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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #962
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    That badge is worth at least 200 ft/lbs torque ya know:pac:


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    #963
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    EPM wrote: »
    That badge is worth at least 200 ft/lbs torque ya know:pac:

    Apparently it was stolen off some gob****e from Cork


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    #964
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    I thought midnight sold that car to a gay couple...:confused::confused:













    :pac:


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    #965
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Apparently it was stolen off some gob****e from Cork

    Vectra gone for a badgeless grill?!?


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    #966
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,506 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    I thought midnight sold that car to a gay couple...:confused::confused:


    Gary_ITR & Drummerboy08 Maybe :D


    :pac:
    EPM wrote: »
    Vectra gone for a badgeless grill?!?

    The wind ripped it off when I was going flat out :pac:

    BTW
    How did your grill turn out?


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    #967
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    vectra wrote: »
    BTW
    How did your grill turn out?

    He threw it in the bin lol! That's where we got the badge from


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    #968
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,506 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    He threw it in the bin lol! That's where we got the badge from


    LOL
    There is one for sale on Ebay painted Race blue already


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    #969
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    He threw it in the bin lol! That's where we got the badge from

    Last I saw of it the thing was being shoehorned onto the Supra...


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    #970
    the merchant
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭the merchant


    For a while I'd been hearing a rattle from the driver's door when going over bumpy terrain which I suspected to be the door itself moving around in the frame. Yesterday I adjusted the catch on the door frame inwards by a few mil, I did the other three doors while I was at it .

    This has had an unbelievable affect on the driving experience - not only has the rattle gone from my door but the whole car just feels tighter and quieter. Could doors being loose(ish) in the frames cause excess flexing and twisting of the body?

    Maybe it's in my head but I don't think so :-)


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    #971
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    the merchant wrote: »
    For a while I'd been hearing a rattle from the driver's door when going over bumpy terrain which I suspected to be the door itself moving around in the frame. Yesterday I adjusted the catch on the door frame inwards by a few mil, I did the other three doors while I was at it .

    This has had an unbelievable affect on the driving experience - not only has the rattle gone from my door but the whole car just feels tighter and quieter. Could doors being loose(ish) in the frames cause excess flexing and twisting of the body?

    Maybe it's in my head but I don't think so :-)

    What car is it? Doors are integral to the vehicle's rigidity. Crash a car with a door open and it's goodnight nurse.


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    #972
    the merchant
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭the merchant


    02 E39 525d Touring


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    #973
    Drummerboy08
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    EPM wrote: »
    Last I saw of it the thing was being shoehorned onto the Supra...

    It's currently in the middle of a bonfire in the Darndale somewhere...:D


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    #974
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,699 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Today I made my car start by using the horn button, all worked perfect and she started within 2 seconds... until 5 seconds later the wire melted after earthing off the boss kit and started smouldering :pac:


    Fun times :P


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    #975
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Drummerboy08 wrote: »
    It's currently in the middle of a bonfire in the Darndale somewhere...:D

    Bad luck. What are you going to replace the supra with:D


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    #976
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    EPM wrote: »
    Bad luck. What are you going to replace the supra with:D

    No, amazingly even the pikey's could separate the scrap Skoda parts from the Supra!

    They appreciate the fact that it's related to a Hiace you see.....


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    #977
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    Fun times :P
    From the time you started with your horn until it melted was a mere 5 seconds?

    Thought you'd gone to a clinic about that problem, Dutch? :p


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    #978
    the merchant
    Registered Users Posts: 547 ✭✭✭the merchant


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    From the time you started with your horn until it melted was a mere 5 seconds?

    Thought you'd gone to a clinic about that problem, Dutch? :p

    ***Looks at username - say no more***


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    #979
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    randylonghorn wrote: »
    From the time you started with your horn until it melted was a mere 5 seconds?

    Thought you'd gone to a clinic about that problem, Dutch? :p

    He's stopped using that cream apparently.


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    #980
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,699 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    the merchant wrote: »
    ***Looks at username - say no more***

    ImpotentNoHorn is his real name :rolleyes: :P


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    #981
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,506 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    ImpotentNoHorn is his real name :rolleyes: :P

    Is he a first cousin to the Chinese guy "Wanhunglow" LOL


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    #982
    randylonghorn
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 29,509 Mod ✭✭✭✭randylonghorn


    Midnight_EG wrote: »
    ImpotentNoHorn is his real name :rolleyes: :P
    :p

    Just because Dav, Doom and the guy who's currently having great fun manhandling your first girlfriend all over his workshop got Ross drunk at a beers, and I ended up roaming the site for a month with that username don't make it so! :D


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    #983
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    I'm soaked from head to toe, got pissed off at the rain so I just stayed at it, why I didn't go into the shed is beyond me lol.

    Two shocks done, and one tie rod.

    Shocks I've done many a time before, the tie rod was an absolute bastard. A 32 mm spanner though through the engine bay onto the nut at the end, impossible to get more than a quarter turn. Eventually got it out and back in again.

    I'm after giving up on the drivers one. There is absolutely no room down the side of the engine and to drive get a massive 32 spanner onto the bolt is a pain.

    Tea a sandwich and I'll go back at it. The rain has stopped now, hopefully it stays that way.


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    #984
    E39MSport
    Registered Users Posts: 3,730 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Winters gone on to the spare rims for the Esty


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    #985
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Got it done. There was a gap in the subframe to get at it, still a pain in the arse those.

    Was just putting the wheel on and it started pissing rain, I haven't got spigot rings and I bust the screw that holds the disc in place so it's going to be a balls to line the wheel up.

    On the other hand, I'm mildy excited about driving the car with the new rods, as the old ones were shot.


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    #986
    mondeo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,666 ✭✭✭mondeo


    As a result of reversing into a Bollard on Friday, I today put a new boot lid and rear bumper on my S60. Looks good as new now but it was some fiddly job getting the old parts off to put new ones on. Bit if a nightmare actually! The only good thing was is that I sourced the parts which were already the same colour as the car:) I'm so relaxed now knowing it's been done.


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    #987
    Lucca Flabby Munchies
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Lucca Flabby Munchies


    bought my "official first" car last weekend. 2001 1.8l Opel Astra Bertone Coupe in mint condition. Only 50k miles on the clock and specced to the max. Heated leather seats are far too comfortable on the way to work!

    How will I ever go back to normie-spec models? Only £2k too...

    Big Thank you to Limerick Man for casting a quick eye on my post in the "used car buying guide" thread too.


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    #988
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    Deleted User wrote: »
    bought my "official first" car last weekend. 2001 1.8l Opel Astra Bertone Coupe in mint condition. Only 50k miles on the clock and specced to the max. Heated leather seats are far too comfortable on the way to work!

    How will I ever go back to normie-spec models? Only £2k too...

    Always liked those cars, well wear with it!


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    #989
    E39MSport
    Registered Users Posts: 3,730 ✭✭✭E39MSport


    Deleted User wrote: »
    bought my "official first" car last weekend. 2001 1.8l Opel Astra Bertone Coupe in mint condition. Only 50k miles on the clock and specced to the max. Heated leather seats are far too comfortable on the way to work!

    How will I ever go back to normie-spec models? Only £2k too...

    Big Thank you to Limerick Man for casting a quick eye on my post in the "used car buying guide" thread too.

    Throw a pic up on the 'heres a pic of my yoke' thread (or words to that effect) :)


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    #990
    Lucca Flabby Munchies
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ Lucca Flabby Munchies


    E39MSport wrote: »
    Throw a pic up on the 'heres a pic of my yoke' thread (or words to that effect) :)

    Will have to wait till Weekend to do it justice, it's dark when I go to work and dark when I get out!

    Will get a few photos up this weekend though, should've just saved the pics that the guy had posted on gumtree!


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    #991
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    388778_10150912718590176_805400175_21705245_1442970641_n.jpg

    That was the "bolt" and the size of the spanner with the gap in the axle for the far side. Absolute pain.


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