well, get this, he now says it wasn't his fault and I've got to go to court about it because he says it was ALL MY FAULT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! would you fecking believe it!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? Got one of these at the moment, blames me, I blame him, insurance splitting blame. I'll see him in court.

Hello, My car uses standard 55/60 watt H4 headlamps. Just now I purchased a set of 110/120 watt ones and plugged them it, after turning them on for 5 mins there was smell and smoke coming from around the lamp area, could it be my wiring melting because it can't take the power or the bulbs too hot and melting the reflector, connector? should i change them back to the original or leave it as it...

Went to Ford Fair at the weekend . . . had the typical hour of waiting to get into the grounds to the stands, again. Quite cool this, from a certain perspective, because after half an hour, the Cosworth brigade start looking worries as their numbers dwindle owing to overheating . . . saw several Cosworths driving past at 20 mph with steam billowing out of their bonnet vents. I guess the Escort...

Hi, Looking for recomendations for a tyre that works well in the wet as well as dry roads. Currently got some Yokohama A005's which are great in the dry but they don't seem to have any grip on wet roundabouts and the Nova seems to aquaplane a lot. Ta Dave.

Righto, I'm finding these to be a mite small, both on the backrest and seat base, and slightly close to the front (i.e. not quite enough leg room) So - is there any way of: - modifying so the seats can move a smidgen further back? or

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has anybody seen that mk1 Capri in Evo magazine every now and then? The bloke has gone all out and spent stupid money doing it properly... Its black (looks like its had 1000's of coats of paint because its like a mirror), full weld in cage. Massive V8. Coil-overs all round with fully adjustable shocks. Its just so nice.... Does anybody have any pictures though?

I was thinking of getting one of those K&N 57i filter kits for my '92 DOHC 2.0i Ford Sierra. Are they any good? anyone else fitted one? Is there much/any improvement or is it just hype like most of the bolt-on type accessories? -- Marty (Please sign my gurestbook) http://martytay.free.fr/

"TXT TO WIN (UK)" wrote in message ... TXT TO WIN a fab set of Alloys & Tyres for ya mota Promotion running in Septembers Issue of Max Power Magazine (UK) open to UK residents only www.telmac.com/wheels.html

Okay, like, I'm writing an article for the FAKQ, and trying to find a decent explanation, non-salesy, for coil over suspension. But getting fed up with the usual car modifying sites' dearth of information . . . can anybody help? :) -- The DervMan www.dervman.com

I'd like to touch up a black Fiesta XR2i front bumper and body kit which I've just bought. It's looking kind of dull and it seems like the lacquer has worn off in places. Additionally the bumper might need a few dabs of black paint in a patch where the original red paint is showing underneath. my question is, what's the best sequence to carry this out in? I don't really want/need to strip it...

work out how much oil you will need to fill all the pipes and stuff up as well fill the filter with oil pour some into the pipes make sure you've got a thermostatically controlled take off plate start the engine up wait for the oil to et hot enough to open the thermo plate switch off check the oil level it's trial and error but I filled mine up by 1 litre past the top line and

DVLA, that is. I've just received a form from them in the post, as the Calibra had 9 months tax left on it when it disappeared. Given the car was toasted to a crisp by whoever pinched it, it's fair to say they've either kept the tax disc or more than likely, it went up in smoke with the rest of it. So... according to this form, I can claim back the remaining tax... but they

Hi everyone I'm a newbie in the world of car modifications. I'm especially interested in the following car models: Nissan, Toyota, Honda and Lexus. Can anyone recommend some good books or websites about the topic? Thanks in advance.

What it should look like : http://www.kars.com/categories/chrysler/5679AP.html A few errors & original pics : http://ourworld.cs.com/drewpearson2000/ high quality pics here : http://www.autocollections.com/moreinfo.cfm?key=1062 Little lower and it would be sweet. A little ? lots you mean :)

yep you have to fill the cooler up or all the oil in your sump will fill it up and the oil pick up then wont find anything. people that have thermostatically controlled oil coolers and don't fill them up first might suddenly have the oil light come on. this is because the oil has just got hot enough and has then let all the oil into the cooler. Tim "Phil Howard" ...

Please don't rip the **** too much but.. After Saturdays little get together I've re-acquired my taste in happy hardcore/hard house. I know I know but Saturday did end up with DJ Sharky as loud as 'he' goes on the Stereo. I'm now off to buy a another smily face T-Shirt, some more glowsticks and a whistle ;-) Matt

....the ****ing arseholes who saw fit to leave my Calibra which they stole on the 9th, in some woods, torched to a cinder (according to the recovery bloke). Any info leading to someone whose face I can kick the **** out of for this, gratefully received. (Gah, this is the last time I buy anything Vauxhall that's mildly sporty) --

We thought we would tell them about the alloys we had fitted plus the rear spoiler I fitted myself and the buggers voided our insurance because I fitted the spoiler myself. Been with them 3 years, its not as though we are young either I am 44, wife 39. They had given us 7 days to either remove the spoiler or find some other insurance, well I know where they can go.

Well the engine in the 205 has now been changed. The bloke that sold the engine to me told me it came from a 205 XS (ie straight swap). But now i've got it in and finally got it going after 3 days of work it turns out that what (i believe) he's done is taken a 106 SPi block and stuck an XS gearbox and manifold on it. So now the car is gutless above 5500rpm. Slightly p***ed off - you could say...