Showing your age there mate..
We had a 3.0L Capri with straight through pipes with cherry Bombs.....
edit. Scratch that, I thought it was an 80's thing...Turns out you can still get them.......
Now I'm feeling old
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Its a bird! It's a plane! No, it's a new yellow CryptoClaren!
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We had a 3.0L Capri with straight through pipes with cherry Bombs.....
edit. Scratch that, I thought it was an 80's thing...Turns out you can still get them.......
Now I'm feeling old
Caporegime
You and me both!
I thought I was being retro, until l googled them to see they are actually still current!
Had one on an old XR3i Ford Escort, it ruined it to be honest!
Mod time! Wooo!!!
Ok not that woo, but a QOL enhancement
Not sure where the quality is as I ended up cutting my hands to shreds, many swearies and a call to @Gibbo
First up, take off the top off the back wall.
Next
Tease out the wiring and plug in the new harness... The person who built my car seemed to have a fettish for cable ties, so this was... very difficult.
At this point, I have no idea how to get the new wiring harness out of the way to plug the new one in.
I wiggle, I jiggle, I giggle in despair. No way that is going anywhere.
A quick call to Gibbo and after removing the back carpet, it opens up 4 bolts that allow the back wall to pull away slightly.
With that extra room I can wiggle the wires down and get the module connected up.
No where for this to go realistically, so just stuck it where it was.
And re-assemble the cover.
The result, I can now put the roof down and up using the keyfob
A simple but amazing mod.
Ok not that woo, but a QOL enhancement
Not sure where the quality is as I ended up cutting my hands to shreds, many swearies and a call to @Gibbo
First up, take off the top off the back wall.
Next
Tease out the wiring and plug in the new harness... The person who built my car seemed to have a fettish for cable ties, so this was... very difficult.
At this point, I have no idea how to get the new wiring harness out of the way to plug the new one in.
I wiggle, I jiggle, I giggle in despair. No way that is going anywhere.
A quick call to Gibbo and after removing the back carpet, it opens up 4 bolts that allow the back wall to pull away slightly.
With that extra room I can wiggle the wires down and get the module connected up.
No where for this to go realistically, so just stuck it where it was.
And re-assemble the cover.
The result, I can now put the roof down and up using the keyfob
A simple but amazing mod.
Man of Honour
Do they assume you normally have staff on hand for such menial tasks?
Looks lovely, friend of mine has a blue 720s great pieces of engineering in the flesh and it makes me laugh every time he takes it back to McLaren for something and they just shrug "it's a McLaren thing" but he still loves it
Looks lovely, friend of mine has a blue 720s great pieces of engineering in the flesh and it makes me laugh every time he takes it back to McLaren for something and they just shrug "it's a McLaren thing" but he still loves it
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A simple but amazing mod maybe, but I would honestly expect that to be standard. I'm really surprised. Still a beautiful car. 
A simple but amazing mod maybe, but I would honestly expect that to be standard. I'm really surprised. Still a beautiful car.
It is something that is missed on many cars and hence why smart top I guess sell a lot of the dongles.
I believe newer McLarens models do have this coded from factory now.
I did mine a couple of weeks back and continued the McLaren cable tidy fetish and added a few more cable ties for good measure and some tape to ensure what I’d done did not introduce any rattles.
It’s a gimmick but it’s cool and I suppose at somepoint it might come in handy other than just showing off.
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Yeah just fitted one to my F23 2 series in the last few weeks. Worth it after struggling to fit it by feel alone!!
Depends where the parking for your salon is
So not much interest to post up at the moment!
The car is solid, reliable and trouble free so far.
The service teams at Manchester and Birmingham are fantastic, the factory however.... yea... not good.
Replacement door hinges were identified as a warranty job when I putchased the car. We are now half a year later and still waiting for them to turn up.
Otherwise, added my insta handle back on. At least it makes a talking point 
The car is solid, reliable and trouble free so far.
The service teams at Manchester and Birmingham are fantastic, the factory however.... yea... not good.
Replacement door hinges were identified as a warranty job when I putchased the car. We are now half a year later and still waiting for them to turn up.
Otherwise, added my insta handle back on. At least it makes a talking point
Service time!
After going into Birmingham for a door switch issue, I came out thinking, theyre just looking for work.
A few "issues" found, which they wanted to investigate and after speaking with people about those issues, they arent anything of concern at all.
On top of that, in the previous service the coolant wasnt changed, and they couldnt find any information as to why despite them having all the car records. I had to eventually ring up a number of dealers and workshops to find out it was done prior to the service.
Anyway, that didnt leave me with much confidence if im honest. If a main dealer cant find out that kind of basic information on their own systems...
So, decision made. Car went to litchos.
As always, the service is top class there. Everything done to manufacturer specs, using official parts. Any "problems" looked at and discussed properly.
Half the price of the main dealer, better service, people I trust. And they did a free MOT while at it.
After going into Birmingham for a door switch issue, I came out thinking, theyre just looking for work.
A few "issues" found, which they wanted to investigate and after speaking with people about those issues, they arent anything of concern at all.
On top of that, in the previous service the coolant wasnt changed, and they couldnt find any information as to why despite them having all the car records. I had to eventually ring up a number of dealers and workshops to find out it was done prior to the service.
Anyway, that didnt leave me with much confidence if im honest. If a main dealer cant find out that kind of basic information on their own systems...
So, decision made. Car went to litchos.
As always, the service is top class there. Everything done to manufacturer specs, using official parts. Any "problems" looked at and discussed properly.
Half the price of the main dealer, better service, people I trust. And they did a free MOT while at it.
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Soldato
Nice - but did you leave the lift up for those photos?!
£800 and change
Haha it was actually litchos who took them!
£800 and change
Haha it was actually litchos who took them!
Very good if that included the coolant change, main dealers want £1400 for that service even with 4+ discount.