Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

toastedpickles · 14-09-2013 4:00pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Nice job TP but did you lacquer them? If not, you'll have polish/wax sticking on them like the white mark on the left side in no time.

Noob comment incoming, I heard that you don't need to lacquer matt paint, as it takes away from the "mattness"

But if you do, I can get them off and lay a few coats on

MetzgerMeister · 14-09-2013 4:04pm

You're right, lacquering matt paint will make it glossy but you will get polish sticking to it if you leave it matt.

toastedpickles · 14-09-2013 4:06pm

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

You're right, lacquering matt paint will make it glossy but you will get polish sticking to it if you leave it matt.

Hmmm that is shall we say, a pickle? :pac:

I could take the trims off when I'm polishing it? they just slide out with a few clips, sure I'll think about it and see, car won't be getting cleaned for at least another month, I've to let the bumper get dirty and so on

joujoujou · 14-09-2013 5:06pm

toastedpickles wrote: »

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So what do ye think?

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Methinks it's the time now to peel off 3 other door trims, clean'em up and paint the same way.

14-09-2013 5:16pm

Changed oil, oil filter and air filter today. Ridiculously easy, why did I never do this before

joujoujou · 14-09-2013 5:23pm

Dónal wrote: »

[...] why did I never do this before

That's the question.

toastedpickles · 14-09-2013 7:19pm

joujoujou wrote: »

Methinks it's the time now to peel off 3 other door trims, clean'em up and paint the same way.

I will as soon as I have money again!

Max Power1 · 14-09-2013 7:39pm

Did nothing except went for a bit of a spin (pics in the photo thread)

And filled up, broke the cead mark for the first time

toastedpickles · 14-09-2013 7:41pm

:eek: You used applegreen!! Imposter!! :P

YbFocus · 14-09-2013 7:44pm

Jesus no wonder you can afford a 535!!

corkgsxr · 14-09-2013 8:55pm

toastedpickles wrote: »

:eek: You used applegreen!! Imposter!! :P

Muc fuel too. You really notice it in the responsiveness and miles to a tank on the gsxr

YbFocus · 14-09-2013 9:00pm

I agree, I always notice a difference! Never got it after my second stop there!

Maxol I find the best, gives such a boost to the car!

Hal1 · 14-09-2013 9:17pm

I used AG a few times but gives me the feeling it's been watered down lol :pac:. Just doesn't return the miles compared to others. I've been using maxol for the last 2 years now and can't fault it.

Lazybones · 14-09-2013 10:29pm

BuzzFish wrote: »

All,

Couldn't recommend "3M headlight Restorer" enough
After 220,000 Miles the Alfa's lights looked dull, cloudy and pitted. The light from them was awful and went in every direction except the road. A lot better now. 40 mins work and €20. How bad...

Pic is not great but hopefully shows the difference of before and after.

Hi BuzzFish,

Great work on the headlights - I need to do the same on my passat.

Where did you buy the 3M Headlight Restorer? What was the cost?

evolutionqy7 · 14-09-2013 11:03pm

I just used some compound to remove the fogging of the headlights. Did the trick a while back.

corkgsxr · 15-09-2013 11:23am

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

I just used some compound to remove the fogging of the headlights. Did the trick a while back.

Autosol would do as well id say.

All your doing is removing a corroded layer

Max Power1 · 15-09-2013 12:15pm

Hal1 wrote: »

I used AG a few times but gives me the feeling it's been watered down lol :pac:. Just doesn't return the miles compared to others. I've been using maxol for the last 2 years now and can't fault it.

Funny, I moved there from another station as I found an mpg improvement.
Then again, the station I moved from was an EMO

dh0011 · 15-09-2013 12:18pm

I used drive eighty miles a day and noticed in those days that the different brands of petrol behave differently. I always found topaz gave the best mpg.

Max Power1 · 15-09-2013 12:26pm

dh0011 wrote: »

I used drive eighty miles a day and noticed in those days that the different brands of petrol behave differently. I always found topaz gave the best mpg.

But are they worth the 7-9 cpl difference between topaz and everyone else?

Standard diesel prices around me are 148-149 and the topaz around the corner is down to 153

Ronnie Beck · 15-09-2013 12:29pm

Max Power1 wrote: »

But are they worth the 7-9 cpl difference between topaz and everyone else?

Standard diesel prices around me are 148-149 and the topaz around the corner is down to 153

Never noticed any difference in the the mpg with shell diesel and texaco esso etc. Going from a cheap station to topaz you will probably get 1-2 mpg more.

dh0011 · 15-09-2013 2:54pm

Max Power1 wrote: »

But are they worth the 7-9 cpl difference between topaz and everyone else?

Standard diesel prices around me are 148-149 and the topaz around the corner is down to 153

Prices are about the same between stations in my part of the country. Depends where you are. I filles up last where it was 158.9 for petrol at a topaz which is grand.

Ronnie Beck · 15-09-2013 7:15pm

The rear brakes on the van started sqeeking a few weeks ago after driving over an unmarked speed bump under construction one night :mad:. Since then I regularly get the the squeek, squeek, squeek when cruising over 55 mph. Lifting the handbrake a bit makes it stop. It was suggested that the pins might be dry and sticking but they are well greased and move in and out freely.

Pads are old and rusty but still a few miles left in them. The disc doesn't seem warped and it doesn't feel particulary sticky when you spin the hub

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Greased the back of the pads and the piston face and brushed and scraped away any bad rust. Hopefully it's gone now as it's driving me and the dog mental.

corkgsxr · 15-09-2013 8:30pm

Id be checking shocks and bushings

dgt · 15-09-2013 8:42pm

The "Today I talked about different fuel franchises and the quality of their fuels" thread :pac:

Lazybones · 15-09-2013 9:55pm

corkgsxr wrote: »

Autosol would do as well id say.

All your doing is removing a corroded layer

Hi - thanks for the replies.

Which Autosol product do you recommend - I was just looking at their site:
http://www.autosol.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1828

Thanks.

corkgsxr · 15-09-2013 10:00pm

Go down to halfords or any motor factors ask for autosol. The basic metal polish

Edwardius · 16-09-2013 6:35pm

Oil+filters+air filter in about 20mins today. Easy.

Stripped, cleaned, painted and rebuilt both front calipers on the Avensis a few weeks back. Horrible job but great to get rid of the squealing noise. I can see why people would just buy new calipers, the dust boot was a bitch to get seated.

corkgsxr · 17-09-2013 1:32pm

In the last 2 weeks I done rafts of stuff.

Both track rod ends. Right shock top mount and bearing and dropped the shock on my toe.

For once the van drives straight.

Iv a suspicion one bushing has a touch of play.

Week on I get low pressure light so oil, oil filter and oil pressure switch. Had to make a special long socket on the lathe for it. Went for 5w40. I think the 5w30 might have been abit light for all the city driving

Found a timing chain cover bolt had unscrewed and was just off the side of the auxiliary belts. Lucky.

While I was waiting for suppliers to finish lunch I soldered the intermittent wipers connection in the stalk. Full wipers got old very fast.

Almost there.

_Kaiser_ · 17-09-2013 8:55pm

Another day, another Motor....

Yep, my beloved A6 is "in the shop" again (I'm starting to think I'm jinxed), so I have another temp-mobile to play with.

Too dark for pics tonight, so any guesses in the meantime?

Max Power1 · 17-09-2013 8:56pm

Probably a 318d m sport?

Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

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