The "Today I did something to my car" thread

dgt

Sorted a slow puncture!





Then I cleaned up my rear bench






Looks and smells much better

What am I doing later? Working on a W126

Mr Benevolent

Discovered I'm getting 25mpg after a lots of hard accelerating - not bad tbh. Going easy on the next tank. VAGCOM/EML327 cable on the way!

vectra

Washed santas sleigh today.. went on the Pi$$ then.. Just home now to get some Zzzzz's and out again tomorrow on another booze up

Happy Christmas guys and girlies

dar83

Well, it's a couple of days since, but Christmas Eve was the day I gave my car it's early present...

It's snowing!


After wash...


After Polish...

robbie_998

gave my car a good scrubbing this morning with all that fecking country muck all over it.

also gave a good hoovering !

while i was at it i even took off the reg plates and took off the dealer surroundings !

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Would love to have a snow foam.....however it's impossible for me seeing as I live in an apartment block

Chriscl1

Now this is snow foam

dar83

BDJW wrote: »

Would love to have a snow foam.....however it's impossible for me seeing as I live in an apartment block

Yeah, it can be interesting with the pressure washer. The wind was just starting to build up on Saturday and a few strong gusts meant the front of the house got a bit of foaming as well. :pac:

MetzgerMeister

Do you guys just snowfoam the car, then rinse and have it clean or do you wash it as normal afterwards?

Chriscl1

If I'm just giving it a quick then foam and rinse will do as I clean her every week so she doesn't get too bad but if I'm going to polish her then I will hand wash her after rinsing the foam off then towel dry etc

Nissan doctor

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Do you guys just snowfoam the car, then rinse and have it clean or do you wash it as normal afterwards?

It would depend on how dirty the car is. If its really bad then the foam and power washer wouldn't get the heavy stuff off.

dar83

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Do you guys just snowfoam the car, then rinse and have it clean or do you wash it as normal afterwards?

Water rinse -> Snow foam -> water rinse -> hand wash -> hand dry -> polish -> buff.

That was the most recent wash, but the car was only washed once since the start of November, so it was quite dirty and needed it.
As has been said, if you do it every week you probably only need to snow foam and rinse it.

Nissan doctor

When you live in the country and your car looks like this a week after its been washed then you defiantly need more then just some snow foam.:eek:

vectra

Nissan doctor wrote: »

When you live in the country and your car looks like this a week after its been washed then you defiantly need more then just some snow foam.:eek:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w112/RPMotors/DSCF8947.jpg

If I had that it would never be that dirty :cool:

Nissan doctor

vectra wrote: »

If I had that it would never be that dirty :cool:

You'd want to be washing it every evening after work at this time of year up my way so.

I used to wash the skyline every week but the astra I'm in now hadn't been washed in about a month and I spent half an hour with the power washer on christmas eve just getting all the muck and sh1te out from the wheel arches...before I even started on the body:eek:

Chriscl1

beautiful machine you have there doc.

Nissan doctor

Chriscl1 wrote: »

beautiful machine you have there doc.

Its gone now:(

Chriscl1

sad times i bet

Nissan doctor

Chriscl1 wrote: »

sad times i bet

Nah, Sure I replaced it with an astra diesel:cool:

Voodoomelon

After a wash, eyeing up the competition.

no1beemerfan

Went to change the brake fluid and change a track rod end on the wife's focus today when the feckin security wheel nut opener thing broke so have no way of taking off the wheels until I order a new one from Ford.

Will probably have to pay a fortune for it too.

Helped the brother put new pistons and shoes on the rear of his laguna and bled his brakes so got something done.

dgt

In the process of changing my clutch slave cylinder

So naturally it's an engine out job :mad:

L-M

no1beemerfan wrote: »

Went to change the brake fluid and change a track rod end on the wife's focus today when the feckin security wheel nut opener thing broke so have no way of taking off the wheels until I order a new one from Ford.

Will probably have to pay a fortune for it too.

Helped the brother put new pistons and shoes on the rear of his laguna and bled his brakes so got something done.

Get a socket a teeny bit bigger and bate it over it :P

Nissan doctor

Limerick man wrote: »

Get a socket a teeny bit bigger and bate it over it :P

If its the factory fitted Ford lock nut(mcgard) then that won't work:(

L-M

Voodoomelon wrote: »

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v282/voodoomelon/e38e39.jpg

After a wash, eyeing up the competition.

If one photoshopped the Fabia and Jetta outta that picture twud be a million times nicer. Fantastic photo as is, though.

Nissan doctor wrote: »

If its the factory fitted Ford lock nut(mcguard) then that won't work:(

A hammer solves all, as a mechanic you should know that!

no1beemerfan

Limerick man wrote: »

Get a socket a teeny bit bigger and bate it over it :P

Nissan doctor wrote: »

If its the factory fitted Ford lock nut(mcguard) then that won't work:(

Its the factory fitted one, as round as can be so no socket will open it. All I have to do is wait and be raped by Ford Ireland.

conzy

You could drill it and use an easy out



You would pick one up cheap in a hardware shop

no1beemerfan

I've four wheel nuts to take off. Your more than welcome to come drill them and re-thread it if you want......but I'll pass!

conzy

It would depend on how hard the steel is. Could only take 10 minutes per corner. or an hour and a box of drill bits per corner..

TestTransmission

no1beemerfan wrote: »

Its the factory fitted one, as round as can be so no socket will open it. All I have to do is wait and be raped by Ford Ireland.

You got a pic of it?I might have a Ford lock nut which might work which is of no use to me.