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Picking her up on Thursday! Had a good run with the FoST, but I never should have test driven a FiST!
I had the same username on a certain FoST forum. Noticed [MENTION=2489]praecurvo[/MENTION] is on here as well. What are your thoughts on a suspension setup? I followed your lead on the focus and ended up with the best combo, FRPP w/B8's....

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Picking her up on Thursday! Had a good run with the FoST, but I never should have test driven a FiST!
I had the same username on a certain FoST forum. Noticed [MENTION=2489]praecurvo[/MENTION] is on here as well. What are your thoughts on a suspension setup? I followed your lead on the focus and ended up with the best combo, FRPP w/B8's....


Haha, welcome! I had a feeling that if I test drove the FiST, then I'd have to have one. Happy I had the opportunity to own the FoST, but super pleased with my decision. Congrats on your decision.

As for suspension on the FiST, I have had great luck with chassis bracing alone. I find the OEM ride in the FiST with bracing comparable to the setup on my FoST. Yes I track it and yes I autoX. I feel that it's the perfect combo of on-road manners with just the right amount of sport.

Front 2 point brace.
Rear trunk brace.
Torsion bar.
 


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[MENTION=952]frankiefiesta[/MENTION] I'm in Belmar. My girlfriend and her friend actually want me to take them to Popcorn park and go get a pumpkin from Argos on Thurs. It's gonna be the first mini road trip in the FiST, haha. Do you drive a black FiST? Might have seen you on the Parkway last week.
[MENTION=2489]praecurvo[/MENTION] What vendor did you go with for the chassis bracing?
 


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[MENTION=3211]boobsapproved[/MENTION] I lucked out, it had just arrived at my local dealer the day before. Has everything except the moonroof, exactly how I would have built it. And Sync 3 is amazing, it blows MFT away.
 


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[MENTION=3211]boobsapproved[/MENTION] I lucked out, it had just arrived at my local dealer the day before. Has everything except the moonroof, exactly how I would have built it. And Sync 3 is amazing, it blows MFT away.
That's exactly how I ordered my 16! Magnetic with recaros and no moon roof. Great taste!
 


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Oh nice. That's west of the parkway. Majority of people live on the east side. I drive a white fiesta. Was stage 3 but had to go back to stock to have the transmission looked at (making a loud whine, dealer has a transmission on order for me).

Ill be at the meets next spring, maybe I'll bump into you.

[MENTION=952]frankiefiesta[/MENTION] I'm in Belmar. My girlfriend and her friend actually want me to take them to Popcorn park and go get a pumpkin from Argos on Thurs. It's gonna be the first mini road trip in the FiST, haha. Do you drive a black FiST? Might have seen you on the Parkway last week.
[MENTION=2489]praecurvo[/MENTION] What vendor did you go with for the chassis bracing?
 


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Oh nice. That's west of the parkway. Majority of people live on the east side. I drive a white fiesta. Was stage 3 but had to go back to stock to have the transmission looked at (making a loud whine, dealer has a transmission on order for me).

Ill be at the meets next spring, maybe I'll bump into you.
Were you at COBB Stage 3? That's my plan but I want to drive her around stock for a bit and shake out any warranty issues that might pop up. When I had my FoST I never hit up any of the meets in the area. I hear theres a big one in Freehold at either the mall or Wal-mart. It's something I'll definitely look into though.
 


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Were you at COBB Stage 3? That's my plan but I want to drive her around stock for a bit and shake out any warranty issues that might pop up. When I had my FoST I never hit up any of the meets in the area. I hear theres a big one in Freehold at either the mall or Wal-mart. It's something I'll definitely look into though.
Only thing Cobb I have is the access port lol. Got a lot of my stuff off of this forum used. Saved a bunch of money that way.
Yeah there were a few huge meets in freehold. Those are usually the ones I go to besides smaller local ones.
 


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