***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

€80 for a set of mats from Honda including vat.

will take a gamble online instead

in other news Honda this week brought out a recall this week for the rear windows for crv

yay !

Fizman

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

€80 for a set of mats from Honda including vat.

will take a gamble online instead

in other news Honda this week brought out a recall this week for the rear windows for crv

yay !

Got the other half to get me a pair I've been looking at for a while now. From AutoStyle.co.uk. Saw them in a members car on one of the GTI owner sites and thought they looked the business. Delivered for just under €100.

langdang

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

in other news Honda this week brought out a recall this week for the rear windows for crv

yay !

Cheers, I'll pass that info on to my CRV owning acquaintance, I remember there being another recall a few months back for similar age CRVs. Electrical again AFAIK.

Fizman

Anyone know of someone similar to CleanCar.ie, but in the Munster (Limerick) region?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Fizman wrote: »

Got the other half to get me a pair I've been looking at for a while now. From AutoStyle.co.uk. Saw them in a members car on one of the GTI owner sites and thought they looked the business. Delivered for just under €100.

I was thinking more around the region of 30 - 40 euro myself from what I have seen online so far.

someone recommended a site here the other day up in the north so I'll give em a go. wonder could I drop in instead of delivery ?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

just prepping the civic for the nct tomorrow morning.

I know it says that the car should be clear of personal belongings but what about door pockets ?

and boot is clear but I don't have a spare wheel because it uses repair kit so does under the boot tray have to be clear also ? I have lime jump leads and essential car stuff there like fuses etc.


also have a job interview with enterprise rental car on Wednesday

Bpmull

The clock on my astra just turned 150k km this morning. Thats it broken in anyway:D. Passed the doe Friday and seems to be going well. There was just 143k km on it when i bought it 2 and half months ago. Considering it is parked up 4 days a week 7k km is a good bit in that time span. never got a picture at 150k exactly couldnt pull in a well close enough.

awec

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challengemaster

TestTransmission wrote: »

Unless they came without them obviously from factory, such as jap imports.etc

Don't think so TT.

Therefore, headlamp lens cleaners are required by ECE Regulation 48 on vehicles equipped with low-beam headlamps using light sources that have a reference luminous flux of 2,000 lumens or more. This includes all HID headlamps and some high-power halogen units. ...

Considering Japan adheres to the ECE standards for lighting, they should be fitted from factory on Jap cars with Xenon/HIDs.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

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also have a job interview with enterprise rental car on Wednesday

Best of luck with that, nice job I'd say

Stheno

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

just prepping the civic for the nct tomorrow morning.

I know it says that the car should be clear of personal belongings but what about door pockets ?

and boot is clear but I don't have a spare wheel because it uses repair kit so does under the boot tray have to be clear also ? I have lime jump leads and essential car stuff there like fuses etc.


also have a job interview with enterprise rental car on Wednesday

Good luck for both

colm_mcm

challengemaster wrote: »

Don't think so TT.



Considering Japan adheres to the ECE standards for lighting, they should be fitted from factory on Jap cars with Xenon/HIDs.

I know the fto came with factory hids with no headlight adjustment or washers

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

RoverJames wrote: »

Best of luck with that, nice job I'd say

thank you and stheno too.

hopefully they won't know anything about taking that rental I had for a few extra days

TestTransmission

challengemaster wrote: »

Don't think so TT.



Considering Japan adheres to the ECE standards for lighting, they should be fitted from factory on Jap cars with Xenon/HIDs.

Euro R and jap s2000 both came without headlight washers,that's what I'm getting at

MetzgerMeister

My jap RX8 didn't have washers but the EU ones (with the exact same headlights) did.

Minister Boyce

@limerick man. What happened wit the jag? I picked up on your timing chain repair a while back. Fell out of love wit it?

Ardennes1944

I have a sub box in the boot screwed in and secured nicely, will I have to take it out?

MugMugs

Story with all the sticky threads? That's five threads less that I just can't read now

Ardennes1944

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I have a sub box in the boot screwed in and secured nicely, will I have to take it out?

If it prevents examination of the boot floor and spare wheel

They only check the spare if it's there but they obviously check for to see if it's there or not, they generally lift the carpet and ply (or whatever it is) in the boot to do that.

Fizman

Fizman wrote: »

Anyone know of someone similar to CleanCar.ie, but in the Munster (Limerick) region?

Anyone? I particularly like the options of engine bay / underbody.

Fizman

Fizman wrote: »

....... I particularly like the options of engine bay..........

Autoglym degreaser, garden hose, paintbrush and some tyre foam along with 30 mins of your time would do wonders to most engine bays

Ardennes1944

RoverJames wrote: »

If it prevents examination of the boot floor and spare wheel

They only check the spare if it's there but they obviously check for to see if it's there or not, they generally lift the carpet and ply (or whatever it is) in the boot to do that.

You can lift it up but the box is heavy

dgt

No naff music makes for an eerily quiet store.... Still out of tape adapters too!

Ardennes1944

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

You can lift it up but the box is heavy

Probably not on from a manualhandling viewpoint :pac:

Ardennes1944

feck it, ill leave it there, if it fails ill take it out and go for a retest straight away

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

feck it, ill leave it there, if it fails ill take it out and go for a retest straight away

nearly at the test center myself .. I most likely will fail on front tyres. plenty of thread but side walls slight slice on each.

my 2 final checks included plugging my seat belt sensor back in and putting the Speedo back into km's ! ( I always wear my seatbelt btw, the noise just annoys me when I turn the car on )

MuppetCheck

You are selling winter tyres - surely it would make more sense just to throw them on the car for the test? If you have time I'd be doing that.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

MuppetCheck wrote: »

You are selling winter tyres - surely it would make more sense just to throw them on the car for the test? If you have time I'd be doing that.

would you believe. those tyres are absolutely perfect.

except on one of them (I don't know which one) would fail the nct because of the date on it from what atlas told me but they are still perfect.

I have no idea how that works but I did think of that.

but at the same time I don't mind because my rear tyres are very low but legal and I want to change them soon anyhow so I can do all 4 at once.

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

just saw the tester get my car there...... straight away playing with the radio laughing....... anyway... scary looking through the window.

Ardennes1944

let me know if your tyres fail on age. 2 of mine are getting old! cant see anything on the nct manual about age though