DINO

I have L3 USX if you are interested. Buyer to pay for the transfer etc.. Any reasonable offers?

Hi all, Its been a while since I was last on the forum. Guess the car has been great all this time. Anyway how do I become a Gold member, the site has changed a lot since I was last on here, and I cannot find the links. I have something to sell. Thanks

I had one for 1 month and took it out, still have it in the box somewhere. The throttle body gets very dirty, and it does not make any difference to acceleration etc IMO, if anything requries more maintainance than the OEM. Prefer the OEM filter lasts longer than the K&N. K&N filter required cleaning/oiling virtualy every month. Just vacum the OEM filter and housing every month to keep it clean. Make sure it is a OEM filter used and not an aftermarket one, as they do not fit properly and the filter fibres are not the same.

Ahhh, so it is the same as a normal cabled clutch, just making sure I know it does start slipping before I get stranded somewhere. Thanks

Hi all, Does anyone know how to tell if the clutch on an is200 is running out. I say this as the clutch is hydrolic, does it start slipping like a cabled clutch? Your advise would be much appreciated. Rgds Dino.

Go and see Tony, I will always go back to him for any car I own. I got 35k out of my tyres after Tony set it up. My front lower arm is being replaced and I will go back to him again to set the car up.

Hi, That must be the stuff, I was quite amazed that the creaks went away with some spray for a while. Thanks for the info.

Thanks for confirming this mate. Mechanic sprayed somthing on the joints (not WD40) and the noise went away for two weeks and came back, but not as bad. i will get both sides replaced and then see dr Tony Bones for allignment.

Hi all, Need som advise, when I take off the car makes creak sounds. When driving its fine and then when braking creaks again from the front driver side. is this the lower arm or the ball joints. mechanic has checked and advised it the lower arm. Does the whole arm require replacing or just the bushes. I thought it might be the ball joint? Cheers.

Thanks mate, will ask my friend to try that. Will post the results, thanks again for the replies all.

Hi all, It's been quite a while since i've been on the forum, hope the forum has been helpful as ever. Anyway let me get to the point, my friend owns a rx400h, he has a realy bad smell coming from the air vents. It only happens when the normal fan is on, and not the aircon. I have checked the pollen filter and used air con clear, which kills bacteria. The smell is pungent to say the least, a kind of pissy smell. LOL. Any ideas what it could be? :winky:

Only GOLD MEMBERS are allowed to offer items/cars for sale matey :)

Like I said I as I approached the junction the lights were green. He took off without looking as he assumed the left lane was clear before he moved. The junction is not sqaure, going straight means you will need to vear right slightly as the exit after the junction is not in line before the junction due to one lane. When I noticed passing him I stepped on the pedal to try and avoid him. As Partiban said assume al drivers are idots, which is what I have been doing for the past five yrs and avoid quit a few idots by not placing my self in a position where an accident could happen. But this time I could not avoid it as I had passed him. I cannot post the picture of the junction for some reason, but have a look in google 3d maps. Its Kenton Lane at the junction with Kenton Road, the exit after Kenton Lane is Woodcock hill.

Is that the junction that has an HSS hire shop on the corner? Yup thats the one.

Hi the accident happened not even a mile from my house. I was on Kenton lane approching the Kenton Rd junction to go to Preston Rd.

The other party is claiming that I came accross into his lane. But the lane merges into one after the junction, and I was half a car ahead of him, as the point of impact was under my drivers door to the back. Unfortunatley there were no witnesses, photos of the accident were given but just of the damage, not where the cars were positioned on impact. He was stationary at the lights on the right, I was approaching the lights, they turned green, I continued and he took off and went into me. This was just after the traffic lights in the box junction, before you merge into one lane after the junction. But as you say how can I prove this, such is life, should I just bear the loss?

The orad was re-turfed so the marking were not there. But the left lane is to go left or straight and the right is to go right, if the lane accross the junction is a single lane, which it is.

The other party cannot say otherwise due to the damage on my driver side.

Hi all, My beloved is was hit by a FXXXER 1 month ago near a junction. To top it off the repair work was not good enough, who MoreThan use (DWS Bodyworks DO NOT USE THEM). In the end after not accepting the car it was done but the paint will never exactly match, due to the car being 8yrs old and sunlight affecting paintwork. Am I right in what i'm saying? Secondly the other party claimed I went into him. I was in the left lane approaching the junction, he was on the right lane. i was going straight over the junction, whcih has only one lane. He was also going straight from the right lane. I was half a car ahead of him when he collided into me. Damage under my drivers door and then scraped the rest of the side to the back bumper. The Insurance company are saying its 50/50, as there are no witnesses, which either me or him could get due to the junction being busy. Is there anything I can do other than go to court as they will also say 50/50 or should I accept the losses and move on. What are youre thoughts.

Has anybody not noticed that the throttle body gets dirty very quickly with the K&N. The butterfly flap gets dirty and can stick, which causes slow throttle response. Am I right?

I get 300 miles for urban driving with a qtr tank left. Never let it go past that as all the crap is at the bottom of the tank. My car is a manual by the way. On a motorway run I get about 450.

I use Eneos 5-40. 75% of Japenese cars in Japan use this oil. Very good.

Thanks mate, did a search on the Net and found Chips Away & Wheelrefurbishing.com amongst others. I have given my details and they all should call tomorrow with a quote. Thanks again.

Anyone know of a reptuable fixer.

:tsktsk: Hi all, scraped the alloy this morning, absolutley gutted, especially after 3 years without damaging the wheel. Is there anyone who can fix the 1inch scrape in the rim? Do not want to refurb just one wheel, as the other 3 are spotless.