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Had a 4 wheeo alignment done which should have sorted that. Attached some pictures of the steering rack. Any thoughts? Looks good under the voots but both are ripped Thanks

Well this has taken a turn again, however assuming that you have your policy documents which state the agreed value of your car they have to stick to it, even if it was a mistake on their part they have agreed to a contract and you have kept up with your payments on this contract and the other parts of the contract. As for dealing with the other companies it is not your issue, you signed a contract with your insurer then they are the people you have to deal with, you have not made an agreement with any other company (unless of course you have.) I would phone the insurance company, inform them that they have made a contract which they have to uphold, and if they don't then they will be hearing from your solicitor. Give them reasonable time to respond and then go and see a solicitor. They don't have a leg to stand on if you have told us everything. And what is the point of insurance when they make it so pointless, anytime you claim they try not to pay anything out, they then push up your renewal even if you claimed as no fault of your own, the majority of accidents are never even claimed, even if above the excess amount because of the increase in renewal. It's meant to be there to protect you and help you and hence why we pay so much for it, yet we all try and avoid using it even when we should because of situations like this. Rant over. As for the pictures you cannot attach them in 'quick reply' you have to click the more reply options right next to the post button and then it should be fairly straightforward. Or you can use a hosting site like photobucket and do it that way. Hope this was of some help mate.

Has been a while by the looks of them. How would I check if the rack was worn? Never done it before so not sure.

Well I have had a little issue for a while which I want to get sorted in the next few weeks. At 60 and above the steering wheel has been wobbling, when turning it feels like the steering is pulling back against me slightly. I had the wheel's balanced and that helped a tiny tiny bit but still problems. The steering rack boots are worn through which is 1 option (have new ones to fit but not the time yet) the other option in my head is the steering rack bushes could be worn. Could these be causing my symptoms?? Or is there anything else to check?? Any advice welcome. Thanks

Looks good mate.

Well yesterday had the usual S-line tailgate me, pulled away with ease from him, then got on the dual carriageway and was cruising about 65 overtaking a lorry when I see the Audi tailgating the car behind me until it moved, then sat a mile behind me until I moved over to let him go. Was fairly funny think he learnt his lesson. The had an admiring nod from a yaris driver, very happy when I revved the engine in traffic. So a decent day overall. Having the wheels balanced today to try and sort out the steering wheel vibration.

Hey mate and welcome to the club, sorry to hear how you got the car but glad you like it, time to move on and up. I'm not clued up on wheel offset and all that but i'm sure that someone will be around soon to let you know. Plenty of options of fleabay and some good deals to be had. Get involved with the forums, more than just car chat here.

I don't have any clue but maybe a recording would help if you could get one, so people could hear the noise.

Hiya and welcome, I was looking at white as my new wheel colour, made a thread about it and people seemed to not like it. I personally don't mind it, think its a good looking car:)

The new dealer on the forum said they would have them in 7-10 days, that was on the 29th so probably mid-end of next week mate. So you might be a week to early unfortunately.

Hey mate and welcome to the club. Glad you found somewhere goo to get work done and that its driving well. I found the same when I did the first oil and plugs change. Unless you know what your doing with the alarm I would take it to an auto electrician, nothing worse than buggering the alarm, and if it has an immobilizer you could be left stranded. Did you get it fitted yourself or was it the previous owner? If you know who fitted it I would take it to them and get them to fix the problem that they caused. I don't have a Clifford alarm but haven't heard any stories like that before.

Haha deffo ex material only. I'm lucky in the fact that my gf just lets me get on with my car as long as I spend some time with her as well. But it is a nice looking car, hope to see it get perfect.

I agree, it is ridiculous to say that video games cause violence in real life, I know plenty of people who play violent video games for many hours and have never done anything like that. Definitely something else going on that caused this imo.

Looking good, whats the ride like on the air suspension? comfort wise. Nice car, just had a read through the topic and looks good.

For some reason I don't like the colour for the summer wheels, they look really nice and understand why people like them just not my taste for some reason. I'm fond of a dark purple though, something completely different to most and not too brash, something like this http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff125/monarrez03/SCIC11-22PhotoShoot63.jpg But maybe not as bright. Something flatter. Maybe like below. http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j37/dc2james/purple001.jpg

An interior room might be a good idea. I will also do a small write up of the install when I get to it.

Thanks for the advice and patience seems to be the key as with painting and sanding. I have one other criteria which I forgot, I need to be able to get the tablet out. My basic plan was to move everything as stated in the original post. Then use a case that I buy as a base for my work, basically have a backing plate the size of the hole with the case integrated into it to, using something like the case in the link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Universal-Leather-Stand-Case-Cover-For-7-7-Inch-Tab-Android-Tablet-PC-/360817066771?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item54025f8313 I would take the folding part off and just have the backing plate, and extend it to fill the hole. I would then have a mount in the dash board which I can remove the tablet from and it would be set back a bit keeping some glare off it hopefully, also wouldn't have to use any filler with luck and would have minimal cutting of the dash. Wouldn't look as sleek or well integrated as yours Tlag but would do what I needed and wanted and for very little money.

Well I have got a nice cheap 7" tablet for nav and music and looking to install in in the centre console. The basic plan is to move the cigarette lighter somewhere (not decided yet) take the little draw thingy out, move the single din unit down to where the draw and cigarette lighter were. Then move the 'Bright', headlight level, and headlight washer button to the blanks around the handbrake cable. The tablet isn't a perfect size for the gap however which is where my question comes in. It is about 0.5cm to tall and a 1cm to narrow when laying on the side. Whats the best way to cut the dash for the height? (What tools to get and all that.) Was thinking of making a mounting bracket to go on the back of the unit that was the correct size so the narrowness isn't the issue. Any ideas are welcome especially on the tools, never really worked on an interior before.

Hill - your wheels look nice but not the colour for me I don't think but is close Dave - I agree about the orange and green, something for mucking about with in my opinion, but not for everyday.

I managed to do all 4 wheels for about £20 of primer, colour and clear coat, and that was three or four layers of each on each wheel. Was just a cheap old standard silver and nothing special and turned out fairly nicely.

Bright green or orange would be something I would put on a second set of wheels, don't want anything that bright. Will probably go with something darker, was unsure about the white myself seems to look ok on some silver cars but not all. Being a student I will be doing it myself to save on labour, have done it before and not much to it really just a lot of time and more sanding.

I do love a caterham, always planned to buy one when I could, hopefully in a year or two. Something for rwd fun. And complete opposite character to the Scooby. Looks like a fun weekend, will have to convince the gf that it would make a nice weekend away up there, unfortunately she likes the warmth...

So thinking of refurbing these and painting white, thoughts?

Samsung get my vote, had a S3, Note 1, Note 10.1 and all absolutely brilliant. Had an iPhone 3gs and 4s and thought they were both absolutely awful, battery life is absolutely terrible, even though other batteries get worse with time you can just replace them easily. Also found the fact that you can only use apple software (which is **** at the best of time) really annoying. But that's my little rant over. I would do as Stanton says, go to a consumer goods group, if you can prove that it is a common problem and therefore a defect that happened before purchase then you have some hope. May not have been worth arguing over a £25 exhaust but might be worth some effort on a phone worth a few hundred.

Sanded, filled, sanded filled the holes from the spoiler.... Nearly ready for paint now thankfully so not much more sanding to do.