bigbeere

Yeah - I bought my flip key off ebay.. £47quid :shock: I got it cut at ford which cost £8.90 and they wanted £88.00 to get it programmed!! :o I got it done else where and cost me £45.00 - a worth while mod! Cheers, B

Hi there, No I dont have an engine cover sadly! ?!?! :? - Any Idea what that filter does? Thanks for the reply! :D B

What, just spray the remaining wax with WD40 and it comes off? What do you have to use to stick it back on?? also are there any holes which slot back into the door so it goes no Straight?? Cheers B

cheers for the comments guys! Colour coded it is :D B

Same Anto - I've just ordered the side strips and boot strip off Tezza as I also can't stand the black strips with wax marks all over them :D I've heard they can snap if you pull them to hard - am i right? Thanks!! B

Hi all, The theme for my car will be Black + Chrome, I'm in two minds to change my door handles from the standard matt black to either Colour coded version or Chrome ? - I dont want the car to look cheap nor chavvy with to much chrome bits! Anyone on here have a MK2 with chrome door handles? - Any pics? These handles are off european-parts.net and come from the Loder 1899 set. Not sure if they just stick over the current handles (which I wouldn't want) or completly replace the handles - anyone know? Thanks all!! B!

Bringing this post back up again, I finally had a chance to open my bonnet the other day and have a look whats been done in my 3rd service. Now I'm no expert but I did notice something different, this thing looked pretty shiney and stood out. After checking over some old photos of my engine bay I've noticed Ford must of forgot to re-fit the metal cover. This could be the extra £15 i paid for some type of filter to be cleaned??? Could this be it? With the cover - before service Cheers, B!

Yeah my conti sport 3 feel pretty good now.. they also feeel a lot better when swinging round corners :)

On the Ford INVOICE - Description: NEG ECS Emission Control Serivce ZFDI Diesel EPA ELEMENT ASSY - AIR C GASKET FILTER ASSY - FUEL ENGINE OIL mmm dont think its on the sheet! But i did ask the chap when I was about to pay for it and he ensured me they done it - what ever it was :roll: B

Well it hit 30k the other week and was due for a service, I had a few problems with the car (minor things), frnt left door handle sticks, handbrake doesn't hold and creaking sound when turning the steering wheel. thankfully they fixed them all and didn't do the usual "sorry sir we couldn't find any problems" - they also had an 'offer' for £15 to clean something in the engine which will incrase mpg ?? no idea what it was, but that was done anyway. Only problem was my 4 tyres, I knew they needed changing but didn't know they where so bad, between 1-2mm thread left :? - no wonder i wasn't

darando, Thanks mate!!! Well, I searched high and low for those wheels and was no wayyy going to purhcase them from Ford as like you said, they are way to expensive! I found my current set of alloys on Ebay and won the auction for £400 inc. Sport Conti 2 Tyres! - was only 30 miles away from me, so I even picked them up! Well worth it!! At one point though mate, there were loads of those alloys on ebay, i just used to type ' Mondeo Titanium alloys' and they popped up! Cheers again, B!!

My 16" Alloys Thennn upgraded to some nice Ford 18" Alloys.. B

Yorky, It's a 2006 MK2 Sport (almost base model) 1.6 TDCI Hope this helps buddy! Cheers, B

My 5dr passenger side can lock everything with just one touch :D

Hey Perkins, Correct, these are the FORD ones. (Sorry, this doesn't help you Zetecste!!) Cheers, B!

Donnt worry, I've got it :lol:

Whats the w/site for DMB as those ford badges look mint! Cheers, B

I thought it would be the grill off the CMAX, but i think they are shorter and a bit fatter - I got my chrome grill off ebay and that was also a 2006 model - i had no probs fitting it. Strange one?! B

Hey mate, I'm a nooby whos changed his front head lights - now I'm not sure if they are angel or what... but they look MUCH better.. give the car a much more sporter look! Piccys: FROM THIS... TO THIS... Cheers, B

Hi all, I posted a problem a few months back about a creaking steering wheel... The noise only seems to happen in the cold mornings when turning left or right. Its hard to explain what the noise is... to me its like getting a paper clip and running it across a metal radiator ..click .. click ..click... etcc.. :P :D Mines an 06 mk2 .. warrenty until March 09. B

Wouldn't that take quite a whileeee to get it upto temp. if idleing? Mine takes a few miles @ 50mph before its reached its temp! Cheers, B

I know Donovan had a Remote Start on his 1.8tdci! Whereby you press a button on the fob and it starts the engine for you :D cheers, B

Hey guys, That was my main worry - streching the handbrake cable!!! .. I pulled it one more notch than I usually do, got very angry and just gave the whole console a bloody good yank! .. :lol: it just slipped off... It feels so much better now :P Once again, thanks for all your help chaps! Cheers, BigB

:UPDATE: thanks for all your advice! - I got in the car.. PULLED the hand brake pretty hard (didn't want to got OTT incase I stretched it to much).. and gave the console a pretty hard pull... what happened???... it came off :lol: :lol: New one is now in place, and WOW its much better with it in, it seems much more nicer to change gear lol.. sounds weird, but feels much better! Thanks again chaps! B

Yeah there's quite a bit of plastic under there (as Jamz said) .. I've lifted the handbrake as far as possible (didn't want to stretch the cable!) .. Its really annoying! I'll have another go this morning and let u know! Thanks again, B