[Jonty]

Hi Will. Effective tomorrow, Monday 30th (March), if a vehicle's MOT is to expire on or after this date then it will be extended for 6 months. Assuming the MOT hadn't lapsed, there should be no need now

 

[gcmarcal]

Sorry for the delay! The seller "Based in UK" was actually a Chinese drop ship company .

I put the universal cap and with some fiddling they sit properly and I don't think they will come out.

As I have mentioned before. I bought the ones with the holes just in case I wish to upgrade to LED.

I have use a piece of rubber to cover the electrical contacts. I will try to find a round replacement in the near future, but I think is well protected for the time being.
The purists might not like it, but is a good cheap replacement for an overpriced piece of plastic.

 

[Jonty]

Howdy,

Today I've completed my little LED cabin project, which sees the internal lights of my MY2012 replaced with LED units.

Happy? Most definitely! The glovebox is now well-lit, the map lights look modern, the courtesy lamps (middle and rear) are bright but not invasive, step lamps are just step lamps and the vanity mirrors now useful. Yes, it's a personal thing but I prefer the whiter, brighter light over standard.

See here for bulb info:

Interior bulb list

Hi all, Does anyone know or have a list of the interior bulb sizes? I'm looking to do the same as my old Impreza, by replacing the map reading, interior and boot lamps with LED bulbs (plus the Captiva has a glovebox light). I'd found the combination of 501 and Festoon LED bulbs really made a...

www.chevroletownersclub.co.uk

Stay safe!

Jonty.

 

[dmxmustfly]

replaced the rear parking sensors today. ordered sensors from amazon.co.uk parking sensor , they had only black, also ordered a water proof connector as I suspected the main parking sensors connector as it melted, was siting against the exhaust. connector, turned out to be the sensors. replaced all 3. you can see the video here, just scroll down for the video.

 

[Scouse-Mafia]

As the weather been good. Tidied up the external black plastic with a good clean with Isopropanol then a good brushing in with black boot polish before a buffing.

 

[dmxmustfly]

I bought the car with Chinese tires, yesterday replaced all 4 with General Grabber AT3. these look great on the Captiva, surprisingly quite and drive smooth. need to try it off road.
today, replaced the faulty front O2 sensor (bank 1 sensor 1) and installed the front right wheel house liner (well, the garage did it as I was already there)

 

[topman396]

Hi, about 3 weeks ago my car developed a slight knock, this got progressively louder over the following days to such an extent that I had to do something about it.After a lot of investigation I decided that it was a big end knock and rather than remove the engine and strip it, after being offered a low mileage engine (68000mls) I decided to change it. Luckily, we weren`t too busy at work so I had the use of the ramp for a few days and managed to get it done in a couple of days or so. Whilst the engine and box were on the floor I decided to open the auto box and replace the internal filter. Alls well now, up and running great. I haven`t had time to strip the original engine yet but when i do I`ll post the findings. Incidentally, I`m not going to rebuild the motor I`m going to sell the parts so if anyone needs anything I`ve got everything except the turbo and DPF. including lots of spare hose, just let me know. Thanks, Howard.

 

[dmxmustfly]

I don't know if you are familiar with KORAPS - KORea Auto Parts Service - HYUNDAI KIA GM SSANGYONG RENAULT Genuine Parts! Low Price!
They have oem parts also for Chevrolet, under GM.
Best way is to search by pn

 

[Aussie Ed]

DMX, Might be worth repeating this info in the Main Message Centre.

 

[dmxmustfly]

DMX, Might be worth repeating this info in the Main Message Centre.

@Aussie Ed where do you mean exactly, excuse my ignorance.

 

[Aussie Ed]

DMX, as your parts information covers more than just the Captiva I suggested adding to Main Message Centre as it s non vehicle specific.
To find it go to the horizontal white lines in the back header bar top right. Click on this to open up all listings and scroll down until you find 'Main Message Centre'

 

[Strad]

Hi Strad,

I'd be very interested in your feedback - as I've got these tyres in my sights. Our household has recently taken receipt of two Captivas and some of the tyres will need changing in due course.

Jonty.

Hi Jonty, so quick update - now done a couple of thousand miles - grip has been okay across all weather conditions (although no heavy snow to try them in) fuel economy no change compared to the continentals I had before (didn't really expect any). Happy all round with them.

 

[Jonty]

Hi Strad,

Many thanks for the follow-up and the feedback on your Goodyear EfficientGrip tyres. It's very much appreciated. If possible, would you be able to take a snap for cosmetic reasons? It would just be nice - for me - to see what they're like on the rims and the car itself. But only if you can. The feedback is already plenty!

Jonty.

 

[dmxmustfly]

well, today, after thinking about it for a long long time, finally got my self up the sofa and adjusting the parking brake.
pretty straight forward task. if you have an AWD like I do, you will have to get both wheels off the ground at the same time, thanks to @Victor illustrated guide and excellent explanation, now the parking brake really works, as I am towing a 1 Ton trailer, I backed it up a bit more.
talking about the trailer (my wife's coffee trailer), the PO installed a rear view camera, but who ever installed it, had a bit of thinking, and put the camera offset to the right, on the right side of the number plate light, this makes sense, unless you have a 1 Ton, 2 axles trailer, so you have to get the tow bar exactly under the trailer hitch.
so I moved the camera to the left side of the right number plate light, one screw is common for the camera mount and the light, and its almost in the middle now.

 

[Scouse-Mafia]

Changed both DRL bulbs after 1 failed and the other a little dull.

 

[dmxmustfly]

I had two missing on the near side front lamp enclosure.
Main beam cover PN is: 20838703
Dipped beam cover PN is: 20838702

after a long search, on amazon different sites and ebay, could find only one of the parts and it cost a lot, found both in reasonable price in coraps and in spare Korea, coraps say they cannot ship because of COVID-19 and never got a quote from spare korea. I went to collect the right size spare wheel for my Peugeot 508, my wife ran over the children kick scooter that were lying on the garden parking and blow the front tire (just replaced it 2 weeks ago) so I found out that someone somewhere replaced the spare tire with the wrong one, who thought of checking the size of the spare tire when buying a second hand car? I found the correct one from a well known wrecker and he sent it to some car garage, it happened to be close the the Chevrolet dealer, so I went in and asked for the 2 parts, both together cost about 10 Euros and it takes 1-2 days to order. yesterday I took off the light to clean it from all the dirt that was inside and check for the covers fitment, when I went to the shed to get the tools, I found an old (completely new) dust cover that I bought for my previous Hyundai I30, it looked about the same, so I got both out of the bag and its the same exact part under different part numbers.
the headlight is now drying out in the sun, because I am an organic drying fan, will put it back later today when its dry.

 

[dmxmustfly]

put on the dust covers today.
/taking off Captiva headlight
scroll down for the movie

 

[gcmarcal]

put on the dust covers today.
/taking off Captiva headlight
scroll down for the movie

Off topic! Am I getting crazy or you were originally based in South Africa?

 

[dmxmustfly]

@gcmarcal , no, never was.

 

[gcmarcal]

So... I am getting crazy!