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The "Today I did something to my car" thread
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andyseadog wrote: »thanks
must admit the weather is against me though :mad: its undergoing a prolonged de-ionised water rinse at the moment... aka getting rained on like ****.
and before its said, yup i do go a lot of places with my front fogs on, too bad :pac:
Keep her JDM...
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Rustproofed the sills today - Bilt Hamber Dynamax S50 arrived from cleancar.ie, already treated with Hammerite Kurust last week.
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Will check the driver side sill when I get a chance and add some for good measure, but the foam was clear on drivers side so it'll keep!
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Experimented with some coding today, inside away from the rain.
Great fun playing around with the coding options, I set the doors to lock after moving off, activated DRLs, memory seats and mirrors move on opening the door and decreased the volume of the rear park distance speaker.
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Tell me, is it possible to enable the seatbelt / lights on when no key in ignition gong with this?
And also, can the EU BMW Alarm have the same "beep-beep" when unlocking the car that the US spec has?
Just see the video to see what I mean:
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I know the beep noise you mean and I thought I enabled it myself today (some of the options names are confusing) but no beeping. However I have a feeling I selected the wrong option. You can change the interior lights settings too, not sure about the seatbelt option, didn't see it myself however it may have been under a different heading. A legend would be useful for some of the options; I know the US E38s have the Fasten Seatbelts prompt so it should be possible.
Also, as far as I know, options become available/unavailable depending on the BMW connected.BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »Thats class, Never seen that before, Is that the same way you map/remap a car? I presume you need some software for the remap though?
Its a similar kind of technique, however in practice a lot different in terms of what the software accesses. With this program, you're simply changing preferences like lights, alarms etc, whereas mapping a car is changing the parameters of the engine and/or transmissions ECUs.Eric Cartman wrote: »are you using something like a GT1 or did you modify the files to use just a standard OBDII cable
I'm running all the various BMW programs on XP on a netbook. They all run under VMWare, Progman under an XP environment and DIS under a UNIX environment. Connects to the car with an EDIABAS cable. 0 -
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Voodoomelon wrote: »I know the beep noise you mean and I thought I enabled it myself today (some of the options names are confusing) but no beeping. However I have a feeling I selected the wrong option. You can change the interior lights settings too, not sure about the seatbelt option, didn't see it myself however it may have been under a different heading. A legend would be useful for some of the options; I know the US E38s have the Fasten Seatbelts prompt so it should be possible.
Also, as far as I know, options become available/unavailable depending on the BMW connected.
Hoping to get some stuff like that working - I actually like the annoying seatbelt gong and the cool alarm chime (My dad's brother had the seatbelt gong on his E34 a long time ago. Imported from Germany.) 0 -
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Tell me, is it possible to enable the seatbelt / lights on when no key in ignition gong with this?
And also, can the EU BMW Alarm have the same "beep-beep" when unlocking the car that the US spec has?
You cannot code an ECE car with SSS Progman to enable the beep beep that you're on about. You need to use NCS Expert, BMW Scanner or Autologic to enable that function. There are lots of subtle changes you can make with NCS Expert like:
- Enable Brake Force Display brake lights, this is where you can get the 3rd brake light to start flashing under heavy braking
- Enable remote home lights (activate headlights) via remote key
- Change r of windows when door is open
- Deactivate seat belt chime or key in ignition chime
- Deactivate airbags (why you would want to I don't know)
- Deactivate bulb test system
- Add a digital speedo to newer BMWs
- Enable MP3 playback in CD Changer
- Retrofit iPod integration
- and many more
Here's some changes I made to my cars:
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1N6uYTu25I
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Got my alloys back from Wheel Wizards in Finglas. Very impressed with the work done, they are flawless now. The guy really knows his stuff and does a top job.
Sorry no before pics but they were in bits. Loads of curb rash and some chipping to the alloy lacquer, paint and dents too. Too much rain and wind today for more pics.
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Voodoomelon wrote: »Experimented with some coding today, inside away from the rain.
Great fun playing around with the coding options, I set the doors to lock after moving off, activated DRLs, memory seats and mirrors move on opening the door and decreased the volume of the rear park distance speaker.
ABS lights are on, so need to pull codes for that tomorrow.
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Got my alloys back from Wheel Wizards in Finglas. Very impressed with the work done, they are flawless now. The guy really knows his stuff and does a top job.
Sorry no before pics but they were in bits. Loads of curb rash and some chipping to the alloy lacquer, paint and dents too. Too much rain and wind today for more pics.
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Yeah it did.eringobragh wrote: »Good job ... Did that price includes tyres off and back on ?
Excellent .. just over €300 to do mine.
Could try do them myself but between removing tyres ,buying paints, hassle, etc and the finish wouldn't be half as good
False economy so I guess I'll be paying a visit when i finish sorting the last few panels!0 -
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Washed and clayed the car today, hard work but woth it!
Blacklight and hybrid v7 tomorrow! Anybody any experience with that stuff??!
Blacklight is excellent. It can be a small bit tough to apply as it tends to cake up on the applicator pad. Just make sure you apply a thin coat (as per instructions) and you'll be fine. Wait 15 minutes, then buff it off, this part is very easy as long as you apply a thin coat. It'll also make it a lot easier since you've clayed it too
It says to wait 30 minutes before applying a 2nd coat of BL but I stick to this even if I'm applying a wax because it does take 30 minutes for the BL to cure.0 -
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »Washed and clayed the car today, hard work but woth it!
Blacklight and hybrid v7 tomorrow! Anybody any experience with that stuff??!
Blacklight is excellent. It can be a small bit tough to apply as it tends to cake up on the applicator pad. Just make sure you apply a thin coat (as per instructions) and you'll be fine. Wait 15 minutes, then buff it off, this part is very easy as long as you apply a thin coat. It'll also make it a lot easier since you've clayed it too
It says to wait 30 minutes before applying a 2nd coat of BL but I stick to this even if I'm applying a wax because it does take 30 minutes for the BL to cure.
Thanks man, ill take some pics when I do it! Bear in mind I'm a novice!
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »It's not rocket science
Thing is though, BL is mainly for dark coloured cars and since yours is silver, it won't have the same effect but it'll be super-smooth and will bead brilliantly.
Il expect brilliant beading from gollywog so. :pac:0 -
MetzgerMeister wrote: »
Ah crap I didn't know that!!
What's good for silver do you know?!
I'll try my best bubblewrap! 0 -
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As there was some event where a ball being kicked around by people broadcasted on national telly, I had some much needed peace and quiet! :cool:
Got some toys for my 406
But I decided to install the speedo for now
Checking for dud bulbs
But the speedo read wrong! So to the kitchen...
And there was the problem... See the burned track?
To the garage...
In the car...
Fiddle with the needle...
And we have a working unit once more
Screwed out the pump and... Now my clutch is knackered (was on the way out anyway) clearly the D-Turbo lump is producing more torque than before! :rolleyes: Pricing an uprated clutch, but not a paddle clutch, they cost a fortune! Not looking foreward to that job. B*llox
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As there was some event where a ball being kicked around by people broadcasted on national telly, I had some much needed peace and quiet! :cool:
Got some toys for my 406
Screwed out the pump and... Now my clutch is knackered (was on the way out anyway) clearly the D-Turbo lump is producing more torque than before! :rolleyes: Pricing an uprated clutch, but not a paddle clutch, they cost a fortune! Not looking foreward to that job. B*llox
Whodve thought breaking the 100bhp barrier would knacker a clutch?0 -
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On Friday, I paid a visit to the doctor, the NissanDoctor.
I had replaced the tierods on the sister's MX5, so it needed an alignment afterwards. Car felt VERY itchy driving over to Drumcondra but fair dues to the Doctor, one hour late I was driving out and the car felt like new. No doding off at random angles according to bumps and potholes. Pure pleasure to drive.
Getting a 4-wheel alignment done must be one of the best ways to spend money on a car.
Thanks to NissanDoctor, nice setup you have there in Drumcondra and I witnessed how well other customers were being dealt with too while I was in the waiting area.
BTW here are the old balljoints removed from the car - just one year and 4,000 miles on them !! And another balljoint from the same supplier that was sat in the shed over the year. Even it has gone to pot. Lesson learned, buy OEM parts where possible
PS. On Saturday the car passed its MOT up North with flying colours. Love it.
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3 stages of Auto Glym with Demon Shine (in a mr muscle bottle) in between each coat to keep the dust down yesterday and i think its looking mighty fresh
its by no means swirl free and its really needs to be clayed but it looks grand until i have a bit more free time!
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This was the reason I initially bought the DA and sorted the car...the really bad engine bay scratching. Had to take the 2 panels out but didn't get to the engine cover yet!
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Panel with bad clearcoat scratching:
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Other Side Panel - Not as bad ...but still bad!
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