BigCol
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Given my parents were married and I’m not rotund… ‘king Brilliant? 🤔😳🤣🤣🤣
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🤔 It’s a Sigma in a SV (Superior Version)!
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I used to use the excellent tool tubes that @Jonathan Kay organised as a Bulk Buy years ago but have removed them. I repositioned the coolant header tank and fitted a Really Useful Box (painted black so invisible-ish… before I realised they can be bought in black!) fixed the the cruciform under the nose one. The blue handle/clip is just about visible through the grille here: It contains a reasonably comprehensive selection of tools and bits, inc tyre weld, to prevent the use of my AA membership and credit card which I also always carry!
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Assume you have a standard rollbar…. otherwise, if you’ve a track day one, you won’t be able to get the bolts in as the diagonal will get in the way and *will* have to remove it!
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What’s a full hood?
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Quad Lock. They do bespoke cases or stick-on adapters for the phone and a variety of mounts including a wireless charging one as per my photo in the third post of this thread above.
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There’s an ignition switch for sale at the moment…
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and I thought mine were cheap (think circa £40 a piece two years ago from an eBay supplier) 😳
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Where’re you based Sam? I am sure folks on here will then point you towards a local expert. As Dave suggests, a re-map could be useful but personally I’d seek advice to discount all the potential cheaply-sorted issues first!
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Anyone had any issues swapping from 185/55 ZZS to 185/60 R888R on a 7 with front “race” wing stays? Online tyre calculator reckons latter is 18mm extra diameter, so 9mm less clearance under the wing. Think (hope!) there’s sufficient space…
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What did you replace them with, Alan? More ZZSs or R888Rs or…?
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I have one fitted to my SV! (well, I think it’s the same!)
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You’re going to hate this… you need to get a bit biblical with the side skin and push it to give you access/clearance to the head of the bolt/nut. Don’t worry - it’s less industrial (mostly!) hereafter…
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Me too… to a pre-booked IVA test only (and if it fails, direct to a place of repair/correction).
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Banner —> Odyssey was (sort of) like-for-like but latter had a better reputation for longevity and being AGM, could be mounted on its side and I think was a tad lighter. Odyssey —> LiFePO4, yes - weight-saving though neither of the previous batteries had lasted a particularly long time (four and five years respectively from memory) so wasn’t motivated to go back to either.
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I replaced my Banner with a PC680 before going LiFePO4…
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Minty is more helpful than he is rapid… it’ll be worth the wait. Ironically, he’s slow because he’s busy as he’s so good!
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yup; on the right hand side, there is a choice of two wing stays: race/lower, part number: 76102 or standard/higher: 76104. (based on emails with Caterham when I replaced a damaged wing stay with the wrong one! 🤦🏻♂️)
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or in my case, the testers themselves; one of my IVA failure points was due to a mis-interpretation of the regs by the tester! To be fair, he accepted my subsequent email with *my* interpretation!
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I suspect I used a unit similar to this (can’t see far enough back in my eBay purchase history to confirm). Two wires simply piggy-back onto the gauge with the other two are for the LED which I mounted in line-of-sight on the dashboard. There is a simple potentiometer that adjusts when the LED lights.
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As above… have modded my gauge with extra resistors to aid accuracy and when my third party low-level light comes on, I can put about 32 litres in. So once lit, I have ~4 litres/30 miles before I get to the unusable bit (~36l of the 41l tank)
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I think Soft Bits are that busy that they make stuff to order and so don’t have stock as such…
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I have spare key, a spare immobiliser fob and a spare cut-off all secreted (in different places!) about my 7 in case any go AWOL.
