vrs200bhp

Billy they look mint. You still got them?

Just pay the extra and buy the original matts from dealer. Went through two sets of "quality" matts from eBay. Both different suppliers and both were shocking. Vrs badges peeled off within a week. Oem ones have been in nearly 2 years and are still as new.

+1 for the fiddly job. good luck

the plot thickens...... just been out for a spin and thought I'd turn ASR off this time. Give it some stick and no clicking noise. Can I assume then that the noise is simply the ASR "thinking" about coming into action?

Here ya go lofty, this image has been taken from the for sale section of the forum but you get the idea....

Afternoon all Noticed that recently on full boost my car seems to make a clicking noise that appears to be coming from the running gear on the drivers side. Its not as defined a sound as a CV joint click (the sound they make when they are knackered), its higher pitched but always comes in on full boot. Really difficult to tell where its from though. Anyone experienced this or have any ideas what this mystery sound could be?

seen black and lime green before. with the green being painted on the inner parts of the wheel and spokes. anything thats different is surely worth a punt?

Ltd Edition VRS is marked as TFSI On parkers and being 35kgs heavier then the standard VRS.

had mine fitted to my vrs 18 months now and havent had any issues what so ever. although i dont cover many miles so might be worth getting someone else's input. my opinion though is that its a worthy upgrade with a noticeable difference to the drive of the car

http://www.flickr.com/photos/52273984@N06/7936734766/ Here's mine on 16" Spiders. Dinky I know but I like them.

perfect thanks for the clarification. i shall get ordering next week me thinks!

Thanks for the input gents. When I say upgrade I don't mind pads and discs, it's more the expense calipers etc I want to avoid. Not only is there the cost but also the fact that my little 16" spiders won't fit over anything larger than OEM Just had a browse on euro car parts and for the front the 312mm discs look good. Would I have any issues fitting these?

Afternoon all In the next month or so I am going to replace the discs and pads all round on my VRS. Not looking to upgrade (so just disc and pad suggestions) just wondered what my options were other than OEM? Budget of no more than £500. Discuss....

Ok that has assured me. i know theres a 6 year gap between the 2 cars but i wasnt expecting the difference to be that noticeable. still love the octy though - a fantastic car all round.

sounds expensive! i just got a shock going from my dads 07 plate 325 back to the octy at first. there just seems to be an incredible amount of play in the steering before anything happens

Lovely write up as per usual. Would love to see your car one day! Question for you. Have you replaced the steering rack bush? If so easy to replace? Much of a difference? I find the octy steering a bit wooly at times and looking for a fix.

I wonder what Hammerite's shade of Smooth Green would like on an Octy :strong:

yes mate its still here. pm sent

Bodge out of interest how much you get charged for having the CEL mapped out? You can pm me the price if you'd prefer

long shot but does anyone have a part number for the clip hooks that hold the interior sun visors in place? in cream please

will have a pipercross carbon vis kit up for sale next week if that of any interest to you? only covered around 150 miles on the car. comes in original box with all parts needed for a perfect fit. was only removed due to my dad owning the car for the last year. lloking for £120 posted. cost me double that

All sorted! Weirdly after 3 days of changing the fuse it now comes on with ignition.

How do! I am at my whits end with my MFD unit. Worth mentioning before I start that everything worked fine when I installed it along with the plug and play adaptor. Trouble I have now is that it doesn't power down or up with the ignition. But it is receiving power and all radio stations are stored fine. So after some further investigation on here it would point towards a ignition wire fault. Checked the connections from the unit back wards and everything is fine. Check from headunit right to fuse box. Strangely fuse 37 I think it is had blown s-contact I think it's called. In the manual it says this is used for radio and a few other items etc. I also checked Radin fuse 42 and that was fine. As its an mfd do I have to do what others have done with aftermatkets and swap over the live and switch cables? If so its weird that it worked before and looking at other installs the MFD works fine so long as you use the plug and play adaptor which is what I have. So having checked the cabling and replaced the 37 fuse aswell as check 42 fuse radin I am now stumped as to what else it could be. Any suggestions? What would cause the S-Contact fuse to blow? Thanks in advance

I am at my whits end with my MFD unit now. Worth mentioning before I start that everything worked fine when I installed it along with the plug and play adaptor. Trouble I have now still is that it doesn't power down or up with the ignition. But all radio stations are stored fine. So after some further investigation on here it would point towards a ignition wire fault. Checked the connections everything is fine. Check from headunit right to fuse box. Strangely fuse 37 I think it is had blown s-contact I think it's called. In the manual it says this is used for radio and a few other items etc. now as its an mfd do I have to do what others have done with aftermatkets and swap over the live and switch cables? If so its weird that it worked before. So having checked the cabling and replaced the 37 fuse aswell as check 42 fuse radin I am now stumped as to what else it could be. Also is there a quick fix to sticky door handles?

DG are you willing to post? if so how much for the pair of front indicator lenses please chap?