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  1. Makey_FR

    Newbie here, 2 small faults

    " some damage ", This is my old car, i wrote it off lol.... the whole drivers side was a right mess.
  2. Makey_FR

    My tdi cupra broke :(

    the people on here are very helpful on SCN. if your unsure about something, someone has usually had the same problem and resolved it :)
  3. Makey_FR

    My tdi cupra broke :(

    yeah you would have known it if it did! usually bits dont get past the intercooler!
  4. Makey_FR

    My tdi cupra broke :(

    i had my boost pipe pop off on mine once and they run really lumpy, as if the engine cut out was cutting in and out. I also blew my turbo, but it siezed up on the exhaust side, so the gasses couldnt escape, so it was redirecting them through the EGR valve, basically choking the engine (as its...
  5. Makey_FR

    My tdi cupra broke :(

    sounds like one of your boost pipes has popped off, check all them first on the left side of your engine, and also on the offside underneeth the car. If they are all intact and still jointed up propperly, i would say your turbo has sh*t itself.
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    Best tyres for motorway miles

    Basically because in my opinion, the road is not a race track, they are very soft, so they wear really quickly, they deffinately have alot of grip, some have said to me that other tyres actually perform better in the wet, and not too badly priced. But for motorway driving these qualities are not...
  7. Makey_FR

    Best tyres for motorway miles

    we get good reviews on them too, a friend is running a corsa SRI 1.6T on Falkens and prefers them to the continentals that were on previously! Quite a few people like the Falkens on here. Dont see why not to be honest, good tyre, last long and a price you cant grumble at! Unless you are going to...
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    Best tyres for motorway miles

    I work part time fitting tyres, It depends how much you have to spend, i personally run maxxis MA Z4S tyres on mine, and are very impressed with them, i give my car some stick so dont see the point in putting soft tyres on, my last set of 'softs' lasted me 4500 miles. These maxxis have laster...
  9. Makey_FR

    Is this a good price for front pads?

    Front pads are really easy to fit yourself, you need minmal tools. give it a bash yourself, if your that unsure, get a mate who knows what their doing to look over your shoulder while your doing it. its the only way you learn to do stuff :) Euro car parts sell pretty cheap pads, if you can get...
  10. Makey_FR

    A Wheel Fitting Question

    As MickyLad says you will need to swop the 225 tyres for 205/40/17's so you dont get scrubbage! as long as there 5x100 they will go straight on, i believe the ofset for standard 16" alloys is ET43? (IIRC) if your usure google ofset calculator that will help :) They shouldnt ruin your ride, you...
  11. Makey_FR

    any information on how to clean egr valves

    The 130TDI EGR is quite awkward to get off if you got fat hands (speak from experience :p) you need a short set of allen keys and i used some pliers on the short end to turn it to crack the studs off. As for the cleaning, good old elbow grease and some parafin! maybe your sisters tooth brush...
  12. Makey_FR

    can anybody help??

    your missing my 130TDI lump under your bonnet Tom, thats what i recons up with it!! :lol:
  13. Makey_FR

    Chino's Ibiza FR 20VT - 7.5 years on...

    haha id love to! i just bought a motorbike though so want to keep costs to a minimum at the moment, well at least it might be less smokey now!!
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    Chino's Ibiza FR 20VT - 7.5 years on...

    keep up the good work mate looks good! can i have your job please ? :P haha my turbo went bang last night! gutted, do you reccomend anywhere to get it reconned ? cheers
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    Chino's Ibiza FR 20VT - 7.5 years on...

    Ah cool cool, il keep in touch anyway, planning on doing just about all the majour ones, im sure il be flying round donnington at ISTS to keep your eye out if your off! i know traction control was off skits at east midlands airport today, its mental, have to start washing her at least twice a...
  16. Makey_FR

    Chino's Ibiza FR 20VT - 7.5 years on...

    not at all, honestly the weekly meets at my local car club are bigger! Damn...haha, im sure i could make it fit somehow, maybe wedge it in? you hitting the majour shows next year? saw SCN was at modded live the other weekend, didnt spot anyone oi talk to on here though! Yeah cool ta, not...
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    Chino's Ibiza FR 20VT - 7.5 years on...

    Heya Chino, Makey here met you at Modded north west (fail of a show) if you can call it that!! haha Loving the display looks mint! and can i steal that intercooler for my derv haha ? hope ya doing well buddy!
  18. Makey_FR

    Makeys Ibiza FR - Hull

    cheers :) cracked my windscreen last night so its getting a new one on monday!! fitted a new pioneer cd player today too, sounds mint!!
  19. Makey_FR

    Hottuning / Ta Technix Coilovers - Fitting problems?

    yer when i stacked everything on, i literally needed to just lean on the spring to compress it about half an inch to get the nut on, now they have bedded in you hardly have to do that. Maybe they were putting the kits together wrong or sending the wrong ones out
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    Hottuning / Ta Technix Coilovers - Fitting problems?

    thats what the cone is for if you have the smaller 'competition' springs, it locates home inside of the bearing so the spring doesnt sit on the bearing itself, i changed the bearings on mine as they were goosed, although the rubber top mounts were sound, my car had done 45k when i put mine on :)
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