Remove the rear exhaust valance for painting or modifying.
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451 spoiler removal
Remove the rear top spoiler from your 451.
Info for new and old smarts today.
Fit the smart OEM 451 underseat bass box and wire it up. Check your ABS rings.
Seats, get out, now.
Those pesky seats, always in the way, take them out.
451 Boot Release Button.
Add the button that smart took away, the one that opens the boot from inside the car.
451 front brake pad change
Change the front brake pads on your 451. Trackback: Fit front brake pads to your 450 or Roadster.
Time to start updating the bodywork.
Fit a Brabus front splitter to your 451. Trackback: Fit a Brabus front splitter to your 450.
Want wider front wheels on your 451
Buy some new rear alloys and fit them to the front. Only recommended on the new smart fortwo, not the old one.
I had a request for some info.
Toby asked for a bit of information, it was something I had already done and completed. Because there was no set order for these mods, I thought I might as well add it. Remove the 451 SE Drive cover.
I nice job for inside the car on a rainy day.
Remove and replace the cabin air filter.
Tik pipe removal on the new fortwo.
Non turbo 451 TIK pipe removal. Before anyone says, I know it isn't strictly a TIK pipe as the T stands for turbo. It is such a common word these days and dispite trying to think of a better name for it, I couldn't. Therefore, in the non turbo 451, the T stands for...
451 boot switch problems.
The boot switch was an early common problem, here is how to change it plus an idea on fixing it.
Further flap based information
Boot storage flap faults and fixes.
Remove another bit of trim
Remove the interior boot storage flap.
What to do if the 451 rear view mirror is too low.
Raise the mirror to reduce the blind spot behind it.
Update the 451 headlights
Personalise your 451 headlights Remember, if you have a 450 and want to update the headlights then take a look at this page that was added almost exactly a year ago. Personalise your 450 headlights
You get a bigger boot but no light, what were they thinking?
Fit a boot light in the 451 so you can actually see stuff in the dark.
I am enjoying this Mod-A-Day.
Remove the interior roof panel trims. 40 new pages and updates have appeared in the last 3 weeks just for the 451. 37 over all in the past 14 days. There is plenty more where that came from. I'm still working from the stuff I photographed and wrote up weeks ago.
Another 451 panel removal
Boot panel removal.
How2 and a new smart specialist
How to remove the sun blind and look after it. If you are in Kent and need smart work done, a friend has just opened his new smart garage. SmartDoctor Check them out and give them a call when you need anything doing.