r/NZcarfix • • 10h ago

Discussion Avoid like the plague, professional scam artists.

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Has anyone here had an experience with this business? If so, share your stories. I'd love to hear them.

These guys tried to take me for a ride, in fact, it was a whole rollercoaster with a racist twist in the middle. All I needed was a positive terminal clamp, these guys were gonna charge me for that 175$ before GST, replace my 12V $465 before GST, call-out+labour.

They also meddled with my HV battery to stop my car from starting. They said the car needed to be towed to their garage to see what the issue it, in reality they unlocked the orange fuse connector thingy themselves.

Edit: holy f*** guys I found their no cowboys page. This is their real page, nothing but horror stories.

https://www.nocowboys.co.nz/businesses/247-mobile-mechanics?allow-rating=1&rating-authenticated=158619


r/NZcarfix • • 22h ago

AC in a car with no AC

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I’ve had this question for a long time.

I drive a 2003 ford courier XL, and from my understanding the XLXs/XLTs came with AC.

My panel is missing the AC switch, and my mate who has a miata has the same control panel with the switch so I know where it goes.

What is stopping me from ripping the full assembly from a XLX and installing it in my XL?

Obviously need a compressor, piping, etc etc but if I was really bored and had the time and coin to do it, is it possible? And what parts exactly would I need? The heater works, and it blows air from the outside just not AC cold


r/NZcarfix • • 13h ago

Discussion Does anyone have these buttons for sale or know where to get them? Or any other button that says "inter cooler spray"? I am building a water cooling mist sprayer for my Swifts inter-cooler

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r/NZcarfix • • 11h ago

Installing fuse tap adapters into fuse box, but now cant put on fux box cover.

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Hi all,

I'm installing two fuse tap adapters into my car's fuse box under the passenger side glove box for installing a hardwire kit for a dashcam.

After I install the adapters i'm no longer able to insert the fuse box cover.

Anyone know anyway around this so I can still put on the cover, or should i just leave it as it is and hope no ones foot rubs against the fuses?

Attached some photos of the fuse box with and w/o the cover, and the location of it from passenger side point of view,