The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Gary ITR

Limerick man wrote: »

Yup. Wouldn't paint the car. i actually don't trust someone would do it as good.

There's a tiny spec of rust bubbling on the boot, that will have to addressed also.

Sounds good, there's a lad up here that does a smashing job but I'm sure you have somebody in your neck of the woods

L-M

Gary ITR wrote: »

Sounds good, there's a lad up here that does a smashing job but I'm sure you have somebody in your neck of the woods

Yup, know just the guy

andyseadog

today i let 3 polish men give my car a thorough groping.

3 men, twenty minutes. not one word of english spoken. lying on the ground, looking under here, looking under there, bouncing on every corner, tugging and pulling every wheel, tapping every panel, running their finger along every shut line, kicking every tyre.

trying every switch on the dashboard, rolling every window up and down, lifting every car mat and opening every pocket and drawer, reading every manual, opening the bonnet and anything with a lid under the bonnet was opened too. boot opened, spare wheel out and checked, reg plates even got examined.

headlights were touched, tail lights were touched, tow bar was examined.

then he drove it, managed to get her up into the high gears and cover a fair speed in tescos car park. hard accelearating, hard braking, ripping it through the gears. parks it up and begins touching more things and talking aloud in polish, the 3 boyos are all busy touching stuff again for another few minutes.

hands the keys back to me and says "sorry, we no take" the only 4 words i got from him, they dont even look at me or shake hands as they walk off.
****ers.

not a good day on the buying or selling front.

166man

Limerick man wrote: »

135,000!

in fairness, that's not even 20k miles a year so it's hardly out of the way.

i'm happy with it. The angle at the rear, although more pleasing to the eye, is i bit tighter at the top than the Golf, so i reckon the boot is smaller.

i also cleaned the air flow meter and it's since stopped working, had to order a new one. Which is a bit annoying.

Also the gadgets and gizmo's are great though, makes it a pleasure to drive. Still get compliments day in day out about it

I thought it was 135k when you bought it so assumed you'd actually been driving it the last few weeks! :pac:

They're a great looking car alright and I like the wheels on yours too. Well wear with it man!

L-M

i had something very similar happen me before.

i remember pacing up and down in the kitchen annoyed at myself and them, wonder wtf went wrong.

L-M

166man wrote: »

I thought it was 135k when you bought it so assumed you'd actually been driving it the last few weeks! :pac:

They're a great looking car alright and I like the wheels on yours too. Well wear with it man!

i have it on the Mpg thing the whole time so haven't checked the mileage. The last time i check i'd done 1,800 on it so i assume it's up around 137, i'll check tomorrow along with the beading shots.

Stealthirl

Ordered a H&R Sport Cup Kit for the octavia and thinking very strongly about rep LM aswell from alloy-wheels.ie

Sobanek

andyseadog wrote: »

today i let 3 polish men give my car a thorough groping.

3 men, twenty minutes. not one word of english spoken. lying on the ground, looking under here, looking under there, bouncing on every corner, tugging and pulling every wheel, tapping every panel, running their finger along every shut line, kicking every tyre.

trying every switch on the dashboard, rolling every window up and down, lifting every car mat and opening every pocket and drawer, reading every manual, opening the bonnet and anything with a lid under the bonnet was opened too. boot opened, spare wheel out and checked, reg plates even got examined.

headlights were touched, tail lights were touched, tow bar was examined.

then he drove it, managed to get her up into the high gears and cover a fair speed in tescos car park. hard accelearating, hard braking, ripping it through the gears. parks it up and begins touching more things and talking aloud in polish, the 3 boyos are all busy touching stuff again for another few minutes.

hands the keys back to me and says "sorry, we no take" the only 4 words i got from him, they dont even look at me or shake hands as they walk off.
****ers.

not a good day on the buying or selling front.

Hate that kind that come to the country, can't speak any English, think that when they earn €8.65 they're rich... Ruins the Irish opinion on us, Polish.
What car is it if I may ask?

no1beemerfan

andyseadog wrote: »

...... lying on the ground, looking under here, looking under there, bouncing on every corner, tugging and pulling every wheel, tapping every panel, running their finger along every shut line, kicking every tyre.

trying every switch on the dashboard, rolling every window up and down, lifting every car mat and opening every pocket and drawer, reading every manual, opening the bonnet and anything with a lid under the bonnet was opened too. boot opened, spare wheel out and checked......headlights were touched, tail lights were touched, tow bar was examined.......

then he drove it...... hard accelerating, hard braking.......

In fairness I do this when looking at cars to buy. Nothing wrong with it as you are parting with a lot of money so why just look at the car from a distance, give it a bit of a test drive and buy the car? I really check a car over first.

But the rest of your experience would pi$$ me off too. Rude of them and rude not to explain why they didn't buy it.

MetzgerMeister

Stealthirl wrote: »

Ordered a H&R Sport Cup Kit for the octavia and thinking very strongly about rep LM aswell from alloy-wheels.ie

They're selling damaged alloys :P

L-M

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

They're selling damaged alloys :P

What?

colm_mcm

Just the reflection against the white background LM, makes them look a bit buckled!

Stealthirl

Limerick man wrote: »

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

They're selling damaged alloys :P

What?

Exactly,what do u mean

Daniel S

I was told by a friend I'd consider to know what he's talking about to stay well away from BBS reps in particular. Wouldn't it be better to get a second hand set and get them refurbished?

vectra

Daniel S wrote: »

I was told by a friend I'd consider to know what he's talking about to stay well away from BBS reps in particular. Wouldn't it be better to get a second hand set and get them refurbished?

The problem with BBS LM reps is they are not really suited to a Daily car.
Cleaning them is a nightmare and also the Lacquer has a habit of lifting on the polished rim. Meaning lots of polishing with metal polish ro keep them looking good.

Was going to fit them to the Toledo originally but changed to A5 Reps instead. Remember also. 18" reps with tyres are HEAVY..!!! :eek:

Compton

Thats the thing about reps, VERY HEAVY, I have 15" reps on a fiesta and its very hard to pull them along! Gonna be swapping back to OEM alloys soon

MetzgerMeister

Limerick man wrote: »

What?

Stealthirl wrote: »

Exactly,what do u mean

Joking lads, in the picture it looks buckled around the bottom right corner.

Daniel S

Compton wrote: »

Thats the thing about reps, VERY HEAVY, I have 15" reps on a fiesta and its very hard to pull them along! Gonna be swapping back to OEM alloys soon

What about reall BBS? Are they as heavy? I hope not, 'cos I love them!

Compton

I don't think real BBS will be as heavy, I think the polished lip adds a lot of weight not sure though

Stealthirl

Well real BBS ones are around €1300+ a set, i cant afford that.
I only have €500ish for wheels.
only other ones in my buget i kinda like are the

TTRS


A6


Rocco


been looking for months on DD,Adverts,vagdrivers ect for wheels ant not seen anything :rolleyes:

Daniel S

Stealthirl wrote: »

Well real BBS ones are around €1300+ a set, i cant afford that.
I only have €500ish for wheels.
only other ones in my buget i kinda like are the

I read somewhere on StanceWorks that a guy got a set of BBS (can't remember which, but they were two piece not three) for $200 + shipping to Norway from America. He got them refurbished which would cost around €500 total I'd say. Maybe less.

EDIT: They were normal BBS, not gold or anything and they were on a white E30 if anyone knows the car that I'm talking about.

Alanstrainor

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Gauges now look a lot better, such an easy/cheap mod and it looks great:

Here's the before pics for people wondering what they looked like:

Compton

My fiesta redlines at 7 k too

Ardennes1944

8k is what you want

vectra

Stealthirl wrote: »

Well real BBS ones are around €1300+ a set, i cant afford that.
I only have €500ish for wheels.
only other ones in my buget i kinda like are the

TTRS
http://www.alloy-wheels.ie/audi/ttrs1.jpg


been looking for months on DD,Adverts,vagdrivers ect for wheels ant not seen anything :rolleyes:

I actually like those TTrs wheels. I just might get a set for my next vRS

How about these as a project?
http://www.edition38.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=451515

Daniel S wrote: »

I read somewhere on StanceWorks that a guy got a set of BBS (can't remember which, but they were two piece not three) for $200 + shipping to Norway from America. He got them refurbished which would cost around €500 total I'd say. Maybe less.

EDIT: They were normal BBS, not gold or anything and they were on a white E30 if anyone knows the car that I'm talking about.

Bloody hell.. Drop dead bargain..

Stealthirl

vectra wrote: »

I actually like those TTrs wheels. I just might get a set for my next vRS

How about these as a project?
http://www.edition38.com/forums/inde...owtopic=451515

god dam it
Link doseant work

vectra wrote: »

Bloody hell.. Drop dead bargain..

yup im sick of hearing lucky storys like that,i was hopeing for months i would find something like that myself,alas no joy.

shanec1928

dont know if these would suit but for the price a call wouldnt hurt http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/3371407

Daniel S

shanec1928 wrote: »

dont know if these would suit but for the price a call wouldnt hurt http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/3371407

If I lived in Sligo, I'd have them by now BBS are always worth money IMO.

Daniel S

Didn't someone say they needed BBS for around €500?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/3381295

EDIT: Also, alloys have to be worth more than the car in this :P http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/3343738

JerCotter7

Daniel S wrote: »

Didn't someone say they needed BBS for around €500?

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/3381295

EDIT: Also, alloys have to be worth more than the car in this :P http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/carextras/3343738

Do Toyota and VW share the same thread pattern? I know older VW had a different size compared to new Audis. Would suck to buy them only to find out they won't bolt up.

And I would never trust wobble bolts.