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    Thread: Help! needed from XUD engined owners
Post: Help! needed from XUD engined owners

Help! Any of you lovely folk run an early 1.8/1.9 XUD engined Berlingo/Partner? I've done an XUD turbo swap into my DW8 engined van and the rear engine stabiliser doesn't fit. Apparently I need an X...
FeuxLingo General Chat 1 1,874 27-01-2015, 09:21 AM
    Thread: What coilovers can I have !?
Post: RE: What coilovers can I have !?

Just run the stock rear dampers, mine is 'heavily' lowered and still uses the stock rear dampers without issue. The ones that come with the 306/Xsara coilies won't fit due to different mountings, but ...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 6 4,837 20-10-2014, 02:27 PM
    Thread: 7,5x17 ET18??
Post: RE: 7,5x17 ET18??

If ET25 doesn't hit the strut, then ET18 wont as that will sit further outboard. The lower the ET, the further outboard the wheel sits, providing the width isn't greater.
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 6 4,035 20-10-2014, 02:22 PM
    Thread: Biggest ? Widest ?
Post: RE: Biggest ? Widest ?

(01-11-2013, 07:19 PM)dumdum Wrote:  i dont deny what rims you have fitted, but if thats lowered 6", a full 150mm then im a dutchman and im derbyshire born and bred ;) i believe that may be what...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 24 27,347 05-11-2013, 12:54 PM
    Thread: Biggest ? Widest ?
Post: RE: Biggest ? Widest ?

(02-04-2013, 05:25 PM)Gollycrush Wrote:   (04-01-2013, 03:36 PM)FeuxLingo Wrote:  17*7.5 ET25 Peugeot 3008/5008 steel wheels with 195/40R17 tyres. Vehicle lowered 6" all round. 10mm bolt t...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 24 27,347 01-11-2013, 03:43 PM
    Thread: coilovers
Post: RE: coilovers

I never use the helper springs, as on bumpy roads they do exactly as you describe, and given the design on the coilover, the main springs will never re-seat incorrectly anyway. I also cut down the bum...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 4 4,293 04-07-2013, 12:44 PM
    Thread: lowering
Post: RE: lowering

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306-dturbo-coi...1c30d6dfe9 Here you go, could get them very cheaply from this guy, Used but never fitted. The rear shocks don't fit, but I haven't had any issue with the st...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 15 11,131 11-03-2013, 10:50 AM
    Thread: E petition
Post: RE: E petition

(11-03-2013, 08:13 AM)Tomcat3 Wrote:  You just answered yourself in your first few words, Its out there in the public domain and many people read about an issue that they didnt know about before...
FeuxLingo General Chat 11 7,536 11-03-2013, 10:46 AM
    Thread: E petition
Post: Re: RE: E petition

(09-03-2013, 06:27 PM)Tomcat3 Wrote:  Already do that but you have to use every option open to the make the public aware of what the authorities would like to keep quite. E-petitions dont do tha...
FeuxLingo General Chat 11 7,536 10-03-2013, 11:45 PM
    Thread: lowering
Post: Re: RE: lowering

(10-03-2013, 10:57 PM)owenT Wrote:  Thanks for the advice peteA but even know I said I wad looking fot coilovers I was hoping to avoid them as I have had a car fitted wiyh them in the past and w...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 15 11,131 10-03-2013, 11:39 PM
    Thread: E petition
Post: Re: E petition

Regardless of cause, e-petitions aren't worth the paper they're written on. Its a lazy tool for an apathetic nation. Whatever happened to writing directly to the PM, or your MP?
FeuxLingo General Chat 11 7,536 09-03-2013, 03:03 PM
    Thread: Wheels.
Post: Re: Wheels.

You can buy 17x7.5 steels brand new from Peugeot. They are standard fit on the 3008/5008 and cost about 50 quid each. You'll need a 10 or 15mm spacer up front for clearance to the shock, and 20mm sp...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 1 2,626 06-03-2013, 11:38 PM
    Thread: benefits of decat and egr blanking
Post: Re: RE: benefits of decat and egr blanking

(05-03-2013, 07:15 PM)j90xxx Wrote:  Mechanic friend of mine de-cat his wifes 306 (or 7?) after the turbo blew. It is a 1.6 HDi not 2 ltr. Went like dirt off a shovel afterwards. He works in Sau...
FeuxLingo M59 Berlingo 40 40,062 05-03-2013, 07:18 PM
    Thread: Scratch
Post: RE: Scratch

(02-03-2013, 04:41 PM)j90xxx Wrote:   (02-03-2013, 09:53 AM)FeuxLingo Wrote:  Remove the pink paint first using a paint restorer or scratch remover (NOT T-cut!). You may find with judicious...
FeuxLingo Drivers Café 15 9,954 05-03-2013, 10:23 AM
    Thread: Delayed radio off
Post: RE: Delayed radio off

I've 'fixed' this whilst fitting a new head unit this weekend. Basically cut the red and yellow wires of the multiplug coming out of the back of the new stereo. Join the yellow [radio end] to the red...
FeuxLingo Solved 15 11,172 04-03-2013, 02:50 PM
    Thread: good polish
Post: RE: good polish

Depends what you are wanting to get out of your polish. Often folks can mean polish or wax, but the two terms are not interchangeable. What they both do can sometime cross over one another though P...
FeuxLingo General Chat 26 15,523 04-03-2013, 02:08 PM
    Thread: 1.9 DW8 Fuel Consumption
Post: Re: 1.9 DW8 Fuel Consumption

I have a Mk2 DW8 and get about 550-600 miles per tank, whoch is about 50litres
FeuxLingo General Chat 43 44,935 03-03-2013, 11:30 AM
    Thread: Scratch
Post: Re: Scratch

Remove the pink paint first using a paint restorer or scratch remover (NOT T-cut!). You may find with judicious elbow grease this will remove the lighter of the scratches too, but the worse ones will ...
FeuxLingo Drivers Café 15 9,954 02-03-2013, 09:53 AM
    Thread: Springs.
Post: Re: RE: Springs.

(27-02-2013, 09:52 PM)Will1985 Wrote:  Awh cool cool. There off a 1.9 diesel 306. Too. 306 struts are the same as Berlingo, so yes the springs will fit. Front end weight will be about the same...
FeuxLingo Tuning and Styling 3 2,667 27-02-2013, 10:07 PM
    Thread: Berlingo seats?
Post: RE: Berlingo seats?

Yeah, the floor pan is the same, the only real differences are the front end sheetmetal and bumpers, and the dashboard.
FeuxLingo M59 Berlingo 1 2,316 20-02-2013, 01:39 PM