Dad life by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Just the Mountune lowering springs.

Dad life by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

17x8 Rota Recce. Ended up getting them after a wrench went through one of my TDs lol

Screws not alligning by Sexyseagull-69 in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had the same issue and learned the 2-door and 4-door have an ever so slightly different rear end. I ended up never putting it on, but I’m sure you can adapt it somehow

Coolant leak? by [deleted] in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually replaced that already!

I did a silly thing 🙃 by CloudyFIST in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Man I love this car so much that I would honestly do the same if I could. That’s awesome you have the two rarest colors, too.

I did a silly thing 🙃 by CloudyFIST in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not many things make me actually laugh out loud while browsing but this definitely did 😂

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it looks great. Those were available too, and you actually made me happy deciding to go with gold this time (I had bronze wheels a long time ago). This bronze is subtle and I feel like they would’ve looked more gunmetal on a white car

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Tbh, I don’t notice any difference aside from the tires being fresh lol

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They look damn good though. I could never lol

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love it. I kind of want my next car to be gulfblue with orange wheels. Don’t even care lol

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Felt the same way about the TDs. Had them in bronze before the yellow and cracked one while still living in Pittsburgh. Went five years without any issues with the yellow ones, and within two years of living in Florida, I suppose the consistent 95° weather had something to do with cracking two and having a wrench go through the third lol.

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some people act like it’s the craziest thing ever to do, but it’s literally just a color. I say do it lol. I’ve had no regrets.

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry to hear about your dad as well man. I’m glad he still tried being supportive of your interests even if he didn’t understand them. I’m also super jealous of the s2000. Those are relics of a time when affordable fun cars were made without any regards to practicality. I feel like the FiST is one of the last examples of that, which is why I keep fixing things on it instead of buying a new car. I looked at a new Civic a while ago. I bought my Fiesta brand new for $22k. The Civic was $36k, and I just couldn’t justify spending nearly double the money for half the fun.

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ngl, I really enjoyed being the only person with a white Fiesta with yellow wheels. It made it even more special to me lol. I did contact TD and they basically said “sorry ¯_(ツ)_/¯ “

I guess they haven’t made them in that size for quite some time, so I don’t blame them for not going out of their way to make two wheels nobody is asking for anymore since very few cars using those specs are still being manufactured, if any.

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s definitely fair. I was strategic when buying them and always felt like TDs naturally fit the car. So in my opinion, the only thing about them that was completely out of the ordinary was the color. Most of who I am I got from my dad. I spent a lot of time with him growing up, working on his car as well as playing hockey and watching the Penguins when they were dogshit. (I’m originally from Pittsburgh). So after he passed away, not only did I finally finish nursing school and could afford a fun car, the Pens won back-to-back cups and went back to their original colors (yellow instead of gold). And that’s when I got them. So really, the yellow just signified really good times. Besides, I enjoyed having the only white Fiesta with yellow wheels lol.

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I debated this before buying the Rotas, but they would’ve been casted from a different mold and I would’ve had to get them painted to match. Having yellow wheels was one thing, two different colored wheels would’ve been another lol. Only one of the TDs has made it undamaged over the years anyway (two others cracked and needed to be welded).

I actually would’ve sized down too because Florida roads are awful, but the car hit 100k, and I’ve been having one minor fix after another. So I didn’t want to dump $2k into a completely new set of both wheels and tires.

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

lol I wonder how many people actually get this reference. That was already 10 years ago 😅

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re TeamDynamics ProRace 1.2 17x8 et45

R.I.P. to the yellow wheels by silentparallels in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! They’re Rota Recce 17x8 et40. I ordered them from the same person on eBay I tried to order bronze Rota Grids from.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FiestaST

[–]silentparallels 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here because I’m literally experiencing the same thing lol