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Hey all, it's been a while since I was last on but I'm back, sort of, anyway, I'm after some ideas on how to get a bit more out of my daily runner, it's a 2011 DS3 1.6hdi 90bhp orla keily without the embarrassing flower on the roof , bought this car out of necessity after a very nasty break up...

nice example you got there rodhotter, wife wanted the ragtop version, but after the last ragtop we had and the fact some little scroat decided to stick a knife through the roof and steal the head unit, i decided against ever owning one again lol

its not being used at the mo as i have just bought the missus an X5, something she has wanted for a while, so the TT is sat waiting for my pocket to get a little bigger so i can throw everything at it ( maintenance wise that is), i work in a garage now so i get everything i need at trade price...

2001 TT225, no mods done by me, but previous owner has done a couple of things. induction kit rear led lights boost gauge in one of the dash heater vents (nicely done actually) cat back exhaust, think it says janspeed on the tailpipes, cant remember without actually going and looking (i know...

oosshh, its been a while but will go update now LOL

hello all, i see i still have a place in the only forum worth being in:mrgreen:. its been a while, but good to be back, just on here looking for info on what can be done to a 2006 clio sport:bigsmile:, the daughters boyfriends car, i think the lad has lived a sheltered life, im just in the...

hello all, its been a while since my last post and will probably be a while before i post again, life sure does throw some curve balls at ya, lol, i have since sold the the scoob and bought a transit van, my sons have taken up dirtbiking and the wife wasnt prepared to give up her car, LOL, so...

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will do fella, thanks for your input, very much appreciated, the scoob does have a few teething problems especially when cold, if left ticking over from cold eventually it will cut out when it tries to drop the tick over down to warm running rpm, or if im driving it when it hasnt fully warmed up...

question for all you scooby owners or tech heads, i went away to newquay last week( kids holiday) car got within 90miles of destination and broke down, did a code read and it told me the dreaded MAF was the fault, which backed up my thoughts anyway, so i clipped the connector on and off a couple...

please excuse the drawing as i only know how to use ms paint for this sort of thing, but you get the idea, this is what i had to do to get my quad headlights working the way i wanted them to, that is all on when high beam is switched. i still have the standard 15amp fuses in and they havent...

hello again folks, heres the rear light mods i promised, may prove usefull to someone one day. the lights before i started grinding them, as you can see the white wire with the spade connector on it is the first attempt at rear fog lights, but i felt that they were not adequate, nowhere near...

try a greddy twin filter system, i got one sat in my shed, dunno what its off but it looks pretty cool, my missus has got the 07 version of this car, but its a 1.6 sport, looks nice with all the trimming and the leather but it wouldnt pull a dirty woman off ya till you get in the high end revs...

bloody hell, its hard work trying to keep pace with this forum, pity you got rid of it fella but good luck with whatever you do with the new vectra.

almost forgot, i bought some m3 style mirrors with the mercedes type lights in them for it last year and the little bleeders wouldnt fit with the base plate they had, so i got them to sort out, ill make some new base plates at some point, but heres a few pics of them.

im in the process of sorting that TN, was good to drive it again even if it was only a 1/4mile but im gonna have to get the intellistart finished on it cos i didnt like driving it cold, i managed to find the neutral sensor and get a wire through the bulk head when i had the intercooler off...

sorted the backlights, soldered in the new led's and hey presto, perfect:bigsmile:, started my final checks again and noticed no water in washer bottle so i went to top it up and water lashed out everywhere:shock:, i thought ffs not more problems, whipped the washer bottle off and noticed i had...

Re: Lozs Talon 100R Progress thread. looking like a beastie, can you not just extend the wiper motor arm to give it more travel, then a bit of cutting and welding with the rods, cant see it being too much of a problem to achieve the 180 movement.

the front end looks awesome mate, gives it a bit of an r34 look in my opinion, but very nice indeed. will be keeping an eye on this for some inspiration to my own.

i agree with the idea of doing something different, even though im playing around with a car thats more common than macdee's, but fair play to you mate, and it seems to be coming along nicely.

like anyone remembers whats going on around you when an accident has just happened, i know i didnt when i wrote the old cavalier sri off way back when, only thing i had in my mind was giving the stupid b£$%hes mother a mouthfull after she pulled out of her driveway in front of me and her mother...

my other issue that reared its ugly head again was the led back lights, 4 of the 16 that make up each light decided to pack up on me just as i was doing the final checks before ringing the garage to book it in,they are wired in a series of 4 per resistor to a total of 16 leds and 4 resistors, i...

hello all, fitted the new inlet manifold gaskets over the weekend, didnt too bad actually only took me 2hrs 30mins from start to finish, heres the little bleeders i took off. as you can see they were pretty bad, judging by the dark spots on them they were leaking in several places aswell...

the problems just keep coming, just found the source of a slight sucking sound, when it had the cone filter on i thought it was that, but it turns out my inlet manifold gasket is leaking, quite a severe leak in my opinion, surprised it even ticks over as nice as it does, just ordered some new...

lmfao @ herbs post, that had me in stitches, especially havin kids myself i can understand exactly how easy they pick it up.

sorted it, just stuck another IMPREZA maf on it and she's sweet again, down side, bloody rocker cover oil leak has returned, dripping straight onto the manifold and belowing smoke out through the bonnet scoops, quite funny to see actually, looks like dragon breath, lmao.

bugatti veyron = mk3 astra spoken in a foreign language i think.:lol:

first car i ever had legal on the road was my dads MK1 granada, house on wheels, would i want it back, yeah because it scared the #!#!#!#! out the old fella after i finished moddin the 2litre pinto engine in it, hehehehehe, the first car i ever bought for myself was a MK5 cortina ghia, would...

lol, i didnt mean just any MAF, i think my brain cells can stretch as far as to know that much........at least i think they can.

did one of them code reading tricks i read on another post and its telling me the MAF is at fault( code 23), so its off to MAF shop we go, its the 3pin type if any of you have one lying around;);)

heres the back end, all work finished apart from a re-spray.

thats what i thought, ran perfectly the day before it got water in it, so my own conclusion is that ive knackered it, ive got the battery off for a day or 2 while i charge it, so will see what it runs like after that. the upside to today is that ive finally finished putting the interior back...

oh dear, problems, problems, it seems that everytime i fix something on this car, something else goes sadly wrong, my own stupid fault though, i de-sealed the plastic lid on top of the MAF to re-solder the contacts back on after i noticed they was soldered when it was sat in my hand, i...

98 uk impreza, which most of you already know. mgf, which i use for work, reminds me of a sardine tin though. peugeot 307 sport(wifes). thats all for now. am gettin rid of the mgf once the impreza is on the road and would ideally like to get hold of something similar to a SWB transit van...

guess things were to good to be true, just discovered that the 99 model i got the airbox off has a different maf and intake bore than my 98 model, my maf has 3pins and the 99 has got a 5pin type(only 4 pins used), the bore isnt a problem, now in need of a lot of researching to try and find out...

just had an eventfull full morning at the local breakers yard in standish, got complete airbox setup plus what i can only think of as the MAF still bolted to it, front wheelarch liners, drivers rear wheel arch trim, drivers door card bracket and release handle surround, drivers side passenger...

sorry TN, didnt wanna bore you guys to death with photos of the tedious jobs ive done as most of you guys know the procedures, but if you want them then ill post em. i thought i had previously mentioned all the jobs i needed to do on the front end but i just browsed through and it looks like i...

just been playin catch up, but very nice car mate, pity it only a run around, bet it could turn into something very nice.

after a nice long weekend and a lot of wirebrushing and more schultz:blink1:, the underbody of the car has been re-coated, the parts i ordered for the front end arrived and all the work has been completed, plus a full overhaul on the rear brakes, and quite a lot of head whacking in the arches...