The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Compton · 10-07-2011 3:01pm

true man thats the thing, you'd even get one for a tenner when you need it back on, the colour has to be one of the best available for the car

Ardennes1944 · 10-07-2011 3:03pm

moonland, it is a nice colour and much easier to keep 'clean' than my black astra was.

L-M · 10-07-2011 3:16pm

Facelifted lights make an awful difference! It's like going for orange to clear indicators, always makes a huge difference!

Gary ITR · 15-07-2011 1:07am

I was off Monday and Tuesday so feck all got done to the car.

Went to gather together the parts for the bottom end reassembly and I'm missing my two new crank thrust washers, it'll be Tuesday before Honda can get them for me, I could reuse the old ones but why risk it over a €20 part and a few more days waiting.

Getting closer now though and there's an end in sight

Ardennes1944 · 15-07-2011 1:15am

Onkle wrote: »

I was off Monday and Tuesday so feck all got done to the car.

Went to gather together the parts for the bottom end reassembly and I'm missing my two new crank thrust washers, it'll be Tuesday before Honda can get them for me, I could reuse the old ones but why risk it over a €20 part and a few more days waiting.

Getting closer now though and there's an end in sight

Could you pm me with a detailed summary of what your in the process of doing and the power you had/have? Are you changing the top and bottom half?

Midnight_EG · 15-07-2011 1:17am

I'm getting my B18 bottom end soon to go with the head rebuild!

Did manage a 20 minute brake caliper reassembly though as a quick fix to a refurb kit! :P

Ardennes1944 · 15-07-2011 1:22am

I was in a b18 tonight.....not bad, not bad at all

Midnight_EG · 15-07-2011 1:25am

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

I was in a b18 tonight.....not bad, not bad at all

DC2-R or a conversion?

Gary ITR · 15-07-2011 1:27am

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

Could you pm me with a detailed summary of what your in the process of doing and the power you had/have? Are you changing the top and bottom half?

Will do

Midnight_EG wrote: »

I'm getting my B18 bottom end soon to go with the head rebuild!

Did manage a 20 minute brake caliper reassembly though as a quick fix to a refurb kit! :P

Trying to find a decent bottom end is like trying to find rocking horse sh1te so budget for rings/bore/hone

If your seals are gone in the calipers get them done asap

Midnight_EG · 15-07-2011 1:28am

Onkle wrote: »

Trying to find a decent bottom end is like trying to find rocking horse sh1te so budget for rings/bore/hone

If your seals are gone in the calipers get them done asap

I'm getting the seal kits tomorrow and gonna do them straight away!

Also, the bottom end will be fully rebuilt including polished crank before it even lets my head touch it

Ardennes1944 · 15-07-2011 1:31am

Midnight_EG wrote: »

DC2-R or a conversion?

Conversion. Horrible yellow non Jordan but the driver doesn't care

Mar4ix · 15-07-2011 2:40am

Today topped up coolant in to my fiat punto mk1 .... was bit low .... havent check for months .... lucky that punto didnt overheated, .... oil checked... ok.

Ardennes1944 · 15-07-2011 2:48am

Good ol punty

Mar4ix · 15-07-2011 2:56am

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

Good ol punty

Since my ass not been carried around with nissan skyline, punty for me like a toy

Midnight_EG · 22-07-2011 12:33am

Picked up some Carbon Fiber vinyl, gonna do the window switches then see what else I can get done

Hal1 · 22-07-2011 1:05am

Througly cleaned wheels yesterday. I don't think they were ever cleaned like the way I did them. I got some wonder wheels cleaner to remove the tarred on brake dust that was there for years. The results are pretty good, I'm happy out anyway.

Gary ITR · 22-07-2011 1:14am

Engine is fully rebuilt now. Gearbox and loom etc are all back on it just needs to be dropped in tomorrow. It should be on the dyno after lunch tomorrow for the run in and will be ready to tune on Saturday....... thing is I'm tuning it myself

franksm · 22-07-2011 9:01am

What started as a very slight petrol smell off the engine on Monday turned into 'ah... better look into it NOW' on Thursday evening when it was MUCH worse.

Found this between the fuel rail and the fuel pressure regulator ! More holes than a lace curtain.

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VolvoMan · 22-07-2011 11:28pm

Today I breathed some life into the old Volvo. It had been lying up for some time and I felt it was rotting into the ground before my eyes, so I started today by getting a new battery and giving the interior some intense cleaning. I also replaced the batteries in the remote key fobs and filled up the expansion tank with Summer coolant.

Next job is to fit some new electric window control units and then book it in for an NCT.

Owen · 22-07-2011 11:32pm

Started to build up the tool racking for the rear of the Smart today. Have the permenant false floor in and carpeted, and putting a quick release secondary floor in there that the racking will mount to. 4 butterfly clasps will unlock it all so I can lift it out and turn it into a normal car at the weekends.

I'm addicted to the smell of freshly sawn wood - I never ever ever get tired of it. Should have been a carpenter

Ardennes1944 · 22-07-2011 11:35pm

Owen wrote: »

Started to build up the tool racking for the rear of the Smart today. Have the permenant false floor in and carpeted, and putting a quick release secondary floor in there that the racking will mount to. 4 butterfly clasps will unlock it all so I can lift it out and turn it into a normal car at the weekends.

I'm addicted to the smell of freshly sawn wood - I never ever ever get tired of it. Should have been a carpenter

i knew when i saw you'd posted in this thread you'd have something different to add

D.a.v.i.d · 23-07-2011 12:52am

Inflated all tyres to the correct pressure...all alloys cracked now...fml

W.Shakes-Beer · 23-07-2011 8:22am

Midnight_EG wrote: »

Picked up some Carbon Fiber vinyl, gonna do the window switches then see what else I can get done

I love that stuff, I used some on my interior, have reems of it left but don't want to go overboard:

Before:

After:

Ardennes1944 · 23-07-2011 9:17am

got cruise control finally programmed into my car. it costs well over €200 to have it factory fitted by Opel. i installed the bits needed which cost €40 and got it programmed for free

L-M · 23-07-2011 11:09am

Wow W.Shakes-Beer, that's impressive work! Looks very neatly done

robbie_998 · 23-07-2011 12:01pm

not really to my car but with my car i managed to jump start a lexus jeep with jump cables and saves the day

telling ya lads its a great feeling when your lil honda comes in and jump starts a really big jeep

your man was really nice and was just stuck in the carpark of B & Q with his daughter with the battery dead on his jeep and was very grateful that i helped and i was glad to help (after wards there was a tenner for me but as much as i tried to refuse he forced me to take it !)

W.Shakes-Beer · 23-07-2011 12:06pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Wow W.Shakes-Beer, that's impressive work! Looks very neatly done

Thanks! Turns out well if it isn't rushed. I sat down with a cup of tea and all the stuff needed to cut and apply it. Was like being a kid again sitting down with crayons

franksm · 23-07-2011 3:34pm

W.Shakes-Beer wrote: »

Thanks! Turns out well if it isn't rushed. I sat down with a cup of tea and all the stuff needed to cut and apply it. Was like being a kid again sitting down with crayons

Fab job ! Really looks the biz, and I don't normally like CF. Would that vinyl stick to the outside of the car, ie. the wing mirrors ?

Gary ITR · 23-07-2011 3:48pm

Good job on the carbon dude

I started mine today

Just doing heat cycles now and very soon it'll be on the dyno

23-07-2011 4:57pm

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

got cruise control finally programmed into my car. it costs well over €200 to have it factory fitted by Opel. i installed the bits needed which cost €40 and got it programmed for free

Well done, nice little project, cruise control is the right shot these days, too easy to coast above the limit without it on a long spin.

Ardennes1944 · 23-07-2011 5:38pm

RoverJames wrote: »

Well done, nice little project, cruise control is the right shot these days, too easy to coast above the limit without it on a long spin.

if it saves me from even 2 penalty points, at my age especially, it'll pay for itself a few times over. im driving to Bangor to an Eminem concert and back next month so ill be damn glad!

itarumaa · 23-07-2011 5:43pm

Thanks help from Mar4ix my ls400 has now new upper control arms and left tie rod end, installation was far from easy but good thing to do since old control arms were in awful state.

Price for parts were 770e from Ireland and 190e from Ebay, try to guess what option did I choose:)

jenizzle · 23-07-2011 5:58pm

Fitted an AuxMod to the RX8's radio. My hands are in bits, I broke 2 nails, but at least I can plug in mp3 players now :cool:

Gary ITR · 23-07-2011 6:36pm

Of all things to go wrong.....

I've fully rebuilt my engine using high compression pistons, block honed and bored. We did everything in house apart from the head skim, the bore and hone on the block. Fully reassembled it and got it back into the car.

The car has been running all day doing heat cycles, before we went to dyno it the software we use to tune decided it didn't like my laptop..... ffs. It's after taking me 3 hours to sort it so it means I'm not taking the car home with me, it's too late to start running it on the dyno and there's at least 3 hours work there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rN4q52Ehoa4

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Joe Power finally getting his leg over a decent engine
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Even the boss got stuck in
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Out with the old
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And me actually doing something
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New bits

shedweller · 23-07-2011 9:07pm

I looked at my car today and saw a flat back tyre. Feck!!:pac:

It's a loooong way from performance pistons i tell ya!

W.Shakes-Beer · 24-07-2011 8:30am

franksm wrote: »

Fab job ! Really looks the biz, and I don't normally like CF. Would that vinyl stick to the outside of the car, ie. the wing mirrors ?

Yeah I've seen people sticking it to their mirrors as well, its fairly tough stuff!

Thatnastyboy · 24-07-2011 1:44pm

I brown taped a binbag to my door!!

because some dirty smelly hoodie wearin' unprofessional little bolox broke my window last night. :mad:

Such an inconvenience, Im sick of people attacking my cars at this stage, nearly every car I have had has been either attacked in some shape or form, or stolen.

And it never happens when Im at home with the gun :pac:, always when Im out.

L-M · 24-07-2011 7:05pm

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Yes, that is a spider on my window with a massive penis.

MetzgerMeister · 24-07-2011 11:26pm

I clayed my whole car yesterday and gave it a coat of wet wax.

Today it got a paint clean, polish and wax. It only took 7 hours

W.Shakes-Beer · 25-07-2011 3:42pm

einheisserschre wrote: »

I clayed my whole car yesterday and gave it a coat of wet wax.

Today it got a paint clean, polish and wax. It only took 7 hours

Had one of those days not so long ago. Its like a full shift in work and you end up smelling like nice chemicals

Tragedy · 25-07-2011 5:18pm

Changed rear springs and shocks. Front struts+drop links later this week, and inlet manifold+camshaft cover gaskets+filters to do next week.

MetzgerMeister · 25-07-2011 8:54pm

Here's a pic from today with some lovely beading action:

L-M · 25-07-2011 9:32pm

I waxed my door and wing last night (I was just trying out my new Turtle Wax that I got for three quid

) and when I was washing it today the beading was unreal on just the door and the wing, must of been a month or so since I waxed the car. I'll see how long this cheapo (on sale) wax lasts now

Compton · 25-07-2011 10:51pm

where'd you get it LM?

25-07-2011 11:45pm

Tragedy wrote: »

Changed rear springs and shocks. Front struts+drop links later this week, and inlet manifold+camshaft cover gaskets+filters to do next week.

On the ZT? SUspension upgrade or was it wear motivated do you mind me asking?

Tragedy · 26-07-2011 9:56am

RoverJames wrote: »

On the ZT? SUspension upgrade or was it wear motivated do you mind me asking?

Bit of both. 115k miles wear, and it was the optional sports suspension (brown/brown) and I wasn't happy with how the ride had degraded in the last 6 months.

L-M · 26-07-2011 10:31am

shblob wrote: »

where'd you get it LM?

Autozone, it's Turtle wax emerald, came with a sponge as well!

In getting my new windscreen today

VolvoMan · 26-07-2011 12:12pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Autozone, it's Turtle wax emerald, came with a sponge as well!

I sincerely hope you're not going to use that sponge?

L-M · 26-07-2011 12:15pm

VolvoMan wrote: »

I sincerely hope you're not going to use that sponge?

Nope, I've applicators

Hal1 · 26-07-2011 12:23pm

Limerick man wrote: »

Nope, I've applicators

:eek:

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