The first thing to know is these are disgracefully expensive. You could spend over £200 for 4. They are available from most smart dealers, I haven't seen any cheap copies yet. However, they do look good, they are the silver bits behind the front wheels and infront of...
Smartmods
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Brabus Alloy Damage
Brabus alloys are prone to bending and corrosion which damages the lacquer, here is why and what can be done.
Brabus Handbrake Grip Fitting
Fitting the Brabus Handbrake.
Brabus Style Engine Plate
When you buy a Brabus you get a natty looking plate on the top of the engine stating it is a Brabus, the main problem is that the plate is pretty poorly made and we don’t all have or want Brabus written on the engine.
Brabus Ultimate 112 Lights
The Brabus Ultimate 112 was a €46,000 fortwo 451. They only made 112 of these. Apart from the wide arch body kit and the 18" wheels, the standout piece was the lower lights. The black headlights you can make them yourself or buy them from smart. The lower lights...
Brabus V6 Steering Wheel Fitting
Fitting the Brabus V6 Raid steering wheel using the safe method
Brake Disc Types
There are many different types and they all have different properties, find out what to look for when replacing yours.
Brake Drum Cylinder Change
If you own a smart for more than a few years, it will fail an MOT for either damaged ball joints, leaking shock absorbers or leaking rear brake pistons. Here is how to change the last of those 3.
Brake Fluid Level
Brakes are pretty damn important and you tend to use them heavily in dangerous situations so it's nice to know they work.
Brake Fluid Specs
This is going to be a short and easy page of information since, unlike oil and other fluids, all smarts use exactly the same brake fluid. Recommended Brake Fluid Smart recommend MB 331.0 brake fluid which is one of the following part numbers: 000 989 08 07 000 989 56...
Brake Fluid Test
At every service, it's very important to check the water content of your brake fluid. The issue is that brake fluid is hydroscopic, meaning that it will pull water from where it can, even out of the air. The water is distributed throughout the brake fluid which causes...
Brake Hose Capping Tools
Air In The Brake System = Bad We all know what gravity does. What you might not know is what happens when you disconnect brake pipes and lines. The brake fluid reservoir, master cylinder, ABS pump and most of the hoses are higher than the points you disconnect. So,...
Brake Pipe Replacement
It's a fairly common failure or advisory on an MOT. Normally it's just the tester panicking and the corrosion can be sanded off and the pipes painted. However, sometimes the pipes are just too far gone and the corrosion causes a hole. You have 2 options. Expensive but...
Brake Switch Test
The brake light switch failing is a common problem but other things can cause the same symptoms. Makes sense to test your switch before blindly replacing it.
Break In – Fortwo 450
How to break into your own car
Break In – Fortwo 451
Locked Your Keys In Your Fortwo 451? As you can imagine, information about opening a locked car can be used by arseholes to break into cars that don't belong to them. That's why this page is only viewable to site subscribers. It's not unheard of for fortwo 451 owners...
Break In – Roadster
How to break into your own car
Breather Pipes
There are a few interesting things about the oil breather pipes.
Broken Keyfob Plastic
It's fairly normal to break the bit of plastic that holds the key to the key ring
Budget Snow Foam
How to get the holy grail of snow foam without spending loads.