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 HEADLAMPS - Bulbs, Upgrades, Changing - ALL HERE |
congoblue
 4th Dec 2024 2:20 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 305 · Views: 153526 · Subject: HEADLAMPS - Bulbs, Upgrades, Changing - ALL HERE |
| I've read another post on here where the car turns off the signature strip if it detects a fault in any part of the headlight unit - I think it was related to indicators on the post I read. So maybe t ... |
| Stealth HB3 Xenon kit bulb question |
congoblue
25th Nov 2024 9:47 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 14 · Views: 736 · Subject: Stealth HB3 Xenon kit bulb question |
| I had a ballast unit fail on one of my ABD conversions, you can buy replacement ballast unit on its own from ABD. Easy to check by swapping a lamp from the good side, if the good lamp doesn't work the ... |
| 2014 facelift headlights. |
congoblue
25th Nov 2024 9:44 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 2 · Views: 237 · Subject: 2014 facelift headlights. |
Some of the halogen headlamps from 2014 also have the signature LED strips, it's not just the Xenon ones - though I think there were also ones without the LEDs - are you sure yours haven't got it?
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| Insurance |
congoblue
16th Oct 2024 8:16 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 3 · Views: 310 · Subject: Insurance |
Well that's funny because Hastings Direct tried to hike mine by 50% so I went with Admiral.
Basically I think you have to change insurer every year to avoid this. You would think it would be better ... |
| Deep clean and... eeeuwww!! |
congoblue
8th Jul 2024 10:09 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 10 · Views: 1113 · Subject: Deep clean and... eeeuwww!! |
| This is likely to be part of the door moulding which has degraded with age, possibly after contact with oily hands but maybe just age/car in the sun etc ... I do a lot of electronics servicing and I'v ... |
| 2014 front fog lights |
congoblue
3rd Jul 2024 8:30 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 55 · Views: 22519 · Subject: 2014 front fog lights |
| I don't know about those particular lights but even with perfect optics, 9W of LED will not be brighter than a 55W halogen bulb. Halogen outputs about 20 lumens per watt, LED about 100 lumens per watt ... |
| TPMS |
congoblue
29th May 2024 7:54 am
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Forum: Wheels & Tyres · Replies: 5 · Views: 1217 · Subject: TPMS |
TPMS became a legal requirement for new vehicles on Nov 1st, 2014 which must have been pretty much the end of FL2 production.
My 2014 FL2 (SE Tech version) has it, but it must have been optional wh ... |
| Insurance hike horror |
congoblue
22nd May 2024 8:13 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 17 · Views: 1726 · Subject: Insurance hike horror |
| I just got a renewal through from More Than (Aviva online basically) for £290 which was only a slight increase on last year, I was pleasantly surprised by that (for 2014 SE Tech car). I'm still in th ... |
| FL2 2014 dash sensor |
congoblue
14th May 2024 9:32 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 2 · Views: 519 · Subject: FL2 2014 dash sensor |
| It is one of the light sensors controlling brightness for the centre controls and the instrument panel. |
| A possible return to the fold |
congoblue
4th Apr 2024 11:07 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 9 · Views: 1353 · Subject: A possible return to the fold |
| I've got a 2014 SE Tech with about 125K miles, had it 4 years and it's been very reliable so far, probably tempting fate to say that. Only bad thing that happened was the idler/tensioner pulley broke ... |
| 2013 dash screen brightness issues |
congoblue
28th Feb 2024 12:19 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 6 · Views: 1243 · Subject: 2013 dash screen brightness issues |
| I have always thought the instrument panel light sensor is the small pimple in the middle of the dashboard near the windscreen. However there is also a light sensor on the radio control panel but I th ... |
| Insurance |
congoblue
9th Jan 2024 9:15 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 42 · Views: 5346 · Subject: Insurance |
As insurers are writing off cars for the smallest things these days that means im being charged in my premium for a hire car but they will almost never have to provide one..... another insurance sca ... |
| Cat S Vehicle |
congoblue
8th Nov 2023 9:17 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 9 · Views: 1785 · Subject: Cat S Vehicle |
Insurers now write off a vehicle over very small amounts of damage.
My Renault Clio was in an accident, damage to front bumper, front wing and small scrape on the rear door. Value of car about £8K, ... |
| Insurance on Land/Range Rovers |
congoblue
7th Nov 2023 11:19 am
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Forum: General · Replies: 73 · Views: 10750 · Subject: Insurance on Land/Range Rovers |
| Not all insurers use a claims management company. I had a claim with Hastings this year and they dealt with the whole thing, fairly well too although I did have to ring up and chase them a couple of t ... |
| Programing a remote from another vehicle |
congoblue
20th Sep 2023 8:42 am
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Forum: In Car Electronics · Replies: 12 · Views: 2129 · Subject: Programing a remote from another vehicle |
| The slot in the dash is just like a dumb card reader, which sends the key ID to the ECU. The recognition of the key is done by the ECU. |
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