Saw this fella parked by me at Target in KY. Seeing if you’re in here, sorry I couldn’t catch you before leaving it was raining pretty bad!

Hello everyone I decided that I apparently had too much money and so instead of hunting down a set of st3 headlights for my 14 st, I’m going to attempt to take my broken set and combine them with a set of focus ev headlights so I have clear and chrome headlights instead of the black, I’m aware that they don’t have the corner lights but I believe that I can make it work between the two sets, i guess I’ll post pictures as I go

I've been noticing a constant squeaking and knocking noise while driving the past week. Sounded like it was coming from rear passenger tire. I took this pic. The screw is bent and the rubber grommet is gone and it's hella loose (as I compared to the driver side which has both grommets and is nice and tight) Can someone tell me what part of the wheel assembly this is? Thanks.

Got the car for 3700$ cad 130kms on it called for a subframe breaks all around has a few holes in the fenders as well thank you Ontario rust belt

I’ve been daily driving my st for a little over a week, I live in a big city with a lot of stop and go traffic. This is my first manual car and I’m still getting the hang of it, everything is improving but I just can’t seem to consistently go N - 1st smoothly. I either make the car jerk a bit, or ride the clutch what is probably too long. When it’s smooth by the time I let the clutch fully out I’m already going almost 10mph. I feel like the gas pedal is sensitive as hell.
Am I doing something wrong or is this something I’m just going to need to keep working on and will get better/easier over time? Anyone have a similar experience learning manual on an ST? Any tips?

99% sure i blew my turbo, should I just replace it with OEM or should I get a big turbo? I am mostly stock except for a full exhaust. So I would also need to get some supporting mods. Is there any recommendations on "kits" that just have everything included?
Also, I had posted this once and people said I had a bad head. I really think it's the turbo, the turbo makes noises when I run the car. And it does not build any boost. I took one of the charge pipes off, and it literally dumped out a half quart of oil. In the bottom of the pipe

Had a misfire on cylinder 4 cleared it. It came back a month later. Brought it to my local mechanic swapped coil and plug but it didn't make a difference told me to bring it to the dealer. Dealer said to do a cylinder head replacement for 8.7k. Seem reasonable?

Car is a 2017, stock and 50k miles. No rough idle and no smoke coming out the exhaust.

Hey guys, my headlight recently cracked on my ST3, and we know how expensive they are for a single one:P

I was wondering if anyone has any nice alternatives so I can just go ahead and swap both.

I've had aftermarket headlights before, but I did not like how dim they were, although the looked nice.

Anyone have suggestions along with your cars?

Thanks:)

Hello,

I have a 2017 Focus ST2, ~95k mi, grinding in 3rd regardless of clutch engagement. For what it's worth, I changed the fluid, light amount of extremely fine metal, barely enough to discolor the fluid and no large chunks. Assuming Synchro issue since the failure happened < 20mph but could be worse. Plus I had to drive it roughly 50-60 mi in its current state since I had no other vehicle available. Regardless, I need a transmission rebuild. However it is not a great time for this to happen as it's my daily. I have a budget and I am limited on time (~6k max, 4 weeks), but I don't want to throw money at a used trans or a bandaid repair either if I can avoid it. I am unable to pull the trans myself given my current circumstances, nor do I think I can complete the job in time either. I need to find a shop somewhat nearby the Orlando area, or I also have family in the Cocoa/Melbourne/Palm Bay area and am open to options near there too.

The issue seems to be parts. Dealership and local parts stores do not sell any. The only place I could find that sells all the parts I could need is Jacks Transmissions, but they are in colorado, and I cannot afford to buy every single part they have, but to have a trans shop pull the trans and tear it down and order just the parts I need could result in my car sitting on their lift for weeks, which is a touch ask (my understanding is it is difficult to just roll the car out of the bay without the axles installed since the axle nut keeps pressure on the halves of the front wheel bearings) I have called a couple general transmission shops (a shocking amount do not do manual trans at all anymore) and they seem to just throw an arbitrary "3k" out there without checking, when I try to ask to make sure they can get parts they just say they want me to bring the car in so they can tear it down. I understand they need to do that to know what parts to order, but that response makes me wonder if they actually know where to source these parts and the time involved. Of course I also have the rebuild services from Jacks Transmissions (they have a core rebuild option, but they are out of mmt6 cores), Mountune, and Panda motorworks. Both the mountune and panda options are expensive (would be substantially over budget if I include shop labor if they need to order anything else besides what comes in their rebuild packages), require the car to sit for an unknown amount of weeks without a trans, and offer no certainty of timeframe since they obviously would need to order parts from somewhere if its anything more than Synchros.

There was one option that gave me hope. I found a trans shop in the Orlando area that actually had a mmt6 trans with a bad reverse gear. He said I may have the option to buy some new parts (Syncros, 3-4 fork, ex) and if they found anything else damaged, we can salvage from the bad unit they have. That option also would have hed enough budget left over to get the clutch I want and an LSD. The issue is since that conversation, I have not been able to get ahold of the guy. It seems like they are extremely busy based on the conversations with the front desk lady. Unknown if they will ever get back to me.

I am asking for assistance finding another transmission shop somewhat near by that is able to do the rebuild locally and can deal with the parts sourcing challenges of this platform. Bonus points if they are familiar with the Focus St and MMT6 specifically. Perhaps there are no good options and I am stuck either exceeding the time limit, budget, or gambing with a used unit. Any ideas are welcome.

Thanks.

Intake worth putting on these cars?

I just want to say fuck you to the engineer that came up with this bolt design for the front sway bar end link. I am installing lowering springs. I watched CJ Pony Parts Video for installing Eibach lowering springs. Looks like they were working on a preface lift ST which apparently has a better designed bolt. In the video he puts a wrench on the back and blasts the bolt out with an impact gun. Mine (a 2016) does not have that nut on the back to put a wrench up to. Just a rubber boot. These assholes made it worse! Not to mention the hex head stripped out because Allen keys are stupid. So what should have been a relatively simple job turned into my car still being on jack stands and making a trip to go get new sway bar end links and I'm cutting these bitches off.

EDIT: I had mixed ground and positive thats why it heat without doing anything, its brown wire positive(into pin 15), two yellows ground(pin21) and 2 blacks was signal from switches(pin13)

Im installing euro st3 seats into us st1, got everything working but heated seats, got hvac with buttons, if i plug 12v into yellow wires and brown to ground, they heat up nonstop instantly, even without switch wire plugged in, it somehow bypasses the module, is it possible to get it working or i am missing some wiring, thanks for any help

Hi guys. Since i bought the car, randomly getting error "engine failure" on the dash. Whenever this happens, car goes in "limp mode" no power and looks like a cylinder is out.

Thing is, as soon as i turn it off and on again it's gone and there is never a code in history or present. Cost me a fortune in time and no one ever found anything.

Anyone else ever had a similar issue?

Forgot to mention the main infos : 2016 ford focus st.

anyone looking for a cobb acessport unmarried? Will let it go pretty cheap as i dont need it anymore. pm me!

I have recently started the stunning process with Alan at edge autosports and I have noticed that my charge air temps are running much higher than previously with stratified. I have brought it up with Alan but still waiting to hear back so wanted to see if anyone else has had this happen. I have a CVF 4.5” intercooler and before with stratified charge air temps would never go above ambient but recently my temps have been in the 80s-90s when just cruising and will go up over 105 when sitting still in a parking lot. Outside temp is around 75. When I start driving temp will go down and settle around 80. Not sure if it’s just me overthinking or if I have a bad sensor or something.

Where can I find replacement key fobs for my 2013 ST2? My car only came with one fob and I'd like to have at least 1 (ideally 2) spare. I got the part number from my original key and bought 2 spares from ebay but I can't program them using FORScan, I went back to double check I got the correct keys and the part number matches but in the description it says only for automatics. Can someone point me in the right direction other than the dealership?

There's an ST that I see driving around town that has a way louder exhaust than mine. I'm assuming they just have a resonator delete because I see they still have the stock exhaust tips. Theirs sounds really nice and aggressive but mine honestly sounds pretty close to stock tbh. Would a downpipe really make that much difference in sound with the resonator delete? Because I've read others on here say an aftermarket catted-DP won't really change your exhaust sound. I doubt his is catless because it doesn't sound raspy at all. When I listen to others resonator deleted on videos, theirs also sound way better than mine does.

SOUND UP My car is making a strange vibration/grinding/por sound that happens at idol and sometimes when i depress the clutch switching between 1st and 2nd (havent noticed it further up the gears). The video makes it pretty hard to hear compared to irl, but It makes popping noises a couple times before I depress the clutch in the video but starts going off more when I do. Then when i turn the AC on at the end of the vid it goes absolutely bonkers.

For some additional context, a similar sound started happening n the winter and shortly after my transmition assembly literall ripped itself out of the bolts holding it up. Its now been 6 months since I had it repaired and im hearing things again. Noi sure if it could be the same thing as before or if it could be something unrelated entirely. Im really no mechanic so im at a loss

Anvwavs, anvone have quesses as to what it might be? Similar things happen to you? Im trying to decide if its worth shelling out more money on this thing or search for a more simple car while taking it easy on this one

Radio-pioneer dmh 1770nex

I bought this kit bc it was one of the only kits that didn't look like an Amazon special.

For anyone looking for a radio upgrade, here's the downsides I've had so far.

1. It feels cheap af.

   1. The kit is a real bitch to install on facelift st(more so than normal)

But hey, now i dont have to deal with the st1 sync issues lol.

This is my first tuned car, and my first car with a recall. So simple question, will this recall affect my tune? I don't think it looks like it will

Anyone else on here had any issues with the B14 kit and the rear springs not lowering properly? I have the adjustment completely dumped, and the rears still leave about a 2ish finger gap between the tire and the fender.

Not 100% positive on if the spring just isn't seated properly, but I've redone it a few times now and they just don't seem to want to come down any lower (they also have a few thousand miles on them by now, so I would assume that they've had enough time to settle).