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yes sorry my mistake, shud read the post more carefully ey? :oops:

hold on, hav i got the wrong end of the stick here or hav others? wen u say there was oil on it, u mean on the electrode part that would be normally inside the engine or the porcalean bit on the outside? if its on the elctrode part then the rocker cover gasket is not the cause

2. connects 2 do one which no dash removal is required

which 1 u got m8? cos there is one that is just like a silver box wiv loads wires, one goes to the stalk, one goes to the display, one plugs into the remote socket on the HU and the other goes to the CD changer socket. if it is that one then no u dont hav to take dash off but its a b*****d to...

it can be done wiv out movin the bumper cos we did it on me m8s, but u do hav to undo sum of the screws for the bumper so it bends out a bit and then the grill just unclips

i think it is a resistor that is fitted sumwhere to fool the car into thinking its running cold or sumthin i cant quite remember

i got 37.58 mpg but im probably wrong

wasnt done at kwik fit was it?? my unlce had the tyres done on his company car a few weeks ago and they didnt balance em correctly, he had stop on the motorway and call the mobile kwik fit ppl out to come and do it cos it was undrivable at motorway speeds

i had this on my fiesta, everythin would work but wen u tried to start there was nothin, wait a bit and it would work. this happened for a few days until it packed up completely, turned out to be the starter motor

u can get silver ones that flash orange

twist em anti clockwise and they come off

ye maybe its the connects2 one he has then. is it a big silver box that is a right tw*t to get in the dash?

ye autoleads do an adaptor for sony HUs for the stalk controls and the display, was 50 quid i think wen my m8 got one a while ago, dont kno if its changed or not. http://www.autoleads.co.ukwww.autoleads.co.uk

no there isnt m8y, if u dont want to upgrade ur head unit then u can buy converters which converts the speaker out put level into and low level RCA output. bout a tenner i think they are. a lot of ppl will tel u not to bother wiv 6x9s as they arent very good, best thing to do is to upgrade ur...

lol ye it would, i tried doin it first but couldnt find the right wires

ye the xr3i were about 8.5 to 60

13cm m8, and ye there are adaptors available for the display and remote for sum HUs

rite i think this is how it is, it would be easy if i still had the instructions but i;ve lost em lol. rite, got a relay, one side of the coil goes to 12v via fuse, other side goes to switch, out of switch to ground. that will then engergise the coil wen the button is pressed. then u gotta...

rite, i done this on my fiesta, i got the richbrook illuminated one. i will go and see how its wired up for ya in a bit, i kno mine will be slightly different cos the light goes out wen the engine starts but the rest will be the same.

ye the covers unscrew and tweeters unclip

i can say for sure that the kicker components drop perfectly into the tweeter holes on the later clios

ye totally agree m8y, i ordered the mentioned sony HU and then rang up to change it to the 7874RB which i can not fault in any way. ///ALPINE!!!

ye and fit it as close to the battery as possible

ye mcs are very good, they offered to upgrade my speakers to the newer model for free wen they were delieverd with all the screws and stuff missing. i had alpine componets b4, cant remember which ones tho, they were 75 quid from mcs, they were good but nowhere near as good as the kickers i hav...

ye leave a post-it note on the dash wiv the mileage written on

it flashes wen it gets below 3 degrees or summet to warn u about ice. dont kno why its goin that low tho, must be a duff sensor under the passenger door mirror possibly

its on the bottom right of the dash on the 172, ive never seen it come on in my uncles cos he never goes above 5000rpm. but its on wen u switch the ignition on

why do u hav to cut it??the 172 grill just unclips out of the bumper

my m8 has been colour coding his car him self, hes done the spoiler, door handles and is currently doin his bumper strips. he is usin 2K stuff. best thing to do is use filler primer for priming and do about 3-4 coats and rub down between each coat. after the last coat rub it down wiv sum 1500...

mmmm heavy