Fiesta ST - Quad Light Install

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
12/31/2018 at 11:16 • Filed to: Best of COFL

So the total install took me 17 hours from popping the hood to aiming the lights. In that time, I went to a parts store 5 times, had my wife get starbucks twice and swore many, many times.

Keep in mind I have never, ever done anything mechanical in my life other than light bulbs/fluids and other minor things. I chose to do this job as I didn’t trust anyone else to do it for me and I wanted to save the $500-$1000 for install. I have done more intense things on the truck, but this is a different game.

Teardown

This is the before picture, hood popped. Put the car up on ramps, the car is so low I needed to use wood to lengthen the run up so the front bumper cover could clear.

Lights come out!

Off with the bumper!!!

Wiring

I ran a thick cable through a small hole in the firewall, removing the rubber grommet that was in the hole, which I saved for use later. I pushed the cable into the insulation/sound deadening, pulling it out from near the top of the clutch pedal (quite hard, given I had to push my fingers through a tiny hole to get to the firewall and cable).

Hole in firewall with sound deadening and cable visible

Once I had the cable in the car, I attached the 3 switch wires to the other end of the cable (staggering them to make the package smaller) and wrapped it in electrical tape. I pulled the cable through the hole and presto! the wires followed.

I then took apart the centre stack (seat controls/ traction control) as well as the area around and below the shifter. I ran the wires under the drivers side carpet and into the centre tunnel pulling the cable/wires into their final spot.

I then drilled a hole in the base of my centre stack to install my switch. I chose to install it in the Fiesta’s useless cubby hole.

On the exterior, I hooked the power leads up to the battery and after about an hour and a half of faffing about due to a defective part, I was set to install the light plate on my grille.

Installation of the light plate was pretty straightforward. Just drill through the solid part of my grille, put some bolts/nuts in and it was on. I installed the mounting brackets, and test fitted a light. The cables for the lights were fine, but the connectors were too thick to fit through the honeycomb grille, so I made some “modifications” to the plugs as I was not willing to cut my grille.

For the lower lights, due to the sealed section of the grille, I had to drill some holes and use a dremel to bore out a section of honeycomb.

I ran wires along the actual steel bumper, being careful to secure things with zip ties and electrical tape to protect against fraying.

I then installed the lights for a final time, wired them up and got the the bumper cover ready for installation.

Got the bumper all back together!

All lit and ready for aiming!

DISCUSSION (23)

OmerCarrothers333 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 11:22

Very nice.

Are you in an area that experiences long nights in the winter and you don’t want to hit a caribou?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 11:37

Reminds me of a quad-.50 for some reason.

Kinja'd!!!

vicali > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 11:37

Nice warm garage, Starbucks, company wifey - sounds like a day well spent!

Back in the day my installs involved laying upside down on the snow wondering is the soldering iron was working.. T hese days I do the warm garage route, makes for tidier installs.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 11:44

Did you have the same realization as I did when I saw a Fiesta head light on a shelf that the Fiesta has HUGE headlights ? I literally stood there for a solid couple minutes staring at it trying to figure out how such a massive light fits on such a small car.

wafflesnfalafel > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 12:07

T hat looks really good - I know some folks poo poo LED light bar systems, but dang, they look cool and are super useful and provide so much more vision w/o a huge power draw.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > OmerCarrothers333
12/31/2018 at 12:09

I’m not, no. Some deer, but I am in an urban area without much in the way of snow or wildlife

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
12/31/2018 at 12:09

Yeah, they are huge!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
12/31/2018 at 12:09

Next mod. 4x .50's

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 12:18

Well done!

I like the quad light look.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 12:28

Nice! Now I'm interested in doing it with my car.

shop-teacher > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 12:44

Well done sir!

MM54 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
12/31/2018 at 12:50

Very nicely done, looks like a clean install. Looks good all lit up, too!

I always wanted to make a prerunner style brush bar for the front of the crown vic and mount some lights on it but never got around to it. If I ever have another one maybe I’ll do it for that one!

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
01/01/2019 at 15:35

Looking great! Reminds me a lot of my install awhile ago. I’m glad I installed the fogs on my car, but I do wish they were a bit brighter!

atrombs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/28/2019 at 08:31

I realize that I’m late to this post, but I love it! I have wanted to do this to my Focus ST for a long time. The pictures are great, and though it’s not the same car I assume they’ll help quite a bit when I get around to doing mine. I think I’m going to go with the Hella lights though. Less overall light, but I love that old school rally look, and when it comes down to it they’ll be more for style than utility for my car.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > atrombs
02/28/2019 at 08:45

to be honest, mine is probably more for style too. I considered the Hella’s for a long, long time, but the Baja’s are a very nice light and extreamly well built.

Either way, I say go for it!

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > atrombs
02/28/2019 at 08:45

to be honest, mine is probably more for style too. I considered the Hella’s for a long, long time, but the Baja’s are a very nice light and extreamly well built.

Either way, I say go for it!

atrombs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/28/2019 at 08:48

It’s the next mod for sure!

Also - we have very similar profile pictures. neato.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > atrombs
02/28/2019 at 08:51

Kinja'd!!!

I think all car photos should be taken during sunsets!

atrombs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
02/28/2019 at 13:12

So..... This happened literally 1 hour and 15 minutes after I replied to you. :-(

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CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > atrombs
02/28/2019 at 13:14

Oh no! Is it a write off?

atrombs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
03/01/2019 at 07:01

Most likely. I certainly don’t want it back repaired. Obviously the other guy was at fault, so hopefully I can swing this into an upgrade to an RS.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > atrombs
03/30/2019 at 20:39

How’s it hanging? Have you decided on what to replace the ST with?

atrombs > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
04/01/2019 at 12:47

Hey! Not too bad, stuff with insurance is going a little slower than I hoped, but it’s moving along. Probably going to end up in a WRX STI.