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you pay for what you get most of the time £1000 job is always going to better than 500 even if the top finish is the same its not just about that its about the prep underneath and its that bit what needs to be right anyone can throw laquer on ;) i never give out a standard rate as every job is...
roughly around 15000 miles ago few people suggested it might have jumped? yeah 7500 misfire splutter then died and now it just whines with no compression :( i hope its not too fooked it WAS a cracking engine running 184bhp my mate is a renault specialist so going to get him to look at it bit of...
Went for a drive in my 172 cup which has been faultless till now for 2 years went over a slight hump in a country lane at the top of 3rd then followed a misfire at 7500k then it just died? when i stopped there was smoke coming out of the airbox and dipstick? any ideas? im thinking its starved of...
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I have bought some m3r3 3.9ohm resistors from maplin and have carried out the simple fix of the airbag light on my phase 2 cup, kept coming back on randomly which i guessed was a bad comnnection and have now got some more but cant seem to get the light to go off at all now? any ideas? heard...
hi mate i should be game!! coming back off holiday friday but should be game if im back early :D i'll drop u a text on friday :D i'll drag a few others too :D
just to add lambda sensors dont work till its come off choke (COLD START) if that helps so if it still does it when on choke its nothing to do with lambdas ;)
i'd say cam sensor, throttle body or even a really knackered dephaser? i mean as far as i know they all dont like been driven cold anyway but sounds like it might be a bit worse than usual lol
Hi mate, bumper is repairable its called plastic welding where hot plastic is inserted and is bonded to the bumper would find it strange if it split again, i am a car repairer/painter and have to 100's of repairs similar to that cant remeber any coming back either i know how hard them bumpers...
had to replace throttle body in mine mate mine actaully stuck at 2000rpm and cost me a police impound due to been far away from home and silly me decided to go get recovery instead of staying with car LOL, anyway i would go for throttle body in my opinion, the pedal can go too but is much rarer.
lol cheers yeah i dont think spoiler is that bad in the flesh and makes it unique plus it was free and i painted it for free aswell being a painter exhaust does sound good to be fair and i agree the tip is too far out another week and that'll be sorted haha cheers for comments :D
lol fancied a change and didnt want to pay 300 for the trophy one, its different :D, yeah the exhaust is a copy and whoever made it made the tip abit long but thats getting cut down this week (not by me) haha :) not sure wether to go for black tip, mate has on his xr2 looks quite good but dont know?
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Thought i would give you an update on what the cup had had done and some latest pics too.
K&N Panel filter
Head port and polished
bigger inlet manifold
dogbone powerflex rubber
group n cat back (copy)
Rear spoiler NOT SURE WHO MADE IT BUT ITS A FIBREGLASS COPY HAD TO PAINT IT AT WORK IT...
Hi mate i got my plates from fancyplates.com custom sizes for front and back, car looks really well!! i had same idea as you today quick wash in and out and very fast polish lol will get some pics up on here when i've uploaded them :D