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Do it yourself James (save some money) - sod that from now!!

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Old 09-02-2005 | 04:26 PM
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Default Do it yourself James (save some money) - sod that from now!!

Spent about 5 hours stripping all the wiring out for the morettes and replacing it all with standard loom for standard headlights - never fooking again!!

1, it was cold so solder iron wouldn't work properly
2, the wiring is a complete biatch if ya never done it before you have to cut quite a way back 'cos someones bodged it before
3, find out after you've soldered it all in place that you actually have a mk5 headlight loom 'cos sidelights connections are not the same
4, it hurt my bum sitting on a stony floor for that long

Oh bloody hell, it was worth it because I now know whatever I do - I can't solder a damn thing

But, at the weekend when it gets stripped again for better and correct wiring, I might just pay someone else to do it properly for me

ce la vie hey peeps

Anyone else have this issue, have a go hero and end up spening 3 times the amount of time it would have taken a garage to do for about £20
Old 09-02-2005 | 04:47 PM
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hehe i admire ur enthusiasm
Old 09-02-2005 | 04:50 PM
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yep happened loads of times to me, even taken days off to do things then realising that the money i get for working could be paying for it.
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