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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #272
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    My oil pump failed today :/ Thankfully I killed the engine straight away and no damage was done. Stripped the car and replaced it and then fit an oil pressure gauge

    Also put her track shoes on for a blast round the track tomorrow afternoon! :D

    Jaysus man, you seem to be having some bad luck lately! Hope it doesn't happen again!


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    #273
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    My oil pump failed today :/ Thankfully I killed the engine straight away and no damage was done. Stripped the car and replaced it and then fit an oil pressure gauge

    Also put her track shoes on for a blast round the track tomorrow afternoon! :D

    Do you ever do any real work for Urban or just get paid to mess with your car?

    :p


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    #274
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    EPM wrote: »
    Do you ever do any real work for Urban or just get paid to mess with your car?

    :p

    To be fair to him, he did say in (I think this) thread that customers' cars keep getting in the way of his!


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    #275
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    EPM wrote: »
    Do you ever do any real work for Urban or just get paid to mess with your car?

    :p

    Well I'm spending the day at the track tomorrow pimping for business :D


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    #276
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Jaysus man, you seem to be having some bad luck lately! Hope it doesn't happen again!

    Ah it's all part of the fun and games :D


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    #277
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Well I'm spending the day at the track tomorrow pimping for business :D

    Jammy git


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    #278
    Thatnastyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 1,254 ✭✭✭Thatnastyboy


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Use Holts tar remover to easily get rid of the residue ;)

    .

    Great!! I was getting a bit worried about what will take it off, rubbing it vigorously with my finger definitly didn't work! :P

    I'll pick up a bottle tomorrow thanks a million Sir! :D


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    #279
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,506 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    My oil pump failed today :/ Thankfully I killed the engine straight away and no damage was done. Stripped the car and replaced it and then fit an oil pressure gauge

    Also put her track shoes on for a blast round the track tomorrow afternoon! :D

    Christ..!!
    That could have been costly


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    #280
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,699 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Today I stripped everything out of the EK4 except the two front seats, dash and carpet ready for the track tomorrow! Also put two new T1R's on the front for the corners :D


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    #281
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    To be fair to him, he did say in (I think this) thread that customers' cars keep getting in the way of his!

    Last day I was in Urban my car couldn't get up on a ramp cause his was in the way!


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    #282
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,805 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Last day I was in Urban my car couldn't get up on a ramp cause his was in the way!

    I was getting into a hairdressers car


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    #283
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,699 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    I was getting into a hairdressers car

    Yeah Milano Pink is a hairdressers colour isn't it? :pac:


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    #284
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Today I....
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    Painted the front half of my car white :L


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    #285
    Compton
    Registered Users Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Compton


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Today I....
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    Painted the front half of my car white :L
    Thats got too be a joke surely?


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    #286
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Haha it's not, crappy blackberry picture... The rest is going white tomorrow don't worry ;)


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    #287
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,506 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Stuck my front number plate back on after my neighbour pointed out to me it was hanging off :D


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    #288
    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Got another step done in kitting out the removable tool storage in the back of the Smart. All the ply is cut to size now, sometime over the weekend I'll go gluing, screwing, nailing and routing things to make it all perty.

    Made the fatal mistake of taking on a campervan to paint over the last 3 weeks. Complete restoration. Never again. Never. Ever. Again.


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    #289
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Owen wrote: »
    .........

    Made the fatal mistake of taking on a campervan to paint over the last 3 weeks. Complete restoration. Never again. Never. Ever. Again.


    Subcontract it out to LimerickMan ;)


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    #290
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Subcontract it out to LimerickMan ;)

    LOL I've enough sanding and painting to last me a life time, thank you very much!


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    #291
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users Posts: 9,699 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Today I drove the tits out of my car around a track! :D


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    #292
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    Trip down to the local B&Q today.... "hello HR, one staff discount card please. woo hoo byeee" :D

    car cleaning aisle ... Car wash, Sponge, 5 super duper Cloths, Wax, Tyre "Wet n' Black, Wheel Cleaner and Dash Cleaner.

    Bucket + water + hoover and presto never seen the Honda looking so clean.

    Cleaned the alloys that i thought were meant to be Grey ..... nope :pac:

    looking show room perfect.

    Decided to wash the vectra too... dear god the amount of dirt... only wish i took before and after pictures :eek:

    again never seen the vectra looking so clean.

    fairly proud of myself now :)


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    #293
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    robbie_998 wrote: »
    Trip down to the local B&Q today.... "hello HR, one staff discount card please. woo hoo byeee" :D

    car cleaning aisle ... Car wash, Sponge, 5 super duper Cloths, Wax, Tyre "Wet n' Black, Wheel Cleaner and Dash Cleaner.

    Bucket + water + hoover and presto never seen the Honda looking so clean.

    Cleaned the alloys that i thought were meant to be Grey ..... nope :pac:

    looking show room perfect.

    Decided to wash the vectra too... dear god the amount of dirt... only wish i took before and after pictures :eek:

    again never seen the vectra looking so clean.

    fairly proud of myself now :)

    You don't want to use a sponge and you also want 2 buckets


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    #294
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    You don't want to use a sponge and you also want 2 buckets

    quality car sponge ? :confused:

    although any tips and advice i would love to hear... wanna keep my car looking cool :)


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    #295
    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    robbie_998 wrote: »
    quality car sponge ? :confused:

    although any tips and advice i would love to hear... wanna keep my car looking cool :)

    Sponges are the devil. Try the 2 bucket method.


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    #296
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Washing a car with a sponge and posting it up here is a bad idea. It holds dirt and causes alot of swirl marks on your paint. Google the two bucket car wash method.


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    #297
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    ah... i didnt get swirls or anything though.. i used lots of water with the mix thing and did it in separate parts.

    the one thing i was looking at while in B&Q was the JML spray on wipe off thing.... looks tempting but i dont trust it :confused:


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    #298
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Limerick man wrote: »
    Today I....
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    Painted the front half of my car white :L

    Weird, I actually really like that look.


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    #299
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Found my stash of Meguairs products that I assumed were gone. Was too lazy to do a proper clay bar on it but it still came up well enough:D

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    #300
    Compton
    Registered Users Posts: 3,157 ✭✭✭Compton


    looks well EPM, what camera did you use?


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    #301
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    shblob wrote: »
    looks well EPM, what camera did you use?

    Mobile phone:D


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