Fiesta Mk3 The Complete FAQ

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Postby Superal on Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:59 pm

hell yeah it should be in guide section
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Postby LAFTA on Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:29 am

:aviator:
Very handy for me as I am newb modder, thx a lot.
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Postby TomRS1800 on Thu Oct 14, 2004 11:27 am

Nice guide there my friend

You forgot another mettalic colour which my old RS1800 was in and thats Tourmalin green
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Postby wywywywy on Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:51 pm

Sorry I can't believe I missed this colour :O
Thanks for the tip.
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Postby wywywywy on Thu Oct 14, 2004 2:51 pm

Sorry I can't believe I missed this colour :O
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Postby StreetDragster on Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:09 pm

Great Guide

However, little niggle, ont he fit wheels bit you have 194/blah blah blah, and that should be 195

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Postby ooral on Thu Oct 14, 2004 6:22 pm

Great stuff mate! Good for someone new to the game! :D
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Postby wywywywy on Sat Oct 16, 2004 6:29 pm

A bit of ICE added...
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Postby Modder_Phill on Sat Oct 16, 2004 9:40 pm

How about TourMallard Green colour as well?
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Postby wywywywy on Sat Oct 16, 2004 10:03 pm

that is "tourmaline green" and "mallard green" I thought? :-?
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Postby OldSkoolCool on Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:17 pm

Thanks for doing the guide... i found it very helpful :)
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Postby Badgerboy on Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:56 pm

Oi, Proj, why isn't this in the guides section yet? Would cut down on lots of needless posts!
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Postby Project on Mon Apr 04, 2005 1:35 am

wywywy wrote:How accurate/comprehensive is this FAQ?

Not very at the moment. These are all from my personal experience or what I gathered from FiestaTurbo.com. Notice that I don't claim to be an expert, so if you see something you don't like or you want to add, let me know and I will change it or put it in, or a mod can change it. Let's make it a team effort


That's why! :)

Here's what I'll do - I'll put a big shouty-style announcement at the top of the General 4um asking everyone to check the guide over if/when they have time and post up whether they spot any mistakes.

We'll give it a week or two, then I'll do my best to nit-pick the resulting guide. If between us we can't find any faults after all that, and you don't mind adding in information as/when people suggest it, or researching it, I will move it into the guides section and possibly look at turning it into a more organised page on my site to use as a starting point for Fezzie owners.

How does that sound to you? :)

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Postby Badgerboy on Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:10 am

Most gracious!
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Postby Capri on Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:00 pm

I'd help out with the buying and selling aspect but the problem is that, due to their popularity, Fiesta prices are dependant upon so many variables (e.g. model, year, history, colour, spec) - really it's best just to take each car as it comes! :lol:

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Postby Chris 2i on Mon Apr 04, 2005 12:42 pm

isn't diamond white a metallic colour? panther black definitely is but I don't think it was around when Mk3's were new, ash black was the metallic black of the time iirc
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Postby Project on Mon Apr 04, 2005 2:58 pm

Chris 2i wrote:isn't diamond white a metallic colour?


Nope.
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Postby jayrs on Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:34 am

most mk3 seem to leak water on the n/s windscreen for some reason.

also the rear panal can rust on the seams and also under the doors and boot seals.

the FRST has a few bits on it that are for the FRST only like the steering rack ( not avaliable from fords any more) and also the bottom ball joints, there 10mm set out and 10mm set back.
the shocks are also different to those of the xr2i and any other models and the ride hight is lower too. (standard)
for anyone intersted the pistons on the FRST are the same as on the ERST

also the breaer set up on the FRST is a little different to that of the 2i's etc

also, the export model FRST only had FIESTA TURBO stickers on the back unless the uk models that have FIESTA RS TURBO
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Postby Project on Tue Apr 05, 2005 1:59 pm

jayrs wrote:the shocks are also different to those of the xr2i(standard)


How are the shocks different dude? Shorter?
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Postby jayrs on Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:14 pm

sorry mate, lol , i should of stated right, ( night shifts :lol: )

"in the no-load state setting, the unique spring struts for fiesta rs turbo are 25mm shorter with revised damping rate."
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Postby Project on Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:20 pm

:lol: Fair play!
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Postby SWRT on Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:21 pm

That look good cheers mate :)
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Postby jayrs on Tue Apr 05, 2005 6:45 pm

just under 7 years i have had my FRST, i know every inch of her,

did you know, that export model fiesta ( dunno what spec) had air con too :Q
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Postby PaulFRST on Thu Apr 07, 2005 2:10 pm

Excellent post mate
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Postby zetec s ant on Sun Apr 10, 2005 2:19 pm

what about how to fit neon washer jets?
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Postby AW3K on Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:38 pm

thought i'd revive this post lol

can you please add my site to the list, http://www.fiestaguides.co.uk

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Postby Burnage on Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:40 pm

Is the PATS on my car internal or external?

All Ford cars up to 96 have external PATS.


I think the diesels did not. I have no red chip in my key. I think I read somewhere it worked by stopping the ignition from working, so the engine would turn over but no spark hence wouldn't fire. Diesels not needing spark plugs this wouldn't work for them, and evidently they couldn't be arsed to think up anything different. Or, perhaps, they thought that once the engine did fire the thief would realise it was a diesel and leave it...
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Postby fiestamodder123 on Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:54 pm

anyone else think this deserves a sticky :)
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Postby dontpannic on Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:11 pm

Burnage wrote:
Is the PATS on my car internal or external?

All Ford cars up to 96 have external PATS.


I think the diesels did not. I have no red chip in my key. I think I read somewhere it worked by stopping the ignition from working, so the engine would turn over but no spark hence wouldn't fire. Diesels not needing spark plugs this wouldn't work for them, and evidently they couldn't be arsed to think up anything different. Or, perhaps, they thought that once the engine did fire the thief would realise it was a diesel and leave it...


Not sure, tbh. Tested the PATS/immobilizer on the fiesta today and it doesn't even try and start, it's as though the battery is dead...
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Postby Burnage on Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:45 pm

Oh well maybe I am wrong on that. But I am fairly sure I have read somewhere it's petrols only. I have a simpler key, not got a chip in it for the immobilizer.
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Re: Fiesta Mk3 The Complete FAQ

Postby Capri on Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:48 am

I've just stickied this (belatedly), although I'm pretty sure some of the info contained therein isn't accurate. I've no doubt some of the colours are missing, for example. However, if people want to add their suggestions for changes that need to be made, I'll edit them into the original post when I next revisit this thread (as long as they're verified to be accurate changes).
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Re: Fiesta Mk3 The Complete FAQ

Postby Excursion on Sun Apr 20, 2008 11:14 am

Mk3.5 isn't a 'slightly' upgraded Mk3 - it's massively upgraded!

The Mk3.5 chassis isn't bad at all where the Mk3 is dangerously weak.

Mk3.5 has a high tensile safety cage inside the passenger compartment, together with many chassis improvements (inner wings, chassis legs etc etc)
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Re: Fiesta Mk3 The Complete FAQ

Postby russ-RST on Thu Apr 08, 2010 1:46 am

hi mate nice 1 for putting this up :)
although you missed out the colour mint green which mine is it only comes on the mk3.5 and only on the frasatti model which you also missed this is the highest spec model you get for optional extras etc.
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Re: Fiesta Mk3 The Complete FAQ

Postby 4992jk1 on Wed May 12, 2010 5:08 pm

just thought you should know that there was a period of "crossover" between EEC-IV and EEC-V where they modified the EEC-IV to use OBDII as well like JEST
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Re: Fiesta Mk3 The Complete FAQ

Postby MB7201 on Wed May 12, 2010 6:43 pm

They aren't obd2, but they have the same style plug with a different protocol used in a similar way.
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