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That looks great, thanks Richard - and some good pointers for things I’ll need to consider when finding the right dashcam. Thanks again

If you check out some of my last few entries on my build page you will see where my cam is and the resulting video - not perfect yet but I'm getting there.

That’s fantastic, thanks Ansoeb, Richard and Marcus for your guidance - really appreciate it.

That’s fantastic, thanks Richard and Marcus for your guidance - really appreciate it.

Yeah I may well have gone back to my home planet by then... 😄

I used a spare 3pin loom connector under dash for a 12 v charge socket see here :

Hello and welcome to the club, you have certainly joined the right place for tech help. I also commend you on trying to sort the issue in hand out yourself, it's what owning these cars is all about ( for me at least) . I recently fitted a dashcam and connected to the igni live circuit, so power the car up and the cam is active. I would be interested into know what ( should you fit one ) dashcam you went for as well, since "our" cars have far smaller screens than production cars, instead of mounting mine on the screen , I went for mounting to the dash ( after all its called a dashcam right ... ) Your idea to use the heater feed cable is indeed feasible, as long as you don't inadvertently knock that switch to off and lose any recordings you wish to make ( be that cam or gopro) . Hope it all goes well and post up your results.

This might help, take you time reading though it. I was a complete novice last year also. 4833 Chassis Harness.pdf

For @Blatman, this is just one of many on the subject, for me currently Terraforming Mars is a no go , perhaps one day far in the future we may just succeed but I and you will be long gone to ever find out about it.

My mind isn't needed for any project...

Yes, on the whole you are correct, I just worry ( perhaps needlessly) about further down the road as it were. Where many companies have all the data on you that both your medical and personal details are no longer yours but traded freely on the net. There has been a further development regarding this Patchs group which until I find out more I won't post about, but I do have a phone call booked with them in the morning, so depending on how that goes I may post what it was about.

But you're not a scientist. Maybe your mind isn't the one we need for this project... 😄 Sorry...

Hi I’m totally new to this having bought a 2018 Westfield in the last 2 weeks, so please forgive my genuine level of incompetence currently. I’m wanting to use a dashcam and/or GoPro (for different purposes at different times) and need a 12v power socket in order to do so. I’m trying to find the best option to wire this in given my current limited level of expertise, whilst trying to learn for myself rather than taking it in to an auto electrical place to do it for me. My car doesn’t have a heater but I’ve found the 3 wires for the heater are in a connector block under the dash served by a 20A fuse. The three wires are green, green/yellow and green/grey. Would it be feasible to connect a 12v socket to these and, if so, which of the 3 wires would be used for + and - ? This may well be a ridiculous suggestion, I am aware! Many thanks

It's an interesting conundrum. Hacking to one side just for a moment... As far as huge corporations tracking "you", they do ask permission. It's in the Ts and Cs that no-one reads and we all just tick "I agree". "External" companies having access to medical information? Been going on for decades. What has changed is that to make the NHS more efficient (HA) a lot of it is now accessible. For me personally though, do I care that anyone can find out about my third eye, ingrowing toenail, kidney stones or whatever? No. I'm not so important that anyone else is going to care about my medical status. I suspect there are very few of us that fall into that category where medical knowledge leads to coercion or blackmail. Back to hacking. Big companies, and sometimes small companies, can be targets of hackers. The data discovered can be used to target individuals or the company as a whole, HOWEVER... the method of attack that we as individuals are most likely to succumb to is an email with a dodgy link. Clicking it and filling in forms or inadvertently downloading malware isn't really a hack in and of itself. The fact that our email address made it to a bad actor could be the result of a hack further upstream. And of course we all get dodgy emails from time to time. It a fact of life, like speed cameras. If anyone wants to check up on their exposure levels, or check for compromised emails and passwords have a look at https://haveibeenpwned.com/ As mentioned earlier, where possible use two factor authentication for emails, Amazon and anywhewre that might have payment details saved. For storing usernames and passwords, and for generating paswords I have used both Bitwarden and Keeper. Both are free and can be used across all devices. I was never sure about password vaults until I worked somethwere where the MINIMUM password lenghth was 32 characters. Both Keeper and Bitwarden can be used to generate random passwords and I find that feature very useful indeed.

Longshot but has anyone got a beyond repair compomotive cxr2 rim . I am in need of the steel inserts that go in the rim that the wheel nut seats on . Tia😀

It's either that or the "Martians" are trying to terraform Earth, rather than the other way around - as proposed by some scientists here. Which to my mind would not work ( for a few reasons).

No issues with the one we had fitted. Mike, you have PM...

Looks like Planet Earth now has crimson shield technology [/one for the Trekkies...)

Had a ball yesterday; over 200 miles around Exmoor, expertly led by Adge who did a fantastic job organising and planning the route for the Dorset area. A few gate crashers including me from Devon & Somerset and Bristol joined to make eight cars (seven Westies and a very rapidly pedalled Mini van!), with an eighth Westie finding us for a while in Bude. Starting at Ralegh’s Cross Inn, we headed across to Bude for a stop at Widemouth bay, then up to Lynton and finally back to Ralegh’s Cross. Generally the roads were pretty clear; a few slow bits behind tractors, stopping to let a herd of ponies cross but plenty of fast open sections too, great fun! I’ve recorded much of it on my Insta 360 so will post some videos up from that, but here are some pics in the meantime. The guys are out for more fun today so I’m sure they will post up separately. Thanks again to Adge for organising, and to Chris, Rory and John for providing tools and help fixing my broken exhaust mount bobbin thingy! Temporary repair done by John to get me home today. 👍 Despite the warm weather, my temps stayed between 85 and 90 so the new rad and water pump etc are working well, and the brakes were fab with the new AP Racing master cylinder 👍. All in all, a grand day out; beautiful weather and great company. I do however need to learn that an ‘All you can eat’ full English Breakfast is not necessarily compatible with a narrow bodied Westfield 🤪 Leg 1 - Ralegh’s Cross to Widemouth Bay Leg 2 - Widemouth Bay to Lynton Leg Three - Lynton back to Ralegh’s Cross

Stu’s suggestion of £10 per wheel boxed with DPD sounds good value if you can’t find a beer token option. Another courier option that might be worth checking out is Paisley Freight, click on their ‘wheel and tyres’ tab for a quote (noting what their packing requirements are), they also transport other car parts: https://www.paisleyfreight.com

Well that is a great result and shows the value of this forum and club. Enjoy the new car!

Looking for standard ratio gearbox for fireblade 1000rr 2011-2018 Would consider complete engine if the right price cheers jez

See first post, I’ve added a link

Hopefully this works https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6zcZgSipG2/?igsh=MW11eHdrZmg0eWZ6cg==

Stu? aka Mr Handbrake 😁