The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Ardennes1944 · 28-09-2011 12:29pm

Pretty sure were the 'special ones' who got all the rain

MetzgerMeister · 28-09-2011 12:33pm

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Pretty sure were the 'special ones' who got all the rain

Yes you were

With that said, we're having lovely weather here and I'm stuck in work when I'd much prefer to be out at the car with all the new Meguiars stuff I got from detailer.ie

Ardennes1944 · 28-09-2011 12:39pm

It's nice as near as Tipp!? Feck sake. I got a deal so....you stay in work, I'll pop up the motorway with my meguiars stuff and wax your mps, cool?

MetzgerMeister · 28-09-2011 12:45pm

LOL

Yeah that sounds great!! Cheers!

We are experiencing blue skies and sunshine here at the moment. It's a bit cool but I prefer it that way as it's perfect valeting weather as long as you find a shady area to have the car!

Ardennes1944 · 28-09-2011 12:51pm

I'm experiencing a fan heater next to me (:D) , looking out at my back garden. It looks to have shrunk by about 50 yards though cos I can only see about 5yards of it outside the window, bloody fog :mad:

MetzgerMeister · 28-09-2011 2:47pm

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

I'm experiencing a fan heater next to me (:D) , looking out at my back garden. It looks to have shrunk by about 50 yards though cos I can only see about 5yards of it outside the window, bloody fog :mad:

Don't worry about your garden, get in your Astra and come wax my car!:p

challengemaster · 28-09-2011 2:53pm

While you're at it, mine needs a clean too...

MetzgerMeister · 28-09-2011 3:15pm

Feck off, he's calling to Tipp first

Ardennes1944 · 28-09-2011 3:18pm

einheisserschre wrote: »

Don't worry about your garden, get in your Astra and come wax my car!:p

challengemaster wrote: »

While you're at it, mine needs a clean too...

black cars are a bitch aint they

ye prob only washed them a few days ago

challengemaster · 28-09-2011 3:19pm

einheisserschre wrote: »

Feck off, he's calling to Tipp first

I don't mind, sure isn't it on the way to Galway for him like :P

Round trip would be 440km... under half a tank of diesel sure.. (oh wait...) :pac:

MetzgerMeister · 28-09-2011 3:21pm

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

black cars are a bitch aint they ye prob only washed them a few days ago

I washed and wet-waxed mine on saturday. It was fine until I came to work on monday! :mad:

Anyway, OT - does anyone know about that "paint" you can get that sprays onto whatever you're painting and you can peel it off again whenever you like?

Zubeneschamali · 28-09-2011 3:33pm

I got 4 winter tyres on today, so it's the warmest day of the year!

vectra · 28-09-2011 4:08pm

einheisserschre wrote: »

Feck off, he's calling to Tipp first

Hang on..
He could be passing through Fermoy first and mine needs a hoover and a wash as well

kiddums · 28-09-2011 4:10pm

challengemaster wrote: »

I don't mind, sure isn't it on the way to Galway for him like :P

Round trip would be 440km... under half a tank of diesel sure.. (oh wait...) :pac:

Sure if he's going that far he could take a wee run up the road to donegal and wash mine too.:p

MetzgerMeister · 28-09-2011 4:12pm

Hmmmm Ardennes is fast becoming the south's answer to Seperate

EPM · 28-09-2011 4:14pm

He may as well set up shop doing it. Anyway, mines closer again so may as well start with that.

MetzgerMeister · 28-09-2011 4:34pm

EPM wrote: »

He may as well set up shop doing it. Anyway, mines closer again so may as well start with that.

Just because you're a mod doesn't mean you can bully me out of 1st place on his list! He did offer to do if for me first after all

Ardennes1944 · 28-09-2011 5:29pm

boots loaded up anyway for my trip to donegal, albeit with 5 stops. dont think ill get much business though, my cars too dirty! shaggin' rain

Absurdum · 28-09-2011 6:12pm

changed the pollen filter and wiper blades and sprayed some of that air conditioner cleaner stuff into the vents

mondeo · 28-09-2011 10:21pm

Heres somthing I did with my friends civic coupe the past couple days. Rear bumper on this car was pretty nasty and needed to be filled and resprayed badly! I dont have an original before pic unfortunately but the filled spots on this bumper will give you an idea what it was like.

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Here it is complete, spent fooking ages compounding this but it's like glass now! The rear wheel arch needs abit of work also which I am taking on when I get time:). Nice original non molested civic coupe which is going to stay original thank god. The lad that owns this car is moving to Saudi Arabia in December and is taking the car with him

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L-M · 29-09-2011 9:35am

Old for new

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TestTransmission · 30-09-2011 3:38pm

Replaced an interior panel on my hardtop as a small piece of rubber had gone awol and water was getting in.

3 man job though, 2 to lift up the hardtop off the car,keep it up in the air and then one to go under it and replace the panel!

L-M · 30-09-2011 6:56pm

TestTransmission wrote: »

Replaced an interior panel on my hardtop as a small piece of rubber had gone awol and water was getting in.

3 man job though, 2 to lift up the hardtop off the car,keep it up in the air and then one to go under it and replace the panel!

Ehem!

TestTransmission · 30-09-2011 7:52pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Ehem!

I said 3 man job, we did the easy bit

L-M · 30-09-2011 8:01pm

TestTransmission wrote: »

I said 3 man job, we did the easy bit

The roof isn't light! Lol

MagicMarker · 30-09-2011 8:38pm

Today I had a new clutch put in and a basic service done. Delighted, now when I press the accelerator I move faster! Yay!

Also, the battery being disconnected seems to have fixed some minors issues with the electric windows and central locking, double yay!

Next job is to stick on some winter tyres.

Senna · 30-09-2011 9:02pm

Bought a car with a clifford alarm a few months back. The alarm was a pain in the ass, you had to enter a pin code everytime you start the car or if you open the door while the car is running. That plus valet mode was unavailable, motion sensors were very sensitive and the alarm auto engaged after 20 seconds no mater what.
Anyway i left the car into an alarm specialist but he doesnt touch clifford alarms as they're that rubbish, but he said he would do what he could, long story short he could do very little but he did get me the alarm codes, so after searching the net i found how to program it. Its now a nice normal alarm that will protect the car (enough) and wont bug the hell out of me. Twas a good day:D

MetzgerMeister · 30-09-2011 9:23pm

Installing new spark plugs tomorrow if the weather is good!

L-M · 30-09-2011 9:41pm

Senna wrote: »

Bought a car with a clifford alarm a few months back. The alarm was a pain in the ass, you had to enter a pin code everytime you start the car or if you open the door while the car is running. That plus valet mode was unavailable, motion sensors were very sensitive and the alarm auto engaged after 20 seconds no mater what.
Anyway i left the car into an alarm specialist but he doesnt touch clifford alarms as they're that rubbish, but he said he would do what he could, long story short he could do very little but he did get me the alarm codes, so after searching the net i found how to program it. Its now a nice normal alarm that will protect the car (enough) and wont bug the hell out of me. Twas a good day:D

Will you pass that info on to Testtransmission?

TestTransmission · 30-09-2011 10:12pm

Senna wrote: »

Bought a car with a clifford alarm a few months back. The alarm was a pain in the ass, you had to enter a pin code everytime you start the car or if you open the door while the car is running. That plus valet mode was unavailable, motion sensors were very sensitive and the alarm auto engaged after 20 seconds no mater what.
Anyway i left the car into an alarm specialist but he doesnt touch clifford alarms as they're that rubbish, but he said he would do what he could, long story short he could do very little but he did get me the alarm codes, so after searching the net i found how to program it. Its now a nice normal alarm that will protect the car (enough) and wont bug the hell out of me. Twas a good day:D

Limerick man wrote: »

Will you pass that info on to Testtransmission?

my alarm is awesome :mad:

SV · 30-09-2011 10:47pm

Senna wrote: »

Anyway i left the car into an alarm specialist but he doesnt touch clifford alarms as they're that rubbish,

Sounds like a specialist alright. :rolleyes:

Senna · 30-09-2011 11:17pm

SV wrote: »

Sounds like a specialist alright. :rolleyes:

Well, his job is fitting alarms (and other auto electric work), his words "with Clifford, your paying for the name and fancy carbon effect fobs, you can get as good and better for cheaper".
The G5 alarm on my car was €950 in 2006:eek:, Clifford just spend the most on advertising, and it obviously works on some people;).

SV · 01-10-2011 9:53am

Senna wrote: »

Well, his job is fitting alarms (and other auto electric work), his words "with Clifford, your paying for the name and fancy carbon effect fobs, you can get as good and better for cheaper".
The G5 alarm on my car was €950 in 2006:eek:, Clifford just spend the most on advertising, and it obviously works on some people;).

Sounds like a guy who was unable to work on the alarm and used that as a way to explain himself away..to be honest.

Oh and the alarm that was 'so annoying' for you was part of the blackjax anti car jacking system and helped you.
and all the other settings could be changed.

then again, if an 'alarm specialist' told you they're rubbish, then who am I?

if you just want your car to be secure why not just put a clamp on it sure, you clearly don't want to bother with a good alarm.

Gary ITR · 01-10-2011 9:55am

Senna wrote: »

Well, his job is fitting alarms (and other auto electric work), his words "with Clifford, your paying for the name and fancy carbon effect fobs, you can get as good and better for cheaper".
The G5 alarm on my car was €950 in 2006:eek:, Clifford just spend the most on advertising, and it obviously works on some people;).

If installed correctly you won't find better, installing Cliffords is a different ball game to any other system. The chap you brought it to is just a little ignorant I'd say

Midnight_EG · 02-10-2011 12:56am

Today I picked up a Recaro back bench from an ITR and a Clifford 650 MKII!

pudzey101 · 02-10-2011 1:03am

Today i changed my coolant totally:) , topped up my power sterring fluid:) and filled up my full drivers lisence application

MetzgerMeister · 02-10-2011 6:35pm

Changed my plugs today. Mazda don't make anything easy or straight forward!

Hal1 · 02-10-2011 6:39pm

Arghh feckin pissin it all morning / afternoon. Only clearing up in the past hour :mad:.

Mc Love · 02-10-2011 9:45pm

Beat an Insignia in a race today - sad i know!

Ardennes1944 · 02-10-2011 10:16pm

did the driver of the insignia know it was a race?

Mc Love · 02-10-2011 10:25pm

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

did the driver of the insignia know it was a race?

No but they did look over at me!

Midnight_EG · 03-10-2011 12:14am

Today I put the ITR rear Recaro's in...they look deadly

Serious job making them fit though :mad:

:P

conzy · 03-10-2011 1:31am

Finally got the timing belt done in the car over the weekend, it was getting a bit ridiculous how overdue it was

So now im a lot more confident it wont randomly kick the bucket

Also bought new dipped bulbs as night time driving was poor.. If I have some money in a few weeks might get some winter tyres and two rear shocks wouldnt go astray..

SouperComputer · 03-10-2011 4:17pm

Did the general winter pre-checks. Tyre pressures, fluid levels & condition etc, brake fluid flush and gave the Beetle a good wash/buff/wax. Got the alignment in ballpark on the V70. Changed the oil in the Beetle.

Went to swap the water/water wetter mix for antifreeze before winter in the Beetle. This is what came out.....

Yes, this is what came out of the cooling system. Appears the oil cooler/heat exchanger busted right when I stopped the car after changing the oil. I get to change that now too. Lovely. Luckliy oil pressure > cooling system pressure so the new oil doesn't appear to be contaminated yet. Planned on an AutoX on Sunday, so erm that didnt happen.

SouperComputer · 03-10-2011 8:39pm

....and before any greenies get all upset at the pic, the spillage was sucked up with a wet 'n' dry shop vac and disposed of properly.

L-M · 03-10-2011 9:04pm

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Finally got my wheel back on

MetzgerMeister · 03-10-2011 9:08pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Finally got my wheel back on

Good man! Now get your paint back on and you'll be doing well

L-M · 03-10-2011 9:11pm

einheisserschre wrote: »

Good man! Now get your paint back on and you'll be doing well

Yeah... Soon! It's in the shed, it's now just a case of "throwing" it onto the car.

Chuck_Norris · 03-10-2011 9:11pm

Today I had CC installed in my Octavia. €135 which I reckon was money well spent.

And tomorrow I'm off to Joe Power for a remap. I'll post up power/ torque gains afterwards.

Chuck_Norris · 04-10-2011 5:19pm

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

Today I had CC installed in my Octavia. €135 which I reckon was money well spent.

And tomorrow I'm off to Joe Power for a remap. I'll post up power/ torque gains afterwards.

Trying to attach an image of the graph. But the gains are as follows:

First run on dyno: power 121.p bhp and 189ft/lb of torque.:)

After remap: max bhp 151.2 and 251ft/lb of torque.:D

More than happy. Joe's a sound lad, and Gary in Urban was more than happy to stand around chatting!!:pac:

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