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    Thread: New Tyres,what make to go for?
Post: RE: New Tyres,what make to go for?

(21-05-2013, 01:25 PM)Opensauce Wrote:  Do you want to buy on price or brand? I don't think the top price brands are any better than cheaper well known brands tbh. I think the likes of Michelin,...
XTR B9 Second Generation 12 8,562 21-05-2013, 06:18 PM
    Thread: Running a domestic chest freezer!
Post: RE: Running a domestic chest freezer!

(20-05-2013, 06:31 PM)ffrenchie Wrote:  Is it because you get better horse meat here than in Belgium ? :D Not quite,there are many things you can't get in Belgium. Mind you,meat is something we ...
XTR Member Submitted Tutorials & How To's 3 4,211 20-05-2013, 06:40 PM
    Thread: Running a domestic chest freezer!
Post: Running a domestic chest freezer!

Almost every time we make a trip to the UK we haul along our chest freezer (it's not that huge) and plug it into the mains in my mum's garage,then when we are ready to come home everything is frozen n...
XTR Member Submitted Tutorials & How To's 3 4,211 20-05-2013, 06:19 PM
    Thread: New Tyres,what make to go for?
Post: New Tyres,what make to go for?

My XTR is in need of new tyres,but,I don't want to replace them with Michelin's that were factory fitted. I've never really been a fan of Michelin's,so I'm thinking Good-Year or Dunlop,so who has repl...
XTR B9 Second Generation 12 8,562 20-05-2013, 05:56 PM
    Thread: Account suspended?
Post: Account suspended?

I know I haven't been participating on here for some time,but I have just been flicking through some of the posts and wanted to reply to one of them and it comes up as 'Not having permission to access...
XTR General Chat 4 3,043 04-05-2013, 07:10 PM
    Thread: Front brake pad renewal.
Post: RE: Front brake pad renewal.

It is a 7mm hex,bought a set (long and short with 3/8" drive) from local motor factors last week and it took me less than half an hour this evening to fit the new pads. Amazing what you can do with t...
XTR B9 Second Generation 10 18,115 04-05-2013, 06:56 PM
    Thread: Front brake pad renewal.
Post: RE: Front brake pad renewal.

(28-04-2013, 05:31 PM)royboy302 Wrote:  . [/quote If its a hexagon it could be 7mm you dont normally get that size in a standard set of hexagon keys , but you can by them from car accessory shop...
XTR B9 Second Generation 10 18,115 28-04-2013, 05:43 PM
    Thread: Front brake pad renewal.
Post: Front brake pad renewal.

Hi guys,I had the car serviced a few weeks ago at Barretts in Canterbury and they made a note that the front brake pads were 70% worn and they offered to replace the pads and discs at a special rate. ...
XTR B9 Second Generation 10 18,115 28-04-2013, 01:52 PM
    Thread: HELP! At my wits end.....
Post: RE: HELP! At my wits end.....

(07-06-2012, 10:33 AM)Trevor Wrote:  Did you manage to sort this out? No,I've given up for now,got other projects on the go......
XTR B9 Second Generation 9 12,032 14-07-2012, 09:09 PM
    Thread: Did you have a moped?
Post: RE: Did you have a moped?

This is the one I've been looking at,the Neco Agira S,available in 50cc or 125cc............ [Image: http://i.imgur.com/LurnV.jpg]
XTR Drivers Café 37 24,990 11-06-2012, 06:20 AM
    Thread: Did you have a moped?
Post: RE: Did you have a moped?

Had a succession of mopeds when I was 16,but I can't remember what the hell they were,but all my mates had mopeds and we used to go all over the place on them,every weekend,rain or shine,summer and wi...
XTR Drivers Café 37 24,990 10-06-2012, 06:48 PM
    Thread: HELP! At my wits end.....
Post: RE: HELP! At my wits end.....

Thanks for the (very detailed) reply. However,I have a cable connected from the back of the cigarette lighter socket which will solve the power problem,but I can't find a way to get it into the engin...
XTR B9 Second Generation 9 12,032 24-05-2012, 08:48 PM
    Thread: HELP! At my wits end.....
Post: HELP! At my wits end.....

Every few weeks I crawl under and in my car (Mk3 XTR) and try to find a way of running a cable from inside the cabin to the engine bay to wire my DRL's to an ignition powered source. And every time,af...
XTR B9 Second Generation 9 12,032 23-05-2012, 11:02 AM
    Thread: New Berlingo shortfalls . . .
Post: RE: New Berlingo shortfalls . . .

(12-04-2012, 03:03 PM)pch Wrote:  I bought a seat box specifically for my VTR as normally they dont have one, its magic, store cd`s, money, and all odds and sods. Its brill. [expensive but brill...
XTR General Chat 25 19,757 01-05-2012, 08:27 PM
    Thread: LED Running Lights
Post: RE: LED Running Lights

If you are going to use them as Daytime Running Lights then they have to be wired so that they are only on when the ignition/engine is on. They must be off,or dimmed,when sidelights and,or headlights ...
XTR Tuning and Styling 2 3,876 29-04-2012, 08:55 PM
    Thread: Fly in the eye
Post: Fly in the eye

The headlamp is not a sealed unit,a sealed unit is one where you have to replace the whole thing when the lamp packs up. A piece of long flexible tube attached to the end of a vacuum cleaner and inser...
XTR General Chat 18 10,465 28-04-2012, 10:26 AM
    Thread: My Ride
Post: RE: My Ride

........and I do hate putting anything messy in the car,apart from the dog,so I pull this trailer for trips to the tip........ [Image: http://i.imgur.com/j7hNx.jpg] ......and for those nasty bits of...
XTR Members' Berlingos 17 13,568 26-04-2012, 07:49 PM
    Thread: How to get PIN Number for Key Programming etc
Post: How to get PIN Number for Key Programming etc

I got my code from a garage forum,cost me nothing. Sent from my iPod touch using Tapatalk
XTR Drivers Café 15 27,434 21-04-2012, 09:07 AM
    Thread: Interior LED Lights
Post: RE: Interior LED Lights

I'm quite pleased with the result,they give off plenty of diffused light and I can easily see things on the floor in front of the rear seats,which is what I wanted them for................ [Image: htt...
XTR Tuning and Styling 12 15,374 16-04-2012, 09:34 AM
    Thread: Interior LED Lights
Post: RE: Interior LED Lights

I have now fitted white led strips to the inside of the net holders above the rear doors. I fiited them to the inside so they are like uplighters,and as I never use the nets it's no problem.Fitting th...
XTR Tuning and Styling 12 15,374 12-04-2012, 11:16 AM