phatbloke74

I was in the family car so you wouldn't have spotted me but that number plate is very familier - were you at the Crystal Palace meet?

The Monkey enclosure wasn't open so you were safe!!

Spotted this morning on my way to work

Get well soon Daz!

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thanks I've found a guide to getting that part of the dash off although it's just a case of giving it a tugg (ooer!). I'll give that a go tomorrow and then I'll have a play with the ribbon cable.

Has anyone suffered with their Air Con fan intermittantly cutting out? Mine developed this fault yesterday and I discovered today that it seems to cut out when I touch the knob - ie, the air con light flickers, fan cuts out then comes back. It seems as though the switch has got a dodgy connection but I was wondering if anyone else has suffered with this and knows it to be something else? I had a new stereo fitted a couple of weeks ago, could they have tampered with one of those cables? I had a search for this but couldn't find any advise but sorry if it has been discussed before Cheers

The only thing I couldn't take with me was the bike - but I've seen a couple of threads on that so you never know for next year! The campsite is brilliant - called Hillend Camping for anyone interested.

Decided to go camping in the Gower this week and was lucky enough to go with the guys and leave the family at home - roll out the Zed! Everything packed, except for the kitchen sink! Arrived and now to find my pitch. My tent is the one on the left - a relative palace All to ourselves - the perfect place for surfing, kite surfing and kite buggies It took 4 hours to get there but only 3 to get back - not bad seeing as the tomtom said it would take 3hrs 40! Hoping I don't get any unwanted photo's of my car in the next few days from Mr Plod!

A girl I knew through work thought I sounded fat so she called be fatbloke. But then she met me and I was just trim young lad so she changed it to phatbloke - added the 74 as it's my year of birth. I'm not so skinny any more so I might be changing it back to the original

Camskill is pretty good for cheaper prices. http://www.camskill.co.uk/products.php

Hi all, Just wanted to show off my new ICE - the Alpine IXA-W404R with Bluetooth KCE-400BT! Had it installed at John Kleis Car Hi-Fi in Reading and it was definately worth the extra mileage as they did a brilliant job on the install. It took them a good 3-4 hours to install but I'm really impressed with their professionalism and service and although the unit doesn't quite fit the double DIN fascia, they've done a great job with a custom mod to make sure it's central and there aren't any gaps. Need to spend the weekend playing with the sound settings but it's sounds pretty good already and the BT is working great - as I found out when the Mrs phoned me to find out where I was!!

Hi all, Just wanted to show off my new ICE - the Alpine IXA-W404R with Bluetooth KCE-400BT! Had it installed at John Kleis Car Hi-Fi in Reading and it was definately worth the extra mileage as they did a brilliant job on the install. It took them a good 3-4 hours to install but I'm really impressed with their professionalism and service and although the unit doesn't quite fit the double DIN fascia, they've done a great job with a custom mod to make sure it's central and there aren't any gaps. Need to spend the weekend playing with the sound settings but it's sounds pretty good already and the BT is working great - as I found out when the Mrs phoned me to find out where I was!!

Has anyone got one of these available? Mines pretty scratched and I'd like to replace if possible. Also, does anyone know how easy these are to replace? Do they just 'pop' off or are there some hidden screws? Cheers

What did they do to fix the gaps? Did they use a different fascia?

+1 Yeah, would definately like to know how you piked your route and what that route was - views are absolutely stunning and I can't imagine anything better than driving my zed down a road with no other cars on!!

Thanks for all the advice guys - mines now booked in to be fitted next week!

thanks for that. Now, that's just the facia, do I need any of the other fittings that are shown on the post 06 version? Sorry for being such a noob but I don't want to buy everything and then can't have it fitted because something is missing! Cheers

Right, thats made my mind up - all looks very I've got an 04 plate, so could anyone advise me of the fascia that I should get? Cheers

Thanks for the offer sunset but I should be receiving one from R35LEE tomorrow. Cheers

Has anyone got that they could sell / donate? Thought I'd top up the cooling this morning before work and dropped the cap down into the engine bay - couldn't get it and had to leave for work If I'm lucky enough it will still be there when I get home but I'm not putting money on it! went to Nissan and they didn't have one in stock and it will take them a couple of days to get hold of one. Any offers would be greatly recevied

Hey jtec, I'm really interested to see how you get on with this as I'm interested in this unit aswell. Keep us informed and I'd really like to see some pics after you've got it installed - interested to see if it can go in without any gaps between the dash and the unit. You going to install yourself?

Hey Chris, did you get this sorted? I'm interested to know how you got on and what you think of the unit as I've been looking at one of these myself. Cheers Phil

Hi, I've just had Falkens all round (2 weeks ago) from Camskills for £399 delivered. Was advised of a fitter near me so got them delivered there and then fitted with valves and balancing for £40. Saved me a shedload over Blackcircles It's worth saying where abouts your based to see if anyone can advise of a known fitter in your area, otherwise you should come up trumps by phoning around some of the main tyre places.

I must admit, thats something I'd love to do. I was up at Lola Cars today and they invited to look after me and my colleagues if I happen to be going, but unfortunately it clashes with my wedding anniversary and it's a little bit late to arrange for this year Perhaps I should start earning the brownie points now in time for next year!!