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Author: DC_ELiTE - Replies: 90 - Views: 119152
How to hardwire 2 x USB ports into the glove box for dashcam/phone
Afternoon all

As I promised in my welcome thread, thought I would provide a tutorial for adding two powered USB ports in the glove box for powering my dashcam and charging my phone. 

Remove Glovebox You will need to do this so follow these instructions.

The kit list I used for this is below

1 x USB Adapter from Ebay (Link to Item)
1 x Pa
Author: tucpal - Replies: 78 - Views: 125984
HOW TO FIX HEATED SEAT AND REPLACE SEAT COVER ASTRA J

HOW TO FIX HEATED SEAT PROBLEMS AND REPLACE THE SEAT COVER.

This How to will Cover How to Fix the Heated Seat from Intermittently Dropping out and Cutting off
This is a Big Job but Easy when you know How.

The main Problem is a Bad Connector to the Seat Heating Control Module
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Author: Rusty2009 - Replies: 17 - Views: 37778
How-to remove roof aerial
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How-to remove roof aerial

So start by opening the boot and removing the parcel shelf (this is so you don't lean on it and brake it.)

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Next start to pull the roof liner down from the rubber.

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Author: Andrewproctor - Replies: 27 - Views: 22846
How to keep cats away
Most random request you will read on this.

My neighbour has three cats and iv seen one on the roof of my car once and noticing scratches on top.

Any ideas how to keep them away?


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Author: Rusty2009 - Replies: 0 - Views: 6164
How-to fix image and video showing as links
How to image and video showing as links.

You need to click on "User CP",


Then go to "Edit options",


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Author: tucpal - Replies: 10 - Views: 29317
HOW TO TOP UP AIR CON.. ASTRA J
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This How to Covers How to Top up the Air Conditioning on the Astra J/GTC. 

You can Buy Air Con kits from Halfords or Online there Basically all the same
The Kit cost is Around £60.00 with the Charger Adapter and the Top up Canister
You can Get £10.00 Back on the Canister after use so after Purchasing the Charger Adapter
The Next Time you Top up it will only Cost £30.00 for the Canister 
The Charger
Author: Nemo - Replies: 28 - Views: 27732
How-to Brake Caliper Colour Change
First off I'd suggest reading Tucpal's and Rusty's write ups:
http://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1350

http://www.vxoc.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=14

What I used:
2 x cans of brake caliper spray paint (from the ever so cheap Halfords)
1 x can of brake caliper cleaner (dependent upon how dirty your calipers are)
Sand paper - rough, medium and soft (a steal from Asda at £1!)
I actually used a mains powered drill with a wire brush attachment but a wire brush will work just as
Author: colgre - Replies: 5 - Views: 6211
How Do All...
colgre from West Yorkshire saying hello, got a 61 plate Sports Tourer 1.7 CDTI , finding the site very useful browsing through it....Cheers...
Author: sheppy1 - Replies: 4 - Views: 20838
How to change the exterior door handles
Here is my tutorial on how to change the outside door handles.

So you want to start by remove the rubber lugs which are located on the inside of the door frame when you open the car door:

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You will then see a T20 screw, what you wa
Author: bhalay207 - Replies: 43 - Views: 37002
How dirty is your J?
With rain comes dirt, dirt all over the car that was once kept pristine during the summer months (or should I say summer week!)

So, who currently has the dirtiest car amongst us? Here's mine

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Post away!

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