Gooner_Mike's C4 VTR+ HDi

Gooner_Mike

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Gooner_Mike

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i dont normally like led bulbs but they look at home on that where they have filled the area with light making that cool shape.

Yeah, the C4 has a plastic tube that should light up like that. The standard bulb (501/wedge one) doesn't really do it justice. They look a bit like a BMW 5 series with their yellow one! I was thinking of putting in yellow LED bulbs actually!
 

Gooner_Mike

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hello mate. hows the car going? i might be coming back to the C4 crew. :)

Yep, ticking along nicely! Had to put standard suspension on but rides so comfy now and now annoying rattles and bangs.

Put flyeyes on the rear lights too.

Clutch has a rattle (DMF on these) and Martin @ Tweeqd (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tweeqd-Automotive/151697461564371) estimated about £1k to fix. :cry: He recommended waiting until it breaks and then make a decision about what to do.

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m0rk

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Ouch. At a grand you're better off breaking I guess and getting another.

Certainly if it's just rattling then it'll be annoying for a while before it is a problem
 

Gooner_Mike

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Ouch. At a grand you're better off breaking I guess and getting another.

Certainly if it's just rattling then it'll be annoying for a while before it is a problem

Exactly M0rk. The clutch still performs fine. The clutch release bearing was mentioned as the main culprit, bit its still a clutch out/off jobbie so might as well change the clutch and DMF while in its off.
 

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Not much to report but.... the washer motor stopped working yesterday. Changed the fuse. Job done. Trying to use it in the cold weather clearly blew it.

Hankering after a remap but not sure what to do with my rattling clutch release bearing!
 

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this thread has gone quiet mike done anything else to it?

Nothing doing really. Coilovers are off as are the flyeye tints. The car is basically standard bar a K+N induction filter I added when I serviced it last time.

I'm just running it as it is until the clutch realease bearing goes (although it has been rattling for 2 years now!) and then decide what to do. Keep thinking about a remap and decat for it though....

Got a 2nd kid on the way and I can see this being traded in for something family-barge-like in the future.
 

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Still nothing doing.

Clutch still rattling and holding as strong as ever. Basically running standard now (apart from open filter so I can hear the turbo) and enjoying the MPG!

On the lookout for a big family estate over the summer / into the autumn though. This C4 will be going....

Narrowing down my list of cars to try:
Skoda Octavia estate
Skoda Superb estate
Ford S-MAX
Ford Mondeo estate
VW Passat estate

Needs miles of legroom in the back as I have the drivers seat right the way back and now have 2 kids....
 

m0rk

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Still nothing doing.

Clutch still rattling and holding as strong as ever. Basically running standard now (apart from open filter so I can hear the turbo) and enjoying the MPG!

On the lookout for a big family estate over the summer / into the autumn though. This C4 will be going....

Narrowing down my list of cars to try:
Skoda Octavia estate
Skoda Superb estate
Ford S-MAX
Ford Mondeo estate
VW Passat estate

Needs miles of legroom in the back as I have the drivers seat right the way back and now have 2 kids....

VRS won't work for you then Mike - I'm not quite as tall & couldn't have a two year old behind me when driving

S-Max would be the only one that'll stop the sprogs having their legs severed. My best mate has one, and tbh it's a nice wagon for a bus.
 
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Gooner_Mike

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The S-Max has sliding 2nd row of seats. TBH there aren't many cars about that have loads of rear legroom. The Skoda Superb is vast in the back but a little new / high mileage at the moment for our budget. Mondeo estaet is supposed to be good but need to sit in some and take a tape measure!
 
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why the hell have I just come in here and read about/looked at pictures of a Shitroen? I thought I logged onto citroenforum.com for a minute :happy:
 
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