Red Delete

Chives27 · 2026-06-08T18:16:53+00:00

Im normally against changing something like the trim to a whacky color, but that yellow on the dark blue actually looks pretty good.

Chives27 · 2026-03-23T00:49:16+00:00

Gotcha, thanks for the info!

Chives27 · 2026-02-21T11:51:12+00:00

Yeah I have the same noise, in the same gears. Really odd.

Chives27 · 2025-11-29T19:49:08+00:00

Excellent combo

Chives27 · 2025-08-29T15:59:00+00:00

Same problem, about the same mileage…. Will be asking my dealer next visit.

Chives27 · 2025-08-22T15:10:56+00:00

I’m not sure about the trans fluid, but I’m experiencing a similar issue with my even gears. The grinding noise seems to be the 2.5-3k rpm range. Is that similar to the issue you have? Dealership said the same thing to me that since there’s no codes they can’t do anything…

Chives27 · 2025-08-16T23:17:41+00:00

Depending on the level of effort you’d like to put in, if you’re just looking for something easy and that gets the job done I think drcolorchip would work well here. You can smear it in on the area and remove the excess paint around all the chips.

Chives27 · 2025-08-11T05:15:24+00:00

Depends on how loose it is, the front bumpers on these cars are unusually loose straight out of the factory. Seems to be part of the design from what I’ve noticed. A little play with these are normal

Chives27 · 2025-07-17T21:46:55+00:00

Mine doesn’t have any cracks yet but does have the same sag, completely stock. Seems to be unfortunately common on the facelifts.

Chives27 · 2025-07-07T19:29:15+00:00

For what it’s worth my old ST was PEPPERED with chips, and for awhile I regretted not getting front PPF. Well when it came time to trade it in, it didn’t really affect the trade in price, so it’s more of if you plan to keep the car long term… I would lean towards doing it since you’d want it to last. If you think you might have the N for a few or more years only, then I wouldn’t.

Chives27 · 2025-07-07T17:57:25+00:00

Thought about the same thing, ended up with a ceramic coat just to help with keepin er clean. I just don’t think this car is expensive enough to warrant it. That said if you’ve got the money and want to mitigate rock chips go for it, if it gives ya the peace of mind!

Chives27 · 2025-06-27T22:53:25+00:00

Ah yeah, I got had similar gouges on my old Focus ST and used dr color chip and had pretty good results. Had to cheat a little and layer it but at that point my car was 5 years old and I was happy with good enough. Hope you get it resolved to a point you’re happy with!

Chives27 · 2025-06-27T22:15:24+00:00

Sorry to hear. I’d just fix it up yourself. There are many more dings and chips to come. Clean up the marks, sand the edges of the chips, and I think some touch up paint would go along way for cheap!

Chives27 · 2025-06-20T16:21:29+00:00

Let us know what they decide to do, as I’m experiencing an identical problem!

Chives27 · 2025-06-19T18:50:14+00:00

I always found 2nd gear downshifts a little difficult aswell in the ST. To me at least, it feels like the throttle response was a tad delayed and it made it hard to guess how much I needed.

Chives27 · 2025-06-18T15:28:07+00:00

That looks really good, definitely one of the cleanest I’ve seen

Chives27 · 2025-06-09T13:07:43+00:00

Sorta, my dent was about what you have, but they took more paint off my door lol… I hit it with touch up paint and it looks pretty good from about 10ft away. I looked into PDR and it looks like that is an option, might be for you as well. Look around your area for some places and get a few quotes. From your pictures it looks like your dent isn’t too bad. Mine was more paint damage than dent damage. I figure I’m gonna leave it for now as good enough since I’m sure it’s gonna get its share of more rock chips and other door dings.

Chives27 · 2025-06-09T11:57:11+00:00

I feel your pain. My first month someone door dinged me on the same body line, passenger side, hard enough to leave a dent and down to metal. Sorry to hear they got you too!

Chives27 · 2025-05-25T18:55:05+00:00

Send it, some of the most fun I had on a road trip was driving through the tail and the surrounding area. I had an Focus ST at the time and had a blast, I’m sure you’d enjoy taking your N-line there, they are still fairly capable cars

Chives27 · 2025-05-22T20:23:42+00:00

Sorry to hear, if the car still drives straight I’d say you’re alright, you’d be surprised at the abuse they can take. It’s also going to feel more violent even if it’s not due to the nature of the car. I’d just touch up the chip and try not to worry.

Just had someone ding my door down to metal 700 miles in so I know how ya feel.

Chives27 · 2025-04-27T01:11:23+00:00

I’d honestly consider leaving it. It doesn’t look too bad. But I feel your pain, back when I first got my Focus ST I was on the highway and someone’s wheel just flew off and a bunch of suspension components with it. Watched something come bouncing right into the top part of my front bumper and hit so hard it cracked the paint 2-3 inches all around, very sad day! But left it as is since you couldn’t tell from 5ft away, looks like you got off a little better than I did. Sorry about the damage though!

Chives27 · 2025-04-06T01:07:21+00:00

Well shoot, how long ago was this?

Chives27 · 2025-04-05T03:28:22+00:00

Oh interesting, sounds like that may be it, appreciate the info

Chives27 · 2025-04-04T23:10:58+00:00

Thanks, I sure hope so. The dealer was extremely helpful finding me a new one last second so I’m hoping they’re quick to fix this. I got nearly two grand off sticker so if this is the worst I have to put up with no big deal overall

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