The "Today I did something to my car" thread

MugMugs

Well today I checked my tyres...... Was down from 35 to 15 :eek:

Had to get it plugged compliments of a very suspiciously new nail in it. Luckily it wasn't in the wall this time.

E7.50 for a plug was a bit rich though considering I took the bloody wheel off for him !

Marlow

Enuff said

/M

dgt

Must make use of that GLX interior...

French electrics day!


Out!


Better


Now just 2 more to do. Dreading the drivers door...! :mad:

Voodoomelon

I never knew you were invisible!

BUBBLE WRAP

Voodoomelon wrote: »

http://www.fiatforum.com/gallery/data/500/medium/Image232.jpg

I never knew you were invisible!

One of dgts many talents.

dgt

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I never knew you were invisible!

That's not the first time my invisible self was working at a window reg at that exact same place...

:pac:

colm_mcm

I'm booking holidays at the moment dgt, she wants to go to fuerteventura, but maybe we could come to your farm and break stuff for 2 weeks instead?

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

I'm booking holidays at the moment dgt, she wants to go to fuerteventura, but maybe we could come to your farm and break stuff for 2 weeks instead?

I ain't got a farm! :pac:

Is 2 weeks enough time to design and build a mid engined automatic V8 Pug 106....? :pac::pac::pac:

L-M

@CM

Strypit by Rustins is supposed to be as good as Nitromors used to be. Can be bought in Woodies.

tossy

challengemaster wrote: »

Car up on axle stands, spare wheel on & jack left there for precaution

Wheels off, tyres off, and now begins the first two of my wheel refurb

How many wheels does your car have??? :eek:

dgt

challengemaster wrote: »

Car up on axle stands, spare wheel on & jack left there for precaution

Wheels off, tyres off, and now begins the first two of my wheel refurb

How much did all that set you back? Do I spy etch primer in there... The smell off that will go right through that lovely twin filter mask you have there! Invest in an air fed face mask, for your own health

Talking as someone who watched his father paint a Land Rover with that stuff...

Back OT, these French... They love making things difficult! All windows and looms in but they refuse to work... I'm missing a relay somewhere but don't know where :mad:

MetzgerMeister

dgt wrote: »

Do I spy etch primer in there... The smell off that will go right through that lovely twin filter mask you have there! Invest in an air fed face mask, for your own health

Talking as someone who watched his father paint a Land Rover with that stuff...

He'll be spraying the etch primer outdoors, not in a confined space so I don't think an air-fed mask would be worth getting.

dgt

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

He'll be spraying the etch primer outdoors, not in a confined space so I don't think an air-fed mask would be worth getting.

There was a fella at the back of Donohoes (Fiat garage) touching up a Corolla. We were standing about 50m away and could still smell it. Wasn't even using etch primer, just waterbased paint and 2 pack laquer...

Lungs aren't worth risking for the sake of about £90 and a compressor for the day

MetzgerMeister

dgt wrote: »

There was a fella at the back of Donohoes (Fiat garage) touching up a Corolla. We were standing about 50m away and could still smell it. Wasn't even using etch primer, just waterbased paint and 2 pack laquer...

Lungs aren't worth risking for the sake of about £90 and a compressor for the day

Try telling that to someone who drives a diesel and thinks it's great "sport" to claculate MPG :pac:

baldshin

Cleaned all the plastic trim today using peanut butter, amazing results, no more wax residue for me!

challengemaster

tossy wrote: »

How many wheels does your car have??? :eek:

ALL OF THE WHEELS :pac:

Better to have more than you need than to run out of a can half way through a wheel and have it drip

(also in fairness, 3 of those aren't being used)

Ardennes1944

Sprayed the Astra logo moonland grey, washed and jetsealed the car,ordered a new coil pack and just bought vxr dampers too.

Alanstrainor

Right, so I got some spacers, the same as Challengemasters, but the bolts supplied with mine are a fraction too long. What's the best way to go about removing 1mm or 2?!

Ardennes1944

I'm not sure it'd be recommended to do it but I can't see why. Put on a nut onto the bolt, cut away however much you need to, then run the nut to the tip of the bolt to remake the thread. You'll need to run over the threads a few times.

eringobragh

My clear indicators were yellowing for a while now. I was going to change these for the autoart crystal clear lights...but heard the quality is questionable and new clear indicators are €€€ from Toyota. I had some Meguairs scratchX sitting in the shed and gave the lights a few passes of the DA

Quite happy with the results.



SIDE BY SIDE:

BEFORE:

(Polished up to blue tape)





AFTER:

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END RESULTS:

Clear lights (Passenger Side):

BEFORE:




AFTER:



BEFORE:



AFTER:



AFTER - vs- BEFORE:

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Clear lights (Drivers Side):

BEFORE:



AFTER:



BEFORE:



AFTER:

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...another pad bites the dust!

Voodoomelon

^^

Funny, I spent a very frustrating evening trying to rid my inner headlamp lenses of their yellow tint too.



Took the whole headlamp apart to get to the inner lenses, and wet sanded them with 3 fine grits and several passes with Scratch X after and they're still pretty much exactly the same.



Can't really see it there, but they are yellowed and age the front end. It seems to penetrate all the way through the plastic.

andyseadog

i didn't do something to my car, but i done something for a car.

i made a rep vinyl to replace and old one for a member of toyotaownersclub-irl.com

old image :



new vinyl :





could probably have went into more detail, but for a quickie i'm fairly happy

Mar4ix

andyseadog wrote: »

i didn't do something to my car, but i done something for a car.

i made a rep vinyl to replace and old one for a member of toyotaownersclub-irl.com
...........................:)

Havent heard about that club. as i m driving toyota now, might shall join it. anything good there ? or that just for sport ish cars ? mine just regular Toyota avensis mk1 , liftback.

andyseadog

Mar4ix wrote: »

Havent heard about that club. as i m driving toyota now, might shall join it. anything good there ? or that just for sport ish cars ? mine just regular Toyota avensis mk1 , liftback.

i'd say its 50/ 50 sports cars and "regular cars. lots of glanzas and levins but just as many corollas and avensis and carinas

here's a few photos from their big meet this year

http://www.toyotaownersclub-irl.com/t29686-toc-s-big-meet-photos-sharleentte-link-for-all-photos-added?highlight=big+meet+2012

http://www.toyotaownersclub-irl.com/t29838-my-big-meet-photos?highlight=big+meet+2012

smash

you have to sign up to see those links.

andyseadog

smash wrote: »

you have to sign up to see those links.

sorry
you then have two choices :pac:

smash

andyseadog wrote: »

sorry
you then have two choices :pac:

I'll take the blue pill!

Mar4ix

andyseadog wrote: »

i'd say its 50/ 50 sports cars and "regular cars. lots of glanzas and levins but just as many corollas and avensis and carinas

here's a few photos from their big meet this year

http://www.toyotaownersclub-irl.com/t29686-toc-s-big-meet-photos-sharleentte-link-for-all-photos-added?highlight=big+meet+2012

http://www.toyotaownersclub-irl.com/t29838-my-big-meet-photos?highlight=big+meet+2012

hmm... need register, to see pictures.
Any technical talks there , like i could help somebody with advoice about steering system, re - done twice in short time period. Myself would love to find out more about avensis mk1 security system, reset, or adapt other key, or find out .... why bloody hazards flash every time, when i start car, why central lock works from inside switch, but not from key in drivers door... etc...

dgt

Sunshine :cool:

Front loom of the 406...


Loom removal requires the door off! :rolleyes:


And a pair of photobombing Seicentos...

Got the GLX trim on the rear


Elec mirrors


And drop links


Then decided to finish an earlier job



Yummy :cool:


Yep, at half 12 I was at that still :pac::pac::pac:

CianRyan

I know it's been said a lot but my god, dgt, you are mad.
If not dedicated anyway.