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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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    #632
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    Shower of feckers!


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    #633
    EPM
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    BDJW wrote: »
    That much? Balls :(
    My current tyres are 225/40/18

    I just got 4 Dunlop SportMaxx for €145 each from fast fit in the same size. I've had a few sets of them and find them quite good.


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    #634
    Gary ITR
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    EPM wrote: »
    I just got 4 Dunlop SportMaxx for €145 each from fast fit in the same size. I've had a few sets of them and find them quite good.

    Ah our rubber expert


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    #635
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Ah our rubber expert

    Your ma prefers me not to use them.

    :p


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    #636
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users Posts: 9,238 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    challengemaster wrote: »
    No experience with anything manly yourself Gary? :pac:
    RoverJames wrote: »
    experience with manly rings :eek:
    Gary ITR wrote: »
    Ah our rubber expert

    great motoring forum this :pac:


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    #637
    Mr Benevolent
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    Manly rubber rings... have I stumbled into the Hemorrhoids forum by accident? Otherwise I'll have to get a bucket of water.


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    #638
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    I spent about 4 hours washing and polishing my car last night, only to flood the f*ckin' engine first thing this morning. It's still sitting in the driveway. BALLS!


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    #639
    [Deleted User]
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    jenizzle wrote: »
    ............ only to flood the f*ckin' engine first thing this morning..............

    How did you manage that?


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    #640
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    I accidently turned off the car when I was moving my hand away from the key just after I started it :o Not a wise move when it comes to RX8's!


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    #641
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Jen,

    Have you got the upgraded starter AND battery? A lot of RX8s out there have just the starter but it needs a 70Ah battery to work it properly.


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    #642
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Blew the turbo! (holds for round of cheers):D


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    #643
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Blew the turbo! (holds for round of cheers):D

    Wooooohhhooooo!!!!!


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    #644
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Jen,

    Have you got the upgraded starter AND battery? A lot of RX8s out there have just the starter but it needs a 70Ah battery to work it properly.

    Yep, I have the battery. T'was entirely my own fault, I didn't shut it down properly last night :rolleyes: I'll get it up and going this evening :D It looks awesome in the driveway though !


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    #645
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Once the battery, starter, leads and coils are upgraded and you're using RE7C-L plugs and have good compression, you should be able to use it like a normal car.

    When I did all this to mine I never once had any flooding trouble no matter what. It started perfectly each and every time with no hesitation.


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    #646
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Blew the turbo! (holds for round of cheers):D

    What car is that in?


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    #647
    Mr Benevolent
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    Today I checked my oil and coolant. Still there, apparently.


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    #648
    jenizzle
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 6,817 ✭✭✭jenizzle


    einheisserschre wrote: »
    Once the battery, starter, leads and coils are upgraded and you're using RE7C-L plugs and have good compression, you should be able to use it like a normal car.

    When I did all this to mine I never once had any flooding trouble no matter what. It started perfectly each and every time with no hesitation.

    Engine is still flooded after trying for an hour and a half or so. :mad:


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    #649
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users Posts: 19,854 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    jenizzle wrote: »
    Engine is still flooded after trying for an hour and a half or so. :mad:

    Crap! Did you ever get a compression test done on it?


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    #650
    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    I got bored. Should have been cleaning the house, but instead decided to refurb a wheel on my ex's car who was down visiting. Refurbed by a main UK BMW Dealer, and about 3 months later, all the paint flaked off. The best bit about doing it? I got to drink nice cold beer all the way through. Mmmmm. Beeeeer.

    175666.JPG


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    #651
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,625 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »
    Blew the turbo! (holds for round of cheers):D

    All false alarm!
    Due to the fact that power was down by 80%, I simply assumed the turbo had packed up.
    But I was assured by friends that the turbo failing would be accompanied by massive clouds of smoke and bits being blown out of the exhaust, but that was not the case.
    An error code readout pointed at glowplugs, replaced all 4, still no joy.
    Then checked everything for continuity and leaks, and whaddayaknow, there was a faulty connection that was letting current leak to the block.
    Isolated the connection from the block, no more error code and full power is back!
    Phew!


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    #652
    [Deleted User]
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    Owen wrote: »
    I got bored. Should have been cleaning the house, but instead decided to refurb a wheel on my ex's car who was down visiting. Refurbed by a main UK BMW Dealer, and about 3 months later, all the paint flaked off. The best bit about doing it? I got to drink nice cold beer all the way through. Mmmmm. Beeeeer.

    175666.JPG

    Did you drive the car on the Accelera tires? What do you think of them?


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    #653
    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    They're alright. Not great, not crap, noisy - but anything with a V shaped pattern on the treads seems to be noisy. They were a little skittish in the wet at the recommended PSI, dropped the fronts to 28, and the rears to 24 and the car's very stable in the wet now.

    Getting some new rubber for the Smart this coming week. She needs rears, which are 205/45/16's, the fronts are different sizes though, something like a 175/55/16 - can't remember off the top of my head. Although, at the moment she steps out all the time in the wet which is so much fun I'd nearly put off new tires for a while if I really didn't have to get some :)


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    #654
    [Deleted User]
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    I have Accelera Phi on the ZT, they were on the 520i I had too, I find them quite good really. In the wet they can come unstuck on a roundabout if pressed but in a straight line they are fine even when slammed on. I'd get them again.


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    #655
    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Inexpensive too - the set cost something like 330 ish fitted and balanced. Was well impressed at the time with that.


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    #656
    challengemaster
    Registered Users Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Spent about an hour earlier trying to get the old fcuking adhesive off the car that was used to stick the old numberplates on, then stuck the new ones on :D


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    #657
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,525 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Son de-badged the back of the Toledo,
    Stuck a set of JOM coilovers on it then.


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    #658
    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    JOM coilovers are a great job!


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    #659
    TestTransmission
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    vectra wrote: »
    Son de-badged the back of the Toledo,
    Stuck a set of JOM coilovers on it then.

    And you didn't take a pic?


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    #660
    vectra
    Registered Users Posts: 15,525 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    And you didn't take a pic?

    When the rain stops will post before and after ;)


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    #661
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    The Civic gone?


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