LSherratt

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It would look a lot more tasteful if you lost the tacky RS bonnet vents, had the normal badges on, and had the numberplate in the normal central position too. Honestly, it would.

It seems as if you got carried away and did those mods just for the sake of it, which doesn't actually make it look any better at all.

*BADGER*

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RS vents are cut in so they ain't going any were

The plate is to be put in its original place once that bracket arrives

f1_fan

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Looks good to me and the mods all seem extremely well done and work wth the car (plate aside, but as explained that is temporary).

The trouble with this place is that as soon as someone puts up pic of a car that isn't a Subaru the knives come out. I learned that with my last AMG which is one of the reasons no pics of my current one are to be found on this site!

True petrolheads appreciate and understand all sorts of different marques and vehicles, this site more than most seems to have a high number of posters who are only interested in Subarus and have no appreciation or understanding of other marques!

Brun

The car ain't my cup of tea but I don't mind saying I don't like what the OP has done. I just can't believe people seem to be taking pleasure in telling the OP his car is a chavvy POS.
Each to their own - what happened to that?

ditchmyster

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I can't even tell what he's done to it.

I't just looks like a normal focus with stripes on the bonnet to me, not my thing either, but I can appreciate the reasons for getting one over a hatch although judging from the crack in the block there not a great deal better, how much did that cost to sort out?

It is funny watching a load of chav mobile drivers trying to take the pee out of another chav mobile driver though.

F1, I'd like to see some pics of your car please , i'll not take the p!ss honest, anyway since when did you start giving a **** what people on here think.

f1_fan

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Believe you me I don't, but equally I can't be ar5ed to post pics just for people who have zero knoweledge of what they are looking at to make inane comments.

Fonzey

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I actually love Focus STs, I'm not Subaru bias at all.

This just stinks of "sticking things on for the sake of it" and it looks a bit naff. To be fair to badger, the stripes are standard on the ST500 - but that doesn't make them alright

JC-R

Its a ford focus , its hardly going to make people on here go weak at the knees. Also it looks like somebody has given some 17 yr old chav 2 days + £500 to make it look better .
If somebody put something equally or better than a wrx sti on here i dont think the knives would come out the same. What sort of comments was the op expecting to have on this one seriously ?

LSherratt

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I do appreciate other car Marques but like I said previously, it looks as if the OP has done the mods just for the sake of it. I made a thread when I got my Astra VXR and took both negative and positive comments with a pinch of salt I could have gone over the top with my car like some people have done on the VXROnline forums, and like this OP has done, but everything looks better more subtle and tastefully done.

f1_fan

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You say it's a Ford Focus like an Impreza is some sort of thoroughbred vehicle rather than a rather average Japanese sh1tbox with little more than a lot of grip and a turbocharger!

f1_fan

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Like a picnic table spolier and a set of chav gold alloys?

stedee

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i like what you have done to it but i do think they are sh1te, best thing about them is the seats - have you got any rust yet underneath?? what do you think of the tc -lol

i did have one for a little while a few years back btw

Ash170990

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personally, im not really a fan of the ST's but its hillarious seeing impreza owners calling others Chavs due to the car they drive lol

JC-R

Imho Impreza's are more special than the focuses. If i had to have a focus then it would be either mk1 or mk2 RS but theyre no better than a standard 265 brake sti. Plus the sti would **** all over the rs on the bends and in the wet and off road and in the snow. Also this is snet so there is gonna be subaru fans on here. Id be a **** to put pictures of a lets say for example a wrx ppp with orange wheels and two stripes down the centre on a fordOC and say 'hey guys ive swapped my focus for this!' expecting positive replies.

f1_fan

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Yes it would probably perform better in some circumstances, but not by a massive margin and let's stop being silly about using an STI 'off road'! That said the Focus is probably cheaper to run and will depreciate less (talking the RS here) so it's horses for courses!

Except this is the Other Marques section and while I agree that you don't have to be positive I think the criticisms levelled here are both hypocritical and way over the top. They guy has installed some bonnet vents, new front grilles a new front splitter and a rear diffuser... all things that are done to many Scoobies. Looking at the pictures to call them distasteful and badly done is frankly pathetic as the former is a subjective point and the latter is just plainly not true!

urban

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I think he means on say a gravel, or muddy road.
Not up or down the side of a large hill 'off road'.

Really though, the RS struggles very badly on anything but dry tarmac in low gears.
However, its a pretty rapid machine once its beyond 2nd gear.

The RS/STI fuel economy is very much the same, but the focus tends to chew its front tyres a lot.
And fair enough, the RS holds its resale value pretty well.

theboy

You were asking for it by putting a ST on here, a lot of the clowns on here can only see Subaru as a car. Some of these would take a £4000 piece of sh*t Scooby over anything much more expensive. The ST is a great car and i loved mine, i had the Code Red re-map & CAIS so it was running aprox 285. Yes it wont launch in the wet but once moving they are pretty damn quick. Get yourself on fordrst.co.uk for any advice etc.

P.S
I drove to Northern Italy over the Stelvio Pass in mine, i would never of dreamed of trying to do that in my Blobeye PPP

*BADGER*

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Underneath is like new as it was owned by a 67 year old lady before me
One tiny spec where the rear bumper meets the rear quater

Tc is a pain lol

the shreksta

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not sure i agree with this,the guy has put up a pic/thread of his ford focus st and has recieved mixed opinions on it so whats the problem? not everybody will like it and not everybody will hate it.

i dont get what you mean when you say that the knives come out when people put pics up of something none subaru?
im not trying to get an argument im trying to understand why you said that when clearly he has had both good and bad opinions.

if people dont like people's opinions then dont put up pics of your pride and joy.

i dont like focus st's at all in any guise,give me a astra vxr anyday over a st.

viper stripes on anything other than a viper is a fail............in my opinion of course.







ps...................no knives present

bern11

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I like it Would definitely put spacers on though.20mm on the rear and 15mm on the front seems to be the norm.Out of interest did you buy the grills direct from Zunsport as i'm gonna get some myself,no way am I spending 2 days making the full lower one like I did last time I had a ST

theboy

I got mainly slated when I posted my RS, each to their own but I love the STs

*BADGER*

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Bought them of a local lad that had only just bought them then had to sell his car for what ever reason

In the process of getting spacers fitted but 15mm front and rear
And fitting the poly lower torque rod which is a job for this weekend


The strips are not viper stipes

The winning gt 40 at le'mans

Was black with stripes
Which pre dates the viper
So the 500 was given the stripes
For heritage reasons

But as they say each to there own


And yes I miss the AWD of the scoob
And the big spoiler
But then again I miss the sound and performance of the v6
Of race bus before that

S555 MKR

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I mooched round in a code red tuned ST for a while couple of years back. I quite liked it as a daily driver. Did everything pretty well, the only thing that got me is it was more thirsty then my M3 E46 which I changed out of

And I have to say it aint no M3!

Decent bus though IMO, personally couldn't live with the Astra VXR, gave up after about a month with that but each to there own! enjoy

*BADGER*

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When I wanted to change car

It was either a Astra VXR or the mk3 st estate

But went in to my local vxl dealer as a family friend works there as a salesman
He even said I could get 10 vxr's in and out of the ten 1 would be ok

So that went out the window

Then went to ford and looked at the mk3
Loved the car just not the Eco boost engine

As I was leaving they rolled in the 500

Bought it there and then

theboy

I looked at getting a brand new VXR before i went for the RS, Has some nice features options etc fitted. But god it was dull, plus maybe its just in West Yorks but VXRs tend to be driven by ****

nick172sport

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right im old skool ive had a lot off cars mainly fords had vauxhaul v6s clios never again the st focus i like them but coudnt live with the fuel cost ive had a imprezza could live with the fuel costs but lacked toys now in a mondeo ghia x with all the toys i can live with

tony de wonderful

How is it in the wet?

f1_fan

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I don't have a problem with anyone saying they don't like a car, but in this case to say the mods were distasteful and badly done and the car was chavvy is just nonsense... if the same mods had been done to a Scoob and posted most people would have liked them and the others would have just said it wasn't their cup of tea!

theboy

Thats the problem, a lot of people on here will say yes your piece of sh*t Classic is superb because its a Subaru and not a old car thats been ragged. But when people post Non Subaru it could be a 100k Porsche and the muppets would come out

Fonzey

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Complete Bull****!

The OP used to have a Subaru, and he "modded" it. And guess what happened?

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