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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #6812
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Yet another update that doesn't involve the daily hack :pac:

    I don't think it photobombed once either :p

    Let's crack on anyway :) my 166 got some attention this afternoon. First, re org of the toolkit
    Image2364.jpg

    Am I missing anything? There is a slot or 2 free....

    Same crack with the exhaust tip: I cleaned it up :pac:
    Image2366.jpg

    And the engine :cool:
    Image2367.jpg

    Therapy at its finest

    Then the interior... I missed some snaps but an example is the centre console

    Before
    Image2368.jpg

    After
    Image2369.jpg

    And a good clean outside to finish her off :)
    Image2370.jpg

    It's not 100% but much better than earlier today. When I have the time, I'll whip out the front seats (and the engine when I get the bits I need ;))


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    #6813
    Eric Cartman
    Registered Users Posts: 26,283 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Will stick the buttons either side of the lighter in the factory locations. Might get some factory buttons now I think of it.

    :O definitely, if factory switches are available, always factory.


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    #6814
    mik_da_man
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 9,926 ✭✭✭mik_da_man


    Gave the engine bay of the Pug a clean.

    Twas looking like below, got a fair bit cleaned up, but the cam cover is not playing ball.

    Pug-EngineBay-Dirty.jpg

    NO after pic yet - Until I get it finished properly...


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    #6815
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Jesus I saw "Gave the engine bay of the Pug a clean" and then the pic and I was all like "WTF" but then I saw your note underneath and then I was all like that's cool bro :P


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    #6816
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,569 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Jesus I saw "Gave the engine bay of the Pug a clean" and then the pic and I was all like "WTF" but then I saw your note underneath and then I was all like that's cool bro :P
    969638-cool_story__bro_super.jpg


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    #6817
    tuborg_man
    Registered Users Posts: 454 ✭✭tuborg_man


    dgt wrote: »
    Image2354.jpg
    W

    Is it weird that I now know where you live with that photo,


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    #6818
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users Posts: 7,288 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Shurrre he lives in Nyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaavan


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    #6819
    kearney13
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭kearney13


    +1 I know dgts spot too from that photo haha


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    #6820
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    tuborg_man wrote: »
    Is it weird that I now know where you live with that photo,

    Nah not really, sure I'm no distance away from Navan :pac:

    Do you be at the torro pitch? Only reason non locals would be up here!


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    #6821
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Popular spot with the locals is it? :pac:.


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    #6822
    bmstuff
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭bmstuff


    dgt wrote: »
    Diesel pump adjusted a bit more, now it's the way I like it :) and the result was another smokey video.... Bah!

    Heh heh heh :D

    Image2354.jpg

    .

    I don't remember seeing a car that often in there other than yours lol
    Now when I am thinking about Boards motors, I think about your silver 406...you really are putting her to some hard labour :-)


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    #6823
    bmstuff
    Registered Users Posts: 1,363 ✭✭✭bmstuff


    I installed a M5 cluster in my 540i the other day...



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    #6824
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    I used the half decent weather to wash the countryside off the mine and mrs Nissan docs cars and make space in the garage for project 500:D

    Astra:
    2012-10-07165543.jpg


    IQ:
    2012-10-07184310.jpg


    And the new arrival, project Fiat 500 getting a wash before it goes into the garage:
    2012-10-07165952.jpg

    And the engine bay cleaned too:
    2012-10-07194054.jpg

    And the residence of the garage re-arranged to fit the Fiat in:
    2012-10-03195507.jpg


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    #6825
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Good grief that one photo and now this place is a tourist attraction :pac:
    bmstuff wrote: »
    I don't remember seeing a car that often in there other than yours lol
    Now when I am thinking about Boards motors, I think about your silver 406...you really are putting her to some hard labour :-)

    Yeah it's usually at the front on full view for a quick getaway in the mornings :D

    The rest reside within the yard, there's a minimum of 5 cars there ;)


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    #6826
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    dgt wrote: »
    Good grief that one photo and now this place is a tourist attraction :pac:



    Yeah it's usually at the front on full view for a quick getaway in the mornings :D

    The rest reside within the yard, there's a minimum of 5 cars there ;)


    5 complete cars I think you mean:D


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    #6827
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Changed the rear lights on my focus to LED ones from an ST. Very impressed with the outcome:

    IMG_20121007_201922.jpg

    IMG_20121007_201929.jpg

    IMG_20121007_184440.jpg


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    #6828
    gollywog
    Registered Users Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭gollywog


    Nice mod!


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    #6829
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Nice house!


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    #6830
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    @ Nissan Doctor - Whats the plan with the Fiat? Looks like its in great condition! :)


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    #6831
    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    gollywog wrote: »
    Nice mod!

    Got them off ebay for 93 pound. They were slightly damaged from a fire in a garage but they work perfectly and considering Ford are charging over 250 euro just for one side they are a steal!
    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Nice house!

    Thanks :D


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    #6832
    djflawless
    Registered Users Posts: 1,868 ✭✭✭djflawless


    got a buffer in lidl today for 17.99 or 18.99.
    car has a white residue on it and because its red it really shows up.think it could ne the half arsed job of previous owner with t cut or compound...so hopefully skies clear before work to give it a whirl


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    #6833
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,503 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    The back right brake is sticking the odd time in my 156, you can hear it rubbing and a quick tug of the handbrake and it goes away. May have to get my inspection hammer out!

    Hard to beat the American Adjuster alright :D


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    #6834
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Not my car but I just changed the battery in my mam's Mazda 6.
    She left it to sit up for three weeks and didn't think to ask me to start it while she was away, clever.


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    #6835
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    OSI wrote: »
    CianRyan wrote: »
    Not my car but I just changed the battery in my mam's Mazda 6.
    She left it to sit up for three weeks and didn't think to ask me to start it while she was away, clever.

    Did you have to change it? :confused:

    Surely a boost and a drive would have done the job?

    That's what me and my dad suggested but you'd have to know my mam, total worrier.
    Another example, I changed the Internet security from WPA to WEP while they were away and was woken up at 7 this morning because I "broke the Internet".
    Sure, if she wants a new battery that bad, I'm not gonna stop her.


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    #6836
    Tea 1000
    Registered Users Posts: 4,520 ✭✭✭Tea 1000


    CianRyan wrote: »
    That's what me and my dad suggested but you'd have to know my mam, total worrier.
    Another example, I changed the Internet security from WPA to WEP while they were away and was woken up at 7 this morning because I "broke the Internet".
    Sure, if she wants a new battery that bad, I'm not gonna stop her.
    If only she knew how easy it is to hack WEP she'd be panicking about that too!


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    #6837
    YouTookMyName
    Registered Users Posts: 3,361 ✭✭✭YouTookMyName


    From these:

    100_5196Large.jpg

    To these:

    32317_4217259622367_858553939_n.jpg

    and 2 of these:

    uniroyal-rainsport-2.png


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    #6838
    Alanstrainor
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 23,157 Mod ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Looks a lot better. Like seeing well sorted older cars.


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    #6839
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    My DS (nintendo, not citreon) won't connect to WPA, it's too old. There's only 60+'s in range anyway so I'm not to worried. Haha


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    #6840
    arleitiss
    Registered Users Posts: 3,515 ✭✭✭arleitiss


    Changed my Corsa C interior.
    Now all blue.
    Changed:
    Window switches,
    Dashboard lights.
    Radio backlight
    Lighting controlls.

    Didn't know speedometer dis-assembly is such pain in the ass, especially aligning arrows after putting back together.

    To Do:
    Order and make a heater control lighting.
    Change interior standart lights from yellow to white.

    Took me 5 hours, but well it was my first time dis-assembling so much, had to take steering column panels off, and pretty much 70% of interior on drivers, side.
    th_2012-10-08190356_zps57df50bf.jpg
    th_2012-10-08190348_zps0b136f24.jpg
    th_2012-10-08190213_zps9c0d6dfa.jpg
    th_2012-10-08190204_zps3a102996.jpg
    th_2012-10-08190145_zps13da1aa3.jpg


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    #6841
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    @ Nissan Doctor - Whats the plan with the Fiat? Looks like its in great condition! :)



    Its as near as mint as possible I'd say.

    Good points: 2 owners from new, genuine 23k on the clock, all original and undamaged, completer with original sales reciept/PDI report/AA membership, 4x original tyres etc

    Bad points: Needs 1x headlight(silver gone off reflector), 1x side indicator(missing) and just got a second hand rad for it(cheers DGT by the way) as the original one was leaking and the reg in the alternator is gone.


    Because of the rad and alternator issues the owner left it with us to scrap but it was just too mint so I'm going to do a little tidying and then lock it away in the garage.


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