Rankine wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 02, 2025 7:37 am

Congratulations on the pass!

Thanks Rankine - funnily enough we are fairly local to you
Approx 22 miles nth of Stirling,lovely weather today - just washed the beast as we may go over to the coast tomorrow

We have now had our cute little GV for 6 years 8-) MOT time again today,because of family commitments I did not get much time for MOT prep this year,so it was a quick spring oil/filter change - check the air filter (ok) and check tyre pressures,as usual we have not used it much over the salty winter...

Yep probably a good idea - I only have a few smallish areas to tidy up so would rather DIY it if I can.
I was shocked at how different the suzuki touch up paint was even allowing for age related fading

Hi all
Any recommendations for rattle cans + touch up brush.
Our GV is approaching 20 years old and there are a few areas which will need paint (if we ever get summer weather)
Last time I bought a genuine suzuki paint touch up kit but it was a really bad colour match .

cheers max

Hi Paul and welcome aboard from sunny perthshire



cheers max

Hi SMT and welcome aboard from 'sunny' perthshire

Bigg Red delivered my new bleed nips ultra quickly so I finished off the brakes yesterday afternoon on a lovely sunny/warm day 8-) Mostly bled the system using a vacuum bleeder but finished off with a little pedal action when my OH got home from work. I changed almost as many parts as easily availab...

Finished off installing all the new parts on both sides today in wall to wall sunshine 8-) The RH bleed nipple was absolutely crusted in by rust,the flats just crumbled with a ring spanner,so after cleaning up around it I hammered an E14 socket onto the bleed nip and then managed to crack it off ok ...

The weather has been 'on and off' and have had to prioritise the nice days to garden jobs,but I did manage an hour on the brakes at the weekend. Been a mixture of good and bad - the Apec Discs look good but was surprised that the Apec Red Pads were 'directional' with no proper fitting instructions i...

Hi George Both our cars (2005 GV and 2008 Sportage) have 16'' wheels - I would not dream of changing them because they give that extra protection against our wonderful potholed roads - we do still try to avoid the worst of them - sometimes 'slaloming' along the road - but obviously one cannot always...