The "Today I did something to my car" thread

gollywog

Conzy,
You have that BMW looking brilliant, fair play.
Love the wheels too

Voodoomelon

Took the plunge and ordered some Bilstein B6 struts for the E38, 7-10 days from Germany.



Will leave me with an entirely new rear end. Lots of fun ahead.

Big Nasty

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Took the plunge and ordered some Bilstein B6 struts for the E38, 7-10 days from Germany.

Will leave me with an entirely new rear end. Lots of fun ahead.

Don't throw all the old bits out - they're probably in better nick than the bits on mine!

eringobragh

Well I finally got around to sorting the drainage for the alternator...I decided to do it as last week it was lashing rain in Mayo
and the belt started screeching like a horny cat so In bodged up the following

Ice cream box with drain tube hot glued to it.



Fitted:






I will get around to painting it...I had a can of spray paint but its so old its seemed to have lost the air???

Voodoomelon

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Don't throw all the old bits out - they're probably in better nick than the bits on mine!

Well the old struts won't match yours (sport/non sport), but you're welcome to some rear controls arms I only got put on in 2008, 30,000 odd miles on them.

Nissan doctor

Took a couple of pics of the start of my collection of future classics:P

Got this for nothing, it was going to be scrapped but closer inspection showed a car that was as close to mint as could be expected for a cheap, small 14 year old car.


Lots of paint restoration required but not a dent or scratch anywhere nor any rust.




Interior, mostly as new apart from the steering wheel which seems to have gone a funny colour. The boot even still has the factory sunroof cover stowed with the spare wheel.


Still has its original Pirelli P700 tyres fitted.....and they still look like new:eek:



Plan is to clean it up do a couple of small jobs that are needed, replace rad, 1 headlamp, 1 side repeater and a bit of a service then wrap it up and store it up to be wheeled out again when its a classic.

colm_mcm

I'd love a cinq, just to have it

Big Nasty

I know there's a few of y'all that have apperciation for them yokes but I wouldn't piss on one if it was on fire.

Each to their own I guess!

colm_mcm

Girl I knew had one about 10 years ago, such great craic to drive, like a go kart (the car)

Nissan doctor

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I know there's a few of y'all that have apperciation for them yokes but I wouldn't piss on one if it was on fire.

Each to their own I guess!

I'm not especially a Fiat fan or particularly interested in Cinq's but I can't stand the thought of perfectly good cars being scrapped.

Most of us, as car enthusiasts, love occasionally seeing the cars we remember from years ago on the road or at a classic show etc so I just though it would be a good(and cheap and easy) one to save.

Other plans are still afoot though;)

Voodoomelon

Great to see any car fixed up, but do you really see a Cinquecento being a classic, ever? Surely there was millions upon millions made?

Big Nasty

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I'm not especially a Fiat fan or particularly interested in Cinq's but I can't stand the thought of perfectly good cars being scrapped.

Most of us, as car enthusiasts, love occasionally seeing the cars we remember from years ago on the road or at a classic show etc so I just though it would be a good(and cheap and easy) one to save.

Other plans are still afoot though;)

Totally, yeah but some cars that were on the road I would gladly never see again!

Hal1

It's better to burn out then fade away... or something like that :pac:.

Nissan doctor

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Great to see any car fixed up, but do you really see a Cinquecento being a classic, ever? Surely there was millions upon millions made?

There where even more original Fiat 500's made....and look how much mint, unrestored examples of those go for now.

Nissan doctor

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Totally, yeah but some cars that were on the road I would gladly never see again!

I agree, and the fiat is easily slagged but I wouldn't class a cinq sporting as one of them, they are a little flier and drive like a go kart....likely the closest thing to the original Mini that there has been.

Voodoomelon

Voodoomelon wrote: »

.....Surely there was millions upon millions made?

... sure there was millions and millions of dinosaurs around too back in the day :pac:

fasttalkerchat

Today I sold my car. Hopefully...
Buyer coming tomorrow. 2002 clio needs a new clutch and MOT sold for £450.

Big Nasty

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I agree, and the fiat is easily slagged but I wouldn't class a cinq sporting as one of them, they are a little flier and drive like a go kart....likely the closest thing to the original Mini that there has been.

As you know I'm in to the Classic scene and maybe it's just me getting old but I don't think a Cinq belongs there. Then again I may eat my hat yet as I see the likes of Mk II Fiestas and E80 Corollas at shows and I don't think they belong either!

Gary ITR

MCMLXXV wrote: »

As you know I'm in to the Classic scene and maybe it's just me getting old but I don't think a Cinq belongs there. Then again I may eat my hat yet as I see the likes of Mk II Fiestas and E80 Corollas at shows and I don't think they belong either!

Ah you're just a snob :pac:

I love going to the classic shows and seeing all sorts of cars that would have been everywhere when I was a nipper. I even love looking at old photos and seeing what would have been run of the mill stuff, avengers, escorts, cortinas, old fiats, cherrys, bluebirds etc etc

I'd love to get my hands on a clean Datsun 120Y actually

TrailerBob

Nissan doctor wrote: »

There where even more original Fiat 500's made....and look how much mint, unrestored examples of those go for now.

My OH had a 96 cinq sporting as her first car - in canary yellow!
When she replaced it 6 years ago it was worth very little, but her old man kept it for that very reason. It still sits round the back of the house awaiting appreciation, both monetary and human...

vectra

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Other plans are still afoot though;)

Hillclimber

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbSlG7Jfk68

Big Nasty

Gary ITR wrote: »

Ah you're just a snob :pac:

I love going to the classic shows and seeing all sorts of cars that would have been everywhere when I was a nipper. I even love looking at old photos and seeing what would have been run of the mill stuff, avengers, escorts, cortinas, old fiats, cherrys, bluebirds etc etc

I'd love to get my hands on a clean Datsun 120Y actually

I enjoy seeing all the cars you mentioned above for the same reason, i.e. because they were around when I was a kid and it's nostalgic. Then you see other stuff you never even heard of coz you weren't around, etc which is interesting too. What I don't find interesting at classic shows is cars that were on the road everyday not 15 years back, but hey, that's just me.

L-M

ND do not waste your time polishing or "paint correcting" that car.

it will be a waste of time.

Been there, done that, bought the t shirt.

Nissan doctor

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I enjoy seeing all the cars you mentioned above for the same reason, i.e. because they were around when I was a kid and it's nostalgic. Then you see other stuff you never even heard of coz you weren't around, etc which is interesting too. What I don't find interesting at classic shows is cars that were on the road everyday not 15 years back, but hey, that's just me.

I'm not talking about bringing it to car shows now....or any time in the near future. It will be a lot older then that before it reappears on the road.

Nissan doctor

Limerick man wrote: »

ND do not waste your time polishing or "paint correcting" that car.

it will be a waste of time.

Been there, done that, bought the t shirt.

Why do you say that?

Big Nasty

Nissan doctor wrote: »

I'm not talking about bringing it to car shows now....or any time in the near future. It will be a lot older then that before it reappears on the road.

I'm not criticising in any way. It just wouldn't appeal to me at all. We're all different and the world would be an awful boring place if we all had the same tastes.

Nissan doctor

MCMLXXV wrote: »

I'm not criticising in any way. It just wouldn't appeal to me at all. We're all different and the world would be an awful boring place if we all had the same tastes.

We do have the same taste;) Maybe I'm just a little more varied.


I love seeing any standard older car still going in good condition and well kept for years.

Cars like these regular visitors to work...

andyseadog

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Why do you say that?

i'd imagine its a bad pun at fading red paint and the neverending battle :pac:

must admit i like your idea ND. if i had the room its certainly something i'd consider and i could really see in 20 odd years time the cinq being a classic. i'd also asume your doing it for the love of the car and not finantial gain, which i feel some poeple have missed the point of here.

the steering wheel looks like a seicento wheel, the cinq had a much weedier 2 spoke wheel. unless you got the fatter wheel if you specified an airbag?

seicento wheel


cinq wheel

Big Nasty

Nissan doctor wrote: »

We do have the same taste;) Maybe I'm just a little more varied.


I love seeing any standard older car still going in good condition and well kept for years.

Cars like these regular visitors to work...

The Sentra I can appreciate, the Sunny not so much!

Nissan doctor

andyseadog wrote: »

i'd imagine its a bad pun at fading red paint and the neverending battle :pac:

must admit i like your idea ND. if i had the room its certainly something i'd consider and i could really see in 20 odd years time the cinq being a classic. i'd also asume your doing it for the love of the car and not finantial gain, which i feel some poeple have missed the point of here.

the steering wheel looks like a seicento wheel, the cinq had a much weedier 2 spoke wheel. unless you got the fatter wheel if you specified an airbag?

seicento wheel


cinq wheel

Its a late model cinq I got(98) and its got an airbag so I presume that's the reason. Don't know if they were standard by then or an option.

I doubt its been changed as you can tell from the paint work(as faded as it is) and the panel fit etc that she's never had a tip. It was in the same family from new until now too, its got the owners manual/service book etc all with it.