You can get a 3.5 to USB C adapter on Amazon £2.99.

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If its any consolation using Mazda dealers for servicing, one dealer put the wrong oil in, another fitted the wrong filter and didn`t replace the dipstick and also damaged the drivers seat back, another filed the front brake pads down in an attempt to stop them squealing and then fitted them incorre...

For any RX-8 owner watching that video it should carry a warning - "This Video of RX-8 ownership may cause distress to your bank account and frequent bouts of sleepless nights!

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As has been said there is a Bilstein rebuild service not cheap though!

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LED Headlight LED Daytime Running Lights LED Rear Lights A great spec` for the price I nearly bought one a while back but I wanted 4WD - I hope you are not going to be blinding all the sensitive fellow drivers with your SUV high up really bright LED lights! :-k Where I live I think they have got us...

The reason the sills rot is due to the roof drain channels that exit under the sills, owners don`t keep them clean so they get blocked and the carpets wet.

You will need one of these a trombone cleaner.

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The LED brake lamps are hard to get hold of now but you could do this Convert upper brake lamp and tint the lens with tint spray or window tint film.

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I understand it is a problem on other VW range cars.

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The 190 is fitted with projector lenses but H7 halogen bulbs, back in 2004 when I bought my 190 I replaced the H7`s with a Bosch HID kit to the dipped beam which was a great improvement, back then it passed an MOT and it never seemed to affect other drivers!

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My VZN Formentor pan roof has also proven to be somewhat temperamental but only on hot sunshine days, the touch panel puts the courtesy light on going over a bumpy road and you cannot turn it off, I had the roof open then it wouldn`t close had to use the remote after locking the car. :roll: Consider...

Well with the amount of concern being demonstrated about LED car headlights apparently blinding 9 out of 10 drivers now and with the ongoing investigation by the Governments "Bright Light Minister" a leading bulb manufacturer has explained the reason drivers are struggling with the glare f...

I made two backets approx` the width of the plate which are bolted through the grill then the plate fastened to these with double sided tape, the plate meets with all size requirements etc.

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Not a lot to say really you have been doing all the right things to keep this great car in a state that does it justice!

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Uncles yellow car wouldn`t have been a S2 only on S1, incidentally a great pair of legs Ryan, have a good read up plenty of useful information available for the discerning RX-8 owner.

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The B110 imasen relay under the dash in the footwell area, for RHD cars near the throttle pedal.

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A voltage test doesn`t necessarily mean the battery is healthy its amps that give the battery its power it needs a load/drop test!

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OE HID`s are 4300K but I find 6000K give a better whiter light especially picking up reflective surfaces where there is no lighting at all, I have never been flashed by an an coming driver in over 16 years of using them do Night Breaker DS2 bulbs pass that test considering they are claimed to be up ...

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Fri Jan 03, 2025 7:40 pm

To add to that a cheap multimeter for any car electrical work is priceless

I would also add an OBD11 code reader they are not that expensive but are worth having your own access to fault finding.

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every single failure i've seen so far has been the sensor sticking. it sticks at the full flow position. if you remove the sensor from the pump, insert a screwdriver into the slot and gently rotate it anticlockwise, it springs back to its home position. it will then work fine. ive revived 3 like th...

Is this still open for entrants?

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43.76 litres.

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There is a guy on here working on a turbo kit.

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I bought my first RX-8 in 2004 and my present one new 16 years ago it sits in the garage and is taken out occasionally to remind me how good it is, on the last MOT the examiner at first told me it had failed as "you are not driving it enough" besides that if I do drive it then it will just...

On Sky More4 HD Car SOS are rebuilding an RX7 including looking around a Rotary engine with Mick Hurley of Hurley Engineering.
It's also on More4+1 @ 6.50pm.

In case anyone hasn`t seen it.

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I have decided this problem with bright headlights is just a jealously thing, there I was driving along a local pitch black country lane and a car came towards me with one headlight that looked like it was one candle power, then the driver decided my Cupra Matrix headlights on dipped beam were far t...