Few Mods on my ST (+ 5.0/G8/FRS photoshoot).

[SemperFiMarine2]

I added few mods to my 2013 Focus ST and finally took some photos of it, as well as some of a couple of friends rides.

Mods:
Removed plasti-dip
Borla Catback Exhaust
James Barone Motor Mount
Garage Line wheel Spacers
Shark fin Antenna
H&R lowering Springs

Of course, I have to give credit to Mystic-SVT for his help, knowledge, and patience on the installation on this mods. He's a great mechanic and an awesome guy!

Here's a quick 1 minute video of the exhaust. I forgot to do a startup and/or drive by. Maybe in another video.
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Here's what it looked like before.

Spacers

Antenna

Springs

Catback

Motor Mount

Instagram shot

The new look

I wish the front was a tad bit lower

Everybody

G8

Fords

The guys

5.0

FRS

Above shots

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5.0 owner is a new member on here, so maybe he'll chime in if you have any questions.

Any and all comments (bring on the HDR hate!)/questions are welcome. I'll try my best to answer them if they're about the other cars. Thanks for looking!

 

[RedRocketMike]

Why did you change the motor mount?

 

[SemperFiMarine2]

Why did you change the motor mount?

The stock one was too soft, so when you were to shift hard from 1st to 2nd (sometimes into 3rd) the engine moved so much it would hit the firewall. The stiffer mount prevents that and reduces wheel hop as well.

 

[RedRocketMike]

The stock one was too soft, so when you were to shift hard from 1st to 2nd (sometimes into 3rd) the engine moved so much it would hit the firewall. The stiffer mount prevents that and reduces wheel hop as well.

Wow, you would think Ford would figure things like that out during testing. That should be a good tell for picking out a used one that hasn't been beat on.

 

[offroadkarter]

Car looks great! Give the springs a chance to settle, I'm sure it will drop a little more

 

[apex000]

the pictures looks great saul . :thumbsup:

 

[DriftwoodSVT]

That looks like the bridge over 360.

 

[charba951]

ST looks good...but everything sounds better in a parking garage oke:

 

[sleepin 4.6]

I'm glad a friend sent me this link. I was contemplating the wheel spacers on my ST. I definitely don't think I would go as drastic as yours. Is your car the st1 or st2? The wheels black looked sick. Why the removal?

 

[Bokeo]

God Borla makes everything look much better! The stock ST exhaust doesnt look bad.. but that looks 5x better! Very nice.

 

[Dave_6]

Nice! Wish I could afford one of these (and my 5.0) to have as a daily driver.

 

[Yellow Fever]

Absolutely love how that ST sits. Looks good OP.

 

[TClark22]

nice changes!! I am really liking the look of the dual tips. I like the way the stock looks but its tucked way to far in.

I really don't want to make my ST any louder though since its my DD. Let me know what you think of the noise. I'm also not into 4 banger exhaust notes, lol but the borla and ford racing exhaust may change my mind.

 

[SemperFiMarine2]

Car looks great! Give the springs a chance to settle, I'm sure it will drop a little more

Thanks, and that's what I'm hoping for!

the pictures looks great saul . :thumbsup:

Thanks T, welcome to the forum!

That looks like the bridge over 360.

It is.

ST looks good...but everything sounds better in a parking garage oke:

Haha, yeah I know. What about this?
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I'm glad a friend sent me this link. I was contemplating the wheel spacers on my ST. I definitely don't think I would go as drastic as yours. Is your car the st1 or st2? The wheels black looked sick. Why the removal?

Yeah I wasn't expecting them to poke out that much, and probably would like 1 size smaller on each set, but I'm pretty content with them. It's a ST2 with Nav and a moonroof. I took the plasti-dip off because they were too dirty and would always look brown.

God Borla makes everything look much better! The stock ST exhaust doesnt look bad.. but that looks 5x better! Very nice.

Thanks! I love it!

Nice! Wish I could afford one of these (and my 5.0) to have as a daily driver.

Maybe someday! It's a great DD!

Absolutely love how that ST sits. Looks good OP.

Thanks! That means alot!

nice changes!! I am really liking the look of the dual tips. I like the way the stock looks but its tucked way to far in.

I really don't want to make my ST any louder though since its my DD. Let me know what you think of the noise. I'm also not into 4 banger exhaust notes, lol but the borla and ford racing exhaust may change my mind.

Yeah, I love how original the stock tip was, but these Borla tips really fill out the bumper. That's also what I love about this catback, it's not loud at all...until you get on it! There's no drone and it's not ricer-ish at all. I love it and think it's the best exhaust out there for the ST!

 

[04MystiCobra]

Looks badass!

 

[04sneaky_snake]

Are there not ISOs on these cars? Could just pop one of the front ones out and that'd probably make the fender to tire gap equal from front to back.

 

[Teal Terminator]

Looks great! My neighbor has a white one and it looks fantastic. I know you said you wished the front were lower but I personally think it would look better if the rear were just a touch higher (even with the front). I think the rear looks too "slammed" but everyone has their own opinion as to how low is too low. Looks sweet either way, congrats.

 

[SublimeRT]

Looks great! My neighbor has a white one and it looks fantastic. I know you said you wished the front were lower but I personally think it would look better if the rear were just a touch higher (even with the front). I think the rear looks too "slammed" but everyone has their own opinion as to how low is too low. Looks sweet either way, congrats.

Exactly my thoughts as well. Cool little car though.

 

[Kevin the Clean 1]

The Borla system on your 2013 Focus ST looks good back there...

 

[Ducci]

Wow, you would think Ford would figure things like that out during testing. That should be a good tell for picking out a used one that hasn't been beat on.

An upgraded MM is essential on FWD cars. My speed3 had the same issue so I swapped my rear MM for the same reason. Ford didn't put in a stiffer one because it will significantly increase the noise, vibration and harshness. The stock one is a compromise so your teeth don't chatter at idle, especially with the A/C on (depends on shore hardness of MM the OP got though).