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I'm curious if UK right hand drive cars have special customised foglenses for the UK market and if these lenses are only approved in UK and not in the EU? I was going to buy new Hella/Behr foglenses from UK and wanna be sure they are exactly the same as on the german market C43´s? I think...

Well im coming to the end of 1. my tether and 2. the project. Today we put the bootlid on.... Nicely painted, aligned properly, then my mate close the boot. What a total T*T!!! Now your most likely thinking whats the problem? Well i disconect the battery to stop it from going flat. So i cant...

So it is Christmas Day mid afternoon by which time your children have gone well OTT and parents have had enough. What to do? Take them for a walk. So of course by this time any remaining shreds of self control the children had has vanished and they are running aroound like lunatics and one of...

Yesterday on the A1 I lost power and had a BANG BANG BANG. Turned out to be an injector seized open. The fuel (and plenty of it!) was pre-igniting. Engine survived. I keep having to repair stuff to keep this w124 going. I was wondering what next after replacing small items like the head gasket...

I've not used Windows 7 and understand that it comes without an internet browser. So here's the stupid question. If I get a pc with windows 7 and it doesn't have a web browser how do I log onto the net to download one? :doh: I'm sure I am missing something:confused:

I know of a breaker who has 2 drivers side Recaro CSE's, one in navy leather the other in navy cloth. I could buy both but only afford to get one re-trimmed in cream leather, would it be silly to just put one in the car for now and hope to come across a passenger side at a later date?

Ok.. so i FPO'd i can not find my e class service book. If you lost your service book, where would you look?? it would really save so much hassle just to find the original than to get the replacement duplicate stamped up... arghhh Help guys..!

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Does calipers from newer MB's fitted with electronic SBC component work on older Benzes say w202 w208 w210 with standard calipers? If The newer style SBC calipers works on older benzes, is it necessary to include the SBC electronics or can these calipers work without SBC electronics...

Hi all, a newby looking for help. I have bought a w203 (I think) 06 plate C280 the was bought blind as a stolen recovered with no damage, any how, his and my idea of no damage are poles apart. To the point, does anyone know where I can get:- A black front centre arm rest lid. the cheapest way to...

So i read up, and asked around, so if you put a thin layer of wax on your custom headunits or so, it prevents scratches and stuff, it really does work, but me being stupid and lazy, i didn't cover up the buttons or tiny crevices.. so now i have tiny bits of dried up meguiars wax INSIDE the...

I always thought to be proper AMG Merc it had an AMG engine uplift aswell but I see a few cars out there marked as AMG that only have the body kit and wheels. Am I wrong.?

Ive been recording 'Chop Shop' on the DMAX channel, where they take a wrecked/crappy car and make something out of it. Whilst the designs are a little (alot) tastless in general, the guys clearly have skills with metal work (no fibre-glass rubbish) and with some decent designs I reckon they...

Being new here, I have been reading the other W211 ATF threads with great interest, particularly those talking about the homemade dipstick. Which leads me to my really stupid question.:o Whereabouts is the ATF dipstick tube located? I have a 2007 E320 CDI, that has a nice red topped engine...

When putting on my spare tyre on my eclass 2001 estate 320 cdi I stupidly didnt use the shorter bolts that come with the spare wheel _ i used the longer bolts that come with the alloys. Result has been I've tightened the bolts further than i should have done. result is the bolts are quite...

To spend over £1500 for wheels (lets forget the tyres) to put on a car worth £7k (at best)? I am wrestling with my conscience over this....:rolleyes:

Driving along A3 to work this morning near Cobham at 08.30am in outside lane doing 70mph, everyone broke slightly and this woman behind me swerves to avoid me and gets sideways in the middle lane ploughing into my passenger door sending me into the central reservation. Mercedes say £6,500 pounds...

Hello. In my rush to put the back seats up this morning, I put the headrest back in the wrong place. Meaning, on the 2 seat bit I put the headrest in the middle two holes, rather than the correct 2 - problem is, I can't get the bloody thing out, aside from taking the hack saw to it has anyone...

Change a front indicator bulb on a cl55? I have lifted the bonnet but don't have a clue how to get to the bulb..:o

Hi all, My friend currently have alloys on his C240 and he wants to "down-grade" to steel wheels as he has a set of nicely painted ones which he saids suit the car??? Anyway the question is whether the alloy wheel nuts and bolt need to be changed to steel ones or are they suitable for steel...