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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:36 pm

Digrizrat wrote:What's a decent brand of tools to buy in the UK?

I'm from Australia and by the time they import the brands I know halfway around the world all the boxes are upside down and the sockets fall out when you open them.

Had a break in to the storage shed at my workplace, my van is parked in there with the power steering hose hanging down while I wait for the new hose in the post. They were after a huge drum of power cabling, but also nabbed my toolbox that was sitting by the front wheel ! b*stards !


b*stards, anyway it depends on how much you want to pay, teng tools are good. N
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby loot » Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:40 pm

Digrizrat wrote:What's a decent brand of tools to buy in the UK?

I'm from Australia and by the time they import the brands I know halfway around the world all the boxes are upside down and the sockets fall out when you open them.

Had a break in to the storage shed at my workplace, my van is parked in there with the power steering hose hanging down while I wait for the new hose in the post. They were after a huge drum of power cabling, but also nabbed my toolbox that was sitting by the front wheel ! b*stards !

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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Punto443 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:45 pm

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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby loot » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:00 am

Punto443 wrote:New seat

Got it then :-)
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby andz327 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:05 am

invernessguy wrote:Ordered a couple of front tyres from Asda tyres, cheap as. Tyres are just legal, but had fun trekking up the a9 last night in the snow, and not going back down the road without new ones! Beer o’clock till Tuesday!
Any recommendations for headlight bulbs? My dip is darker than a dark thing on a dark night


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Order online and you get good discounts for bulbs out of Eurocar parts, they're just behind Cally's ground mate, with performance bulbs +130% & +150% the higher the spec/power the less time you get before they pop, sometimes aldi and lidls have bulb in pairs and are +90% and cheap and actually work ok
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby invernessguy » Thu Feb 22, 2018 12:24 am

andz327 wrote:
invernessguy wrote:Ordered a couple of front tyres from Asda tyres, cheap as. Tyres are just legal, but had fun trekking up the a9 last night in the snow, and not going back down the road without new ones! Beer o’clock till Tuesday!
Any recommendations for headlight bulbs? My dip is darker than a dark thing on a dark night


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Order online and you get good discounts for bulbs out of Eurocar parts, they're just behind Cally's ground mate, with performance bulbs +130% & +150% the higher the spec/power the less time you get before they pop, sometimes aldi and lidls have bulb in pairs and are +90% and cheap and actually work ok

Thanks,
I’m off to Stirling for a while tomorrow, was going to go tonight but bulbs are getting too dim to see with safely. Might try polishing the headlight lenses too. Will need to pick some up this week. I used to change headlamp bulbs every year before the winter And have never had one blow on me, but stopped doing that last year, bulbs seem to get dimmer with age, or maybe it’s my eyesight!


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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby andz327 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 1:23 am

invernessguy wrote:
andz327 wrote:
invernessguy wrote:Ordered a couple of front tyres from Asda tyres, cheap as. Tyres are just legal, but had fun trekking up the a9 last night in the snow, and not going back down the road without new ones! Beer o’clock till Tuesday!
Any recommendations for headlight bulbs? My dip is darker than a dark thing on a dark night


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Order online and you get good discounts for bulbs out of Eurocar parts, they're just behind Cally's ground mate, with performance bulbs +130% & +150% the higher the spec/power the less time you get before they pop, sometimes aldi and lidls have bulb in pairs and are +90% and cheap and actually work ok

Thanks,
I’m off to Stirling for a while tomorrow, was going to go tonight but bulbs are getting too dim to see with safely. Might try polishing the headlight lenses too. Will need to pick some up this week. I used to change headlamp bulbs every year before the winter And have never had one blow on me, but stopped doing that last year, bulbs seem to get dimmer with age, or maybe it’s my eyesight!


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£20 will get you good bulbs, there's a euro at perth at the Inveralmond ind est, i do a lot of night and day driving( lights on in bad weather) so headlamps get well used
I get the phillips some prefer osram nightbreakersImage
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Airthies » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:40 am

Drove my van to Hertfordshire, parked it, got out.
Got into her van and into bed


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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby steviebee » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:26 pm

Punto443 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:45 pm

New seat

Hi Punto, are these seats out of the Transit custom, if so how comfy are they? I'm thinking about getting the Custom seats for my Mk6, and need comfy :lol:

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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby tony&kasia » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:30 pm

After towing a 27ft caravan for around 150 miles then unhooking it,
My van seems to have so much power then it did before :lol:
Have i cleared out some poop or something :?:
It just seems so responsive on the peddal now :D
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby motorman116 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:58 pm

andz327 wrote:

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£20 will get you good bulbs, there's a euro at perth at the Inveralmond ind est, i do a lot of night and day driving( lights on in bad weather) so headlamps get well used
I get the phillips some prefer osram nightbreakersImage[/quote]

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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby motorman116 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:03 pm

Washed, dried and polished my van and fitted this illuminated sign, on the central partition in the van..

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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby Punto443 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:42 pm

steviebee wrote:Punto443 » Wed Feb 21, 2018 10:45 pm

New seat

Hi Punto, are these seats out of the Transit custom, if so how comfy are they? I'm thinking about getting the Custom seats for my Mk6, and need comfy :lol:

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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby andz327 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 4:56 pm

motorman116 wrote:
andz327 wrote:

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£20 will get you good bulbs, there's a euro at perth at the Inveralmond ind est, i do a lot of night and day driving( lights on in bad weather) so headlamps get well used
I get the phillips some prefer osram nightbreakersImage


Philips racingvision +150% £19.50 at Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Philips-Racing ... dpSrc=srch[/quote]Yeah You can get them cheaper in ebay also but think he was on the move and needing them asap
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Re: What did you do to your mk6/7 today?

Postby ned » Thu Feb 22, 2018 5:02 pm

motorman116 wrote:Washed, dried and polished my van and fitted this illuminated sign, on the central partition in the van..

Transit sign.jpg


Nice sign did you get if of vans with lights Facebook group?. N
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