RichardS

Happy 18th mate.....:thumbup: Richard:happybday:

A belated happy birthday Mark - hope you had a great day mate!! Richard:thumbup:

Cheers Gary..... .....Although it could do with a nice clean after 400-odd miles:wink:

Just got back from a very nice long weekend in York..... ....And as ever, the ZX made the trip a breeze. It looked pretty good outside our hotel as well.....!!! Richard:biggrin:

Hi and welcome mate...... .......I'll check to see if I can pop along too; in the ZX of course...:wink: Richard:thumbup:

Hello and welcome to the club.....!! Richard:cool:

Hello Tom - welcome to the club mate!! Richard:cool:

Hi and welcome mate! Richard:cool:

Hello and welcome to the club Mark..... Richard:thumbup:

A belated many happy returns Rob - hope all's well with you mate!! Richard:happybday:

That is a dead cool video - shame about the car though....:wink:

"yes" on genuine OEM HIDs..... "no" on those..... 2 different things; hence I have not added a vote....:wink:

Yup - I agree with Gary et al..... I am not a fan of 'kitted Zeds in general, but I've always loved THAT car.... leave it alone mate and enjoy it for what it is - ie what you bought into...:wink::cool:

Hi and welcome to the club!! Richard:thumbup:

Many happy returns Dave - have a fantabulous day matey....:thumbup: Richard:happybday:

If you mean just the inserts - then no; original 89-spec all the way.... .....However proper OEM 99-spec Xenons..... I'd have them!!!

Sounds like it beats Manchester - good luck out there mate! Richard:cool:

There is that option - or do as I did. install a DAB radio; the Kenwood ones have a little front windscreen mounted antennae with an inch square plastic box and a little wire loop about 5 inches long. It sticks to the windscreen but it's very discreet - and it works pretty well to be honest! I do still have the OEM 1990s effort too - but that's just (a) for the novelty factor and (b) I cannot be bothered to get rid and have the hole filled in just yet....:wink::biggrin: Richard:cool:

I agree with you in principal mate - I too would want a full refund - but as far as the seller is concerned, he has offered a full refund of what he received. As I said, it's a risk buying from overseas - hence I don't do it - but Jose should refund you the purchase price plus what HE charged you for shipping. Then if you can recover the import duty from HMRC and have Si return the parts for you at no cost, what else are you down by (sorry - I haven't re-read the whole thread:oops: )? If it's not much, then I'd still be a bit pissed off, but would grin and bear it:wink: Good luck though Simon - I hope you do reach a satisfactory conclusion. Richard

I don't think you are being unreasonable at all..... ....But then I also do not think Jose is with his offer of a refund either.... All in all, I believe that buying goods from outside the UK/EU always carries an element of risk with regard to shipping and customs duties. Jose sold you some goods which were not, as it happened suitable/correct for your application/etc. You paid him US$ xxx and he offered to refund that amount in light of what has transpired - I think that is reasonable in the act of supplying goods only. If I were the seller, and speaking as a person in business, I would certainly not accept any consequential losses. However if you do return the parts and obtain a refund of the purchase price, then I'd also say that HMRC would be liable to refund you the VAT and import duty - since you did not (in the end) actually import anything with a value! Personally, I would take Jose's offer; then get in touch with HMRC to recover your VAT/duty costs - but accept that any extra carriage costs within the UK remain with you - and chalk the whole thing up to experience. Oh, and mitigate your losses further by getting Funky Si to take the parts back - thus saving you any further shipping costs!! Richard:clover:

Nothing wrong with the MX5 - it is not the world's best selling sports car for nothing...:wink: Personally though, I prefer more power, but the MX5 is a tidy, nimble little car and the 1.8 or 2.0 engines are generally considered more than adequate to provide sufficient fun when driving a light RWD convertible. Richard:cool:

I might have, somewhere, mate - but TBH it's not the tidiest job...... I always intended to stick a large washer over the hole to make it look neater, but just did not get around to it...:oops:

My advice - do go for the extension cables and drill your rear boot panels. You can make them look tidy if you are worried by the appearance - but if you don't have the extension cables, you won't be able to experiment with different settings; or real the benefits of the suspension being adjustable! Richard:cool:

I can recommend Meister-Rs too...... Richard:cool:

Well prompted Dave - my vote is cast:wink: