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  1. Chops

    foglight wiring problem

    DIBs lol! is it a facelift one? if it is it wont fit stealthcols anyway, so my concience is free :L. pm me over it mate
  2. Chops

    The repeated camshaft question.

    i remember rading somewhere that the 1.3 exaust cam keeps the valves open a fraction too long, loosing compression, so i suppose so davey. went out earlier and found that the screw on the right hand of the cover is rusted into a shapless blob, anyone know the best method for removal? bit off...
  3. Chops

    The repeated camshaft question.

    i i meant whats the difference between just adding the exaust and just adding the inlet lol.:p
  4. Chops

    The repeated camshaft question.

    Ive been meaning to do this for a while now too. what difference is there between fitting the inlet or the exaust? i was gonna just chuck the inlet in but i wanna know every possible option first lol
  5. Chops

    foglight wiring problem

    Oooh i was wondering if this is what id ahve to do! (Scrappy trip exuse!:p ) did u remove the entire cable(i think it leads into the back of the fusebox behind the dash) and fit them parallel, or just bust out the old cut n crimp method? Oh and if u can dig that indicator stalk out (facelift?)...
  6. Chops

    foglight wiring problem

    could someone with the nessesary passanger side wire put a pic of it and where it goes from the fog unit up please? itd be a massive help. also cant find an indicator stalk with the front fog setting, if anyone has one spare or summet, ill buy it!
  7. Chops

    foglight wiring problem

    Oh no lol, who provides half of the nessasary loom o_O, would it be possible then, as the drivers side did have the wire/lead/w/e to rip another drivers side one out of a scrappys, and run them in parallel from the same source? if so, does anyone know where that fog part of the loom leads to?
  8. Chops

    foglight wiring problem

    Hello all, another light related messup from me! I've bought myself some foglights from the bay of e for my 1999 facelift, but cant seem to find the wire to plug in my passenger side :confused:, could anyone shed some light on this please? many thanks!
  9. Chops

    dead dash!

    Help! I was having good times fitting some home made ht leads, which were workng well, untill my gauge cluster died on me :o ! I dont know if the two are related, as ive fitted a cluster with a tacho and i think the tach blew the relevant fuse before, but this time its not the fuse, i changed it...
  10. Chops

    suspension woes!

    Sorry about the wait, almost necroposting now, but i thought id finish this thread up. I successfully lowered my car round a friends, and managed lo leave my camera 30 miles away which i was not gonna go back for so there are no pictures sadly. I can However, report that the taped molegrips on...
  11. Chops

    suspension woes!

    Well that went well, didnt even manage to do mine (yes i have the compression springs, dont worry ;)). A friend and i were going to do both our cars at once, but after fitting his rears we managed to break the steering (track rod end? i dont really have a clue :L) and scupper his car for a day...
  12. Chops

    suspension woes!

    the problem is sam that if i use a spanner on the flat, i cannot get the nut i wish to undo underneath as it sits IN the tophat in a silly place. with most cars you use a through spanner with an allen key slotted through holding the bar still, but mine has no allen key slot so thats not an...
  13. Chops

    suspension woes!

    oh bugger, i may have spun the crap out of it, tho not too violently. a swan neck couldnt get into the depression on the top hat at the front, too narrow. a through socket and some custom tool for holding the flat on the threaded bar is the only option for undoing it from just the top, but ill...
  14. Chops

    suspension woes!

    oh! thanks alot :D i see now, though that one dosnt resemble my k11's, the springs different. I expect it works the same tho, so ill give that a go! ill do a tutorial, so others dont have this headache lol.
  15. Chops

    suspension woes!

    where did you attach the molegrips? none of the outside of the unit rotates with the bar
  16. Chops

    suspension woes!

    any ideas which tool to use to hold that slot still? its got me stumped.
  17. Chops

    suspension woes!

    Wow fast responses, thanks guys! the top of the threaded bar the bolts attached to has two flats to form a kind of slot, instead of the allen key hole my friends skoda fabia and seat ibizas have (damn VAG group lol). ive looked about and found a through socket and allen key are the waepons of...
  18. Chops

    suspension woes!

    Hello all, i was fitting some lovely fk lowering springs to my little beast, and all was going well, until i came to remove the top hat. the bolt at the top looked easy enough to remove, just a 12 mill socket job, but upon attempt found that the bolt it is screwed to rotates with it, emmitting a...
  19. Chops

    prefacelift light wiring trouble

    i swapped the light, and the light holder insert thing, which is all good, straight fit. but once they're in the lights play silly buggers when the side and main beam are turned on :(
  20. Chops

    prefacelift light wiring trouble

    Im just bumping this up, in the hopes someone can help me! :D
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