Hi all The front brake flexy pipes on our 05 GV are looking 'old' - and the metal parts are quite heavily corroded,so I might replace them - most brake parts seem available except for the banjo bolts (suzuki part number 09360 - 10026 ). I just wondered if anybody has seen these or similar banjo bolt...

We have now owned this little beauty for 5 years :shock: I noticed the other day that the O/S front disc on our 05 G Vitara was not being 'swept' as fully/cleanly by the brake pads compared to the other side (plenty of pad left),we drove up to Montrose Air Station museo on saturday (sunny 8-) ) and ...

Hi Jon
Welcome aboard
Hope you enjoying the Zuki.
Good luck with your jobs list !

Hi Steve A belated welcome to the forum. We also have a similar G Vitara (2005 3 door) and living in scotland she gets a hot clean underneath + Waxoyl every 2 years to try and slow down the demon rust. Hope you enjoying the Zuki as much as we do - we took the old girl over to the coast yesterday to ...

I don't worry about it too much Scottie - we usually only do 4/5000 miles every year in the Suzi as we tend to use our Sportage for longer motorway trips etc - the Suzi gets used for fun trips to the highlands/islands/coast so the extra cost of E5 is chickenfeed compared to taxes etc to the Guvmint....

I always err on the side of caution as our GV is a nice low mileage example - we only use our GV sporadically depending on weather and my OH's working hours/shift pattern. One of the potential problems with E10 is that Ethanol is hygroscopic,we live in scotland where the weather is often 'damp' LOL ...

Hi Dunc We have a 2005 GV1600 and according to the handbook we can use E10. We do not actually use it on a regular basis,we normally fill up with E5 but occasionally E5 is not available in which case we would be happy to fill with E10. The reason I do not use E10 as the norm is that it is likely to ...

Starting to come together nicely

cheers max

Forgot to add that whilst under the car investigating the 'rumble' I had a quick look at the front propshaft - the u/j's on that look original and the rubber seals are very perished so I have bought another set of u/j's and will change them when I can get the GV up on mates ramp (he is still snowed ...

Just to update this towards the end of the year. Back in may/june we decided to spend a couple of grand on some preventive maintenance on our 2005 G Vitara. A very low mileage car so still had original exhaust and suspension etc,I was too tied up with medical issues and my mate was snowed under with...