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rtbiscuit

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  1. not sure i haven't sat in the drivers seat since fitting but it should reduce it as it is darker. you will probably still see the Zed but not all the siver as well
  2. Got bored this afternoon so i thought i'd have a go at knocking up something in my spare time. my current silver rear strut brace cover got damamged a while back when my wife got me to cram in to giant flower pots and they scratched the paint. and i have been meaning for ages to fix or hide it so i had a thought, i had recently ordered in some Carbon fibre vinyl for another job, and thought i'd have a go at covering the rear strut cover with it. the advantage is it doesn't need to be perfect around the edges as they are hidden down behind plastic trim. the job is by no means perfect and i need to refine my application method and use spray water to help get air bubbles out better, but this is how it came out i used a hair dryer to heat up the vinyl and form it into the dimples, i also removed the Zed badge first and re applied it after so it has a seamles finish. here it is put back in the car and through the window don't know what people think but for now it givesd a better finish than what was there, and the big advantage is that the whole thing is completely reversible, so if you get board it can be easily removed and returned to stock.
  3. cheers mate, glad to have people on here who have good electrical knowledge. bulletmagnet and his mate are coming over in a minute so we'll see what we can find out.
  4. From the checks you have done I wouldn't have thought the horns were at fault. If the horn fuse is out and when the lights are on bumps etc cause the horn to blip, I would have thought that somehow the voltage for the lights is reaching the wiring for the horn. Possibly bad insulation at some point. Does it ever happen over bumps with lights off? I hope you get it sorted. never happens with the lights off, only with lights on
  5. the plot thickens today. managed to have a go at sorting the horn problem, went back over all the earthing points all seem tight and well grounded. so next i went to try and find where the horns grounding points are, and i couldn't work out where they went. so i ended up just pulling the fuse in th engine bay marked horn. got in the car hit the horn button, nothing, thought i had got rid of it as the horn didn't work. haha problem solved. erh nope. drove home from the pool club tonight turned lights on got 10 yards down the road and the horn went off. turn the lights down to side lights problem stops. waited till i got out onto the dual carriage way and turned them back on, beeped for a couple of seconds and then was fine. for the whole 30 min drive, nothing. until i stopped at burger king pulled away from the drive through and off it went again. so it seems: - still goes off even thought the horn has no fuse (or at least the connection from the cabin to the horn has no connection) - only triggered when the lights are on dipped. - only happens at low speeds or big bumps at low speeds - because it seems to still happen without the fuse in i think it can't be the cabin side of the horn i.e dodgy connection at the steering wheel. - bulletmagnet used the exact same earthing points and this hasn't happened to him so i don't think its the grounding kit as all points are tight. so i'm coming to the conclusion that it must be the horns themselves. they seem to have a simple plug in harness to them so i'm going to put the fuse back in and disconnect them direct at the horn. that should temporarily cure it. and then i shall have to order some new horns. noticed the advertised one from the USA on the previous page, wondered if there ws any UK suppliers of them. if not looks like a yank order is needed. anyone have any other ideas. if i change the horns and it still happens then i'm stumped
  6. worked ok, but also added foam padding to the lid which has worked a treat, only now it seems the rattle is still there but i think it is rattling on the bonnet, i can see on the carbon lid where its rubbing, just got to work it out on the bonnet so i can put some apdding there and kill it completely.
  7. nothing on the calendar, will check my main computer t see if outlook has anything on it.
  8. i might be there 2, but don't know yet, for some reason the 19th rings a bell and i think i'm doing something. will let you all know.
  9. cats get hot, would think no more than an oven so i'm guessing top wack would be around 220 c, but thats a guess.
  10. i have the same problem, the zed is like a turd magnet, you could park in an empty carpark and someone would still come and park next to you.
  11. i've used the stuff with plumbing jobs, not sure how that stuff would cope at those temperatures though?
  12. other option is to heat thewm up with a blow torch, this sometimes works with exhaust bolts.
  13. i kind of agree i hate it when there are no spaces left and some nugget has used up 2, i wouldn't do it as i'm sure someone would key my car
  14. looks the same as if you were to run sand paper on it, and the edge has scrathced, my guess is its rubbing, the bonnet will vibrate only slightly, but it would be enough to take the shine off the resin. i bet it would polish up.
  15. our numbers are growing, i bought mine to be different as no one else had one, now we seem to be flooded with zeds should soon have enough for a mini meet
  16. wasn't me as i haven't been out today, hadn't realised there was another suffolk Zed, so far there is: Bullet Magnet Myself You Bullet magnets mate.
  17. thanks sobrien, looks really good, glad you like them. can do these in any colour for people.
  18. i do like the orange and black look, seen it done on a veilsided mr2 roadster wide body, and it did look gorgeous.
  19. i have just bought some clear rubber u shaped trim, which i shall be fitting to the edge tomorrow, so will let people know how it goes.
  20. looks like i'm going to start my new policy with the RAC shame theres not a 2 fingers emoticon i could have put up for the AA
  21. i think you would be fairly safe, i've never heard of anyones throwing up a CEL when fitted, i had one and it was fine. i would clean it at the same rate as the service intervals.
  22. You are contradicting yourself a bit there! You say that young drivers are the most dangerous but then you go on to say that it is 'rape' that one of your (assume 17 year old) student is paying £2500 to insurance a 182BHP renault Clio. If you could see the claims stats and payouts for 17 year olds, you would realise that the prices being charged for insurance are in line with the risks presented. Would YOU want to insure a 17 year old on a car like a Clio 182 which icidentally has one of the worst claims loss ratio out of all the cars on the road in the UK?? £2500 sounds like a cheap price to me Ollie Sky Insurance i don't see it as a contradiction, i think its very sensible to price young people according to the likely hood of them crashing, i used the term rape, as its what he said when he told me how much his insurance cost. his exact words " have been rapred on the insurance and have to pay £2500" if he or his parents are silly enough to pay that then more fool them. i try an encourage the young lads when they come up for getting cars that they should keep it under 1.4, and get some thing fun like an old mini. sorry if it seemed like i was contradicting myself i was trying to promote the fact that the insurance companies are already helping in deterring young drives from powerful cars by chargijng high prices for them or as you say appropriatly charged according to risk.
  23. i would say so, it looks like this is going to happen so it should allow mods to be taken into account now.
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