| Author |
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 For people who bought HID kits |
congoblue
 28th Jan 2025 9:21 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 7 · Views: 569 · Subject: For people who bought HID kits |
| Mine were just in the clear containers, no wrapping. I don't recall if the box had a security tag on it. |
| My xs is no more. |
congoblue
23rd Jan 2025 4:19 pm
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Forum: General · Replies: 32 · Views: 2426 · Subject: My xs is no more. |
Had this issue with son's car before Christmas. He crashed into a concrete fence post damaging the bumper, bonnet, headlights and bumper support beam of his Peugeot 108.
So how did you get round t ... |
| Headlight wiring |
congoblue
15th Jan 2025 1:50 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 1 · Views: 238 · Subject: Headlight wiring |
where is it melting exactly?
Assuming it's not touching something hot, melting is usually due to a loose terminal at the end which is arcing, the heat from that passes down the wire and melts the i ... |
| Right DRL not working, Headlight works and indicator fine. |
congoblue
23rd Dec 2024 10:32 am
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Forum: Maintenance & Modifications · Replies: 6 · Views: 580 · Subject: Right DRL not working, Headlight works and indicator fine. |
| The signature strip is controlled separately to the DRL cluster (when you put the indicator on for that side, the DRL goes off but the signature strip stays on). From your picture both of these are of ... |
| HEADLAMPS - Bulbs, Upgrades, Changing - ALL HERE |
congoblue
4th Dec 2024 2:20 pm
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Forum: Technical · Replies: 306 · Views: 163662 · 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: 1252 · 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: 453 · 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: 487 · 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: 1464 · 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: 24245 · 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: 1644 · 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: 2226 · 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: 666 · 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: 1799 · 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: 1585 · 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 ... |
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