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my under bonnet insulation is seperating at the front and the yellow stuff is showing. (the black mesh stuffisflappung around) anyone recomend something to stick it back down that won't catch fire, i'm thinking some of that reflective engine foil on a roll, or can i cut it back ? or just remove the lot and leave the base stuff ?

cheers for this, i fhink the guy at the garage last week recomended them. deffo worth a trip to see them

i went for the jdm one so mine's putting out 250brake standard :) fresh service and the chap said it's looking spot on for a good few years yet. besides it's plenty fast enough. coming back from sheff the other day medium traffic outside lane doing the speed of the car in front. some little badboy in a new zetec s festia joins m'way off slip road across 3 lanes and decides to try and climb into my boot, this went on for about 3 miles. traffic in front of me moves over, drop into 4th apply right foot that was it, never stood a chance. (it's not big or clever) sometimes people need to be educated may be a square box but doesn't half shift . don't think his misses was impressed by his ability to drive really close to people either

are you coming onto me with the offer of a propper meal or do you just want to see my legs ? haha i'm not really looking for loads more power as things will start to get expensive (who can stop themselves when the itch is scratched) remember this is supposed to be my sensible family car. i'm prob going to go down the two back sections panel filter route unless tge cat's dead. maybe a map to follow for a bit more economy but apart from that the only other thing i'll be aftervis a new set of rims. i even quite like how high it sits at the mo.

cool, i didn't know if i could just remove the lower cat or are they sequentially in the same pipe ? and replace the two back sections. my mazda was old enough it only had to have a basic emmissions test so full manifold and a single silenced stainless mazdaspeed item was on it. sounded great, best when aproaching 5k and above allways ran too rich. i'm only getting a few mpg less now than i was driving that. :) so really my options are full decat. stainless system and bribe mot man. highflow cat downpipe and the rest of it (any problems with this ?) keep cats standard and just do he two back sections

excellent cheers for the advice, i'll start saving for the h&s system when you say de cat, is that the whole lot or just one of them, i've been told mine has a pair dunno if that's correct i've not looked yet, are there any emmisions problems come mot time if one's been removed ?

cheeers : ) just a shame she's had to go to a new home, i'll take a look at the link when i'm home, i feel a detailing spending spree coming on :)

nope that's nearly 5 hours of washing claying, and a load of megs products and a elbow grease : ) i like to try and keep my cars as good looking as possible. then when you tell someone how old it this they don't beleive you

if i can get it looking anything like this i'll be happy. not bad for a 22year old coat of paint : )

no cling film test needed for me at the moment, can see and feel the tree sap and other poo on the paint work after washing it's gonna be a long day i think !

thing that's putting me off at the mo is having 2 extra doors a roof and a big !Removed! to do now :( haha

With the clay do you use an aplicator spray or just water ? I've been using the billet & hamber medium clay with water in a spray gun as somone tlld me ut works just as well and the sprays you can get with other branded clays are a but of a con ? Once the weather's decided to stay dry, i'm going to gve the forester a proper go over previous owner didn't really do muchbi in the way of good cleaning :-(

What's it like ? I usually use meguires stuff nothing too fancy just the 3 step cleaning stuff. My local motor factors have just got the poorboys stuff and i'm wondering if it's any good and worth taking a punt ?

I must remember to shave my legs more often must be what's putting them off ! i don't normally work past 5 but someone elses f*** up ment i was there till 9. Still early finish today so i'll go measure the well depth and tyre properly when i'm home

sorry i can't be of any help with not having a new model but my spare wheel well looks like it's big enough to accommodate a full size wheel but it's not, the rim is 16 inch on the space saver, and the depth looks nearly a foot in the well but the size and width of the space saver Tyre is tiny. (i was quite bored at work last night) i reckon if i deflated a normal wheel it would go in but what's the point in that, do you have a plastic cover on top of the space saver then the carpet hatch ?

Miggs, thanks for the offer, i have a compressor and gun but the thought of using it never crossed my mind, maybe i like the punishmet of hard graft more ? Closer inspection it's in 4 parts, two backets a long cross member thing and the bally bit. To be fair the 1st nuts came off ok with a 2ft long half inch drive bar and a healthy spray of plus gas, I know once i've removed it i'l miss a golden opportunity to make some money freeing people from the car parks at the festival. Can't wait to waft past everyone stuck haha

The chap who i bought it off said it's got a bar on but never been used for towing, shame about the caravan club sticker in the front and the spring spacer/supports for towing a caravan that are fitted. With the privicy glass and bar i either look a drug dealing caravan enthuisast or i'm having a midlife crisis

I've started the weight reduction programme (not that it will make a blind bit of difference) it looked poo and was doing my head in. The more i poked around the more i found i could remove. Initally i've just taken the sticky out bit with the ball on, but it looks like the rest of it's bolted onto the rear box section. And not welded is i assumed. Does anyone know if the bar is bolted on using captive nuts like it looks like ? I don't wanna get half way through removing it and have to resort to cutting it off

I know mate, i allways get them done when i get a new car just to be on the safe side. The thing that put me off was the amount the dealer quoted me. I only asked them as a guide price ! Still it's all good now. I've seen some horrible engine disasters due to belts failing so know a couple hundred quid spent now is money well spent. Last car had a none interference belt so i've been living in that comfort zone for bit

It's ok i'll be in disguise. 3 1/2 hours in meadowhall followed by 3 hours in the pub nursing a beer was plenty of time to craft a very elegant bin rading outfit ! Like you say, next couple of sercices will be fairly minor so it was good to get it all out the way before the stork comes and consumes all my money. I'm trying to not get carried away with the mods though i spent a small fortune on the last car

All done, service belts tensioners etc :) typically the belt looked fine. The oils and spark plugs were a different kettle of fish. Whoever serviced the car last time only replaced two plugs and the gearbox/diffs hadn't been touched for long time. still at least everything's done and looking good for mot :) one less thing to do. Let the mild mods begin

No offence but i'm down with saving the earth, but i at least want to look good on crimewatch. Binbags are sooo last season O:-)

i know it's just the pain in the wallet,i suppose it's better than an engine rebuild :o anyone know how to knit a balaclava ?

Can someone give me the interval schedule for cambelt changes on foresters ? Car going in for a major service tomorrow and am uming and ahing about doing the belt mainly cos i've no idea what state it's in or how old it is, and there is virtually no service history, the chap at the garage who i bought it from says it's got about 20k left before change. i've been quoted £170 for just the belt doing and £400 for all the idlers and tensionsers too, on top of the major service it's having i'm gonna be broke, i can just about do the belt and service but my heart says skint yourself for piece of mind and get it all done, so 1, do service and any other little bits that may be spotted, trust sleller 2, do service and belt, 3,f**k it and do everything live off pot noodles for the month ! opinions please