What did you do to your Fiesta today?

[Rowdy09]

Painted the wheels and calipers, installed R2C child air intake, changed the O2 sensors, and transmission fluid change

Paint just the front calipers?

 

[Wunmanband]

Paint just the front calipers?

Yeah, kinda iffy on painting the drums

 

[Dean72]

Yeah, kinda iffy on painting the drums

Good sanding, cleaning, and high temp stove paint is perfect.


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights

 

[Wunmanband]

Good sanding, cleaning, and high temp stove paint is perfect.


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights

Yeah I feel that, I'm sayin I don't know if I want to make the drums pop. Did you paint yours?

 

[Dean72]

Yeah I feel that, I'm sayin I don't know if I want to make the drums pop. Did you paint yours?

I have not but plan to once the weather gets a little warmer. Rustoleum makes a flat black high temp paint I’m going to use.


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights

 

[Rowdy09]

Yeah, kinda iffy on painting the drums

Im in the same boat with you. For the drums I may go with a gloss black so they blend in with my wheels. I want to do my fronts for sure

 

[Wunmanband]

Im in the same boat with you. For the drums I may go with a gloss black so they blend in with my wheels. I want to do my fronts for sure

Yeah I think the fronts turned out amazing. I used POR15 caliper paint from Amazon, it was less than ten bucks for the can.

 

[Rowdy09]

Yeah I think the fronts turned out amazing. I used POR15 caliper paint from Amazon, it was less than ten bucks for the can.

Have to look it up

 

[Dean72]

Yeah I feel that, I'm sayin I don't know if I want to make the drums pop. Did you paint yours?

I wouldn’t go gloss on drums personally. It looks terrible on most vehicles I’ve seen painted that way.


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights

 

[Wunmanband]

I wouldn’t go gloss on drums personally. It looks terrible on most vehicles I’ve seen painted that way.


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights

Yeah that's my train of thought too. I mean drums are consumable maintenance items, I don't think I'm going to paint something that's gonna end up getting tossed in a dumpster down the road

 

[Wunmanband]

Have to look it up

My bad, 15 a can. But the stuff is solid. Funny enough though, I saw where a few people had issues with getting brake fluid on the paint would mess it up. YMMV

 

[econoboxrocks]

Yeah that's my train of thought too. I mean drums are consumable maintenance items, I don't think I'm going to paint something that's gonna end up getting tossed in a dumpster down the road

True, but drums last a lot longer than shoes. Some flat or satin black would look better than rust.

 

[Wunmanband]

True, but drums last a lot longer than shoes. Some flat or satin black would look better than rust.

Very true. Maybe I'll pull em back off lol

 

[Rowdy09]

My bad, 15 a can. But the stuff is solid. Funny enough though, I saw where a few people had issues with getting brake fluid on the paint would mess it up. YMMV

Thanks! The drummies need something that's for sure. Gloss or flat I don't know but something

 

[Dean72]

Thanks! The drummies need something that's for sure. Gloss or flat I don't know but something

Old school days, they used to cross drill them. Effectiveness was marginal. Not worth the time involved for me.


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights

 

[LionsTooth]

Old school days, they used to cross drill them. Effectiveness was marginal. Not worth the time involved for me.

<raises hand> I did that. No difference for hours of work. And it lets the water in easier.....not good. DOH! Amazing what I did when I was 19 and had too much free time!

 

[LionsTooth]

Now it'll stay clean between use. Bath & a cover.

 

[Dean72]

Now it'll stay clean between use. Bath & a cover.
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I’d get a cover, but it’s my daily


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights

 

[LionsTooth]

I’d get a cover, but it’s my daily

Mine is more like every 3-5 days.

 

[Dean72]

Mine is more like every 3-5 days.

I’ve ordered a 30” Hush Thrush muffler to tone down the exhaust. Especially since the DC Sports muffler has most of its packing blown out thanks to two steps and a neat trick with the clutch and gas while the N2MB box is on


2014 Ford Fiesta SE Hatchback
Cold Air Intake
OBX Header with high-flo cat, resonator, and DC Sports muffler and 2.5” exhaust
N2MB Two Step
FRPP Suspension
17” Focal with 205/45s
3M Dark Smoke Vinyl Wrapped Lights