cheap DIY ideas???????? - Page 2 - Saxperience

mysaxovtr · 14th March 2010, 16:30

well i guese u could spend the extra £100 to spend on the saxo

yeh i bet gota love the old squaling noise turns all the heads in the wrong way haha

Thesonicrecreation · 14th March 2010, 18:43

how do you go about changing the leds in your dials?

jeffchiz · 14th March 2010, 18:57

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Originally Posted by Thesonicrecreation

how do you go about changing the leds in your dials?

only mk2 saxos have leds in the dials mk1's uses bulbs but ive never seen anyone change them, there is a guide on how to change the leds but i cant find it at the mo, but you pretty much take the dials aprt so you only have the circuit board in front of you then use a soldering gun to take the old leds off and then solder on the new ones
these are the leds you will need
Red SMD LED's

Blue SMD LED's[/QUOTE]

another good little cheapish mod is to convert to mk2 dials if you have a mk1
this is the guide on how to do it
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=236446

jeffchiz · 14th March 2010, 19:11

also a small but very effective mod is to de-pin the doors, makes it much harder for people to break in from personal experience (saved all my stuff from getting stolen), took me 5 min and cost me 45p for the two door grommits and the grommit for the boot where i de-wipered it lol

ManGo-SaXo · 14th March 2010, 19:37

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Originally Posted by jeffchiz

makes it much harder for people to break in from personal experience

You make it sound like it happens on a daily basis, hope not lol

It's a good idea but i'd have to keep checking its locked by trying the door after i've locked it, as you cant see the pins go down when you lock it.

jeffchiz · 14th March 2010, 19:42

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Originally Posted by ManGo-SaXo

You make it sound like it happens on a daily basis, hope not lol

It's a good idea but i'd have to keep checking its locked by trying the door after i've locked it, as you cant see the pins go down when you lock it.

tbh mate it never bothered me that much as when i press the button it makes a noise doesnt it when it locks, id much rather have to check the doors locked every time rather than have all my ice stolen lol and its only happened once mate lol they tried to bend the door back then realised there wasn't any pins so they bent the door out further the get their hands down to open the door but obv saxos wont open unless its opened by the key so they must have just buggered off, to be fair they could have jsut smashed the window but that will draw attention to themselves

EDIT: this was the mess they made to my door lol

ManGo-SaXo · 14th March 2010, 19:47

New door jobby was it?

jeffchiz · 14th March 2010, 19:50

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Originally Posted by ManGo-SaXo

New door jobby was it?

nah i just wound the window down put my knee up to the door card and bent the frame back in to place haha it doesn't seal that well on motorways you can hear the wind lol i will change the door at some point but haven't got round to it yet as venetian red doors are quite hard to come by

ManGo-SaXo · 14th March 2010, 19:54

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Originally Posted by jeffchiz

put my knee up to the door card and bent the frame back in to place

Citroen build quality shining through there

jeffchiz · 14th March 2010, 19:57

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Originally Posted by ManGo-SaXo

Citroen build quality shining through there

lmao i did feel a bit scared when i realised how easy it is the bend the door i even bent it back too much and had to bend it back out!!! yea if you fart near a saxo the metal creases lol

ManGo-SaXo · 14th March 2010, 20:01

haha i bet if you had to bend it back once more it would snap off lol

But this is why we buy french.. right?

Oh wait..

its because we can't afford anything else

mysaxovtr · 14th March 2010, 20:20

i'd love to catch some1 doing that dont no what i'd do to them lol

i had my car broken into as well but the weird thing was there was no damage at all... i no the car was locked as i checked it like i always do.. but they left my stereo and all my cds and just took my jumpers very strange

mickymoe · 14th March 2010, 20:23

like that idea of de-pinning the doors. looks alot smoother too

ManGo-SaXo · 14th March 2010, 20:24

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Originally Posted by mysaxovtr

i'd love to catch some1 doing that dont no what i'd do to them lol

i had my car broken into as well but the weird thing was there was no damage at all... i no the car was locked as i checked it like i always do.. but they left my stereo and all my cds and just took my jumpers very strange

I've cracked your case:

Suspect = Homeless bum, It all adds up:

Left Cd's Stereo, no use for them.
Only stole Jumpers, he was cold.

No need to thank me.

mysaxovtr · 14th March 2010, 20:33

haha your probably right still would love to catch them or find out who it was...
trouble is my jumpers cost more than my stereo but lesson learned

jeffchiz · 14th March 2010, 20:35

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Originally Posted by ManGo-SaXo

I've cracked your case:

Suspect = Homeless bum, It all adds up:

Left Cd's Stereo, no use for them.
Only stole Jumpers, he was cold.

No need to thank me.

lmao thats what went through my mind and yea if you leave your pins in then people can break in to your car with out damaging it, just slot a coat hanger down the door and pull the pin up easy (ive never done it promise

lol) they only bent my door out to get their arm inside to open the door with the handle until they realised it wont open with out the key lol

mysaxovtr · 15th March 2010, 00:23

well i might just have to give it ago at taking the pins out.. is it easy idea? cheers for all the coments

Predator_R32^p · 15th March 2010, 06:45

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