The "Today I did something to my car" thread

L-M

I did this

Mr Magners

What is that.

Did you draw the picture?

L-M

It's my roof cloth that's being upgraded to the higher spec "Black" :P

Tallon

CiniO

I got o set of windscreen wipers for a tenner yesterday.
I don't know if it counts ;P

sentient_6

Attacked my leather seats with Autoglym leather cleaner & care balm....& now kinda regreting it as it smells like sh*t. I love their interior shampoo but i think ill go back to simoniz wipes for the seats.

_Kaiser_

Tallon wrote: »

I hope you're not driving a diesel!! :eek:

L-M

sentient_6 wrote: »

Attacked my leather seats with Autoglym leather cleaner & care balm....& now kinda regreting it as it smells like sh*t. I love their interior shampoo but i think ill go back to simoniz wipes for the seats.

Try gliptone, lots of lads recommend it. I haven't seen it forsale anywhere local though!

johnos1984

I took my Marina fishing this morning. I doubt the sea air will help it but it needed a run out

Hal1

Flock the roof lining Limerick Man. It'll be awesome.

L-M

Yeah I was gonna get it done but for certain reasons I'm not :P

I Was VB

johnos1984 wrote: »

I took my Marina fishing this morning. I doubt the sea air will help it but it needed a run out

So ya had your Marina down by the Marina.........


:pac:

CrowdedHouse

Limerick man wrote: »

Try gliptone, lots of lads recommend it. I haven't seen it forsale anywhere local though!

It's very good but smells like sh**e too

R.O.R

Limerick man wrote: »

It's my roof cloth that's being upgraded to the higher spec "Black" :P

Is that Black Felt by any chance?

vectra

Put a SET OF -40MM Springs on the civic

L-M

R.O.R wrote: »

Is that Black Felt by any chance?

I'm using Plasticoat if that's what you're asking? it's drying in nice and soft!

Zubeneschamali

Well, yesterday.

On the way home, the car suddenly announced "Dipped Headlight Bulb Fault", so when I got home, I pulled out the manual and the spare bulb from the glove compartment.

Then I read the manual. Then it was off to the shed for the toolbox.

I had to take out a bolt (spanner plus mole wrench, a socket wrench would have been better) and a screw (large flathead screwdriver or a torx one for this), unclip the electrical connector, lift out the whole light unit, remove a rubber cover, remove the bulb holder and then clip the H7 bulb out and replace everything.

In theory, if you had reall small hands and ESP you could do it without taking out the unit, I think, but that's how the manual said to do it.

Not a job I'd fancy trying at the side of the road, which makes carrying a spare bulb a bit pointless.

Ken.

R.O.R wrote: »

Is that Black Felt by any chance?

No, it's really really really really dark blue:D

MetzgerMeister

sentient_6 wrote: »

Attacked my leather seats with Autoglym leather cleaner & care balm....& now kinda regreting it as it smells like sh*t. I love their interior shampoo but i think ill go back to simoniz wipes for the seats.

I used those a few weeks ago too. Didn't mind the smell, I thought it was a kind of "leather" smell but I could be wrong!

The only problem I could have had is that it takes 48 hours for the balm to cure and give the leather full protection. Luckily I went on holidays the day after I did it.

vectra

sentient_6 wrote: »

Attacked my leather seats with Autoglym leather cleaner & care balm....& now kinda regreting it as it smells like sh*t. I love their interior shampoo but i think ill go back to simoniz wipes for the seats.

This is what I use.

1) MF Cloth, Dish of Diluted APC & Warm water. Wipe the seats down and dry with another M cloth.

2) Spray and spread this on them Chemical Guys Liquid Leather.

I love the morning after when I open the door and the smell of leather hits the nostrels..

-Corkie-

I drove it to work and then I drove it home.

johnos1984

-Corkie- wrote: »

I drove it to work and then I drove it home.

I drove mine into a Mazda dealer and promptly fell in love with a Mazda3 HDI SPORT.

Should I go stand in the corner?

sentient_6

Well im after going at it again there before seeing ye'r posts, i had read some stuff online elsehere this afternoon. Started with a j cloth & warm water, then using the AG leather cleaner i vigorously scrubbed with a nailbrush & used the microfibres to finish off. Should've taken pics when i was half way through the seat cos the amount of muck the nailbrush got off was unreal. Half nice clean beige, half tan!

Have to say the microfibres on their own this morning didnt do much.

Dumped on the care balm to feck after reading about keeping the leather moisturised. It will do until i get something else like the liquid leather.

johnos1984

johnos1984 wrote: »

I drove mine into a Mazda dealer and promptly fell in love with a Mazda3 HDI SPORT.

Should I go stand in the corner?

Absolutely not! Lovely car and great to drive. I also want!

On topic. Had my usual weekly check around and found one CV joint starting to leak...I will literally have replaced everything on this car before too long

ottostreet

Claying the other side of my car. nearly all done now.

For Forks Sake

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

Well, yesterday.

On the way home, the car suddenly announced "Dipped Headlight Bulb Fault", so when I got home, I pulled out the manual and the spare bulb from the glove compartment.

Then I read the manual. Then it was off to the shed for the toolbox.

I had to take out a bolt (spanner plus mole wrench, a socket wrench would have been better) and a screw (large flathead screwdriver or a torx one for this), unclip the electrical connector, lift out the whole light unit, remove a rubber cover, remove the bulb holder and then clip the H7 bulb out and replace everything.

In theory, if you had reall small hands and ESP you could do it without taking out the unit, I think, but that's how the manual said to do it.

Not a job I'd fancy trying at the side of the road, which makes carrying a spare bulb a bit pointless.

Saab by any chance? That sounds very familiar :mad:

Gary ITR

R.O.R wrote: »

Is that Black Felt by any chance?

I think I'm the only one that got that

Seperate

Limerick man wrote: »

Try gliptone, lots of lads recommend it. I haven't seen it forsale anywhere local though!

http://www.detailer.ie/store/index.php/interior-cleaning-dressing.html

or if you want both & a brush.. http://www.detailer.ie/store/index.php/detailing-kits/gliptone-leather-care-kit.html

Owen

I changed my dashboard bulbs to blue, fitted a full set of Nightbreaker bulbs outside, and am in the middle of making a double-din fascia cause one was never made for the car, and it's not supposed to have a DD head unit. Also did a small bit of work on the fibreglass sub enclosure I'm very slowly building.

L-M

Is that in the Mg O.o

vectra

PaintDoctor wrote: »

I changed my dashboard bulbs to blue, fitted a full set of Nightbreaker bulbs outside, and am in the middle of making a double-din fascia cause one was never made for the car, and it's not supposed to have a DD head unit. Also did a small bit of work on the fibreglass sub enclosure I'm very slowly building.

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7392/photo5rc.jpg

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230035_10150244579123413_547383412_8711883_6032441_n.jpg

Like the looks of the blue display.. Looking at getting this for the civic...Where did you get the bulbs? Are you doing the rest of the dash light to match?? IE.
Heater controls etc.

Can Would it be possible for you to do a step by step of the enclosure please? I am very interested in doing this i my next car. One in each back corner of the boot angled upwards and forwards running off a fairly decent amp.

Cheers

johnos1984

Limerick man wrote: »

Is that in the Mg O.o

SMART I reckon

Owen

johnos1984 wrote: »

SMART I reckon

Yup, bang on!

I got the bulbs in a local motor factors, but they're a fscking nightmare - made somewhere in the far east, and you've to bend the pins in the bulb to make them actually contact the PCB in the dash. Won't be doing the rest of the LEDs, as there are none! My last MINI I'd everything done, every switch, every backlight too.

Will try to take more photos of the enclosure as I get it done. It's just taking an age, and everything else seems to take my time

Here's what I did to it about 3 weeks ago.

johnos1984

That looks like a rucksack

Vertakill

Zubeneschamali wrote: »

In theory, if you had reall small hands and ESP you could do it without taking out the unit, I think, but that's how the manual said to do it.

Haha brilliant. Sounds like a nightmare.

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Here's what I did to it about 3 weeks ago.

How the hell did you make that?!

Cill Dara Abu

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Sorry but that looks awful

Cill Dara Abu

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Sorry but that looks awful

Savage workmanship though, absolutely top drawer looking to be fair.

ShadowHearth

lucyfur09 wrote: »

No, it's really really really really dark blue:D

yup, he needs priest socks allright

PaintDoctor

PaintDoctor wrote: »

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Just for comparison's sake

RedorDead

RoverJames wrote: »

Just for comparison's sake

Why not just buy a slightly bigger car?

RedorDead

RedorDead wrote: »

Why not just buy a slightly bigger car?

Wait a sec there and I'll PM the PaintDoctor chap and report back ...................







































............ not :pac:

Owen

Vertakill wrote: »

How the hell did you make that?!

Wish I could take the credit, it's a kit which is popular with companies in Germany who do contracting - electrical/pc/maintenance work in the bigger cities. Very hard to get outside Germany, so some lovely discussions were held with ze fatherland to get one shipped. Took forever to get here, and then when it arrived, the fibreglass was in such bad shape it took forever to get smooth too.

Cill Dara Abu wrote: »

Sorry but that looks awful

To each their own. Gets nothing but positive reviews in the flesh, and if I listened to what everyone liked, I'd end up going off my game inside some Toyota washing machine. You've got to trust me that in photos, it's completely naff - even I thought so when ordering it - but it's when you see it in real life you start gigging like a child saying gizzago.

RoverJames wrote: »

Savage workmanship though, absolutely top drawer looking to be fair.

Cheers RJ! Next up is to build some racking and pull out drawers to hold all the kit, it's just loose inside. I'll be doing that at the end of next week hopefully

Oh, and tomorrow I have some fancy cnc machined paddles for the gearshift on the steering wheel coming too replace the crappy plastic ones which're there.

homer90

:pac:

Owen

RedorDead wrote: »

Why not just buy a slightly bigger car?

I had a slightly bigger car, which was completely wasted. This is the perfect size for me and my tools, and occassionally the dog. It's got heated leather bucket seats, aircon, satnav, bluetooth, panoramic glass roof, paddle shift gearbox, 120bhp, weighs as much as a shoe, is RWD, and goes like stink. Cost peanuts to tax, insure and run and is still grand on a long journey - brought it home from the UK and it was great craic.

Plus, it's also my business car, so it attracts attention and is great for advertising. It's like being in a Go-Kart every day, and I love it. And the noise out of the engine's something else

There's all that, and I hate normal cars. Last toy was a JCW works. Now I've this, god only knows what's next.

mysillyusername

The odometer tipped over 100000 miles...

mondeo

Today I put my car up for sale because I'm f~~~in sick of it

vectra

PaintDoctor wrote: »

There's all that, and I hate normal cars. Last toy was a JCW works. Now I've this, god only knows what's next.

Octavia :pac:

GTE

A bit of a greasy job but to get rid of a squeak in the wiper mechanism I took it out, took it apart and rebuilt it today.

Found out that a rubber o ring had perished letting in some water into parts of the mechanism and caused some damage.

Nice evening in the sun!

EPM

vectra wrote: »

Octavia :pac:

Or not!

PD's smart is one of the coolest cars I've seen in a long time tbh. Nice to see it post op too:p;)

Thatnastyboy

PaintDoctor wrote: »

Yup, bang on!

You should extend it back further, put a sh!t load of lead in the very back and put on a wheelie bar

Gary ITR

Feck yis, reading this thread I wanted to do something. Pics to follow in a bit