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  1. mattlee

    annoying seat belys.....

    whenever i take off my belt or a passenger does in the front they never zip back as they should and i end up feeding them back into the slot to get them out of the way. anyone else have this issue? any idea how to fix it?
  2. mattlee

    7th Gen value...

    ive been contemplating selling my 2004 Accord ctdi for a while now and have been thinking of swapping it for a Civic ctdi. after looking around on autotrader, ebay and other sites the price varies vastly for the same car. now i know a used car is only worth what someone will pay as is everything...
  3. mattlee

    CTDI oil consumption

    ive had my 04 saloon ctdi for 4 years or so now and its never used a drop of oil and has always been pretty much full still when coming to a service. the only oil that was lost was from a very tiny leak it had that was fixed eventually this summer..... (long story) ive just checked my oil and...
  4. mattlee

    alternator trouble. again!

    After being sent a recon alternator I have had it fitted but now my lights get brighter with revs and dim when the pedal is let off.... Any ideas? getting a bit fed up of these alternators tbh. This is my second one in 12 months now. The first being sent with a faulty clutch/pulley....
  5. mattlee

    best place to use axle stands?

    I'm going down the DIY route for certain things on my accord and just wondered where you guys positioned axle stands when needed to raise the car? Don't want them to be unsafe or go crashing through the floor........
  6. mattlee

    what have you guts paid for a sport front grill?

    I've been searching through breakers for a decent sport grill for the last couple of years with no success. Today however I have found one from a breaker on eBay. I asked him the price and in reply I got "£150 and I'll post it for free....." WOW free postage!!!!! How nice of him. I know these...
  7. mattlee

    torque wrench

    im looking to buy a torque wrench but wondered if anyone could advise me on which one to get.... i need a low range one that starts at no less than 2NM and could also do with it going as high as poss so i dont have to buy 2 wrenches. the ones ive found that start at 2 only seem to go up to 20...
  8. mattlee

    ctdi rear brake caliper replacement/options

    recently my handbrake became so loose that it wasnt even worth using... i popped it down to a mate in Leicester for him to have a look and maybe adjust the cable a bit. i was told that the spring and bracket for the handbrake cable wasnt operating as it should on the os caliper leaving it all...
  9. mattlee

    fog light relay - where is it?

    ive had issues with my fog lights over the last year or so on my 2004 ctdi. i hardly use them so its never been an issue and as they arent needed to pass the MOT ive left the fault alone. it started with 1 light not working, a new bulb i thought... i went to change this but couldnt get the screw...
  10. mattlee

    fog light issues......

    about 2-3 months ago now one of my fog lights on my 04 diesel saloon stopped working. i thought it was a simple bulb change but never got round to doing it........ today on the way to work i pulled up behind another car and saw the fogs were both on in the reflection of the other cars...
  11. mattlee

    injector leaking....... stupid price from Honda

    last friday on my way home from work i started to smell fumes in the car. the exhaust manifold was my first thought but knew it had been changed by Honda 4 years ago under warranty... today my car has been into Marshalls Honda Leicester to be diagnosed. the report back was that it isnt the...
  12. mattlee

    silica bags in headlights

    i think many of us 7th gen owners are currently running about with silicon bags in our headlights due to the poor construction and moisture that gets into the units. there was a recall but all Honda did was to add clips to the top of the light units (not the bottom for some reason) and bung a...
  13. mattlee

    H3 foglight upgrade to HID's. anyone done it?

    just wondered if any of you guys had upgraded your front fog lights to HID's? one of my bulbs has blown and after removing the bumper yesterday to fit dipped beam HID's i think i would like to do the same with my fogs.. i had bought a set of halogen bulbs for the fogs but i got H11 not H3 so...
  14. mattlee

    DIESEL AND HID's

    ive bit the bullet and got a 4300K H1 HID set from ebay. my accord is the diesel saloon model and all the how to on here ive seen seem to be done on the petrol model. to fit the HID will i have to remove the headlights to do it? ive changed bulbs in the past and really struggled on the off side...
  15. mattlee

    2004 ctdi front fog light bulb.......

    i know there are loads of bulb questions on here but i just need conformation on this before i order if any one can help..... one of my front fog light bulbs has blown and im ***uming its the bulb. i went to my local dealership and they want £48 to change the bulb including the bulb as its a...
  16. mattlee

    REAR MUD GUARDS

    ive just bought a rear set of genuine mud guards for my ctdi. ive offered them up to my car and they sit quite well but just wondered if someone could stick a few pics of the screw holes or should i say where they should be... on the bumper and inner arch if poss. i was expecting them to fit...
  17. mattlee

    RAIN SENSORS?

    ive never really had fully operational rain sensors in my ctdi due to the fact that the person who replaced my screen before i bought it bodged it back on with a bit of string :o so to stop it rattling and swinging about as it wasnt secure i removed the sensor from the window and left it in the...
  18. mattlee

    HEADREST DVD PLAYERS

    ive been thinking about fitting these for a while now and with a holiday coming up soon which involves a long drive with 2 young kids now seems like a good time to do it. im only talking about the cheaper ones from ebay that are 9 inch screens and are about £170 for the pair. my only concern is...
  19. mattlee

    PARKING SENSORS

    just a thought as im tempted to fit a set of parking sensors. every accord ive seen has them fitted slap bang in the middle of the bumper which makes them stand out too much for my liking even when colour coded. i have the ctdi and where the rear reflectors are at the bottom there is a flat...
  20. mattlee

    strobe 3rd brake light

    has any one fitted one of the strobe/flashing 3rd brake light units? if so what are they like? did you fit an LED bulb to get the full on effect of the strobe?
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