Hi, I'm Patrick and since a bit over a year now, I have a black '13 ST and damn... I love that car.
I've been reading in this forum for quite a while now, getting some info on mods and other technical stuff.
Things I've done so far:
- DP with sports cat
- 3" bastuck exhaust
- 25mm H&R lowering springs
- FSwerks lower front traction bar
- Mountune short shifter
- K&N 57i kit
- SS tuning gear lever
- Motec MCR2 Ultralight wheels (40 mm offset), 8x18 with Nitto NT555G2
- Maxton Design front splitter
- 3D printed Throttle pedal spacer
- 15 mm H&R Wheel spacers (On Snowflakes in winter only)
There's a lot of interesting stuff to find here in this forum, even if not everything can be applied here in Europe (The laws over here are a huge pita). But maybe I can find some other great mods which don't get me into too much trouble.
I already know about Ray
Will probably order an FMIC from him next month. I'm still torn about a Mishimoto FMIC, which I could get my hands on for approx. 213$ (190 €) but this one would be illegal and stay illegal unless I butter in another 1500 quid to have it registered via TÜV single-acceptance §21 STzVo...
Living in Germany kinda sucks when you're a piston head.
so the cable linkage that connects to the shift arm and the shift (don't know what its called) lol but its 2 pieces that make shifting super precise and I think it feels great. google solid cable bushings. amazon and ebay have them for a good price.
Ah okay. That makes sense. Maybe I'll look into it someday too. But first... I need to source an US-front grill ( CM5Z-8200-BA), shaved or not. Then comes the FMIC and a Cobb AP v3 after that.
I see you've got headlight stripes. I'm planning on getting a similar set made in carbon for my TS ST. Are you going to get any racing stripes as well?
I don't know. Probably not, because I think it would be a but too much. Initially I wanted to do asymmetrical stripes, but then I did the headlight stripes. To be honest, even though they're on for two months now, I'm still not sure if I want to keep them.
I would like something a bit more discreet, like matt black or matt dark grey decals and stripes, but then it would become pretty cumbersome to wax the car.
The only difference is probably the same as the US and UK versions, the UK version having this big ugly patch of flat plastic where the number plate goes whilst the US version doesn't. I'm still wondering where I can get hold of the custom version Vivid made for their special edition. "hint*
Yes that's it. The us version is clean and can be shaved while the EU version has that big ugly patch of plain plastic which you can't even get rid of.
ah I see lol yeah that a pain. I would only shave mine if I decide to do something with the crash bar.
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