The "Today I did something to my car" thread

MetzgerMeister

^ And people thought I was bad by taking the seats out of my car to clean the carpet :pac:

Drummerboy08

OSI wrote: »

Somethings missing, but I can't quite put my finger on what...

Is this the new track car?

Aye. Rebuilding it bit by bit for the start of.next season. That way I can be fairly happy that everything is put together properly. Tidying up some wiring for now.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

^ And people thought I was bad by taking the seats out of my car to clean the carpet :pac:

Carpet, sound deadening, everything bar the actual dash is out. Well, now the dash is too

Tallon

dgt wrote: »

It was the black bonnet that caught my eye, very same coleur don't know if it had a spoiler...

It might be around he town later, I'll keep my eye out for it

Strange, where about was it?

Also, car died today, managed to get it going, but think it's the Coil Wiring as it happened before and I changed the coil.

So I decided to give the engine a good scrub since I'll be working on it over the next while... Will detail it once the work has been done, as there's no point doing it now...

Gary ITR

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

Aye. Rebuilding it bit by bit for the start of.next season. That way I can be fairly happy that everything is put together properly. Tidying up some wiring for now.



Carpet, sound deadening, everything bar the actual dash is out. Well, now the dash is too

I'd say the snips is worn out after all the cable ties were removed

Drummerboy08

Gary ITR wrote: »

I'd say the snips is worn out after all the cable ties were removed

Don't mind that, sure aren't they your snips?

dgt

Tallon wrote: »

Strange, where about was it?

Here, just where the road changes heading towards Navan. Times like this require a dashcam!

I'll be around the town later I'll keep an eye out for it

Tallon

dgt wrote: »

Here, just where the road changes heading towards Navan. Times like this require a dashcam!

I'll be around the town later I'll keep an eye out for it

Deffo not me, my car was broken down in Dundrum at that stage :P

And I did have the dash cam :P

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvlspbK6NKg

dgt

It's exactly as the title of the vid :pac:

Ouch though...

ba_barabus

Today I drove my car for the first time in two weeks.

It was nice.

vectra

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Britemax, Dodo Juice, Auto-Finesse, AutoGlym, Swissvax?

No,No,No,No and No

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Turtle wax?

No :P

MetzgerMeister

Give us a hint vectra!!

I got all me lovely new stuff this evening and I remembered that conzy has the D/A so I own't be doing any glazing or jetsealing this weekend

vectra

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Give us a hint vectra!!

I got all me lovely new stuff this evening and I remembered that conzy has the D/A so I own't be doing any glazing or jetsealing this weekend

It begins with "Z" :cool:

BUBBLE WRAP

vectra wrote: »

It begins with "Z" :cool:

Zafera?

EDIT: Your on about Wax or Polish. I though you got a new car.

MetzgerMeister

vectra wrote: »

It begins with "Z" :cool:

Zaino

166man

vectra wrote: »

It begins with "Z" :cool:

Zaino?

gollywog

vectra wrote: »

It begins with "Z" :cool:

Zymol?!?! :eek:

But zaino is meant to rock also!!

166man

Began the overhaul on the 156 today. Started with a general wash getting into all the smaller places I rarely clean, then onto a de-tar and a clay. Next used AG Paint cleanser, then some Gtechniq P1 polish then some SRP. Funny thing is I only got half the car done...:D

Also got some stuff for the bumpers as they look really past it. Carplan something or other. Works well, it's like a paint that you paint onto the surface with a brush.

Tomorrow got to finish polishing, clean windows, interior and wheels.


College life rocks...:D

Top Dog

Tallon wrote: »

Deffo not me, my car was broken down in Dundrum at that stage :P

Can I join your club?

Erm ... took it back to the mechanic ...





She was running seriously rough and died a couple of times before Rathduff, so I had the brainfart to ring recovery off the insurance. They didn't want to bring it the whole way for me but the recovery driver threw them a curve so they agreed to cover it but wouldn't provide me with a rental - worked for me. So hopefully there'll be news (positive I'm praying) tomorrow.

Gary ITR

Took the gearbox apart, then had a cup of tae

vectra

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Zaino

166man wrote: »

Zaino?

gollywog wrote: »

Zymol?!?! :eek:

But zaino is meant to rock also!!

Zaino it is.

Zaio
Z2 pro
Z5 pro
Z6
Z7
Z8
Z9
Z10
Zfx
And maybe some Z-cs

That should keep me busy for a while :P

Tallon

Gary ITR wrote: »

Took the gearbox apart, then had a cup of tae

Any photos of the cup of tea?

damo86

only home a few days already installed some golf r LED rear lights and LED licence plate lights, look epic.

Ill post up some night pictures when get dark!

challengemaster

Zee germans have landed



can not fault eireplates one bit, quality plates.

Also today is the day I bought the car a year ago

sean1141

fitted these to the mondeo today. flattened the battery making up the loom. suppose it is to be expected. its in it 9 years!!



also have a headlight washer kit to fit! just need a relay and get a cap for one of the jets

dgt

Another day, another free tyre


Nice amount of thread too


You all know the drill by now... So I'll cut to the chase


This needed seeing to


Out!


Plugged


Picked these up today too


And got the rest of the box welded up


Not easy to weld properly...

Soon I shall fit it

MetzgerMeister

All four wheels off, scrubbed with turtle wax wheel clean, detarred with OAC Tar Cleanse/Holts, de-ironised with Car-Pro Iron X, scrubbed again to get all residue off, powerwashed, dried, Jetsealed (2 coats) then 2 coats of Meguiars NXT 2.0 wax.

I'm wrecked but it was worth it. Apart from a bit of kerbing, the alloys look like new.

Hal1

I was treating rust with hammerite today. The boot well and some light surface rust on the inside under the seats. I had the remove them, still not as labour intensive as removing an engine . All cleaned up and treated, but the head is lifting off me now.

MetzgerMeister

Hal1 wrote: »

the head is lifting off me now.

As in you have a headache? When I was a smoker, I used get very bad headaches when doing labour intensive work like I did today. I would also have no energy left but I've done all that today and now I'm in the mood to wash the car and have it ready for polishing, jeatsealing and waxing tomorrow.

damo86

sean1141

Wired up a relay so that the fog lights come on with the high beams. Pointless but looks cool when you flash someone