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Thanks Marlon. I haven't been able to speak directly to the auto electrician today as I planned. Only managed to leave a message and so far he hasn't come back to me yet. I am not sure whether that is because he isn't keen to do the job or that he has just been very busy, could be either. I 'll give him a day or two before deciding what to do next. We live just south of Lincoln so it would be quite a journey across to your part of the world. However, if I can't find someone to do the job locally I might have to bite the bullet. Thank you for offering to speak to the garage for me if necessary. I'll let you know how I get on and whether I need you to speak to the garage. Thank you again for your help. By the way lovely photographs.
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Auto electrician coming on Monday. Keep your fingers crossed.
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Seats all working. Have posted a thank you to Mr PT, Fishy Dave and yourself. Thanks for all your help. Without it I would never have got the job completed.
Cheers Marlon
Cheers Marlon
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Great news Ian, it was one of the trickiest most expensive mods I've done and like you I couldn't have done it without the help of the forum - namely Fishy Dave and Mr PT.
Well done
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Bought a long overdue piece of kit my old scissor jack was leaning like the tower of Pisa last time I swapped my wheels
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Great move Marlon, I like to keep a low profile as well
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You went to Halfrauds.
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One of the problems with this site is that the members are constantly buying extra equipment that you then feel you can’t do without. Very bad for the bank balance. Looks like a very useful bit of kit.
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Used my trolley jack today - halved the time to swap to the winter style 32s
Rear brake pads were on an advisory for the MOT back in June so decided to get some quotes, however Jamie got me a great deal on a set of Bosch ones and fitted them too - top bloke
Old ones were fooked (although the brake warning light hadn't come on)
Manage to get my first roadside vid since my DLV exhaust mod - thats Jamie driving
Rear brake pads were on an advisory for the MOT back in June so decided to get some quotes, however Jamie got me a great deal on a set of Bosch ones and fitted them too - top bloke
Old ones were fooked (although the brake warning light hadn't come on)
Manage to get my first roadside vid since my DLV exhaust mod - thats Jamie driving
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Lol - You let Jamie drive
He won't know himself, in a car with suspension
Also, those pads aren't that low, rears are nowhere near as thick as fronts to start with, the min rec thickness on them is 3mm..
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He won't know himself, in a car with suspension
Also, those pads aren't that low, rears are nowhere near as thick as fronts to start with, the min rec thickness on them is 3mm..
Mike
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Piss arf!Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:18 pm Lol - You let Jamie drive
He won't know himself, in a car with suspension
Also, those pads aren't that low, rears are nowhere near as thick as fronts to start with, the min rec thickness on them is 3mm..
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They look worse in person than they are I'd imagine there was no more than 2mm on them and the pad material was disintegrating
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fronts:Ducklakeview wrote: ↑Fri Oct 27, 2017 9:18 pm Lol - You let Jamie drive
He won't know himself, in a car with suspension
Also, those pads aren't that low, rears are nowhere near as thick as fronts to start with, the min rec thickness on them is 3mm..
Mike
rears
. . . and yeah, I'm gonna clean the Discs, hub and callipers - next job
Yeah Mike, I let him drive
It was worth it to listen to my car, sounds so much better in the flesh
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Loads left on them lol..
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swapping them out early with Jamie has saved me money - would have been off to the Indy's when they wore right down and parting with £££, so I'm happy
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