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Post by wilkoturbo » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:49 pm

Hi all keep coming out in a morning to an flat ish battery whats the best one to buy ??
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Post by X5Sport » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:50 pm

The popular one seems to be the Bosch Silver Plus S5 or S6 (numbers refer to length of warranty).

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Post by wilkoturbo » Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:02 pm

Many thanks for the fast reply ! ;)
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Post by Sanj » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:16 pm

Get it from EuroCarParts who have the 25% discount with code - BIL got one a few days back for £85,and if you use Quidco cash back that's another 10% off. :)
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Post by wilkoturbo » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:31 pm

Sanj ur the man hows the led door handle mod going , you know you want to !!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
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Post by Sanj » Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:39 pm

[quote=""wilkoturbo""]Sanj ur the man hows the led door handle mod going , you know you want to !!!!!!!!!!!!!:)[/quote]

Once you do a decent How-To I'll do it too!

Out of interest, right now are all the handles done or just the one you took a pic of? :rofl:
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Post by wilkoturbo » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:30 pm

Only done the back 2 as you have wing mirror lights ;) plus I don't take any photos so can't do a how 2 sorry :(
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Post by Sanj » Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:36 pm

Got a link for the LED you used?
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Post by wilkoturbo » Fri Apr 13, 2012 11:05 am

Just maplins £7 for 4
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Post by X5Sport » Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:31 pm

£5.50 for Sanj then...... :whistle:
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Post by wilkoturbo » Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:31 pm

5.50 ??? Inside joke ??;)
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