The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Owen

Changed a blown brake bulb, which involved dismantling half of the boot extension. Nearly as bad as a new Megane!

robbie_998

got really fed up looking at a really bald tyre on the front hand right side of my dads car.

thing has no grip or thread what so ever. completely bald !

took and it off and replaced it with the spare


warned him to get the 2 front tyres changed !

ottostreet

Finally changed my car over to a set of Teledial alloys (its an Alfa) that I had lying around.

Finally cleaned the inside so now it smells nice.

EPM

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

Trying to attach an image of the graph. But the gains are as follows:

First run on dyno: power 121.p bhp and 189ft/lb of torque.:)

After remap: max bhp 151.2 and 251ft/lb of torque.:D

More than happy. Joe's a sound lad, and Gary in Urban was more than happy to stand around chatting!!:pac:

Is it a 1.9? Good standard figure!

Chuck_Norris

EPM wrote: »

Is it a 1.9? Good standard figure!

Yeah, it's a 1.9. Supposedly 105bhp as standard. Was slightly surprised when I saw the results after the first run.

L-M

Washed my car for the first time since I painted it :L

MetzgerMeister

Limerick man wrote: »

Washed my car for the first time since I painted it :L

Paint?! Paint?! Hahahahahahaha :pac:

L-M

einheisserschre wrote: »

Paint?! Paint?! Hahahahahahaha :pac:

*primered

A fella stopped me the other day and asked who did my roof! (It's still blue) I couldn't stop laughing.

EPM

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

Yeah, it's a 1.9. Supposedly 105bhp as standard. Was slightly surprised when I saw the results after the first run.

Mine was only 5 more than it was supposed to be on that dyno:(

That is a very nice increase over standard though. Will make a big difference to the car.

Chuck_Norris

EPM wrote: »

Mine was only 5 more than it was supposed to be on that dyno:(

That is a very nice increase over standard though. Will make a big difference to the car.

Oh it already has!!!:)

If I could figure out how to put the huge smilie on, whilst using the phone, that'd be there instead!!!

Completely different car. So, so glad I did it.

Eric Cartman

one of the dipped lights was dead so bought a set of Nightbreaker Plus's for it , a bit on the expensive side but I can see the difference

dgt

Changed my brake light switch, which was damned awkward...




Then bolted my bumper back on fully after settling it, followed by a surround and plates (no crappy german style plates here )



Then cleaned up my lights


Sorted for a little while!

For Forks Sake

Put it up for sale

stimpson

Changed oil, filter and brake fluid. Taxed and insured.

Finally back on the road after 18 months and I've been going round like this all day ->

vectra

EPM wrote: »

Is it a 1.9? Good standard figure!

My car was one year old Yesterday. Gave it a wash and a hoover out

Most likely selling it this time next year but if not I can assure you Joe will be getting a call.
DPF Delete and a remap :pac:

goat2

today i lost the keys to my ford fiesta ten years old, how do i now move her, what to do, what to do.

Black_Knight

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

Trying to attach an image of the graph. But the gains are as follows:

First run on dyno: power 121.p bhp and 189ft/lb of torque.:)

After remap: max bhp 151.2 and 251ft/lb of torque.:D

More than happy. Joe's a sound lad, and Gary in Urban was more than happy to stand around chatting!!:pac:

What sorta money did the remap cost? Much difference in fuel economy?

Ive something similar, A3, 1.9TDI 105BHP, its always interested me getting it mapped.

Chuck_Norris

Black_Knight wrote: »

What sorta money did the remap cost? Much difference in fuel economy?

Ive something similar, A3, 1.9TDI 105BHP, its always interested me getting it mapped.

Can't give a fully accurate idea as o how it's effected the fuel economy, but so far there's been no negative effect.

As regards cost, I got a bit of a discount from being a member of vagdrivers. So that'd be the way I'd go.

dr.fuzzenstein

goat2 wrote: »

today i lost the keys to my ford fiesta ten years old, how do i now move her, what to do, what to do.

Just need to find a ten year old from the "right area", he'll have her up and running in 10 minutes!

Bear BMW

What year is the fiesta? If it has a coded key there is no 10 year old who will get it going, all depends on year, also did key have small red square on it, if so its coded

L-M

goat2 wrote: »

today i lost the keys to my ford fiesta ten years old, how do i now move her, what to do, what to do.

What year is it and where are you based?

challengemaster

dr.fuzzenstein wrote: »

Just need to find a ten year old from the "right area", he'll have her up and running in 10 minutes!

Limerick man wrote: »

What year is it and where are you based?

:pac:

tuborg_man

Today i started changing the rear brake shoes on the girlfriends future clio, then it started piddling icy rain on me and i carried untill i got fed up and am having a beer now,
I hate outside.

L-M

challengemaster wrote: »

:pac:

Fine, I'll just keep the locks and key that I have spare :rolleyes:

Magown3

Installed a Nokia CK-200 car kit the other day

Before:



During:



After:



After in dark:

This one does it no justice. All the dash lights are red and I've changed the colour of the screen on the car kit to match. It looks pretty cool and fits in nicely.

L-M

I love went retro fits (radios etc.) colours match that of the car.

Magown3

Limerick man wrote: »

I love went retro fits (radios etc.) colours match that of the car.

I was thinking of making a backing plate for it and putting it in the cubby hole to the right of the hazards switch. It would make it look that little bit cooler but I use that cubby hole so don't really want to lose it

langdang

Limerick man wrote: »

I love went retro fits (radios etc.) colours match that of the car.

Herself had to get a JVC head unit that had adjustable RGB values just so it would match all the other dash lights!
I've a good head unit that follows me from banger to banger, great radio but it's bugging me to see green lights in an orange lit dash....

On topic - sorted my current banger out with a remote central locking fob at last. My first car with RCL!!!

MetzgerMeister

Today I took the seats out of the 6, cleaned them with leather cleaner, applied leather cream and let them cure. Then I shampooed the carpets and mats and used my wet & dry vacuum (love that yoke), polished all the interior glass, dash and console.

It took all day and I'm wrecked but it was well worth it.

Tomorrow I'll be doing the exterior.

Nissan doctor

Today I set about a few jobs that needed doing on my new daily. I tapped out a few dents as best as I could(alot better then before anyway), gave the interior a really good clean, Cleaned and washed out the load area(its a van) and sprayed the inside to get rid of all the scratches etc.

The gave it a full service with coolant/brake fluid etc as well as wheel alignment, head light alignment etc etc...

Found a replacement center cap in the breakers for one that was missing from one of the alloys aswell.

A few more jobs on the list but they'll wait till next week.