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Old 21st September 2016, 09:21 AM
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That looks familiar, so sort of pop them off the clips working from the flat end then unhook where it goes round the bodywork.
I only had to put one back on and it was just a quick press by hand.
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Old 21st September 2016, 03:21 PM
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And by the time it's actually built I'll be pretty old and deaf!
You missed a comma, from between 'pretty' and 'old'
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Old 21st September 2016, 03:29 PM
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The front one was easy - lever off with a trim tool from the back. Helps if the door strip is already off. Two pins in to rubber grommets.

The rear one less so - tried the same trick and broke the stupid single-use plastic clip which TPS think is NLA I'm probably going to have to glue the damn thing back on.

I swear the two ends of these cars were designed by completely different teams of sadists who never conferred on anything
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You missed a comma, from between 'pretty' and 'old'
No, he didn't. In this case, 'pretty' is being used to describe or quantify 'old' and doesn't require a comma. If he had used one, he'd be describing himself as pretty as well as old and deaf - clearly not the intention!
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No, he didn't. In this case, 'pretty' is being used to describe or quantify 'old' and doesn't require a comma. If he had used one, he'd be describing himself as pretty as well as old and deaf - clearly not the intention!
My bad. I just assumed that Andrew had missed the comma. Understandable error
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Why not?
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Because I paid a lot for it, use it for my D2 and it's licensed/protected.
You have to install it on a PC then register and get a validation code from Bentley.

Sadly, due to recent PC changes I don't have it installed at present so can't check what it says about removing those strips.
Ah right, that's the same as "I can't give it away, as I can't get it to work anymore"

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Isn't the Bentley derived from the factory material though? In which case I would doubt it's any more descriptive than Elsawin, which btw has this to say on the subject:




I guess just lever them off and hope they don't break...
I've pulled those little front ones of my PF for repainting the little audi badge and they just pull off, outboard as such no sliding.
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Ah right, that's the same as "I can't give it away, as I can't get it to work anymore"
Definitely not.
I have just not got round to reinstalling and revalidating it after a recent PC (laptop actually) hardware change and Windows 10 upgrade.

VCDS I have reinstalled and that's my last "transfer" I think under the old (inherited from VAGCOM) keyed licence regime. Any further changes and I'll need to upgrade to the hardware-based version, which I don't actually need for a D2.
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Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
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Old 22nd September 2016, 08:38 AM
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Yeah, yeah, it's probably just an age thing Andrew

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