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The "Today I did something to my car" thread
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We had a full days work yesterday!
I washed and dry-waxed my car, we washed CM's engine bay, fixed a clunk in my car which turned out to be a missing bolt on the anti roll bar thanks to my mechanic not putting it back when I got the OEM springs put back in :mad:
I used my G-Techniq trim restorer on CM's wing mirrors and it brought them from a gre/white back to a lovely, smooth, black factory finish. I'm well pleased with that purchase!
We then gave CM's headlights a refurb while conzymaher ripped out every piece of trim from his car and CM's car.
After all that, CM then took pictures of my car in the dark using long exposure while he danced around the garden with a flashlight
I now have conzenons
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Brought my car to the doc yesturday as I think I may have being a bit paranoid about a noise in the engine.
Said there was a bit of a noise but nothing to worry about so I'm happy
He also thightend the nuts on my wheels as they were loose after me fixing them twice when I put the road wheels back on as I do t expect winter anymore. Can't explain why they kept coming lose.
I'm such a pleb.
But thanks to the doc for being great.
Or should I say Astra man ! :pac:0 -
146 skirts to fit someday (maybe you spotted the wings too?)
:pac:
Yeah, spotted those, are they from a marea or hgt?
I always liked the big bumper marea front end with the projector headlamps, always said if I crashed my old brava badly enough, I'd get them to bolt those parts on instead!0 -
MetzgerMeister wrote: »We had a full days work yesterday!
I washed and dry-waxed my car, we washed CM's engine bay, fixed a clunk in my car which turned out to be a missing bolt on the anti roll bar thanks to my mechanic not putting it back when I got the OEM springs put back in :mad:
I used my G-Techniq trim restorer on CM's wing mirrors and it brought them from a gre/white back to a lovely, smooth, black factory finish. I'm well pleased with that purchase!
We then gave CM's headlights a refurb while conzymaher ripped out every piece of trim from his car and CM's car.
After all that, CM then took pictures of my car in the dark using long exposure while he danced around the garden with a flashlight
I now have conzenons
what about mine ya langer?
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Ardennes1944 wrote: »what about mine ya langer?
What about yours ya langer??Ardennes1944 wrote: »Challengedmaster aka...his bumbum cleaning buddy
Jealous? :P0 -
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Went to change a bulb on the 2, read I have to remove the lamp itself and some panels...had visions it was going to be like the time I had to change a bulb on a mates megane! Thankfully its pretty straight forward...takes about 5 minutes per side at a steady pace..
1 Bulb down [keeping up with 30% of motorists :P]
H4 bulb kit - 6.50 from Aldi
Safety First Remove the 30A RTR fuse from the front fuse box (controls the headlight motors)
Remove the plastic case (4 screws), and chrome HL surround (4 scrws)
Thethered screws on all thefront headlight fittings (Just thought it was a nice touch!)
Changed the both headlights (new bulb was alot brighter)
.........think its time to take a spin with the T-Bar glass out with the weather were having today!0 -
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Yeah, spotted those, are they from a marea or hgt?
I always liked the big bumper marea front end with the projector headlamps, always said if I crashed my old brava badly enough, I'd get them to bolt those parts on instead!
From a petrol Marea have been looking for a diesel front for ages! Projectors were easy to wire up
Got them originally as I made bits of my bumper on my old car after running over a hare... Standard wings were rotten and beat in! So I changed the whole lot When I got the blue Bravo, the wings were punched in and rusty too. Conveniently, the bumper was taken off :pac: Once resprayed, fitted perfect
As for today, got the 166 and the Polo cleaned up 0 -
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So picked up a second hand set of wheels and tires for the octavia and after cleaning them up a bit i then cleaning the car
sun went in just after i finished
Slightly wide on the front
Think the rears are ok
next up is a call to Traynors for a few bits to fix inside
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The marea diesel bumper is the same as the 20v petrol right?
Yes the same bumper :rolleyes: diesel bumper has ducts for the intercooler and oil cooler, I don't think the 20v had an oil cooler (open to corrections)
There was an alternative diesel bumper I don't think we got that in Ireland...0 -
Engine, gear and diff oil changed in the RX8 yesterday - I did a fantastic job of standing about, handing over various socket wrenches and biscuit tins for oil-gathering
This week I shall be mostly trying to figure out how to change a sidelight bulb without dislocating my wrist :rolleyes:0 -
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Put the dash back in today only to realize it has to come back out to fix a leak that is still in the firewall :mad:
Anyway the picture on the left is what my car looked like when I bought it(not my car, taken from bimmerforums)
All my work was for this
Here is what it looks like in the dark without the steering wheel connected
And here is the leather re-dye
Left half is done.
I'll have more pictures to show next weekend hopefully
EDIT: No idea how to scale images. Look fine to me on 1080p but not sure about lower resolutions.0 -
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Ardennes1944 wrote: »Love the e36 facelift centre console. How much did it cost you?
The radio was €200. Could have got a rover one for €150 but it has slightly different text and a rover logo:o
The OBC retrofit cost €100 and took ages since I wired everything under the carpet and taped it up with fabric tape.
You can see it on the floor at the left. It goes into the carpet and comes out at the front near the big hole :P All soldered and heat shrunk as well except for one wire out to the speed sensor. Will do that next week.
And the digital climate control was free since my couse has a parts E36 and it was too much work for him to do it
The steering wheel cost €250 because I bought an E39 steering wheel for the buttons and an E36 M-Tech wheel because it's smaller and fits better and the slip ring was seperate.
The cruise control retrofit cost €120 originally since it was on the stalks but I am moving it to steering wheel so I had to buy an E46 cruise module which is gonna cost €30.
Sounds bad when I type all the numbers...0 -
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RoverJames wrote: »Same lamp as in Hiace vans iirc :eek:
Nice lamps there boss :pac:
How dare you...I challenge you to a bare-knuckle boxing match at the next motors meet...till the death
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eringobragh wrote: »How dare you...I challenge you to a bare-knuckle boxing match at the next motors meet...till the death
Yer no good boss! :pac:0 -
challengemaster wrote: »Yer no good boss! :pac:
I'm working on it..I've only just found out I've a traveller spec MR2 0 -
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Ardennes1944 wrote: »Worth the work jer. That interior is very,very nice. Not many e36s have it either! Any pics of the car itself?
Worth the work to me :P Not worth it to sell it. I just ordered a dice media bridge so gonna pop out one of the blanking plates in the middle and make a USB/AUX input there. Gonna try have them lit as well.
Then install the Harmon Kardon sound system next weekend and put the Hifi switch in beside that.
And then heated seats with the original switches. Basically I want everything the car can take
Picture from the day I bought it
Newest one I have. Missing trim is now on it and number plate in the right spot. And fog lights in.
Was thinking of spraying the alloys black. Not sure how it would turn out though.
I'm gonna wait until the summer and maybe get it resprayed. The bonnet needs it which will need the wings blended. And then just small marks around the car that I would like to get redone.
Then once I get a new car as a daily I will think about putting an M3 evo engine into it. But for now it will stay a 318is With more options than most higher models. 0
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