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Just want to say congrats on your completed project!!!

My install in my beeza should take place over Easter, just need to get some power cables and im away.

Nick

Its been an interesting few weeks...
The ibizas had a few problems, so has to go back to the garage under warrenty tomorrow. Oh how I miss my polo :cry:

Anyway, on a brighter side the computer has moved on well. It is now ready for a rough install in the car after ive got myself a few wires eg ...

Sorry I havent posted in so long but have got exams for uni at the mo so have been revising hard!!! oh - and Ive sold my belovid polo :( . Im now the prowd owner of a red mk3 seat ibiza (which is based on the polo and has the same engine as the mk5 polo)

Over christmas I have been busy building my ...

To workout MPG: Miles driven / (no. litres used x 0.22)

Well, thought it was about time for a quick update.

Spent some time on the project over the w/e. Had it all running nicely with the PC components in the passenger footwell. This was late saterday when it was dark so decided not to take any pics as I could do that on sunday. At this point I was very ...

Try having a look on ebay. Plenty of kits on there which you can get for cheap. Have you already got central locking but want to make it remote, or does it have none atall? The alarms which you can get on ebay are easy to fit yourself but probably not as effective as the ones youd get fitted by a ...

Revs are about right! Try filling the car rightup resetting the odometer and next time you fill up work out the MPG. Mine does about 52 on the motorway at 70mph. If im going around town or having a bit of fun on some back road this drops to about 38MPG, so maby try changing your driving style? Its ...

WOW!!! Thats blinking awsome..... im paying £850 fully com at the mo but im on my dads insurance as I hardly drive the car . Direct line definatly seem to be the cheapest aslong as the car hasnt been modded.

i tried to refurb my steelies in the summer. sanded them down, this takes a LONG time btw. Then sprayed them with normal VW paint - primer basecoat and laquer. my car is silver so sprayed the wheels the same colour as the car. took me a whole w/e to do two wheels but they looked awsome after. now ...

My startor motor has just started making a funny noise when its turning the engine over. Hope it isnt going to go soon, anyone else had this problem?

I had the same problem when I got mine, but found it to be the one way valve (the little white cilinder at the bottm of the water pump where the two pipes go in) which had got blocked. Took it off and blew it through with fresh water and now works fine!

Sorry - no updates.

Polo_Dude, I tried the power invertor route first, but the PSU which I bought wouldnt work from it! While bench testing the computer the max power it drew was 130W. The car power supply which youre looking at (the same one as I have now bought - yet to be tested!) is rated at ...

Glad to hear your exams are over Polo Dude! Unfortunatley ive got them next week :evil: so have been revising and havent got much done to the project. But here is a quick update anyway...

Finaly got the 12v power supply on tue but I havent had a chance to test it out yet. Ive installed a program ...

Sorry for the late reply!!!

Tried the computer today in the car, just in an old computer case, running off a spare battery through the invertor AND.....

IT DIDNT WORK!!!!!

Problem is the power supply wont run off the power invertor :oops: :cry: . Luckily I bought the invertor from halfords so I ...

All is OK :D . Problem seems to have sorted itself out! Only problem with the screen is that it seems to stick out a bit too much for my liking, although I havent installed it properly yet so might go back in a bit still.

Spent some more time trying to find a home for the motherboard today. Only ...