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Premium Mod Wheel & Spacer Calculator#1450 Fortwo451 ED451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 EQ453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

What Size Spacers Can I Fit? It's a fairly common question that is usually very simple to work out. Look here. What If I Can't Take Physical Measurements? If you don't have the wheels or the can't bolt directly to the hub for the simple measurement to take place,...

Normal Mod Wheel Alignment Settings450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

What Is Wheel Alignment (AKA Tracking)? Alignment is the angle, tilt and direction that the wheels and tyres face on the car. They are rarely dead vertical and facing dead straight as adjusting these figures can change the way the car behaves and handles. Negative...

Normal Mod Wheel Bolt Dimensions450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

450 Wheel Bolts These can be used on all 450 standard factory alloys and steel wheels. Note the radius seat. You should not use tapered seat bolts on a wheel designed for radius seat bolts. 451 Wheel Bolts These can be used on all 451 standard factory alloys and steel...

Normal Mod Wheel Bolt Key Storage450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster

If you have alloys and you aren't silly you probably have security wheel bolts holding your wheels on. These are replacement wheel bolts with a special design shape that matches a removal key. The removal key slots over the head of the bolt and allows removal of the...

Normal Mod Wheel Bolt Torque Figures450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

Model Newton Metres Foot Pounds 450 Fortwo 110Nm 81 ft/lb Crossblade 110Nm 81 ft/lb 451 Fortwo 110Nm 81 ft/lb 452 Roadster 120Nm 88.5 ft/lb 453 Fortwo & Forfour 105Nm 77.5 ft/lb 454 Forfour 120Nm 88.5 ft/lb Why is the Roadster wheel torque different to the fortwo...

Normal Mod Why Is My 453 Listed As A 451?453 EQ453 Fortwo/Forfour

Your 453 Is Listed As A 451 In The Documents 453s in most EU countries had 451 on the ownership documentation. WTF! Photo by Giampiero M Smart did this because Mercedes were dodgy wankers trying to get around stupid "green" rules. The EU had mandated that all new...

Premium Mod Wider Front Wheels450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

The standard narrow tyres fitted to many of the fortwos causes severe understeer, you turn the wheel in a corner but the car goes straight on. You need wider front wheels and tyres for increased grip.

Premium Mod Window Switch SMDs450 Fortwo

The window switches aren't lit but they do have the contact inside waiting for some SMD LEDs so let's through a couple in each and see how it looks.

Normal Mod Windscreen Squirter Clean450 Fortwo451 ED451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 EQ453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

Every car has a windscreen squirter. It's usually 1, 2 or 3 holes that washer fluid is forced through. The problem with these is 3 fold. 1 - The holes are quite small. 2 - Water contains impurities. 3 - They don't get used that often. Impurities like calcium from hard...

Normal Mod Windscreen Washer Fluid Test450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

This is a refractometer. It measures the refraction of light through different fluids. Since the refraction is known for certain fluids, it can tell you information about that fluid. They are available very cheaply on Amazon. One of the fluids this can can test is...

Normal Mod Windscreen Wiper Replacement450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster454 Forfour

Wipers should be replaced every year but it's amazing how many people don't and also don't know how. This will take you through a few options.

Normal Mod Wiper Arm Washer Jet450 Fortwo

The first few generations of smart had a wiper mounted windscreen washer jet. Even when they removed it and went with a standard tridion mounted tri-jet, many of the parts are still in place allowing you to retrofit it.

Normal Mod Wiper Mechanism Repair450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster

Do you have 1 wiper that doesn't move even though the other one works fine? It's a fairly common problem on the smart fortwo. Why Doesn't 1 Wiper Arm Move? The wiper mechanism uses 1 motor with a crank that attaches to 2 connecting arms that go off to the wipers. To...

Normal Mod Wiper Rear Cover Removal450 Fortwo

Apart from having to access this area to replace the wiper motor, you have to get into it if your rear window squirter pipe comes off or snaps.

Normal Mod Wiper Sizes450 Fortwo451 Fortwo452 Roadster453 Fortwo/Forfour454 Forfour

Windscreen wipers are easily changed and should be kept in good condition throughout the life of the car.

Normal Mod Wires Though The Fortwo Bulkhead450 Fortwo451 Fortwo

There are times when you need to run wires from the inside to the outside of the car. How to do it but keep the water from coming in?