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jimihendrix
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I needed a seat that would tilt forward to allow access to the rear seats, surprised the MX5 seats did this.
Sure i've seen people asking crazy money for Elise seats (or maybe those were Exige ones ?), these MX5 seats were only £70.
They should look great though they are a fair bit firmer than the original Lotus seats, i think in it's day the type 75 Elite was marketed as a GT car rather than a Sportscar.
jimo746":22in0mvo said:Those MX5 seats will look great, when I had my MX5 a popular upgrade were Lotus Elise S1 seats, and they'd also suit your Lotus
I needed a seat that would tilt forward to allow access to the rear seats, surprised the MX5 seats did this.
Sure i've seen people asking crazy money for Elise seats (or maybe those were Exige ones ?), these MX5 seats were only £70.
They should look great though they are a fair bit firmer than the original Lotus seats, i think in it's day the type 75 Elite was marketed as a GT car rather than a Sportscar.
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My £200 309 sailed through it's MOT on Friday, all I'd done was change a bulb and replace a wing mirror glass. I think it's the first car I've ever had that passed an MOT first time! Makes me feel a bit guilty that I'm probably getting rid of it in a couple of weeks due to incoming company car.
My £200 309 sailed through it's MOT on Friday, all I'd done was change a bulb and replace a wing mirror glass. I think it's the first car I've ever had that passed an MOT first time! Makes me feel a bit guilty that I'm probably getting rid of it in a couple of weeks due to incoming company car.
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Fantastic. Who says french cars are made of cheese?
When you come to sell it post it up here first as some fellow macretros may be interested.
Rumble":h566lgsw said:
Fantastic. Who says french cars are made of cheese?
When you come to sell it post it up here first as some fellow macretros may be interested.
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Ha! Finally plucked up the courage to get rid of the bl--dy alarm immobilizer off the Falco. It had decided i was a thief and stopped me going out for a ride last night. Wouldn't stop screeching.
What a guddle of wires and I'm terrified of electrics - black magic as far as I'm concerned.
But now it's gone and the bike started first prod. Beer time!
Ha! Finally plucked up the courage to get rid of the bl--dy alarm immobilizer off the Falco. It had decided i was a thief and stopped me going out for a ride last night. Wouldn't stop screeching.
What a guddle of wires and I'm terrified of electrics - black magic as far as I'm concerned.
But now it's gone and the bike started first prod. Beer time!
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First thing I do with most of my vehicles is remove any after market alarm/immobiliser systems. Don't need them up here, and sod's law the darn thing will prevent you getting it going in a hazardous situation.
Well done for tackling that with a fear of electricals! At 46 and decades of messing with them I am only just getting confident with auto electrics!
Well done for tackling that with a fear of electricals! At 46 and decades of messing with them I am only just getting confident with auto electrics!
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Most of the industry. We've got some French engines in our range, I bet that's a decision the purchase department are proud of. Except we probably spend twice the savings over using a decent engine on warranty.firedfromthecircus":2ufvnn1r said:Fantastic. Who says french cars are made of cheese?
jimihendrix
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Finally got the breaking down issue sorted with the Lotus, turned out to be the New FACET fuel pump, made the classic mistake of assuming because something was new (and expensive) it must be ok :roll: , went through the whole ignition system, even converted it to electronic, still it broke down, another mistake i made was assuming that the carbs were getting fuel as when i cracked the banjo bolts fuel came out (and the pump was running), finally when it done it the last time i lifted the lids off the carbs and the chambers were empty, assumed a tank blockage, tank and breathers tested fine, removed the FACET pump, bench tested it, it would run for five minutes then die (still turning but fuel dribbling out), so FACET pumps are crap.
£70 wasted not counting the time spent looking for faults elsewhere.
F*ck you FACET :evil:, apt name, GOLD FLOW = PISH
New £12 Chinese fuel pump fitted and working great.
So car is now running great, had it out today, got stuck in heavy traffic in town and it behaved impeccably, just running a bit rough when the fans cut in but thats forgivable.
Got the new Mazda MX5 seats fitted
Finally got the breaking down issue sorted with the Lotus, turned out to be the New FACET fuel pump, made the classic mistake of assuming because something was new (and expensive) it must be ok :roll: , went through the whole ignition system, even converted it to electronic, still it broke down, another mistake i made was assuming that the carbs were getting fuel as when i cracked the banjo bolts fuel came out (and the pump was running), finally when it done it the last time i lifted the lids off the carbs and the chambers were empty, assumed a tank blockage, tank and breathers tested fine, removed the FACET pump, bench tested it, it would run for five minutes then die (still turning but fuel dribbling out), so FACET pumps are crap.
£70 wasted not counting the time spent looking for faults elsewhere.
F*ck you FACET :evil:, apt name, GOLD FLOW = PISH
New £12 Chinese fuel pump fitted and working great.
So car is now running great, had it out today, got stuck in heavy traffic in town and it behaved impeccably, just running a bit rough when the fans cut in but thats forgivable.
Got the new Mazda MX5 seats fitted
jimihendrix
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zigzag":1f6wmcsf said:
Aye, really pleased with them Aaron, lucky find too, my mate spotted them in the scrappy, i dismissed them as i didn't think they tilted forward (my car being a four seater) but he lifted the side lever and the back sprang forward.
Would have cost a hell of a lot more than £70 to get the original seats re-built.
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