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Peahole
Level 7 User
Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 243
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:04 am |
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Invested in one of these today, my trusty K&N is filthy and im too lazy to clean it. Have one of there leather/chrome gearknobs which is good so hoping this will be too.
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Spotted these last week, only £15 but thought better of it as they only had red. No luck at getting one cheaper on ebay, cost bout £20 from there. So back I went today to buy one. They had all 3 colours today so got a nice blue one (also come in red and chrome). Looks quite good nice and large, bit chav but nobody is going to see it under the bonnet. In the box you get filter, 6 adaptor rings, jubilee clip and some poor instructions. Not taken the car for a drive since fitting it, but hoping to notice abit of difference in noise and fuel economy with a new filter on.
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Chris H
Forum Moderator
Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Posts: 19978
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 7:54 am |
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you have the wrong coolant cap and are missing the strut brace trims |
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bbracer16valver
Retroholic
Joined: 23 Dec 2005
Posts: 3315
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:01 am |
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Peahole
Level 7 User
Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 243
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:41 am |
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Very observant, had no problems with the cap. Halfords special after I very cleverly went for a drive without one on, loosing it in the process. |
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Chris H
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Joined: 02 Mar 2004
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Sun Apr 16, 2006 2:03 pm |
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also some muppet put the strut brace on upside down as well. |
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stan
Gay Rights Activist
Joined: 07 Apr 2004
Posts: 1268
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:50 am |
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wasnt the thread about his IK?
or shall we all start ripping each others cars apart? |
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Dan
Site Subscriber
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
Posts: 3547
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 8:02 am |
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lol the usual retro renault thread!! goes off topic in the 1st page. |
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Peahole
Level 7 User
Joined: 12 Mar 2005
Posts: 243
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Mon Apr 17, 2006 9:34 am |
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Was supposed to be but I dont mind. Never knew the strut brace was on wrong, will sort that out. Took the car out today, seems bit more responsive midrange and extra mpg but apart from that cant tell any different. Sounds bit louder than the old K&N, see how it goes. Not bad for £15 i guess. |
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1fast6
Level 5 User
Joined: 10 Jul 2005
Posts: 112
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Tue May 02, 2006 7:22 am |
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I found that cap from halfords doesn't realese the pressure from the system and causing headgasket failures. At least it seemed to on my old clio. |
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