First of all loosen front wheel nuts, jack up the car and place the axle stand securely. Lower onto the stand. Check for security of car on stand - you're going to be working on it! With the wheel removed it will look like this. You are now going to remove the...
Smartmods
for all your modding needs, recommended by Evilution
Kane Harrison
450 Brake Caliper Seals
Back in 2014, Dave from Brakes International was good enough to send over a calliper rebuild kit. I was supposed to do a fitting guide and send people over to his shop to buy the kits. Unfortunately I'm useless at remembering to do stuff like that. The kit got stored...
450 Brake Disc Fitting
The standard Brakes are OK for a standard smart but when you start getting serious with the mods you have to get serious with the brakes.
450 Brake Light Switch Removal
This is a common fault that is easily noticed and rectified.
450 Brake Light Wiring
Key:
E = Earth
C4/8 = Connection plug 4, pin 8
Fuse* or F* = Direct connection fuse number
Black Yellow = Wire colour
Modules are labeled in the picture.
450 Brake Pad Change
Swap your pads over for something a bit better.
450 Brake Pedal Removal
Why Would I Need To Remove The Brake Pedal? The main reason is that you are removing the carpet but you may have other reasons. This is the brake pedal. If you didn't know that, you shouldn't be driving or maybe you're Italian and have never used it. You know when you...
450 Brake Shoe Change
Although the rear brake shoes only do about 15% of the braking, the friction material wears down. Eventually they will need changing.
450 Button Triangle Pin Out
Wiring for the dash top triangle button bank on the 450.
Both version, with heated seats (12 pin) and without heated seats (8 pin).
450 Cabin Air Intake Drain
The air conditioning system removes a lot of water from the air, this water is released from a condenser box behind the front panel.
450 Cabin Intake Box Removal
Remove the front panels. Remove the headlights. Remove the front crash bar. Remove the front frame. Lift the brake fluid reservoir off the clip on the side of the cabin air filter intake box. Use a long flat blade screwdriver to push in the clip as you lift it. Now...
450 Cabin/Pollen Filter
If you suffer from hayfever there is a good chance this will interest you. The smart pollen filter isn't always fitted as standard and if you do have one fitted it should be changed yearly.
450 Cabrio Roof Fix
We are starting to see quite a few cabrios having roof problems.
450 Cabrio Roof Tension
If your cabrio roof looks to be sagging slightly, you can adjust the tension springs hidden in the rear spoiler.
450 Camshaft Removal
To get to the camshaft you have to remove the air inlet manifold and rocker cover. Take an E10 socket and remove all 8 of the bolts that hold the bearing caps to the engine head (12Nm on refitting). The bearing caps are the brackets that hold the camshaft to the...
450 CAN Bus PIDs
Credit All credit for this information goes to Jack Rogers. This is all well over my level of understanding. Please don't message me asking questions about it as I have no idea. Notes The tables below are laid out in binary. Each CAN message consists of upto 8...
450 CAN Bus Wiring
450 CAN Bus Wiring This shows the wiring colours, pin positions and connections between electronic modules. The CAN Bus (Controller Area Network) is a network of 2 wires that connects all of the control modules. They use this network to communicate all of the data...
450 CDI Alternator Change
How to change the alternator on a CDI
450 CDI Injector Removal
Uncover the engine. Just underneath the "smart cdi" logo is the fuel rail. Attached to the fuel rail are 3 injectors. I have highlighted one of the injectors below. Here is a closer look of 1 of the 3 injectors. To disconnect the electrical connector, pull out the...
450 Central Locking Testing
Central Locking Not Staying Locked When you lock the central locking, if the car immediately unlocks itself then the first thing to do is check that both doors and the boot are correctly shut. If they are and the central locking still refuses to stay locked then there...