geeky_hawkes

(sorry for hijack) but legrath do you have traffic master updates with the sat nav your using? Ive been doing research about how you go about this but not getting too far

Dont suppose he can get the wheel coated as well can he? The chrome finish on my wheels is looking very tired

no turns out it wasnt quite as it was being advertised, so that plus a dead hard drive didnt make it a good buy! still looking though

well this isnt going well, got an email off the person i brought the laptop off on flebay and its dead so hes refunding me. Guess it could have happened after i got it but back to looking again now

sounds good, but do you get any traffic master information on this? (ie traiffc jams etc?) also what sort of pick up time to get off the gps? Heard that cheap gps aerials can give long pick up times? (or is that just from those making more expensive ones?)

Basically, what software can people recomend and what gps mouse/aerial do i need to get trafiic updates as well as the gps signal? Also do i need to pay some kind of fee to get the traffic updates? Anyone using a system like this (legrath maybe?) After feedback really

That looks good mate, and also has the bonus of a slgihtly larger screen in easy access place. Like to see what it looks like in the car, and how you get on with light reflecting on the screen

think im going to get a vga in dash anyways to be honest, im after touch screen so i dont need to use the trackpad etc. Also thinking of putting a usb hub / trackpad in the asktray space so i can plug any usb devices in there (ie bluetooth / freeview / flash sticks)

Got my laptop off ebay, just waiting for delivery now and i can get this project started

tell me lol

Looks ok to me mate, think a craptop is the way forward probably, il keep you updated how i get on with mine

http://www.redlineoil.com/whitePaper/17.pdf might be of interest. Dont see anything in here myself to worry about, just seems to help the SHC of the water

not had any validation code either mate? was trying to use my hotmail account if that matters? Shame i cannot login without it site looks like it will be well useful for the datascan maffia

sounds good but is it due to the flush alown or the flush plus the water wetter? guess we will find out when kam does his stuff

Be interested to see the results of that mate

wonder how much difference this stuff makes, presumably you have to drain the system to put it in anyways, so maybe its just the drain and refil with fresh thats making the difference (happy to be proved wrong)

smithy, your brake booster hose kits make much difference to pedal feel and braking performance? My current hoses are in good condition and have been replaced at some point in the cars history so they not too bad, im just ona mission to get the best braking i can out of standard zed configuration

we all guessing now, what is it ? if ever a post need pictures.....

get it done quick though mate, didnt notice a dink on mine in the same place underneth and the wheel arch now has started to rust! Going to be a few hundred££ now and the pain of not having my zed for a bit!

no idea, my after market guage must be shot as it only ever reads about 50 / 60 degrees but my recent datascan install is showing around 80!

Im hoping to get round to fitting my braided hoses this week and was wondering whats the best / easyist way to service my calipers while ive got the brake fluid out of the car? Just a general clean and freeing up or more to it?

da fox sounds good to me, was thinking about a similar install myself. Just trying to find a p3 laptop under £50, dont even care if its screen works or not as ive no intention of using the laptop screen!

Depends on where you are planning on installing the laptop. You could always just wire it directly to the bottom of the cars power (as in under the ask tray) but depends on where you want the laptop installing.

thats what i was thinking as surly a p3 550 or upwards running windows me 256 (or 512mb ram) decent nvidea geforce 2 type card would be fine in a car? Obviously biggest area to spend would be HDD to keep the mp3/mp4 pictures on

thats the sort of thing im looking at although wondering if its that much cheaper now thana custom carpc, £100+ for the laptop, same for the screen, then extra for the power unit / invertor.. guessing your looking at around £300 all in so might be a bit cheaper