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Car looks good, hope it turns out to be all you're wanting it to be!
There's been a few low prices bargain infernos for sale on facebook recently, not really a tax on that colour yet IMHO.
Were you absolutely tanking it when you hit the pigeon? Properly obliterated your windscreen!
Glad you finally sourced some good window seals, i know you were after them for a while.
They're taking the piss at that price. @leeds2592 did mine with the rstuner in literally 10 minutes. 9 of those minutes were waiting for the computer to load.
Not sure what happened to t byrne up there tbh. Can try message the guy on Facebook.
Theres DTM in cramlington or rensport up that way. Either that or buy your own rstuner but itll cost you about £150 iirc.
The original spring clamp mount that secured under the battery was too tight around the new silicone hoses. Not wanting the hose to be loose and start rubbing I drilled out one of the higrips.
My only concern is it rubbing on the gearbox mounting however it is now sturdy and will all move...
Cheers Paul. I hadnt planned on doing this until I removed the condensor and the radiator looked like this.
Didnt even need to replace the hoses really as they were absolutely fine but it's not a job I'd be wanting to do again so may aswell do the whole lot.
Depends on whether it has any in it! I noticed mine is full of oil still as some dripped out when swapping hoses.
I presume the machines will automatically add some anyway.
As I had flushed the matrix with water I back filled it with some type d coolant until running green to remove any organics i had introduced.
I purchased the black MTC hoses and for the money the quality is fantastic. I connected them together using the supplied aluminium adaptors then used...
After removing the condensor a few weeks back it was clear the radiator was also on its last legs as it had started to droop pretty badly and all the cage nut fixings had pulled out. This obviously meant I now needed to buy a new condensor, radiator, expansion tank and full silicone hose set...