Rally/touring car-style driving lights

^^^^^ that car looks f****ing good. The one think I like about the Focus ST over the Fiesta in the looks department is the width,

jimlau said:

So I came across this, the Ice Nine Group/Team O'Neill Fiesta ST from SEMA. I don't really like anything about the car except those recessed lights in the front grill. It's definitely crazy for a road car, but is anyone looking into doing anything like this? It does accentuate the "Aston" front end style, in my opinion.

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This looks very similar to a stock front end, or am I just crazy. Looks like the only thing changed was that the grill was removed.

In any case, I'd REALLY love to see what these look like on a rather stock ST (With grill removed, and lights seated like they are here.)

I am planning on installing 2-4 Hella 500's on the grille for winter use. The plan would be to install a large backing plate behind the honeycomb and run the fog lamp bolts through the grille and secure them to the backing plate. I have seen a Focus ST with 3 large fog lamps, and that looked pretty good as well.

I love that look on the right car...I had not thought about it on the fiesta, but maybe it would work...on my mini I had a light bar mounted across the front with two Hella 500 Fogs and two Hella 500 Driving lights

These should work out quite nicely hidden behind the grill

level42 said:

These should work out quite nicely hidden behind the grill

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Yeah, so much room behind it. Haven't seen that much room on any car before.

F1ST said:

Yeah, so much room behind it. Haven't seen that much room on any car before.

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I wouldn't know, I haven't gotten my car yet :scared:

Soon, my precious! :mischievous:

level42 said:

I wouldn't know, I haven't gotten my car yet :scared:

Soon, my precious! :mischievous:

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Soon Enough you will be able to see and feel all the ST goodness for yourself

nice detail touch with the rivets

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Slowclimb said:

I love that look on the right car...I had not thought about it on the fiesta, but maybe it would work...on my mini I had a light bar mounted across the front with two Hella 500 Fogs and two Hella 500 Driving lights

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Lol, had the same setup on my Mini and my WRX. Was planning on doing something with the fiesta too. The issue is LED vs. Halogen. I have 5 hella 500s (2 driving, 1 fog, 2 spot) with 100W bulbs on my jeep. I also have 5-10W 30 degree beam LEDs on a windshield light bar on the Jeep. I have to say, the LEDs put the Hellas to shame for output, plus they're wicked small and were about $17 each on amazon ( shipped from China ). So although I love how my old 500s looked on my WRX and Mini, kinda torn if the functionality of the LEDs is going to be better.

What model are the LEDs?

I was mostly looking for a brand that had CREE LEDs, TMH is what I got I believe. They had nice aluminum housings but the mounting left a little to be desired. But they've made it through about a year of use with no issues, I did buy a couple extras just in case. There are some LED light bars out there that will put these to shame as well. If I was interested in driving my car in the winter, I would probably get a 10 LED bar, then add some yellow xpel film, although I would want to experiment on a single cheaper housing to see if the film creates heat issues. Right now, pretty happy with the improvement my hella optilux yellow bulbs gave me for fogs. I would want the extra set for driving assistance, either spot or driving pattern.