What Are The Symptoms? If your fuel gauge on your 454 forfour is flashing, or the fuel level moves up and down for no reason, there is a good chance that it's a problem in the speedo. The issue is the same as we have seen in the dash pods on the 450 fortwo. Wide...
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Forfour Interior Light Change
How to change the 2 interior courtesy light bulbs
Forfour Rear Bearings
Bearings eventually start to fail and become noisy and need changing
Forfour SMD LEDs
The For4, like the Roadster, uses a lot of SMD LEDs for lighting. While these can be harder to change than the twist fit bulbs, it's not impossible and the results can look a lot more impressive.
Forfour Spark Plug Specs
What spark plugs do you need?
Forfour Speedo Pin Out
Forfour Speedo Pin Out Pin Number Wire Colour Connects To 1 Green CAN Bus Distributor Pin 16 (CAN bus low) 2 Green/White CAN Bus Distributor Pin 5 (CAN bus high) 4 White/Blue Fuse Box Connection K17 5 Green/Red Multiway Connector Pin C19 6 Black/Blue Fuse Box...
Forfour Throttle Body Clean
The throttle valve actuator (TVA or throttle body) is a weak point for the Forfour, let's fix it.
Forge 451 NA TIK
The 4th product from the Evilution/Forge Motorsport partnership. Airbox to throttle body silicone pipe for the non turbo 451.
Forge DVIC
Evilution and Forge Motorsport team up once again for another quality product
Forge Intercooler Pipes
These silicone pipes replace the rigid plastic pipes to and from the intercooler. They have a wide bore and smoother internal walls which allow a better flow of air.
Forge TIK Pipe
A new Silicone TIK pipe from Forge Motorsport, lets have a close look at this new upgrade, fitted to OTVs For2.
Fortwo 451 Roof Damage
Clear Polycarbonate Roof Problems There is an inherent problem with all of the clear plastic roofs fitted to smarts. Most 451 coupe owners will notice that tiny cracks appear in the plastic. The cracks can't be felt as they are internal and although it's very rare,...
Fortwo Alloys On A Roadster
This is a bit of a divisive subject. On 1 side you have people who don't think about it and just fit them. On the other side you have people who staunchly oppose such things because it's either dangerous or blasphemous to degrade your superior Roadster with wheels...
Fortwo Bike Rack – Aftermarket
Here is the Rack4Smart kit supplied plus an eyebolt that I used to improve the kit. Take the 2 parts of the A-frame... ...push them together and fit the bolt to secure the 2 sides. Take the bicycle arms, insert them into the A-frame and... ...tighten them in place...
Front Splitter Fitting
The standard front splitter on the smart is pretty understated and boring, not to mention unpainted.This ruins the front of the car and the textured plastic gets dirty very quickly.
Front Wheel Alignment
Front Wheel Alignment If the front of your car doesn't handle as well as it used to. Your front tyres are wearing in a strange way, or your steering wheel isn't straight when the car is going straight, your front wheel alignment is probably out. Ideally, I recommend...
Fuel Pressure Regulator FPR
The smart runs a 3.8 bar fuel pressure regulator, the injectors can handle more so lets up it a touch and see what happens by adding a Bosch 0280 160 575 4 bar FPR. Bought to our attention in August of 2006 by Christos Kolovos (CKA) on the Maniacs forum.
Fuel Pump Failure
This page covers all ICE cars. It's more generic help and some parts may not relate directly to certain models but it'll give you an idea of where to look and what to try. My Fuel Pump Stopped Working The knee-jerk reaction is to just think that the fuel pump has...
Fuel Saver Magnets
For years now, sites and ebay sellers have enthused about the usefulness and efficiency of their fuel magnets. They often retail for big money plus postage and packing. Time to check them out.
Fuel Saving Techniques
How to make a tank of fuel last longer than normal.