Dicky

:-W (this is supposed to be a emoticon finger drumming)

Looks like I'm winning at 9yrs come April. Still love it so not looking to sell. Not worth it anyway. Where would I get a car that still looks great and I know has been well looked after for £7k - £8k ?

I opened the car using the Key fob then after driving home it wouldn't lock it again. This happened years ago and I got the garage to sort it. This time I had a go myself using the posted "ID Code Entry Procedure" for UK cars. Put key in ignition sw Turned from Unlock to On 6x within 10sec and back to unlock Turn signals flashed twice (as they should) Held key fob unlock button while pressing the lock button 3x ( no flashing indicators) Turned key to on and indicators flashed. Removed the key and tried it but no joy Anyone spot a mistake or got a suggestion ?

Giving your assessment of the car I would say the price was a bit high. I can't claim to be an expert but the following would worry me. 1. A new clutch, and disc,s with less than 42K on the clock.....was the flywheel also changed? could it have been thrashed? 2. Service history.....main dealer ? 3. Knocking exhaust and dent....has it been looked after and why hasn't a guy who specialises on Z's fixed the exhaust before selling? 4. Air bag light flashing....could be nothing but could be expensive...if nothing why didn't he bother fixing it himself before selling it on? 5. Don't know what banana bars are? Just my own suspicious opinion but I would be on guard.

I spun my car one wet day travelling very steady around a long slow bend. I fitted 20mm spacers all round and my cornering confidence level shot up. I was running the same tyres and when taking the same bend in the wet and on several occasions had no incident at all even when pushing well beyond my previouse speed.

Be honest! Wasnt this just a cunning plan to provide the old man with a fast track to the washing up!!!

Haven't seen a circuit diagram for the mirror control so can't be specific, however I do know that the mirror dc motor will run slow with reduced torque If it is not receiving the full voltage. This could be caused by worn motor brushes ( check the voltage to the motor when operating..I would assume it should be 12v). If it is then suspect the motor (assuming no additional mechanical resistance present) If the voltage is low then there must be a high resistance in the wiring to it (corroded connection/loose connection/ dry solder joint) When you lock/ unlock the doors using the key fob a micro switch supplied as part of the folding mirror kit causes the relays on the kit circuit board to operate, so check the operation of the micro switch first (do the doors lock/unlock?) Best I can do for now.

I believe these headlights use a ballest to ignite the vapour within the lamp then keep it running in much the same way as a fluorescent light works. I'm thinking it might be a faulty ballest or loose connection to it. Do both lights flicker or just the one ? ( not sure if there's a ballest for each headlight or one for both)

Like this for smile ? What a pain. Thanks guys

Anyone know why I can't add these to my posts using my ipad ???

Obvious, maybe, ........but it still made me smile

Looks good but what's the advantage over normal spray painting? Does it resist chipping better?

I've got the k&n panel filter, the Motordyne plenum spacer, and just waiting for my original exhaust to fail (8yrs old now) when I'm going to have a st st exhaust fitted.Then it's UPREV time. Not looking for huge gains more interested in knowing that the engine performance is optimised. I've read about the 06 air box benefits and the kit that you and flyboy manufactured and was just wondering if there performance was proved or not. It would be interesting to tune the car with and without the mod to evaluate it but I suppose that would be expensive. Given the velocity stack kit is relatively cheap it's probably worth just fitting it.

Anyone know of any testing undertaken to show the effectiveness, or not, of replacing the velocity stack on pre 06 cars.

Why is it though that DIY things on the car always happen in the winter? Is it just me or is life just out to get me ! I got half way through your first post and thought Victor Meldrew had signed up Victor Meldrew ! Ha ha ............an mear novice young man ! Hey guys, he called me young man!!!! I like this chap Come on then lets get our d--ks out, I'm 65 but keep that to yourself most people believe I'm only 39. I'm sure you can't beat that. Policemen have looked like young kids to me for lots and lots of years now. Ha ha

Why is it though that DIY things on the car always happen in the winter? Is it just me or is life just out to get me ! I got half way through your first post and thought Victor Meldrew had signed up Victor Meldrew ! Ha ha ............an mear novice young man !

Yeah, I thought a rolling road was essential so how would that work. Higher a local facility ? Can't spull either I see ha ha. Must of been thinking of lifting the car up onto the dyno

Why is it though that DIY things on the car always happen in the winter? Is it just me or is life just out to get me !

Yeah, I thought a rolling road was essential so how would that work. Higher a local facility ?

Decided to change my side lights as one of the original led versions I fitted a couple of years ago started to flicker. It's an easy job and its sunny outside so I'll have it done in a jiffy. No problem. What a pain in the arse it all is. First, getting the wheel off the ground is a pain cos the supplied jack and winder thingy are next to useless. Getting the liner out was also a pain cos the wheel liner securing clips had been destroyed by hapless mechanics and replaced by ty-wraps, self tapper screws and other stuff. Replacing the lamp was slightly less of a pain but as you know its a 50/50 chance you get the polarity right and naturally I failed on both replacements. Getting the liners back in is a greater pain cos you get most of the clips back in only to find that the last clip won't go in cos the holes not lined up so you have to remove them all again to free up a bit of slack. Then doesn't it start just get dark early and to add the final touch of aggravation to the experience doesn't it just start to rain as well. But you can't stop cos it's getting dark and even with your wind up torch which keeps running down cos the rechargeable batteries are nackered you carry on regardless. I'm now soaking wet, freezing cold, the arthritis has kicked in and I can't turn the remaining fixing screws in by hand. Finally it's done, just need to tidy up and get into a hot bath when the neighbour pulls up in his lovely warm car and wants to tell you at lenghth how hard his day's been. All to save a couple of quid by DIY. Well not any more matey!!!!!! The stealers can have all my dosh just give me peace and comfort from hear on un.

What can I say other than thank you very much young man for your help you've saved me a trip out in a cold garage. Regards Dicky

It's the thought that counts ha ha. Cheers anyway

What no one can be bothered to quickly check for me? Ah we'll I suppose I'll just have to start pulling it to bits then!

Unfortunately the exchange rate between southern pounds and Geordie pounds isn't very favourable. It's probably cheaper for me to do a 1000 ml round trip and stay overnight rather than have a very expensive engineer do the same. Also I don't think you southern softies could handle the women up here. Cos if you happened to go to the "Toon" for a bevy while your here and they found out your a well endowed (financially speaking) southerner with loads of dosh (as we poor people up here know you all have) they'll be after your body faster than you can say .....UPREV . Now lets face it......who would want to endure all that for the sake of tuning my car?

Oops it's a 2004 car