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I'd be interested to see how its done kev, my rear wiper is about as useful as wiping the window with a raw onion!

I ordered the EXACT part numbers chris corrado posted and they fit like a charm, they're deffinalty 100% the right ones.

is that actually a lupo rear wiper then or a combination of the original C wiper and a lupo one? dare i ask...part numbers?

just done mine, has to be the easiest mod there is! Chris Corrado got the part numbers spot on, although i did have one dealer get a little confused with the 'v' at the start, then even more confused when he asked what year my lupo was, and i said i didnt have one, they were for a corrado! "er, do you not want corrado ones then??" NO!!! :D 1x V6X2 998 406 1x V6X2 998 405 £40 from my dealer

they look amazing Darren! where'd you get yours from then?

:D found them on supergolfs, £155 each! fingers crossed for a christmas bonus!

hmm, normally rare = costly! maybe i'll have to rethink my plans...

Just ordered mine, they'll be ready for tomorrow so i know what I'll be doing! just over £40 for the pair.

I know these are borbets, but what 'letter' are they? also can you still buy them new? i've looked around on the net and cant find any... ta!

good man! ;) had a few myself. if you had a 4 channel amp that'd be spot on james, but because its a 2 channel, you can only do one or the other, so you can have all bass or all trebble. The HPF and LPF filters on a 2 channel amp effect both channels, where as on a 4 channel amp you can control each set of channels (left and right being one set) independantly. right that doesnt make much sense, i think i'll have myself a crisp sandwich and go to bed, i'll let dave explain it better tomorrow...

haha, yeah.... :? "who stome my trebble??"

oops :oops: well spotted mate ;)

doesnt matter if they're 6x9's or 6x4's the principle is the same. You'll need coils for them if you want to cut out the bass going to them. Set you amp to 'full' (or is it 'flat' cant quite see on the photo) then wire up the 6x4s as normal. At the top of the speaker connections you can see it says 'bridged' these are the terminals you should use for the sub. Basically you'll have two wires going in to the left - and the right +. Tri-mode just means that the amp can handle running a set of speakers normally, and a sub 'bridged' at the same time.

After getting my new exhaust I had a problem with the engine vibrating under hard acceleration in low gears and the downpipes (correct term?) from the manifold hitting some part of the steering/suspension (i think). I took it back to the place i got the exhaust from and they reshaped it as much as they could, which reduced the problem massivly, but i still get vibration when i boot it in 1st. I was wondering if a new, uprated engine mount would fit the problem? as i understand it they can pretty much eliminate engine movement. Any recomendations and ideas on prices?

according to this site - http://www.spacecraft-uk.com/html/amplifiers.html all vibe amps can run in tri mode, so you should be ok. (bridgeable, not bi-wireable, thats when you have 2 left and right wires for each speaker IIRC) as ']['H3R4POR says wire up you 6x9's as normal then use the + from one channel (left or right) and the - from the oposite channel to power the sub. If you have a built in crossover on the amp set it to 'full'. I had a maystar amp wired up like that for about 2 weeks until it died on me and damaged all my speakers! :mad: not sure if that was a fault with the amp or just because i was pushing it a bit too hard by running it in tri-mode. I had a low pass filter connected to the + on the sub, and high pass on the 6x9s all of which i bought from halfarts for about £10 each. you WILL need some sort of crossover/filter type thing for the sub otherwise you'll get a full mono signal going to the sub....not good!

which means you'll have a bigger airbox....must be good for at least 0.5bhp! :D

I've noticed a few times that the passenger side foglight on the front of my C is a bit wonky, and i'd planned to have a proper look at it at some point. had another look today and its actually slighty wedge shaped so its points off to the left! is this normal or should i see a doctor? :shock:

I'm sending off a cheque to supercharged today for his spangly pioneer unit.... cheers for the advice everyone!

hmm, tempted by that one now, i'd looked at it but thought it was some weird wood effect which put me off, but if you lot think it suits the C then i may just go for it...

yeah bally, looked at caraudiodirect.co.uk and incarexpress.co.uk, both WAY cheaper than halfarts. I've got a sony CD unit now, is the sound quality of the alpine noticably different?

I'm going to spend some of my xmas bonus on one, and i've been looking at the alpine units as i know they're one of the best for sound quality. They're a bit pricey though. just wondering if the alpine mp3 units are 'better' in the same way as the CD headunits are, or if JVC/Kenwood/sony etc are worth a look.

updated again! Bally - the pipes a full custom job from a company in newcaslte corrado4life - its got a dark grey cloth interior, wish it was leather! maybe one day...

borbets on the top picture of the C wagon? I'm in two minds about it, kind of reminds me of what BMW did with the Z3 when they made the roadster, only not as effective.

(checks date) nope, not april the 1st ;) i'll give that a try!

thanks bally, it looks lovely! it needs a bloody good wash though its covered in dust! as soon as i've washed, waxed and back to blacked it i'll post some pictures...some time in 2004 then! ;)