EXTREME MAKEOVER
This month, the EBC Brakes Fiesta receives a whole new appearance thanks to a custom Yiannimize vinyl wrap and some stealthy Rota Recce alloys
QUICK SPEC EBC Brakes Racing Apollo Balanced Big Brake Kit ■ Eibach Pro-Spacer Kit ■ Michelin Pilot Sport 4 tyres ■ Pumaspeed Stage 4 tune with X58EVO turbo ■ Forge BOV ■ Cusco Type RS LSD
■ ST XTA coilovers ■ Eibach ARBs ■ Ultra Racing strut braces ■ Powerflex bushes ■ Yiannimize vinyl wrap ■ Rota Recce alloys
If you’ve read our last few entries in Fast Fleet, you’ll know that up until recently we’ve focused almost exclusively on functional, performance-enhancing upgrades for our Ultimate Fiesta Build project.
And while there’s no doubting the fact these mods have transformed the Mk7 ST from standard road car to complete road and track weapon in a matter of months, we couldn’t help thinking it was probably about time we paid some attention to the way our hot hatch looked.
One of the most effective ways of singlehandedly changing the appearance of your motor is with a full-body vinyl wrap, so we soon got to work putting some blueprints together for a bespoke livery design that would make the Fiesta a little more eyecatching while out and about.
Soon settling on a striking red-and-black design that sets off the EBC Brakes Racing brand colours perfectly, our next job was to work out who to entrust with applying the wrap to the car. And it didn’t take us long to choose London-based Yiannimize for the job.
You might know this much-loved outfit from the recent Dave TV show that revolved around the day-to-day running of the firm. Renowned for supplying countless celebs with bespoke wrap solutions for their supercars and SUVs, Yiannimize was more than qualified for our little car.
Following some pre-wrap discussions with the team to finalise colour choices, we left the keys with the talented wrappers at Yiannimize’s North London HQ while they worked their magic.
A week or so later, we were invited back to be presented with the finished product – a stunning wrap job that features three layers of vinyl (satin black, gloss black and gloss red) laid out in the exact style we’d mocked up on the small screen.
Safe to say the car looked infinitely cooler than it did when it drove in – now giving off the aesthetic of something between a top-end race car and a Hot Wheels toy. The attention to detail is incredible and there’s not a spec of the original Frozen White paintwork to be seen inside or out.
To set off the new look, we snapped up some 7.5 x 17in Rota Recce alloys in gunmetal that act as the perfect addition to the new body art – the multi-spoke turbofan-inspired design complementing the darker body colours as well as perfectly framing our Apollo Balanced Big Brake Kit on the front axle.
Next we’ll invest in a motorsport geometry alignment at Northampton Motorsport before we once again take the ST out on track to see how all of the new mods translate behind the wheel. We can’t wait