Favourite OC budget tips and tricks

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Had ABS+TCS+ESC light up

Few weeks later

Airbag light comes on.

Yesterday 

Had engine warning light (P1147) come on.

 

Had I not been a member of the OC this would have given me a heart attack and my wallet a pounding.

 

Alas after being on here for 15 years these minor issues were like water of a ducks back.

 

Thanks to @ZMANALEX who enlightened me on the 350z brake light switch remedy for issue 1.

 

THanks to the OC in general for the multiple YouTube links for airbag reset etc.

 

The member I met at a meet way back in 2017 for the recommendation of the £10 Maxiscan 309 code reader.....whoever you are, who also had their O2 sensor throw code 1147 occasionally. 

 

WHAT OTHER BUDGET TRICKS/HACKS HAVE YOU ACQUIRED AS A MEMBER?

Edited October 8, 2022 by HEADPHONES

[HEADPHONES]

Here's a few more.

The old penny trick for the rear hatch.

Thanks to @Defacake for the phone holder recommendation (couldn't find any other option for our Mini that suited my missus better.

 

and 

 

Thanks @davey_83 for the vinyl wrap tip for clear headlights......under a tenner and the years of battling oxidation has been won.