The "Today I did something to my car" thread

colm_mcm

dgt wrote: »

As there was some event where a ball being kicked around by people broadcasted on national telly, I had some much needed peace and quiet! :cool:

Got some toys for my 406


Screwed out the pump and... Now my clutch is knackered (was on the way out anyway) clearly the D-Turbo lump is producing more torque than before! :rolleyes: Pricing an uprated clutch, but not a paddle clutch, they cost a fortune! Not looking foreward to that job. B*llox

Whodve thought breaking the 100bhp barrier would knacker a clutch?

Hal1

Nice table cloth heh . God bless the work though fair play.

166man

colm_mcm wrote: »

Whodve thought breaking the 100bhp barrier would knacker a clutch?

Quoting photos much? :pac:

franksm

On Friday, I paid a visit to the doctor, the NissanDoctor.

I had replaced the tierods on the sister's MX5, so it needed an alignment afterwards. Car felt VERY itchy driving over to Drumcondra but fair dues to the Doctor, one hour late I was driving out and the car felt like new. No doding off at random angles according to bumps and potholes. Pure pleasure to drive.

Getting a 4-wheel alignment done must be one of the best ways to spend money on a car.

Thanks to NissanDoctor, nice setup you have there in Drumcondra and I witnessed how well other customers were being dealt with too while I was in the waiting area.

BTW here are the old balljoints removed from the car - just one year and 4,000 miles on them !! And another balljoint from the same supplier that was sat in the shed over the year. Even it has gone to pot. Lesson learned, buy OEM parts where possible

PS. On Saturday the car passed its MOT up North with flying colours. Love it.

BUBBLE WRAP

franksm wrote: »

On Friday, I paid a visit to the doctor, the NissanDoctor.

gollywog

In the process of applying blacklight to the car, one coat done, one more and then sealant, ill throw up pics after....

andyseadog

3 stages of Auto Glym with Demon Shine (in a mr muscle bottle) in between each coat to keep the dust down yesterday and i think its looking mighty fresh
its by no means swirl free and its really needs to be clayed but it looks grand until i have a bit more free time!










in the mean time, off to teneireif in the morning

eringobragh

This was the reason I initially bought the DA and sorted the car...the really bad engine bay scratching. Had to take the 2 panels out but didn't get to the engine cover yet!

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Panel Removed:

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Panel with bad clearcoat scratching:

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Other Side Panel - Not as bad ...but still bad!

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franksm

Jeasras - some difference, like night and day !

eringobragh

franksm wrote: »

Jeasras - some difference, like night and day !

Cheers Scrapes still there but 95% better only vieewable at certain angles...was told that Id get a massive improvement.

MetzgerMeister

One thing you could do is use 2000 wet and dry sandpaper on the panels with bad scratching then use the D/A to get rid of the sanding scratches.

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

Whodve thought breaking the 100bhp barrier would knacker a clutch?

I'm guessing an original clutch... Twas so-so, I wasn't happy with it anyway. I am in my arse taking the box on it's own out, engine and box out job! Clean the whole lot up

So onto todays activity... Short, sweet and damned effective :cool:


"Why are you neglecting me, why did you kill my clutch???" Pah! :rolleyes:


Fiddled with the camber :cool:




Lensos to be refitted and rears to be done later this week

CianRyan

I hope that CAI is insulated, otherwise it'd pretty useless.

dgt

CianRyan wrote: »

I hope that CAI is insulated, otherwise it'd pretty useless.

Theres nice ducting and shielding hidden from view behind the wheel arch I can't have it fully insulated anyway, think of it in the rain! Much better than a standard airbox thats for sure :pac:

Hal1

I think this stuff is insulated? They do bigger diameter tubing too.
redlinemaxed.co.uk

gollywog

Hey heres a few pictures of the car after being clayed, two coats of blacklight and sealed with hybrid v7....








What i noticed yesterday is that my paint needs ALOT of correction work, will have to invest in a DA sometime in the future to really get it all shiny!!

How easy are those days to use actually??
Could I mess up the paint? And how long roughly would I have to spend polishing the entire car?? Cheers

challengemaster

Washed the car with fairy liquid 2BM, gave the boot/bonnet a clay and gave the car a coat of AG HD wax just before drizzle started Loving HD wax so far..

BUBBLE WRAP

gollywog wrote: »

Hey heres a few pictures of the car after being clayed, two coats of blacklight and sealed with hybrid v7....

What i noticed yesterday is that my paint needs ALOT of correction work, will have to invest in a DA sometime in the future to really get it all shiny!!

How easy are those days to use actually??
Could I mess up the paint? And how long roughly would I have to spend polishing the entire car?? Cheers

Nice work , But im disapointed as I see no beading.

Im a whore for the beading.

Nissan doctor

franksm wrote: »

On Friday, I paid a visit to the doctor, the NissanDoctor.

I had replaced the tierods on the sister's MX5, so it needed an alignment afterwards. Car felt VERY itchy driving over to Drumcondra but fair dues to the Doctor, one hour late I was driving out and the car felt like new. No doding off at random angles according to bumps and potholes. Pure pleasure to drive.

Getting a 4-wheel alignment done must be one of the best ways to spend money on a car.

Thanks to NissanDoctor, nice setup you have there in Drumcondra and I witnessed how well other customers were being dealt with too while I was in the waiting area.

BTW here are the old balljoints removed from the car - just one year and 4,000 miles on them !! And another balljoint from the same supplier that was sat in the shed over the year. Even it has gone to pot. Lesson learned, buy OEM parts where possible

PS. On Saturday the car passed its MOT up North with flying colours. Love it.

That is a very cool sleeper MX5 I have to say;)

franksm

heh heh - yeah, if it weren't for the noise, you wouldn't imagine it was 200+ HP/turbo

challengemaster

Grabbed this earlier, as I said, loving the HD

gollywog

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

Hey heres a few pictures of the car after being clayed, two coats of blacklight and sealed with hybrid v7....

What i noticed yesterday is that my paint needs ALOT of correction work, will have to invest in a DA sometime in the future to really get it all shiny!!

How easy are those days to use actually??
Could I mess up the paint? And how long roughly would I have to spend polishing the entire car?? Cheers

Nice work , But im disapointed as I see no beading.

Im a whore for the beading.

Don't worry man, as soonbas it rains, i wont disappoint you!

challengemaster

Added another coat of HD to the boot/roof/bonnet fe good measure while they're clean, as there's already a load of muck on the car

eringobragh

challengemaster wrote: »

Added another coat of HD to the boot/roof/bonnet fe good measure while they're clean, as there's already a load of muck on the car

Moses himself couldn't part water that well...:pac:

Truely biblical...Well Done :cool:

MetzgerMeister

Gollywog better post some beading pics soon or I'll kick his biblical ass!!!

gollywog

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Gollywog better post some beading pics soon or I'll kick his biblical ass!!!

It hasn't really rained since except once while I was in work! Soon MM, very soon!

MetzgerMeister

gollywog wrote: »

It hasn't really rained since except once while I was in work! Soon MM, very soon!

Garden hose....be grand!

gollywog

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

It hasn't really rained since except once while I was in work! Soon MM, very soon!

Garden hose....be grand!

No bother, will post a pic tommorrow before my car goes for surgery

MetzgerMeister

gollywog wrote: »

No bother, will post a pic tommorrow before my car goes for surgery

I'm only joking, you don't have to! (but not really) :P

What's it going in for?

barura

De-knackered my exhaust with dgt earlier. It was a silly scorpian exhaust and now its just a stock Polo one. Oh its so pleasant to drive now. Next Monday its getting proper springs put back in it, since its currently on lowering springs. It'll be stock then more or less! And might be getting a Mk3 Golf as well on Wednesday next... Fun fun!