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    ITG Maxogen - a month on...

    Around a month ago I swapped the standard airbox with K&N Panel filter & the original battery to an ITG Maxogen & Varley Red Top.... First I must say thanks to Smoggymark for many PMs with help and instructions on how to fit the thing... :) Also thanks to Daemon Tweeks for providing a great...
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    MOT : Ouch

    Just had the car in for an MOT with service booked for afterwards. Service now cancelled... Got a call to sat the handbrake cables need replacing & the offside suspension ball joint is f&%ed too. Total price for MOT, Service and to fix the issues... £710. :o Taking the car to another garage...
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    Water Pump : Will this fit?

    I think so but would like a second opinion...! I have a 56 plate 197...
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    Re-Badge

    Yes that's correct : re-badge...! I know a lot of people get rid of as much as possible from the rear but I don't mind the CLIO letters. I noticed one of mine had been damaged and had lost part of it's chrome look covering, I found these on eBay ...
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    A cheap gear knob spruce up...

    The thread had come off my gear knob and was looking quite tatty. Found this on eBay : Gear Knob Cover for £4.99. Took around 15 min to get the old gear knob and leather off and then this new one on and looks like new. Was a bit fiddly tucking the leather in places but am happy with the result...
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    What part do I need - Window Seal...

    Nope not the door pillars...! Water is getting in on both driver / passenger doors - when the window is down and then brought back up there are droplets of water on the glass. I need to replace the seals that run along the top of both doors where the glass drops down. Help please...?!
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    Look what I'm doing...

    I don't think the gf will be too impressed when she's sees them... Too 'boy racer' apparently hahaha https://www.dropbox.com/s/r48m729wclwph3n/20121115_145101.jpg
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    Have I broken something?!

    Was just outside replacing the rear number plate lights with some 501 LEDs... Playing around using fingers, pushing the new bulb in, the cover wont go on so I bent the bulb holder to an angle and thesecond number plate light that I hadn't touched went out. :s Aaaargh! Fuse? Even though was...
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    My second 197...

    This week I p/x'd my 09 plate 197 Lux for an older 197 (finance came to an end and didn't have the lump sum to keep it). Bit :( but at the same time it's good getting rid of the £260 a month payment... There's loads I want to get done on the car - obviously the interior isn't the same as the...
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    Have I been screwed?

    Finance was up on my lovely 197 Lux and needed to get rid so have part-exchanged against a slightly older 197. Picked the car up from Nottingham yesterday and dropped it off to have the alloys re-furb'd and done gloss black at a garage near me (Preston). Received a call to say one of the tyres...
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    Wobbly :(

    Driving through a snowy Blackburn on the way home from football and The Beast clipped a curb :( Felt very wobbly on the drive down the motorway. I'm hoping the tracking's been knocked out and its not damage to the alloy or tyre.... ******* weather!!! Aaaargh. How much am I looking at to get...
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    How much petrol's left in the tank?

    Once the petrol light comes on how much is left in the tank? Does it work it out per volume or how many more miles you can do at the current MPG reading? Gracias... :)