Stephen

yeah i agree it doesnt make much sense in the real world, and i suppose in reality if your stripping and track prepping properly they you can always have a "little" fiddle with weight distribution. either by removing or adding ballast.

i agree here, but if laws where about make life easier safer common sense etc we wouldnt have half the ones we do. they bang on about road safety give you all the "stats" but the fact remains we have some of the safest roads in the world, the main cause for accidents because thats what they are no one sets out to crash, the cause of that accident is opene ended. however the main cause of accidents full stop, motor or otherwise is not thinking properly. common sense says trying to go round a bend at full whack in the wet is a stupid idea, common sense says driving along with something onfire in your hand is a stupid idea, but common sense is what we all lack most of the time. and tahst fine but its other poeple that it impacts on. common sense says that climbing a ladder with hands full of paint and paintbrushes not secured is a silly idea but we all do it, difference is though you cant issue a ticket for that. they will tax and ticket you for whatever they can reguardless of the reaity of the risk. its all about money.

once you have the clocks out you can literally unscrew your old milometer and pop it into your new clocks. its literally a few screws.

correct and yes it will be an mot failure..... either roll the arch or bring them in a touch.

Ha not belidvable was it

Er guys thats mine.....

mines like it too.

i did give you a bell this morning. when i got it working, phones off atm charging but let me know about the piano and il sort some cash out for you when we do that. :)

right my understanding of it as follows you can if the vechile doesnt have provision for a standard sized uk plate and wasnt designed for the uk market. you could always send the dvla a letter, chap i know has a lette in his glove box that esentially says hes allowed it, as an officer ripped it off and it all got rtaher messy. they ended up appolgising and paying for some new sticky pads. anyways since the zed was realised here you probally wint get away with it unless its a 99 spec which wasnt realised here and has a number plate mount too small for a full uk plate. you can but give dvla a call if they do give you permission let us all have a photocopy i hate my front plate.

Right thanks chaps... All sorted poped in the alternator from gaz(hellraiser)and fired up... 14.1v now :) I went through a few connections aswel. Pulled the old one apart seems the two sprung blocks at the back where worn and no longer touching the shaft.

im no engin ebuilder but heres the thing. if you spend all that time effort and cash getting it up and running it runs and works for x amount of miles. when it does go pop cos youve not done this or that, your gonna spend the next six months kicking yourself why you didnt do it properly first time round. do it properly once and you might find it heavy on tthe pocket do it half arsed twice or even three times and your gonna end up worse off. and seriously cheesed off and depressed. trust me ive been down this road myself i ended up selling the whole cra out of frustration. silly decision but id had enough. i intend to not make that mistake with the zed.

Thats not a bad shout theres a branch on my ind est

Anytime bud you have my number anyways dont you?

nah its def the front lol, shoulda said that....

i cant remeber the exact ins and out sof it but the stuff they sell in aquatics shops as a waterproofer is actually exactly the same as what you buy at the diy store but its half the price or less from the builders merchant. also if you fibreglass theres a set prodcedure else it will take ages to relieve the amonia from the water.... if they are wanting to go for koi try to ecourage them to go towards a section of 1200mm deep water, better growth rates and of corse more volume etc etc. as craig said anything you need gimme a shout. im a swimming pool engineer and we use the same fitting etc so anything plumbing wise or if you need a big filtration system, sand filetrs etc, i do all the plumbing the pumps the whole shebang, bottom drains etc are ussually imperal which is of corse what i do. unfortunatly where down in dorset.

is that the one that looks like its had a piece of blue wire jammed in it? all the green ones where in tact.

as above really and where i can get these parts pretty cheap job if i remember corrcetly. :)

right the ******* is out, i had to unbolt the anti rollbar of corse... wish id done it before i unbolted the alt.. :/ anyways i found a disconnected cable on the back. which might be the cause, im hoping to get it tested tomorrow by a mate of mine. do anyone have any idea what the three cables are supposed to be connected too? one is bolted up to a stud and the loose one i assume bolts up to on eof the threaded holes.. but which one? theres two

its an expensive game this to do right isnt it lol, everything you do means something else has to come up with it.

Pretty sure murmur has them too, and madmax has stoptechs I believe aling with luke borg

merc sprinter for work, kia picanto family hack and the zed is the toy for fun and for use as much as i can.

i went about 5 years ago, was awesome wont be going again though cba with the hecticness lol

i do have to agree that 19s arent that useable as said tyre profiles have to be way down to try and keep the speedo correct. which is both uncomfortable to the ass and the wallet. also bad for traction off the line if im correct :D and tbh an inch is sod all looks wise. ive got 16s on the front atm and 18s on the rear, doesnt actually even look that.................... different.

two productive suggestions, jspec indicators, could be replaced, or deoranged. and the 350 badge doesnt look right with that headlight pannel. just my two pence worth. are you fgoing to modify the intercooler lining so that the foglight duct meets in? looking lovely btw.

pretty sure the engines ar ethe same its mostly just trim differences. the cams and turbs are differnt on an auto, however certainly with the tubs they are so simular you wouldnt notice any difference. they will spool up a tiny bit quicker, and produce a tiny bit less power. not enough to make a flying difference on the road though.