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wannabeeahack
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 11:21 am 
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Due to lack of time I couldnt go to Pitts for the meter in the lads car

Pitts £199 fitted inc vat

Other....£240......but not vat regd

so actually not £40 dearer but £74 dearer to me, and nowhere near the class of Pitts....

sick i am...

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Nidge2
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2016 11:56 am 
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Due to lack of time I couldnt go to Pitts for the meter in the lads car

Pitts £199 fitted inc vat

Other....£240......but not vat regd

so actually not £40 dearer but £74 dearer to me, and nowhere near the class of Pitts....

sick i am...



Darryl at Pitts is one of the best meter fitters in the UK. There's nothing he doesn't know about them.
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grandad
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Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Due to lack of time I couldnt go to Pitts for the meter in the lads car

Pitts £199 fitted inc vat

Other....£240......but not vat regd

so actually not £40 dearer but £74 dearer to me, and nowhere near the class of Pitts....

sick i am...



Darryl at Pitts is one of the best meter fitters in the UK. There's nothing he doesn't know about them.

Apart from how to take the top of the dash out on a brand new Toyota Prius without damaging the main part of the dash.

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Nidge2
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Apart from how to take the top of the dash out on a brand new Toyota Prius without damaging the main part of the dash.


They aren't made to have a meter fitted to be fair.
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grandad
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Nidge2 wrote:
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Apart from how to take the top of the dash out on a brand new Toyota Prius without damaging the main part of the dash.


They aren't made to have a meter fitted to be fair.

I am not sure why they had to go behind the dash in the middle when it was a mirror meter. They said that it was the clips that hold that section of the dash in place were spring loaded so when they lifted it out the clips shot down the dash and left 2 lines in the vinyl. Fortunatly we were able to get this repaired by a specialist company in Burbage for around £80.00 which Pitts have paid for without question. So all's well that ends well.

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Nidge2
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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
grandad wrote:
Apart from how to take the top of the dash out on a brand new Toyota Prius without damaging the main part of the dash.


They aren't made to have a meter fitted to be fair.

I am not sure why they had to go behind the dash in the middle when it was a mirror meter. They said that it was the clips that hold that section of the dash in place were spring loaded so when they lifted it out the clips shot down the dash and left 2 lines in the vinyl. Fortunatly we were able to get this repaired by a specialist company in Burbage for around £80.00 which Pitts have paid for without question. So all's well that ends well.



There you go then job sorted, not every job runs smooth especially with these fang dangle cars that are coming out nowadays. Not every job is as easy as a Mondeo, meter in, run wire to pulse near glove box, job done.
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grandad
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Nidge2 wrote:


There you go then job sorted, not every job runs smooth especially with these fang dangle cars that are coming out nowadays. Not every job is as easy as a Mondeo, meter in, run wire to pulse near glove box, job done.

If only they were.

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grandad wrote:
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There you go then job sorted, not every job runs smooth especially with these fang dangle cars that are coming out nowadays. Not every job is as easy as a Mondeo, meter in, run wire to pulse near glove box, job done.

If only they were.



Fitted a new one into mine in under 20 minutes.
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wannabeeahack
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 6:27 pm 
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Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Due to lack of time I couldnt go to Pitts for the meter in the lads car

Pitts £199 fitted inc vat

Other....£240......but not vat regd

so actually not £40 dearer but £74 dearer to me, and nowhere near the class of Pitts....

sick i am...



Darryl at Pitts is one of the best meter fitters in the UK. There's nothing he doesn't know about them.


lets just say i wont use cannock again

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Nidge2
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wannabeeahack wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Due to lack of time I couldnt go to Pitts for the meter in the lads car

Pitts £199 fitted inc vat

Other....£240......but not vat regd

so actually not £40 dearer but £74 dearer to me, and nowhere near the class of Pitts....

sick i am...



Darryl at Pitts is one of the best meter fitters in the UK. There's nothing he doesn't know about them.


lets just say i wont use cannock again



Bodge job?
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wannabeeahack
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Nidge2 wrote:
Bodge job?


nowhere near a Pitts job, just good enough

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brand new f2 supplied & fitted £120 8)
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