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I agree , the fuel hike is not needed at this time in our economy , people are still struggling after the rescession which i might add might be over for some but is still current for others, and it will still go up more in the budget robbing us blind me thinks :mad:

SOLD hello all ive won a voucher for this http://www.argosgifts.co.uk/bagchoicevouchersite/choicevoucherlist.aspx?PId=6713 no good for me so is up for grabs if anyone is interested , i have the voucher details and pin number for booking what ever ride takes your fancy , im not looking...

no mate not yet lol im slow and old pmsl

They dont seem as blue as i thought , but it could be that the bulbs are old so maybe need changing, the wifes happy thats the main thing , she never looks at the dials anyways only to see how much fuel she has to burn pmsl

Yeh got them fitted today as a matter of fact , didnt fit the blue bulbs as i thought its a big rigmarow to take it apart twice , the dials came with some good instructions , i took the original dials off and put the lockwoods on and it looks very good , was quite fiddly to do at some parts but...

cheers mate , will try the blue anyways seems as i got them if they are too over the top then i will take it all apart again and refit with normal bulbs again

well just bought these from fleabay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120528908998&_trkparms=tab%3DWatching have got the blue led bulbs to replace the clear normal bulbs on the dash dials , will this be too much with these dials ?? , will i have to use normal bulbs or will...

If there is very little current in the ht side , why do they call it the high tensile side , and again if you grab hold of the ht lead you will get a very good kick off the current passing through ??????????????

Also just to add if you are running stock engine with stock coil you should only need normal size leads , as the larger diamiter leads will give you no benefit you will see or know of , most people upgrade to 8mm and above if they have upgraded their ignition setup ie larger high capacity coils...

Here you go one side and rear bumper all markes , then the same for the oposite side and front bumper = 8 pieces

From what i can remember the 10.2 is the thickness of the cable , obviously the thicker the better , meaning longitivety of life , least able to break inside the core , and the thickness mean a more consentrated pulse /spark to the distributor meaning a high voltage coil may be used with no loss...

Got it but the wife likes the one thats on for a min , she will soon get fed up lol

Well have bought the above bulbs (in the post above) and will be having a go at relacing them on the weekend , what i need to know is the steering wheel has an airbag , when i pull the center of (airbag ) and disconnect it its not going to go off , (never dealt with these before lol ) then take...

Pmsl , at least you are all friendly here , another site i joined (no names) they were ok untill the young whipper snapers started and then they were arguing and threatning each other all over some one revving their engine and another leaving was quite heated and i thought do i need to be a...

cheers guys will look into the gunk/degreaser and probably ask the garage i go to what they use im sure i will be able to nick/borrow some of they lol , good terms with the owner :P doesnt get me money off but gives me favours and the odd cheap repair lol

Right i have read the post a few down about engine bay cleaning , and i know from old days that petrol engines when wet are a pain in the rear , now i have a jet wash at home (cold feed only) and the car has a lot of sensors /electrical wires and relays everywhere in my engine bay , whats the...

4 Days and 287miles in ours at the min , but we are still finding out only having the car for just under 2 weeks lol

Doesnt it look pretty in the snow soroundings , I love any car setting in that snow rob

Door shutting on my hand :amazed: didnt i yell nearly broke my fingers luckily only brusing was sore for weeks , but my own fault for putting my hand there pmsl

No havent come across that one as far as i can remember lol , but then i have been all over the country (x HGV Driver ) so you never know lol

Hi again , East the water has changed the relief road going to the industrial estate this now has two housing estates built we are living in a newly built one on one of these with our back facing the road we have been here now for a year and still works going on around us lol , both the areas...

cheers waynne , its R reg so 98 i think , i have a feeling they are the twist out bulbs not the leds soldered on , i have found these on ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370258400240&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Only thing is i aready have blue dials so dont know if these...

Yes , Yes , Yes , And Yes pmsl , im always looking out the window at the cars we own and some we dont , i try and drive everyday if i need to or not what the hell its got to be done pmsl

Ahhh HDI fun , know northam well we lived across that side for a year we are on the east side now of the river , and as for bathwick tyres thats where we go they are a friendly bunch of chaps and yes will help/sort out any problems they can. Lovely place north devon and as you indicated well...

Right i have the petrol guage dash light not working , are they the led type bulbs or the flat blade bulbs that just pull out from the holder , also do i have to take the steering wheel off to get the dash out ?? any help appreciated , im hoping they are the latter as i cant solder for toffee...

Cheers waynne , after i posted the question i then started to explore the site and found the shop so i will be having a good look and see if there is what i need cheers

cheers guys , the car came with a set of lexus lights but one has a fault it keeps blowing the fuse so i need to see if i can trace the fault and then i was hoping to try and tint them maybe that will work lol as for tints the rear windows have been replaced at some point during its life there...

well decided to give her a wash , and here she is nice and clean for 2 secs lol Hope you like her we do rob and karen

cheers waynne , its the wife that has caught the modding bug , she wanted a hot hatch we changed from a rover 25 turbo deisel to the saxo at her command pmsl , but all said and done i love the car too takes me back a few years to when i did mod my cars , but we still have a few things we want to...

Were in a sleepy village called bideford lol , right by the sea

Ok as you all can see we are deep down south so far 1 step and were swimming pmsl , but what i wanted to know is where the best places to buy performance /modified parts obviously with the saxo in mind as i dont think my mazda bongo can be modde'd like cars so with this in mind as ive been out...

Thanks mate , the wife has got more instore from what i can gather , but with age and im disabled i struggle quite badly now but will keep on plodding and hopefully when im dead :amazed: it will be where the wife wants her to be :toung: or not :embarrest:

Nice one david , I think its forum etiquette to keep us informed of how you get on with a list also of what mods your intending on doing :P plenty of info on the site just do a search and you should find what your after and if not ask away like i did lol soon got my amp from not worky to sort...

cheers mate lol , just noticed i have exceeded the 10 post mark so have uploaded some pics into my album i think thats where they go if not sorry and let me know and i will delete/remove them lol

Looks very stealthy looking with th black wheels

Looks very stealthy looking with th black wheels

Those pics are awesome , nice white stuff to play in with the 4x4 nice

Blimey charlie , (get the cheque book out ) £7.99 for that bit of wood geroff its mine pmsl what a load of A-team lol

cheers mate , and yes checked that , BAD63R your a gem , did the trick 12v live to remote and the old girl lit up , amp that is not the wife :embarrest: , so asumed it was h/unit end so struggled to get the h/unit out bloody security cages pmsl , and low and behold the remote lead wasnt...

well hello there neighbour lol , and thanks to the rest of you guys for the warm reception , im a little rusty with all this modding but am trying to get into it again for the sake of the wife and her hot hatch lol fitted some new cheapy 6x9's today for her which have some loverly blue leds in...