The "Today I did something to my car" thread

MetzgerMeister

challengemaster wrote: »

School of dark arts

Difference is, mine needed to be taken in darkness to see the change, yours... er :pac:

Yours is diesel so it should just be kept in the dark and never let out.......

randylonghorn

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

... so it should just be kept in the dark and never let out.......

Just the car? >_>

-Corkie-

vectra wrote: »

I konw,
But I was being serious :P
jk.

I love the plates E, I was thinking of getting a set of Japanese plates for the Eventless..

MetzgerMeister

randylonghorn wrote: »

Just the car? >_>

You make a VERY valid point sir!

colm_mcm

-Corkie- wrote: »

I love the plates E, I was thinking of getting a set of Japanese plates for the Eventless..

Yellow plate woud be more appropriate,


Just realised, out of the last 5 cars we've had in our house, they were all built in the UK

Gary ITR

Did a bit tonight, got the head off, its on the bench now waiting to be stripped and cleaned

colm_mcm

Got some led bulbs for the number plate lights on the civic, also replaced one of the headlight bulbs. Really easy access thank god. Gave the bonnet a polish and compound, looks like the car will shine up pretty easily.

TestTransmission

colm_mcm wrote: »

Got some led bulbs for the number plate lights on the civic, also replaced one of the headlight bulbs. Really easy access thank god. Gave the bonnet a polish and compound, looks like the car will shine up pretty easily.

Where the pics?

colm_mcm

TestTransmission wrote: »

Where the pics?

Im working today so can't take them. Ill give it a polish later if the rain holds off and post some.

challengemaster

Just back from collecting the M-sport interior

Alanstrainor

Here's an engine!

She's clean!!!!!!!!!!



Not too bad after 123,000 miles:eek:

Today I swapped out the broken shock absorber & coil on my '93 corolla... to a newer, less broken one. It's an improvement but hardly ideal. Will have to find another one, bah.

dgt

At last, at long bloody last, some mechanical work as opposed to cleaning and detailing!!! :D:D

bmstuff

Hardwired cameras with GPS...to others cars.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZLDDvBXZM8

Gary ITR

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Here's an engine!

She's clean!!!!!!!!!!



Not too bad after 123,000 miles:eek:

Where's the vtec lobe?

I spent my day working on my head, titanium valves, springs and retainers all swapped into my spare head

colm_mcm

Gave the civic a bit of a spruce up today.

Deterred the sides with Wurth tar remover. Not bad stuff
Claybar
Compound
Polish
Put shiney stuff on the wheelarches
Gave the dash a quick wipe.

Took some pics on my iPad, unfortunately they didn't come out too well.

Ardennes1944

colm_mcm wrote: »

Gave the civic a bit of a spruce up today.



Took some pics on my iPad, unfortunately they didn't come out too well.

No they did not! love that gen. civic though

dgt

Back to the 406 :P

Annoying blow in exhaust was annoying


It's not great, I'm not happy with it but for now that's problem solved


Adjusting a very high idle!


When all that was done, time to give it a bit of a clean. Starting with that awful glue


Then the whole car


Followed by the windscreen and windows. Thinners stank out the inside of he car so out with the odour eliminator too




Changed the desperate sidelights too. One had gone silver!


And just for shíts and giggles




A day well spent

MetzgerMeister

Nice treehouse :pac:

dgt

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Nice treehouse :pac:

I made it with wood and bits of Bravos :pac::pac::pac:

dgt

Le temps de tir de nuit


Edit: Seeing that photo has given me a crazy idea for the lights... I need a new set anyway

bmstuff

I put custom reg surround vinyl stickers...

MarkR

Sold the avensis to a mate of mine. Delighted, didn't have to advertise, didn't need to service it. He can get his own hands dirty!

Voodoomelon

Four back-breaking hours installing heated seats in the back and made a balls of the holes for the power switches, ruining a small piece of wood trim, a nice €35 mistake. :mad:

Didn't even get to wire up the power cables and relay, sometimes you just have to walk away and come back another day!

Some pics when its done.

renofan

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Four back-breaking hours installing heated seats in the back and made a balls of the holes for the power switches, ruining a small piece of wood trim, a nice €35 mistake. :mad:

Didn't even get to wire up the power cables and relay, sometimes you just have to walk away and come back another day!

Some pics when its done.

I have to say your's is probably the best and most sorted E38 out there at this stage. Love it!

Paddy@CIRL

Another small update ...

I got the car back after leaving it down with CleanCar for the week whilst I was driving the GT86. He worked his usual witchcraft on it in preparation for the winter including a coat of Poorboy's World Blackhole Glaze, two coats of Collinite 476 Double Wax and another two coats of Britemax Vantage Carnauba Wax.



I painted the fog lights yellow sometime ago but removed it pretty much straight away as A) the LED fog light bulbs weren't bright enough to shine through and I didn't like the yellow lenses when the lights were off. I ordered some 55W 2500K HB4 Halogen bulbs from the US which are blindingly bright. I'm not one to drive with my fogs on when it's not foggy so this was a functional upgrade more so than anything.



Before I collected the GT86, I ordered up some BMW Performance parts including the handbrake with alcantara boot ...



... and the weighted short shift knob with alcantara gaiter.



A better shot of the carbon steering wheel surround I fitted last month. That's the interior done save for maybe a Dynavin unit in the future.

I've finally got my order into KW today for some INOX V1 coilovers and hopefully ordering new wheels later today. At this point I usually say that's it, it's done etc. but I'm not even kidding myself anymore ...

BUBBLE WRAP

Thats class paddy, fair play.

Voodoomelon

Here's the balls up I did last night:



Any idea how you'd drill a 3/8" hole cleanly through this piece? Its lacquered real wood, glued to a metal underside.

The chip on the left is where I threw it against a wall. :P

Marlow

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Any idea how you'd drill a 3/8" hole cleanly through this piece? Its lacquered real wood, glued to a metal underside.

The chip on the left is where I threw it against a wall. :P

Drill in a stand with a handle, that you pull down to drill whatever piece you're trying to drill. Like the stuff Lidl were selling at some point. Holesaw-drillbit in the drill.

And the piece then clamped in underneath.

So that neither drill nor the piece you're drilling can slip away.

/M

Voodoomelon

Was thinking the same about the stand, but not sure about a holesaw, the teeth are extremely coarse.

What about a stepdown bit?