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Afternoon, I've had a bit of a weird issue, basically when the lights are off, or I've got only my sidelights on the bulb warning lights comes on the dash. But when the main beam is on all is well and the light goes back out, and when I turn the lights off it comes back on. I've checked the bulbs and everything is fine and working. My car has factory fitted Xenons. So I've taken it to a local specialist who's gone over it twice checked the wiring etc. tried new xenon bulbs with no resolution. The next step they say is to change the ignitors which they've quoted £550 as it's a specialist part that has to be ordered from Germany. To rule it out I want to try some second hand units or new units, ideally Hella but would consider others but I don't want too much hassle fitting them. Does anyone know what I should be looking for or have part numbers? I've checked on here and from reading the ignitors and ballasts are integrated in the same unit, but I just want to confirm that as well. Or if you have other ideas let me know. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Might want to give this a watch, it's pretty impressive tbh. Make it full screen and on a PC / Laptop ideally so you can press "R". https://www.youtube.com/user/HondaVideo

Cheers for all the replies. I found a shared house in Blaham, 5 mins from the tube and plenty of on street parking and put a deposit down. Initially I'm looking to stay for 6 months and I'll go from there to see what else is available in the wider area and outside the m25 etc.

Excellent, cheers for the info managed to find a shared house with a driveway, so might go check it out tomorrow then.

Cheers, do you know much about Colliers Wood? I'm on spareroom already and found a few properties in the Balham / Colliers Wood area, I just don't know that they're like.

To be fair I'm looking at a room in a shared house, similar to what I'm doing now in Swindon. But cheers for the suggestions, gives me something to think about.

Nope 28, single, no kids. Yeah they're paying me a lot but they had to, to get me to work there haha. I'm not happy about paying up to £1k a month, I think it's a bloody rip off, but needs must and all that.

I'm looking to rent, my budget is probably around £1k a month and potentially a bit more for the right place. About 45 mins to an hour commute I'd go for and Swindon is out of the question, there is no way on earth I'm paying £8k a year + tube for a season ticket on the train haha. I'm currently looking at Clapham, Wimbledon, Stratford and possibly Woodford, although I've heard the Central line can be a bit dodgy. I'll probably only live at this place for 6 months tops while I find my feet as my contract for work does say I should be willing to travel Monday to Friday, so I want to know what kind of places I'll be travelling to before I settle into something longer term.

Hi, Basically I've been offered a new job in London which I've taken so I need to move from Swindon and I've got 3 weeks to do it in. Really I just want decent ideas on where to live, I will be working in the city so it needs good links to there, no more than 45 mins travel ideally and I hopefully want to take my car with me. Any help would be massively appreciated.

Corrected that for you

True not all dealers can. But what the original poster has said is that Skoda UK have non available and they won't put the one they have in their showroom on the road, so that does suck.

Fair enough, each to their own

VRS or an Ibiza FR wouldn't come on my radar for a cheap "fun" toy, they both burn the wrong fuel and even when fettled don't do a lot for me, but my personal preference is free reving petrols. Old EP3 CTR, Pug 306 GTi 6, Clio 172 Cup, Mazda MX5 all relatively cheap to run and fun. If you were sold on a diesel though and it's just a second car get the Ibiza purely because they're cheaper.

A colleague of mine ended up buying a merc van instead of one of these recently, purely because the price was obscene with the scene tax.

Drop it out and just buy a bottle of G12/13 coolant (can't remember which) and your sorted as the coolant is a lifetime item so should never need to be replaced.

In a cheap tool kit my dad gave me a few years back it has an extendible magnet (think old school car aerial), I would assume you could pick up something similar fairly cheaply in a DIY store. The magnet is bloody strong as well.

I hate DRLs full stop, yet another thing on modern cars that you'll need to fix at some point, along with stop / start, auto wipers and lights, auto dimming mirrors, electric seats, radar, parking cameras, I could go on... Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Quantum Platinum 5w40 Fully Synthetic - Part number: ZGB115QLB00520 The oil has to be VW 505 01 specification or it isn't suitable. Just buy it from a dealer a 1l top up is like £6 or £7 Or alternatively full list here: http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/21250-what-engine-oil-must-i-use-in-my-fabia-vrs/

Not sure as a bolt on, I would imagine the manifold is different. The 150 turbo off a Mk4 platform car should be a straight bolt on though.

I'm guessing the leather front seats aren't heated?

Not sure if this is the right place to post this but it seemed the most appropriate. Can anyone recommend a good body shop somewhere near Swindon? I've noticed a few bits I would like refreshing due to stone chips etc. but don't have a clue where to start as I'm originally from the north so don't know the places to go down here.

Now I'm not a big cleaner as I can't use a pressure washer where I live and I do mega mileage, but the guide below should help you out (can't remember if you need to be a member or not). I see you've bought most of your kit but I'd add a grit guard which I didn't see. When washing have one bucket with your shampoo in and the other with your grit guard and just some clean water, dip your mitt into the bucket with shampoo, clean your car, dip it into the other and clean your mitt on the grit guard as that will remove anything that may damage your car then rinse and repeat. http://civictype-r.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=144103

Hi, I had my last service in February but it's nearly getting to that time again in probably a month or so, last time I went to CN Tuning but it will be a bit out of my way so I'm looking for some closer options / those that are on the way to South Wales. I've found the following but if anyone could let me know their experiences or if they could recommend somewhere else it would be appreciated. Dialynx Audi VW Centre Ultimate Cars Neil Garner

If it isn't the level it'll be the sensor in the expansion bottle, either clean it with a tooth brush or just buy a new bottle there like £5-£10.

I'd get down to Stokesley depending on where you are and see John at Big Fish Tuning. Know a lot of people who've got maps from him and would recommend his work.