my days of turbo and high price tag cars are long past as I have higher priorities in my life thesedays plus been there and done that, This one has the comfort & custom packs as well as every factory option as listed below and is all different to usual standard spec variants which flood ebay and no doubt why my mate grant saw it on monday and offered me £3k for it and I said no
Xenon headlights
Leather heated recaros
Climate control
Parking sensors
Electric Sunroof
Audiophile 6disc
Sub Woofer
Auto-Dimming rear view mirror
Rear Spoiler
Quick clear front & rear screens
ESP braking
this one came up and was too good to refuse, was owned by a biker who frequents the ace cafe and is a mate of my sons and was his winter hack, so picked this up at a steal
apart from the wheels which were in a terrible state of decay the rest of the car was bang tidy with ultra superb spec which is what drew me towards it in the first place tbh, the car started life at essex ford as their demonstrator car which explains the level of spec it has as OE, since owning it I have gone through all the wear n tear stuff upgrading likes of filters, brakes, bushes, bluefin, magnecors, eibach springs & new shocks & Scorpion exhaust system & Sports cat + goodridge brake hoses and a Svt 2nd cold air feed intake etc making sure it was spot on for a long time to come, anyway here how it sits love it or hate it as not everyone is a fan of 170s
at the cafe earlier this month
and a few other randoms for those who keep bugging me
pics of wheels when I got it and this was the best one out of the 4
after powder coat refurb this week
Might actually add to this thread if I keep it long enough lol
Looks good, wish I had the same interior in my 170,
I was not even looking for a st which was the funny thing but once I saw it I knew I needed to own it even if only for a short time as those that know me on here will verify
cant blame you mate, my 170 is my 13th car in 4 years, and the only car I have actually kept longer than a year, strange as the amount it costs to keep it going is crazy, but I just love driving it,
cant blame you mate, my 170 is my 13th car in 4 years, and the only car I have actually kept longer than a year, strange as the amount it costs to keep it going is crazy, but I just love driving it,
always been a fan of the focus not really the 170 tbh but so far so good on this one as all my RSs were just money pits
Originally Posted by Pf-Lee
Wow spec on this is better than my ST3, you got to keep this one geezer as you wont find another with that spec
Nice car Steve. A lad I work with has a silver ST170 it's got the comfort and climate pack. It's a nice car but sadly he doesn't look after it. He hasn't washed it since last November.
When you decatted the car did you get the engine light to go out. Does it go better with it removed.
it had a quick dyno session glenn due to bluefin and k&n filter with the decat etc and he did something with the laptop to stop it coming on was pretty surprised it reached 182 as i had expected way less tbh more like closer to oe 170 claimed
all fords do in time especially sporty ones, lets hope I keep it long enough to know
The Escort XR3i for instance, not as popular as the turbo meant they fell I to banger territory very quickly so number dropped. Look at the price of good ones now. Even less Mk5 16v XR3is about.
one thing I have always hated is the centre caps on the st170 OE alloys either the outer covers decay or they come loose and rattle, so sod it I binned them and had these made up for mine which I personally think is way better especially as wheels have just been refurbed
Done the same with mine, every time I washed the car the old ones would spin round like merry go rounds.
Must say your smaller ones seem a better fit than mine, where did you find them ?
they supplied everything or just the graphics on top ? my caps I purchased are coming part at the seems so need to replace them too (think mine was cheap Chinese copies)
you havent by any chance got a link to the ebay ones ? was going to try and take mine off and glue them, but at that price probably better to just replace them
you havent by any chance got a link to the ebay ones ? was going to try and take mine off and glue them, but at that price probably better to just replace them
Just treated it to a new windscreen as the one installed was from the factory and was showing signs of age with pitting and scratches so got a mate to throw in a new pilkington one and then fitted the new passionford gold member tax disc
managed to get the old one out without breaking it too so on ebay it goes as it will do someone a treat
will take some fresh pics later today at the Uxbridge Autoshow when its on our stand for those of you into 170s
29-05-2015, 09:00 AM
St170 (a9 tue)
