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Nice one matey! Looks a corker!

Nice one! Have fun with it stanners!

I have a pair of snap on ones, not cheap or pretty but very well made and will last forever!

Whats that car from Training Day? always thought that was kinda cool!

How about the General Lee? Love that to!

Still cheap at twice the price! Good work matey!

Just watched that Nurburgring vid.... Wow that fella knows how to drive a 911!! Awesome!!

*dribble*

Feck all.

I thought the golf had twin tail pipes?

Yeah they do.

I was wondering if this would fit: Zorst

Will a Mk2 Goof GTI 16v back box fit a late 16v Rado as the look very similar?

Well, both bulbs could have gone a long time back, but with the dim dipped beam you'd not have noticed, unless you left the lights on with the key out.

 

I'd take the connector off the back of the headlamps and test between the sidelight and the earth for 12v with the light switch in the first position, ignition off.

Thats a chuffing good point! Good thinking batman!

Will get my multimeter out tonight and get testing!

Thats a vauxhole red top innit?

Nah, just ignore the the dim dip resistor entirely, it provides a nice little function, which isn't entirely neccessary. A bit like makeup on a girl, makes them look pretty, but it doesn't help with the washing up....

 

There is a seperate feed to the sidelight bulbs from the first position of the switch, this looks to be ok as your rear lights work...

 

Have you tried your multimeter on the loom yet?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

In havent tested the loom yet as im stuck in work, what part of the loom do you suggest I test?

If I remember correctly I have not touched any of the wiring that feeds the sidelights, so in theory just disconnecting the dim dip resistor should do the job (as it did on my previous rado!). Is it likely the BOTH bulbs have blown simultaneously just after I finished making the loom coz Im all out of ideas?!?

And a kr kam :lol:

Would be rude not to!

The head gasket has gone..........

Went like a dream for about 40 miles then its blowing between 2 and 3.....

 

Bugger.

Ya got to love cars eh.......

Bah thats a shitter mate!! Hope she gets well soon!!

Sorry fella. Leaving about 5am to drive up to edinburgh.

Keep all fingers and toes crossed that she will get us there.

Oh and give our cabby a pat for me. Shes back in for tlc again. :cry:

Good luck fella, thats a trek and a half!!

Whats wrong the cab mate?

Don't worry about the dim dip coil (Resistor).

 

All it does is connect to the dipped beam loom between the switch and the new relays, the idea is in OE looms a smaller voltage runs to the dipped beam bulbs and they glow dimly. When you uprate the loom, the current that they pass is high enough to switch your new relay(s) so the dipped beam gets the full voltage from the battery.

 

If you were to connect the resistor to the loom after the new relays, the dipped beam bulbs would glow dimly...

 

Anyway, it's not connected to the sidelight bulbs or thier part of the loom.

Take the power feed from the output side of the dim dip resistor?

Is that what you mean?

Have you completely lost your sidelights when the headlight switch is in its "middle" position or is it switching on the dip beam? (like when the dim dip resistor was in circuit?)

 

Andy.

With the dim dip coil disconnected and the switch in the middle position there are no lights whatsoever.

With the dim dip coil connected and the switch in the middle position the dip beam is on.

Any ideas?

IMO these types of speed cameras are more dangerous beacuse you tend to spend most of the time staring at your speedo, making sure you don't creep over the limit, rather than paying attention to what's happening on the road infront.

Thats a bloody good point, Im sure they will realise that the the cameras do more harm than good when we all start going up the @rse of each other!

Fecking Big Brother is even watching over us now!!

Bump, I'm still confuddled!!

Walesy, ^^ As tim said, a particularly nice stretch to 'give it fook!' aswell!

Not that I condone speeding, Officer.

A new type of speed camera is being used in Cornwall to make motorists pay heed to reduced speed limits through a major road resurfacing project.

The Highways Agency will start work on the £2.75m scheme on the A30 between Loggans Moor and Hayle at the weekend.

There will be lane restrictions in both directions, with a 40mph (64km/h) limit enforced by new average speed cameras.

They measure the average speed of a vehicle through the whole stretch of roadworks and not at a single point.

The work includes renewing safety barriers and installing new drainage channels, which will affect both carriageways of the A30 at Hayle.

Plate recognition

It is the first time this type of speed equipment has been used in Cornwall.

Highways Agency spokesman Peter Heron said the cameras should encourage motorists to drive sensibly.

"There are two sets of cameras - one at each end of the site and they have number plate recognition.

"They recognise a vehicle as it passes through the first camera, then check the time it takes to pass the second camera to work out the average speed.

"If that is above the speed limit it will be passed to the police for enforcement."

Great! :x

Hmmm.... That's a bit wierd then... I'd have a quick check of the bulbs, or at least try the voltage at the plug to the sidelight to make sure the wires haven't been broken somewhere...

Yeah that my next port of call but I will be very surprised if both bulbs have gone.

The switch is fine because if I plug the Dim-dip coil back in the headlights come on in the sidelight position as well as the headlight position.

I have also tried bypassing the dim dip coil by touching the two feed terminals together with a length of copper wire. this just turns the headlights on in the sidelight switch position.

Im getting a headache, thinking about this far too much!!

The worst for me was my mates mum's Mk1 Renault Clio 1.2 in 'Camp Blue' (seriously, thats what the colour was called!! You cant make it up!). I had to drive it from Cornwall to Dover and back again, t'was awful! Crap driving position, crap steering, crap brakes, crap gearbox and gutless! Yes I was glad to get out of that heap!!

The second worst was another mates girlfriends Renualt 5 which I was repairing. It was pretty much the same as the clio but marginally faster (being a 1.4!).

Tip: Never drive anything french - its depressing!

How does the uprated loom fit to the headlights? Did you just cut the dip beam and main beam wires into the OE plugs and solder the new loom onto those wires?

Thats basically it yeah!, Are the sidelights on a different fuse? I didnt think about checking that, muppet!

*puts shoes on and heads outside*

EDIT - Just checked the owners manual, sidelights and tail lights are on the same fuse. My tail lights are working properly so it cant be the fuse! Doh!