The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I didn't even see the amount of stuff in the bag until you left:eek:

Ah your welcome

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Make it black jacks and we have a deal:P

Mental note = gearbox leak = 50 black jack bars.

I wonder could i use crilly and ND as an example for my dissertation...."is bartering increasing in the recession".

God damn it- all this early 90's bimmer chat and that lovely E30 is putting me right off offloading my 8er

Gave her a bit of a wash

Changed rear discs and pads on almera,was cursing and blinding getting the pistons back in then said i'll check the haynes manual and realised they had to be twisted clockwise.:o

I changed the battery in a suzuki ignis. The radio then needed the code entered which I did, but it comes up showing 'safe' ? What now?

mrs crilly wrote: »

Something like that used to happen with my Seat Leon. It used to come on after a couple of hours or something like that once you put in the code? I found the answer to it on Google eventually! I think if its stuck in safe mode you need to leave the radio on for as long as possible so it can reset itself.

Cheers Mrs C, I'll try that.

Finally got a chance to finish the HK amp wiring today.



Put the back seats back in after redying them. Still need to do the passenger side part that's missing and 'door' card.


Installed the dice mediabridge and put the dashboard back together for hopefully the last time. Using my old front seats until I get the vaders done. Need to do the door card as well tonight or tomorrow hopefully.

Think I discovered why the previous owner of the M5 replace the clutch and flywheel and still sold it.

1st --> 2nd is becoming increasingly difficult which is not an uncommon problem. Will need new aftermarket fluids for a start to see if it helps.
Ultimately looking at a tear down I think

(:p :pac: ... sorry, snappers forced me to add the smileys ...)

I got this crazy idea into my head to clean my mothers car for her today as a mothers day present. I knew it was bad, she has never taken the car to be washed. Ever. Ever.

The paint work was rougher than Shirley Carter. I wasn't going to bother claying it as it would take to long and well I want to use it on my own car instead next weekend :P









I washed it and detared the car, I used a bottle of tardis that I had, there was even tar on the rough lumps of it the car was in bits :eek:

I soaked the wheels for ages with the cleancar.ie wheel cleaner can't remember the name of it, it was not strong enough to shift the brake dust so I put some neat vehiclean on it and tackled them with a tooth brush and it came off no bother. (I did my own wheels as well, got a lot of the crap off but they are still in bits!)



I polished the car with super resin polish and it didn't really make one bit of difference you would need heavy duty polishing to sort it out and well it's my Mams car not really worth the bother It won't be washed again ever until I get annoyed looking at it!

I put on a coat of Chemical Guys Blackight and a coat of sealant on her wheels and some tyre dressing. The stuff I had was not strong enough to dress up the molding on the bumpers but my Dad said he would sort that out.









Anyways it was a just for fun detail, I killed a colony of spiders that were living on the wing mirror, I feel kinda guilty about that. I reckon the dirt is what held that car together.

Mam is was delighted and she is dying to drive to work on Tuesday to show off her (semi) shiny new car. The thing would need a nuclear explosion to clear the crap from the paint!

And sure then I had to do my own

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

For shame, I have never used a glaze like Black Light before. Crilly - is it the same as a wax/polish in that you apply it, let if haze and then buff it off?

Excellent job by the way

Yup same as a wax or polish just put it on with an applicator by hand and then leave it for around 20 mins and then take off.

Have cup of tea and repeat if necessary

This one is also realy nice and simples to use:

http://www.cleancar.ie/chemicalguys-blitzacrylicspraysealant.html

colm_mcm wrote: »

I went cleaning my wheels for the last few hours, I've never seen such dirty wheels, the spokes are perfect, just towards the inside they're all baked in brake dust. I've managed to get most of it off now

These two products are pretty good for cleaning wheels:

- Iron Cleanse

- IronX

colm_mcm wrote: »

Thanks, they're 90% there now

Don't forget to polish & seal them after using the wheel cleaners. In fact for really ground in stuff also look at
- IronX Paste