The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Collected the car today from Larry in CleanCar, and I'm absolutely over the moon. Before I brought it back out into the rain, I took some photographs and wrote some words...







Stopped off in Aldi to grab some quick daylight shots...





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mighty fine 3series , what is she Paddy ? 330d?

I replaced a brake light bulb and replaced the cabin bulbs with LED's on the 156. I then realized I had forgotten to order one for the boot so I improvised a little using some LED strips I had. (multimeter to check for polarity, not sure if that 9.9V is due to crappy wiring or an intentional voltage reduction on Alfa's part.. Battery read 11.7).

This evening was my first time since last summer washing the car after work thanks to the lovely weather! I used Meguiar's Last Touch detailer as a drying aid/gloss booster this evening and it's top class. It dries instantly, shines immensely and smells SSSSSOOOOOOOOOO good!!!!

I might be starting my paint correction tomorrow, not sure yet. Good thing is, the BM doesn't need anywhere near the amount of correction that the MPS needed so I'm estimating about 15 hours total instead of 30 last time.

Finally got some stuff done today i have been meaning to do.

First off tyres+wheels






Difference in handling and comfort is night and day, however Teddy doesn't seem too impressed.



In fairness the car is sitting fairly high so that's next on the agenda



Would have had that done and dusted last week but instead i went and got a double din unit and an android phone to pair with it (Huawei Y300 bargain @ €129 tbh) so no more juggling phone while driving. It's sitting forward abit too much as they ordered the wrong facia type, will do for abit until i have time to fix it.



Also thanks to these two wonderful products my tyres aren't brown and my wheels satin black



Oh boy not again

Nice work Jim!

I have to say though, when you first posted a pic of the alloys after they were done, even though the finish was beautiful, I didn't think they'd go at all with the blue of the car. Boy was I wrong! Looks class!!!

Also, how do you find that wet n' black stuff? I used it once and followed the directions but the first time I drove the car it flew off the tyres and went all over the alloys and bodywork I use the wet n' black in the aerosol and I find it much better than the stuff you have and 10 times better than black in a flash.

I'm trying to find a product that will permanently shine the tyre wall but nothing as of yet. I thought it would be something that Gtechniq would make but no although they have a temporary version.

Bit of advice when it comes to the mudflaps if they are black - get Gtechniq permanent trim restorer. It will deepen the black and stop them from going grey like mudflaps often do and will seal them better than any wax.

It can also be used on any black plastic trim on the car and is easier and less messy to use compared to PlastiDip

Use it on the black plastic on the wing mirrors, doors, fog light surrounds, rear valance reflectors surrounds, grille, wiper arms and aerial. It comes in a very small bottle but a little drop of it goes a LONG way.

It also produces excellent beading on its own and after a few hours curing, it can then be coated with wax without "whiting" the plastic.

The only thing you need to take time doing is prepping the surface and making damn sure there's no silicon-based product or grease on it. After that it's a superior product like the rest of the Gtechniq range.

No i dodged that bullet thank god, i just think something got rattled when i hit a massive pothole but it's settled back down now. Prices here are extortionate and it's much cheaper to pay 700 sterling or so for a kit and ship it over. Ford themselves charge something like €520 just for the dmf + vat - 15% discount when for 700 odd sterling who can get the whole kit (Alot of the time if you just change the rest of it the DMF can come out of place and will go soon after so 2x the labour)

Supergurrier wrote: »

Finally got some stuff done today i have been meaning to do.

First off tyres+wheels


Difference in handling and comfort is night and day, however Teddy doesn't seem too impressed.


In fairness the car is sitting fairly high so that's next on the agenda

Would have had that done and dusted last week but instead i went and got a double din unit and an android phone to pair with it (Huawei Y300 bargain @ €129 tbh) so no more juggling phone while driving. It's sitting forward abit too much as they ordered the wrong facia type, will do for abit until i have time to fix it.

Also thanks to these two wonderful products my tyres aren't brown and my wheels satin black


Oh boy not again

Thats a nice, clean looking ST there doesn't seem to be too many around at the moment. I was supposed to go see this one today but the seller fobbed me off at the last minute, he seems to have it in his head that he can sell it easier in the UK even though I'm sitting here with cash burning a hole in my pocket seems bizarre.

Supergurrier wrote: »

That's odd as he is a member of the Owners club afew of the lads over here are on. Facelift have a much better spec if st2-3, i prefer the Pre myself but that's down to personal taste but that is a cracking car.

Mine was a pretty boggy spec when i got it no heated screen/scrap stereo about 700 quid of small pdr/rear bumper/small marks that need doing at some stage but i ended up going for it, best of luck finding a decent ST and start saving for petrol

If you have any questions feel free to ask here http://www.focusstoc.com/forums/forum/78-republic-of-ireland/

I prefer the front end on the facelift, but to be honest it was the engine that made me want one not the looks so I'm keeping my options open, as long as I can find a well looked after car. I actually stumbled across him on that forum yesterday while I was looking through some posts he had a link to the ad posted, they all seem like a sound bunch of lads over there too!

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There's at least 3 of them here...pr!cks the lot of 'em

What makes you think I included you in that comment??? :P