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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #4742
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Ah the sunshine. Perfect for cleaning the Alfa :cool:

    Image1607.jpg

    No plate is better than a scabby one :)

    Legal or Italian for the new plate? I feel I've asked that before...


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    #4743
    CianRyan
    Registered Users Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    JDM Yo

    Needs more tow hook/Domo.


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    #4744
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Needs more tow hook/Domo.

    Well, I have homer simpson and fuzzy dice, Tis all the JDM I need.


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    #4745
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    dgt wrote: »
    ..............................................................

    No plate is better than a scabby one :)

    Legal or Italian for the new plate? I feel I've asked that before...

    I like the italian plates mate, Legal one is too ........... Meh..:)


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    #4746
    W0bble5
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭W0bble5


    Today I serviced my car myself....for the first time ever. It was really handy - would have done this for years if I knew how easy it really was. Only problem was I had the wrong oil filter but I'll change that tomorrow after work.


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    #4747
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,635 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    W0bble5 wrote: »
    Today I serviced my car myself....for the first time ever. It was really handy - would have done this for years if I knew how easy it really was. Only problem was I had the wrong oil filter but I'll change that tomorrow after work.

    Did you change the oil already? Did you put the old filter back on? Not ideal really.
    Also, don't know if there will be a spillage if you take off the filter with the oil filled up to the max.
    I'd say have plenty of old newspapers and kitty litter at the ready!;)

    Worst thing happened to me:
    Put in the oil, started the car, got no oil pressure.
    Forgot to screw new oil filter in place. Near five liters of engine oil on the garage floor. Nice.


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    #4748
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,405 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    I did something similar years, did an epic oil change, forgot to put the oil filler cap back on, a few days later wondered why there was oil flowing down my front bumper from under the bonnet.

    Car needed new cam followers or something, expensive mistake

    Found the service history for that car last weekend, shocking stuff, 2 replacement gearboxes, 2 head gaskets, all in 70000 miles. Car was rarely below 4000rpm though so not that shocking.

    (fiat)


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    #4749
    W0bble5
    Registered Users Posts: 80 ✭✭W0bble5


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Did you change the oil already? Did you put the old filter back on? Not ideal really.
    Also, don't know if there will be a spillage if you take off the filter with the oil filled up to the max.
    I'd say have plenty of old newspapers and kitty litter at the ready!;)

    Worst thing happened to me:
    Put in the oil, started the car, got no oil pressure.
    Forgot to screw new oil filter in place. Near five liters of engine oil on the garage floor. Nice.

    Ouch!!

    Yep, put the old one back in. The filter on my car (a 1.4 Astra 2006) is one of the paper ones that screws into a plastic cover up above the exhaust manifold and *should* not lose much oil if any at all I hope.


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    #4750
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    :eek:
    colm_mcm wrote: »
    I did something similar years, did an epic oil change, forgot to put the oil filler cap back on, a few days later wondered why there was oil flowing down my front bumper from under the bonnet.

    Car needed new cam followers or something, expensive mistake

    Found the service history for that car last weekend, shocking stuff, 2 replacement gearboxes, 2 head gaskets, all in 70000 miles. Car was rarely below 4000rpm though so not that shocking.

    (fiat)

    Punto??? :eek:


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    #4751
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,405 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »
    :eek:

    Punto??? :eek:

    Brava


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    #4752
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,513 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Stuck a "Sale Agreed" sign on the vRS today :o


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    #4753
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,405 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Ooh, what you gonna buy instead?


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    #4754
    Nonoperational
    Registered Users Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭Nonoperational


    +1 What you getting?


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    #4755
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Another vRS I'd guess!


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    #4756
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    Lime green VRs was it Vectra?


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    #4757
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,405 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Nissan juke?


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    #4758
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,513 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Most likely another vRS
    Probably a white one this time :P

    Or Yellow :cool:

    Thinko=ing of DSG this time round.. Not definite yet though.
    I am open to suggestions on a new car though.


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    #4759
    166man
    Registered Users Posts: 6,575 ✭✭✭166man


    I think you should get a Jaaaaaaaaaaaagggggg personally... C'mon you know you want to fit in with the cool kids... Or maybe a BMW...:D


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    #4760
    carbon nanotube
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 994 ✭✭✭carbon nanotube


    lads,

    i got that menzerna polish stuff, how do i remove the key mark on my accord with a buffer tool?

    i am clueless with this, can i dab some onto the buffer attachments and let it do the work?

    mind you i have a few other bits of the car to buff out also.

    car passed MOT yesterday, getting a xlink also with bluetooth so i can stream radio kerry into my car speakers over here.. :p


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    #4761
    sean1141
    Registered Users Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭sean1141


    what kind of buffer have you?


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    #4762
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    sean1141 wrote: »
    what kind of buffer have you?

    When ever I read one of your comments, I read it in Mr burns voice in my head, Thanks to your picture thing. :(


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    #4763
    sean1141
    Registered Users Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭sean1141


    release the hounds smithers!!


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    #4764
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    sean1141 wrote: »
    release the hounds smithers!!


    :pac::pac: That was gas...


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    #4765
    carbon nanotube
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 994 ✭✭✭carbon nanotube


    sean1141 wrote: »
    what kind of buffer have you?


    something i picked up in aldi :p:p

    its mains operated, looks good. got a few different attachments.

    just not used this before, and hope to try and do a decent job.


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    #4766
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    carbon nanotube wrote: »
    something i picked up in aldi :p:p

    its mains operated, looks good. got a few different attachments.

    just not used this before, and hope to try and do a decent job.

    You can forget about using it to remove scratches using a cutting polish. You might be able to remove the scratch if you use something like Turtle Wax Safe cut but I've never tried that before using one of those buffers.

    The main thing they're used for is taking the work out of applying and buffing wax.


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    #4767
    sean1141
    Registered Users Posts: 4,088 ✭✭✭sean1141


    carbon nanotube wrote: »
    sean1141 wrote: »
    what kind of buffer have you?


    something i picked up in aldi :p:p

    its mains operated, looks good. got a few different attachments.

    just not used this before, and hope to try and do a decent job.
    That's not worth a can of cat piss!! You will need a dual action polisher to remove light scratches and swirl marks. If the scratch is deep which most key marks are you will need to touch it in with paint. If you can feel the scratch with the tip of your finger nail it won't polish out!


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    #4768
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,513 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    OSI wrote: »
    Have you tried a DSG car yet? While I love mine, I know it's very polarising and some people can't stand it. Wouldn't be great to be stuck in a car for a couple of years when you can't stand the way it drives.

    Yes,
    I had a loan of a 140 octavia L&K with dsg while I was waiting delivery of my current car, Had it for around 10 weeks I think.

    While I liked it I did find it very boring on a drive. I am a gearstick man. I have owned autos up through the years but I was considering a dsg for a different reason this time round.
    To be honest the main reason is that at times with my back ailment the left leg goes a bit dead which results un unsavoury gearchange attempts :(


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    #4769
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    What's changed here.. :D

    photo.jpg


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    #4770
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    R32 wheel, with a Vw Bag, in the fact that you now own an S3?

    Congrats!!!

    Also, i used Poor Boys Glaze and a A G3 wax on my car yesterday.

    When i say "Ohh yess", i mean

    mattb_churchill_dog-oh_yes.jpg


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    #4771
    tossy
    Registered Users Posts: 9,590 ✭✭✭tossy


    Limerick man wrote: »
    R32 wheel, with a Vw Bag, in the fact that you now own an S3?

    Congrats!!!

    Trust the first respondent to be a golf nerd! :D


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