Rip off of the day!
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Rip off of the day!
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They way i see it, for that money you could fly to germany for the weekend, stay in a nice hotel, go to a scrappy and pick up a decent condition set of LHD headlamps and then come home on sunday after having a great weekend with about £500 left in your back pocket
They way i see it, for that money you could fly to germany for the weekend, stay in a nice hotel, go to a scrappy and pick up a decent condition set of LHD headlamps and then come home on sunday after having a great weekend with about £500 left in your back pocket
2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
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Bejesus £720.00 for a pair of Headlamps
Reminds me of my Honda Integra



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2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
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2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
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Rip off!
2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
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Woo hoo! 3.0 24v!!! I'm a big boy now!
2000 D9 Coupé 2.0 SE EW10J4 Scarlet Red - 5 litres of oil gone in 500 miles!!! Time for a new coupe me thinks
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You could also visit a little place i know in Munich and still come
home with change , but i think that is best left till after the 9pm
watershed
for that kind of money i would expect to be coming home with another car
home with change , but i think that is best left till after the 9pm
watershed



for that kind of money i would expect to be coming home with another car

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If you think that's bad, their Galaxy headlamps are £900.65 

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What?!supafrisk wrote:If you think that's bad, their Galaxy headlamps are £900.65

1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
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1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there

1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
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Interestingly 406 ones are "only" £150 each from the dealers (LHD), £200 RHD, going up to £300 for the coupe RHD
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
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I think for that kind of money I want headlamps that can see into the future









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Delorean ones!milkybar wrote:I think for that kind of money I want headlamps that can see into the future![]()
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1996 406 1.8LX Got a bad case of hydro lock!
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there
1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
1996 406 Executive 2.0 Turbo XU10J2TE No longer hangin' on in there

1997 Honda CB500V
2003 Volvo V40 1.8 GDi SE killed by a nutter in a beemer 5 series
2008 Mondeo 2.0 TDCi Titanium X
"Always look on the bright side of life, dedo, dedo dedodedo"
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If you spend that kind of money on headlamps, I think everyone can see into your futuremilkybar wrote:I think for that kind of money I want headlamps that can see into the future![]()
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more like, if you spend that kind of money on headlamps, someone's seen you coming!dogslife wrote:If you spend that kind of money on headlamps, I think everyone can see into your futuremilkybar wrote:I think for that kind of money I want headlamps that can see into the future![]()
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2001 D9 406 Hdi 90bhp Rapier Estate - Platinum Silver
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2001 D9 406 Hdi 90bhp Rapier Estate - Platinum Silver
1999 306 GTi-6 Weekend Toy- Astor Grey