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After having the plugs out today to do a compression test the tips of my spark plugs were a bit white, so im thinking the car is running lean. So what do i need to do to doible check it and fix it? Patrick

Im looking for some high temp lacquer to finish of my brembo calipers but cant find any! Iv tried halfords, morelii , and 2 car shops. None of them have any?! Only stuff i could find on the shelf was this...

I am considering changing my wheels, so was wondering if someone would help emmme out! Im a noob on PS! I know these arnt the best pics but hopefully some of you pros are up to the challenge! ;) Here is my car (take your pick!): And the wheels:

Hi there, im fitting brembos to my car but they are in a bit of a sorry state at the moment, lacquer peeling etc, i want to paint them red but how do i need to prep them? Do i need to use primer? My plan is to plaint them red, refit some new stickers and then lacquer them again. Can anyone...

Does anyone know if i can get red engine coolant for my valver and where from? I am fitting a nice new header tank thsi week and want to colout code it with my rocker cover!

I am getting an oil change this week and I am supplying my garage with the filter and oil, I am going to use 10w40 (or should i use 5w40) and i was just wondering which oil u recomend, where i can get it, how many lires I need and price! Thanks Patrick

My strero is playing up recently, it will just randomly go crackly in all modes (radio, cd, Aux in) If i turn the radio off and on again it will normally cure if fro another while? Any ideas? Its a Pioneer Deh-30MP btw!

Iv cracked my wing and i doubt i will find another in xeros grey! So was wondering how much i would be looking at to get another changed colour?

My wishbone balljoint went today and my wheel "fell off" and f****ed my wing Iv just gone to remove the balljoint piece to put in the new 1 and iv go the part off the wishbone that is held on with 2 bolts but when i went to remove the piece in the hub (the pin type piece) i cannot get it out...

I just changed my plugs and leads to try and solve a misifirng problem and there was quite alot fo oil in my spark plug wells? Whats the deal with this? Rocker gasket? Could this have been whats causing the misifirng below 2.5k revs?

Iv changing my cap and rotor arm today on my valver and i have got the cap off but cannot really see a way or removing the rotor arm other then perhaps pulling it off? Any ideas?

Basically up to 2.5k revs it can misfire and judder with no power then suddenly it will stop and the car goes as normal. Has been getting graduallty worse for last week and now does it alot more then before, although it doesnt always do it :S. Mates reckon i should check my leads/plugs/dizzy...

as above!

Iv just had 1 of my front struts apart and have put the spring back in etc and compressed it to get nut on but i need to know how tight i do it up (the nut that holds the whole thing together) Im guessing i just do it up as far as it will go and make sure its tight? Also once iv done that and...

following on form my other thread about the dogbone (which i have now replaced) ok iv check the ball joints by trying to wobble the wheel at 12 and 6 position. no play at all. BUT iv noticed that the drivers side strut, you can grab the wheel/hub and move the whole thing up a down, by maybe a...

Basically i was getting clucking from low gear acceleration and also somtimes if i hit a bump in the road. My gearstick was also moving back and forwards on and off throttle. Iv just finished changing my mount but its still clunking! :( Good news is at least the gear stick is solid now!:clown...

I am getting a clucking noise when i accelerate frm standstill sometimes, also when i hit bumps in the road i get it sometimes, it doesnt always happen though. Any ideas? If it is dogbone mount how do i check it without taking it out?

Basically i have bought a car (mk1 valver) with kent cams and vernier pulleys, and a gas flowed/ported head but the guy who had the cams fitted had the pulleys/timing reveretd back to standard as he says it was very lumpy idle and he didnt like it? He said he has marked up the pulleys etc with...

As title really :)

As title really, my magnex is far too loud for motorway or fast road use so i was wondering if i could fit a standard back box to the magnex centre piece? This is for a 16v/williams btw.

elephant shut at 5pm and i needed to transfer insurance. :dapprove: Gutted!

http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/900169.htm http://www.clio16valver.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=22748&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0 What do you guys think? Had a fully rebuilt engine dropped in about 4k ago, with cams and pulleys/headwork etc. Seems to be a good car, looks pretty mint...

Iv just changed the front pads on my escort and i decided to bleed them as they felt a bit spongy once i had put them in. I bled the fronts but didnt do the backs, but they still feel quite spongy, do i need to bleed the backs? Also do i need to bleed them in any particular order? My car is up...

Cheated with someones Mrs i reckon lol http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/868407.htm

At about 6.30pm today, you were at the traffic lights at the top of the town by pizza hut in the right hand lane, just before your naughty bit of driving ;)

Anyone know any good deals out there for an LCD tv for my bedroom, as big as possible for the budget? Edit: Also how would I go about connecting my laptop to it? Iv got 1 of those small blue output connecters on the back so ifi get a tv with the same hting is it direct plug and play?

Anyone have any recomendations for chpoice of network? Im goign to be using it to mainly recieve calls from customers and will be ringing them back off my contract phone.

Not clio but Ford Escort mk6. The brakes are w**k! Like if u jump on the brakes quite hard they are so un-responsive whereas any other car iv driven comes to a stop instantly! I asked my mechanic ot have a look at them b4 when it was in for bodywork and he said he "did what he could without...

What companies are there out there that dont rape you for modifications?

I need to double check the paint code of this http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300280492176&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123 but the seller does not have the car so he suggested i try and ring fords?