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Yeah it's a fair bit of work, your attempting to remove the entire rear end support structure of the car, and not really for a great reason other than you want it "shiny" , it might seem like a good idea until your half way through and at the point of no return and youve stripped heads of bolts...

haven't checked through all of the pics but the only real issue i would concern myself with is the bracket on the exhaust, it's most likely a suspect to be caught on the next MOT, the subframe looks fine, looks to be largely surface rust typical for a car its age IMO, as said haven't checked...

Its almost 15 year old model of car, it'll generally need a few things, but a thin flimsy heat shield is bugger all really in the overall scope of things that could be wrong. Pretty sure if there was rust to worry about on the subframe it would have been picked up by the MOT tester. Kinda...

you sure its the resonance of the exhaust that's giving you a headache? all your exhaust gaskets good on the manifold?

Subframes are usually pretty chunky things but its not impossible for them to rust through, our cars are almost 15 years old and will have seen as many British winters with salt on the roads, pics will help but you might need to get in there with a screwdriver and chip away at some of the...

might be better if you listed you location, no point in my recommending someone in Glasgow if your in London for instance.

Have a fn2 type r and been getting P0308 codes popping up on occasion, now sometimes the VSA pops up along with the cam code with an error at the same time, I've cleared the codes and it sometimes take a while to come back, no loss of power, no miss fires etc i cant think of any reason why they...

are you checking it with ignition on or off? are you checking the switched side or the permanently live wire? did you have the head unit working the night before? does the head unit have its own fuse? also you mention fuse 37 being blown but on the diagram the switched ignition to the audio...

as Wilmo said the fronts are sided as their typical Macpherson struts so the spring seats sit a certain way, brake hose clips welded on different for each side etc, rears the last time i priced them off the top of my head weren't sided, it was just a rear shock tube itself as they aren't...

I don't think we can solely blame manufacturers, they have to try and meet constantly changing tighter and tighter legislation on emissions and ever increasing independent safety standards like euro Ncap, and they have to do all of that and still be able to sell it for close to the same price as...

I had a Calibra back in 2000, it was a 91 H plate and had some rust spots here and there, nothing structural but it was already there, the engine bay condition of mines wasn't bad to be fair, I probably wouldn't buy a Vauxhall now and i would have said I was a vaux guy in my early driving days...

Well seeing as this thread was brought back from the dead and I'd only had the FN2 a couple of weeks when i originally posted i will give more of a long-termer review, I still own the car, Its been fairly reliable, the only thing i have had to get replaced was the exhaust, and i had to get a...

Well we will soon see, just bought 2 of the Dunlops as blackcircles had them 10% off, Ive seen a few tyre tests when they were included the Dunlops don't do too badly generally in testing, usually just behind the continental sport contacts, wet weather is where the Dunlops excel as you say and...

I've run budget tyres in the past, on some cars i think they're ok like bog standard 1.4 puntos etc, i had them on my 530D sport and you could tell they weren't as good as a "performance" orientated tyre like a pilot sport, you could tell braking wasn't as good, cornering feel was a bit more...

Joying, Pumpkin, and Ownice are some of thecheaper android headunits I've been considering that have had decent reviews, as I'm kinda where you are, they might be worth a look.

Just confirmed that this method does work for the FN2 as well, although the MES plug is situated on the fuse box on the right hand side of the steering coloumn and not the left like the EP3, there is a Yellow plug on the left but its not that one its the one attached to the fusebox with the...

no one remember the Auto taser? i remember it being advertised in Rev's, was going to buy one before the Gov banned them http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ey3XDc27RCw

Does this reset method work on the FN2?, Had my passenger seat out today to fix the sliding rail adjuster and now its giving me a airbag light.

Those don't have any toe out milled into them i take it? i take it there are toe out shims as well?

Those are different to the one's I looked at, the ones i looked at where basically half a shim that went on the bottom 2 bolts which i wasn't too happy with as to me that would have transferred more stress to the bolts due to mating faces not sitting completely flat on each other. Who's shims...

if you have a multimeter then pull off the negative terminal and run the multimeter in between the - post and the earth clamp, set it to read amps and it should should you how many amps/milliamps its pulling across it, make sure doors are all closed, keys out ignition etc as that will give you a...

If i need more i will just use the ones i buy as templates to make more, got plenty of fabrication tools and sheet metal lying here from building the campervan last year.

How many shims do you get for the rear in the kit? just 1 per side? so if you wanted a more track oriented setup you would need a couple of sets or does it come with a couple of them for each side loxy?, i'm assuming whatever you get it'll be enough to setup the rear camber to whatever the likes...

Its a basic geometry setup on a fairly standard car, its not rocket science, fair enough its been a few years since i have done it as i no longer work as a mechanic anymore, but don't let anyone tell you its a black art where you need voodoo dolls and juju magic.:lol: Cheers Chris, that will...

Glasgow, Tbh I would rather do it myself, It's just the way i am, i would rather pay the same and buy a tool for a job and be able to do that job myself 100 times over than pay someone to do it once, it also leaves me more money for other things, but you can't really do it if you don't have...

Hi guys, looking at buying the camber bolts and shims to do a fast road setuponce i get tyres and brakes out of the way, however i live miles away from the guys that are best known for it setting it up, TDI, ABP etc, But i do have access to a ramp and geometry equipment at my brothers work and...

Stainless is more prone to cracking on the welds/flanges though, mild isn't, my aunts man builds high end exhausts for Jaguars, he uses mild, Stainless and Inconel if its specified for a Race application, each of the materials all have their pro's and cons, mild is less prone to cracking but...

Hi guys, got an FN2 and just wondered if there was a "airbox upgrade" using an OEM airbox from another car thats got a bigger filter in it than the stock civic one? had a search but it was just returning Gruppe M and carbon aftermarket stuff, I realise the engine bays a bit on the tight side so...

My guess is probably down to the ability to put the power down, as the ST's didn't come with Revoknuckles or LSD, and they also probably didn't want it outcompeting the next model up ie; The RS

I had looked at ST's when i was looking at my Type R (bought 3 weeks ago) as they were really the only 2 cars that were sticking out to replace my BMW with, the ones i wanted were just out of reach on my budget, or if they were in budget they had the tacky/gaudy cloth seats, i much preferred the...