J Henderson

Tumble

Looks great!

Zippy

Skinner

Petrol

I believe its in one of the fuse boxes in the engine bay.

Looks like Cadoxton Slate? For me, one of the best colours that these cars come in. 👍 The mirror mechanism might just need cleaned and re-lubricated. There's a Guide on the site if you fancy pulling the mirror apart to investigate.

Ambient air temp sensor? I believe that's located somewhere near the bumper.

Looks like a Fiat Mirafiori

Munch

Nice car, and yes you should be happy with the colour. 👍 It seems like most of these 2012 Advance models with the DRL headlights came in really cool colour combos. The F-Sport bumper extensions are indeed available to buy. 76851-53020 76852-53020

A s s

Oakley

Assuming your car is a 200d. BC Racing Coilovers

A quick Google suggests its to do with the radio antenna. Probably reduces hiss/ interference.

The VLAND LED DRL Headlamps have been around for a while and have their fans. The legal status of them seems questionable though. A few reviewers on Amazon mention the lack of a parking light resulted in an MOT failure. Perhaps someone who has them can chime in whether they truly are plug & play, or if they need to be modified.

Assange

Driver

Whoops, been slacking on keeping this up to date again. To be honest there's not been a great deal to report, and nothing overly exciting but I'll fill in the gaps anyway. March 2021, just a month shy of the car's 10th birthday is when it suffered it's first real fault/failure when the n/s/f wheel bearing gave up. A replacement wasn't cheap as the new bearing comes as part of an aluminium hub assembly, complete with ABS sensor. The local indy garage who now services my car sorted me out with a new one for £320. Speaking of which, October was when a minor service was due, and duly carried out. Much to my surprise, the garage filled the engine with the correct (and expensive) 0w20 grade oil. Previously it was filled with 5w30 and I can really notice a difference in engine behaviour on this new thinner oil. The idle speed seems to have dropped a little, the engine is more free-revving and spins into life with more gusto on startup. Fuel economy has improved too. Historically, my (in dash) tank average usually drops into the high 20's during winter, but its holding firm at nearly 32 MPG. The weather hasn't been particularly harsh this year though, plus I've been running the car exclusively on super unleaded ever since E10 petrol became available, so those are no doubt both contributing factors. The MOT was also due in October and I'm pleased to say it passed with no advisories. Fast-forward to the present day, and over the weekend I took care of something that had been annoying me for a while. One of the wiper arms had lost some of the paint/coating, leaving some unsightly exposed (and corroded?) aluminium that stood out like a sore thumb. Instead of trying to tidy it up with a rattle-can of spray paint, I decided to just replace both arms with new items. I purchased them from amayama along with new nuts and caps. Total cost including express shipping from Japan was less than the price of buying just one wiper arm from a UK dealer. Ridiculous! It would've been rude not to fit a new set of wiper blades at the same time, so that's what I did. Normally, I go with OEM Denso and really have no complaints about their performance, but I decided to treat myself this time to a pair of PIAA Si-Tech blades. I had these on my IS200 years ago and recall them being brilliant. Each time they sweep across the glass they leave behind a water-repellent coating that proves to be so effective that you can actually turn the wipers off at motorway speeds. They're not cheap at £50 a pair, so I'll be intrigued to see if they're as good as I remember them being. Thankfully, there's not been any rain to try them out as yet. 🙂

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So, what's actually the difference between the 2010 one and the 2011-13 version?

Bobby

Daniels

Corbett

Horlicks