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Awesome mate. Was looking forward to seeing the pics. Was a great day too. Thanks a lot for coming along with me mate. Photos looking wicked. That last one photoshopped is now my background. Cheers Mark

Havent got a pic yet but ill take one. But rest assured its the drivers side and its totally clear. Bullet since you spoke first Ill bring it to mod day and you can have first refusal. Rosssco - dont think you can get a silver bulb for it as you need an LED. To be honest though you can barely see it through the cluster once its fitted. Get some silver indicator bulbs if you havent already, they look

yeah I think you may be right mate. Ill see how it goes now its tightened to hell but should it happen again ill be swapping the battery for a uk one and switching the terminals.

Ill get one up for you but to be honest it looks perfectly normal and fine (other then it being JDM sizes). There is a lot of what looks like grease all over it. I may be stupid but I thought it was supposed to be there. It may be what caused it to slip off and on. Does anyone else have this? If not Im going to clean and dry it right away!

Im interested in this mate. I have the Amuse R1 Titan on mine which I love but you can no longer see it as its Blue and my rear underside has just been painted black. Im on the look out for something nice and shiny Does anyone know how this will compare to my current exhaust just so I know what Im getting into?

Ill get a pic up soon of my rear end but thought Id fill you guys in on something. When I was changing the indicator bulbs I realised that the red section of my cluster was just red paint or marker over the lense. So rather then have to remove the rear cluster I broke out some sand paper and some t-cut scratch remover and within 10 mins I had a symetrical rear end with no need for a cluster change. Not sure ho many other cars may have had this bodge job done but its worth a look. My clear rear cluster that I bought will be up for sale soon too if anyone wants it?

OK I dont want to tempt fate but I think I have this sorted. I removed my grounding kit entirely. Disconnected and reconnected the battery and checked all connections. Did everything up nice and tight. I then took the car out for a spin and everything seemed fine. Turned the engine off then went to restart and absolutely nothing. Even my immobilizer light had gone out so I knew power was gone completely. Checked under the bonnet and the positive connection to the battery was completely disconnected (even after reattaching and tightening). So I reconnected it and did it up so tight that I almost broke my ratchet and since then Ive not had a problem. It seems likely that what was happening was the positive cable was bumping loose then reattaching or something silly like that. I dont know for sure what the problem was but its been fine since tightening it up as much as I possibly could.

Bullet - the one I have is 330Amps Im pretty sure. Not sure if that means anything to you? Marzman - the thing is that after the car stalls I can then restart it straight away with the key. If it was an immobilizer problem wouldnt I have to disarm that again before it would let me restart? Ebized - Yes indeed the car battery was dead when I collected it where it had been sat for a while. It jump started no problem and the 6 hours or so that I was driving for after it was jump started were totally problem free. Since getting it home the only thing Ive changed is put a new battery in and thats when the cutting out started happening........... ......... .........actually something you said about an earth problem has just rung a bell with me. When I was fitting the battery I noticed that one of the cables from my grounding kit was not attached so I reattached it in the place where I believed it had come from. Could that be a problem? Surely refitting a grounding cable couldnt cause a car to just stall at random intervals? If Ive reconnected it in the wrong place could that have this affect?

Thats good info and great to know. Cheers guys. Puts in to perspective how the dyno could differ from real road driving. Yeah Mark lets sort out a swap and test session and see what results we can come up with.

We could trade for a week and review if you want Mark?

yeah it uses the same clip but clips into the pipe just on the side we cant see. I have the long version of this on my car and I love it. Glad you are enjoying it mate!! Just out of interest does anyone know if I would be better putting mine on the short kit like in this thread now that I have an air duct in my new front bumper? Or is it generally colder down lower anyway?

Cheers Bullet. I had thought that the general theory was get the biggest battery in there that will fit (on the JDM's anyway). The one I bought is exactly the same size as my old one and has the exact same terminals. Ill need to check the power rating etc to be sure they are the same but I cant see they would be too far different. My other option is to switch it for a UK one with UK terminals then change the posts over with the convertors. Yes thats exactly it mate, exactly like the fuel running out. The power just stops but it seems all the electrics are still fine. Im not sure if the brakes would stop working and the steering would become stiff if you just run out of fuel though which is what is happening on mine. I may just take it to my local garage and ask them to check the battery, alternator and run a fault dignostic to see if anything shows up.

Just to add another strange thing is that after collecting it from the garage and for the entire 6 hours I was driving it home that day the car drove perfect with absolutely no problems. Then I fit a brand new battery (using the existing terminals as I was able to get a battery with the correct JDM ones on it) and its cut out twice in two days.

Yeah that was my worry. I opted for my own garage and the only thing they were working on was the bodywork as there wasnt any engine damage according to the engineer from the insurance company who checked the car over. No it wasnt that the revs dropped (not that I noticed anyway). It seemed to happen as I was coasting (or possibly when I went to change gear). The car looked as normal from the inside but I do recall the airbag light coming on. When I went to restart the car thats when the electrics re-booted themselved but Im almost certain they didnt turn off until I turned the key off then on again. I have to drive the car home tonight so will take it easy and see if it happens again and if I can gather any more details on it.

Im going to speak with the guys at the garage but in all honesty the guy hit me so slow that it didnt appear there was any damage at all other then cosmetic. I guess it could be the radiator since that is the furthest forward part in the engine bay. I dont recall the engine lights coming on when the car cut out. Even the stereo and sat nav were still running which made it even harder to notice. It was only when I went to apply the brake that I realised the car had stalled. It did re-start instantly and without problem both times. The voltmeter is showing 14v when running and the battery is brand new.

Hey guys Well I guess with my luck it was only a matter of time before something went wrong with the car after not having it for 6 months and finally getting it back. The battery was dead when I got it back so I replaced it for a new one which worked fine and actually meant the car fired up quicker then ever before. Drove the car around for a bit and everything seemed ok. Then last night and the night before when driving the car home it just died mid drive. Im not talking stalled whilst sat at a lights or anything here, im talking doing 30 and 40 mile an hour around bends. I can honestly say that there is nothing more scary then loosing power like that in a corner at speed. The steering stiffens up so much that I can barely turn and I loose practically all braking. I had to pull the handbrake and stop the car in the middle of the opposite lane just to stop me from writing the car off. There is no warning that this is going to happen so unless I drive the car with one hand on the handbrake and one on the key (to attempt restart) there is a good chance if it happens again I will crash the car. Has this ever happened to anyone else? Anything I can look into? The car recently sufferend a front end bump at low speed and has been in having insurance work done. Is there anyway I can get the insurance company to pay for it to be checked over since surely its the insurance companies job to get my car back to me in safe working order? Im terrified to drive the car now and I just got it back. Any help much appreciated. Cheers.

No need to PM anyone mate. Once you have the file reduced in size (think it was 90 x 68 pixels on photobucket that worked) then just save the image. Then go into the User Control Panel and upload the new image as your avatar (its under the profile tab) and jobs a goodun Yeah we really do mate. Im desperate for some decent quality pics.

Thanks guys - you sorted me out nicely!

Does anyone know how I can make this photo small enough for my avatar? Been trying to reduce the size using paint but Ive got it down to smaller then a pin and it still wont upload. Is there a way I can just specify the size I want it to be and just enter that in rather then having to shrink by 10%, save it, retry and repeat? Any help much appreciated. Cheers.

I had the pleasure of seeing this bad boy when I collected mine from CS couple of days ago. You just cant beat that colour IMO and its gonna turn heads no doubt about it. Bet the owner is well chuffed!!

Thanks mate. I wont be spending any more on it for a bit just yet so Ill see if I can afford a wing at a later date but for now I think it looks good without one. I looked at that for my last Zed but nearly s**t myself when I saw the price I had almost the exact same reaction.

Or if hes really into his mods and power gains then a piggy back ecu (unichip etc) will also allow you to de-restrict and give you all the other benefits of tuning! This route will work out around £600 including fitting and mapping.

Isnt there a way that the seller can mark it as a gift? You dont pay any imprt duty on a gift and you can still mark the correct value for insurance. Of course there is the risk that it will get questioned but even if it does what are they going to do? If you both say its a gift then its a gift!

Sorry to hear about your mate. I was planning to post up and advertise my single din stero for sale. Its a Sony though. I bought it for about £130 a fair while back and then I sold the car it was in. It was fitted for a grand total of 2 days. Cant remember the model number off the top of my head but it has a front mounted usb slot for ipod (or even just plug a usb stick in there filled with tunes), also a front mounted stereo jack input. Its a lovely unit mate and Ill let you have it for a good price as its just taking up space at mine. Let me know if you are interested and Ill get you more details.

Thanks very much guys. I really appreciate the comments. No one has mentioned it yet but I know that ive sacrificed a lot of the original class and style of the car. Its much more agressive now and really aimed at shows and track use (roll on the CAT driver training day I have booked in July). It wont be to everyones taste but Im glad that so far its being received well. As IanS16 pointed out I also think it needs a spoiler. Ive wanted the INGS+1 low mount wing since I bought the kit but at over £1k its not going to be any time soon. Ive not been bothered by the aerial until now but now that you mention it I cant get it out of my head. I will be changing ASAP. Is is the s2000 stubby aerial that fits? I also need to get my wing mirrors in black and the black lip put along the bottom edge of the sideskirts but thats all for another day!