Car plans for 2015

toastedpickles

Carrying on from Mr Zebras thread last year

What are your plans for this year?

Mine as posted in the other one

9-5

Aero suspension
Remap
New badges
Front mounted intercooler perhaps?
4 pot brake upgrade
Aero spoiler
1.9tid badge
Possibly tint the rear windows
General maintenance
Another sump drop
Replace the rear crank oil seal
Alloy refurb
Polybushes
Td04 turbo


For the 900

Repair the driveshaft tunnels
Repair the leaks
Remove the dash and replace all bulbs
Get a bloody headunit!
9000 brake upgrade
New wipermotor
New sunroof

And much much more!

Sobanek

E46:
- CV Joint
- Sell

E38:
- Fix Sunroof
- Fix Xenons
- Fix Windscreen Washer
- Patch up rust in the boot
- Possibly deal with other rust
- Black Kidneys!
- Smoke Taillights
- Deal with any other issues
- Insure
- Tax
- Replace Speakers

nd

Get it through the nct retest next Saturday. Give it frequent services. Hope she's trouble free. Hope if she has issues it's a diy job.

dgt

Right. I'll make this hopefully less ambitious :pac:

C220 DIESEL: insert OM606 with a compound turbo setup, hydro and keep stock looking (within reason)

Diffy: to be sold

Jag: sort the coolant leak, facelift grille, bit of exhaust work, cat emblem on the bonnet, new tyres, NCT it, insure it and make it a fab weekend car

535i: get its much needed rad, sort out the electrical tat and tyres for some serious work/fun

525i: get roadworthy for this year (well, try to)

156: finish it off!

Other plans: bin most of the Alfa stuff, strip the other donor Mercs, sell the polol, renovate parking spots

Foxhole Norman

Sobanek wrote: »

E38:

- Smoke Taillights

Don't do this please :pac:

For the E39

-New Wheels
-Refurb Style 66
-Repair Rust on Boot
-Steering Wheel Retrim(Maybe)
-Repair Front Bumper
-Remove Parking dents
-Fix PDC

Pretty much it I think :pac:

Special Circumstances

Tax it.
Fill with petrol.
Horse it up molls gap as often as possible.
New tyres X 4 will be inevitable I suppose.

kilianmanning

406:
Get a new turbo on, sort a leaky injector, 4 new tyres, engine will be out again, continuing on from dgt :pac:
Put a new nct on it before I insure it again.

Xantia:
This won't be sold, but may have to go into hiding when I insure the 406


C200:
C200 needs a new driveshaft, centre bearing, exhaust needs fixing up, but that car will be reserved for fun use anyway :P

Dord

Panda
-Replace badges all round
-Team Heko Spoiler
-Stainless Steel Exhaust
-Add aux in or bluetooth audio to head unit
-Detailing
-Alloy Wheel Refurb (maybe)

Ardent

E60 2.5 petrol -

Car is sorted - no small amount of cash spent on it this year. Unfortunately, the plan is to drive it sparingly, as I can easily walk to work with the new job.

Unless we change location, will not be taxing her and will just run the guantlet at weekends.

Maybe two new front tyres, but unlikely given above.

Supergurrier

Don't crash it.

New Air freshener maybe

Bpmull

Golf
-rear brake pads (will be done by the end of the week bought and all)
-2 services
-2 tyres (probably in March)
-change gearbox oil
-change brake fluid
-fix or disconnect damn noisy headlight motor
-Id like a centre arm rest but seems like a lot of work

If that's all I end up having to do to it it will be a good year.

bop1977

Vrs:

Keep alive for another year.

joujoujou

Sorry for being boring - exactly the same as last year:

- keep my car alive.

- more minor and silly mods.

:P

visual

E39. 525i

Rebuilt rear suspension and done front discs and pads just before xmas have kit for front suspension rear discs and pads so will need to get of my lazy ass and fit them in new year

Special Circumstances

Boys I'm seeing fierce elaborate plans. Jap turbo, routine maintenance, drive the snot out of it. Eat sleep oil service repeat...


;-)

toastedpickles

Special Circumstances wrote: »

Boys I'm seeing fierce elaborate plans. Jap turbo, routine maintenance, drive the snot out of it. Eat sleep oil service repeat...

For me anyway yeah

lomb

Are everyone's cars here wrecked on the forum? That's the problem have to keep ahead on maintainance. Pump cash in every month and spend 1 weekend a month fixing it. Good reason to only own one or two cars. My plans are to sort my Merc 500sec out
Dye leather and reinstall interior and cleaned carpets
Change rusty sunroof cassette
Fit new brake discs
Service
Fix minor body rust
Nct
Drive it!

On my 12 year old Tt have everything just about as new except
Have front resprayed
Roof redyed
Change timing belt water pump and rear shocks, gearbox oil
I have the parts for everything just waiting for weather to turn ,could be awhile!

Beaner1

Taking delivery of brand new golf gti and Merc cls in the next few weeks.

YbFocus

Astra

Nct and probably sell fairly soon if the correct e36 is found. It's been a great car!

_Kaiser_

A6:

- Tyres when needed
- Service mid-year/autumn (as it's only been done recently)
- Tax
- Might get the rear windows tinted
- Spare 18" alloy of same type as the rest
- Would like to get the OEM Bluetooth for it but I gather it's a fairly massive job to get fitted
- NCT now annual so get that done next Sep-Jan

If I get a new job however...

- Do all the above
- Or sell it and replace with a facelift version, or an 08+ A8 if I can get equivalent specs

bennyx_o

Golf:
Change the cam chain, tensioner and adjuster
Timing belt
New tyres
Wheel refurb
OEM Bluetooth
Highline Clocks

Lupo
Full service
Wheel refurb
Decent clean
Tax

sblythe

CL;

Get it taxed
Driver er on

Camry;

Hope by some divine miracle someone buys it

Allegro;

Mend broken clutch slave again
Replace rusty wing
Weld floor

Satanta

S80 D5
Auxiliary belt and tensioner (scheduled replacement)
4 tyres. Looking at Barum Bravius or Goodyear efficient grip.
Oil change in July
Wait for the new xc90 to depreciate

lomb

Beaner1 wrote: »

Taking delivery of brand new golf gti and Merc cls in the next few weeks.

Happy days:D

Theres also the golf edition 40 2l tdi that's a bargain and fully loaded available for a very good price think it has every option ticked sunroof xenons leather nav dual climate for 33k for anyone who wants new at the moment.

pudzey101

Honda Integra DC2
Tax 'er
Fully underseal car when when the weather is better.
Port and polish the head
Get ECU Mapped and Dyno'd
New tyres
Sort out some rust
Fix Leaky Boot


oh and try not to crash it in the process :P

Cheensbo

Pajero:

Sell it, go back to oz and buy a something with a v8 or a td42 Patrol.

Kevin!

Astra OPC
-Remus exhaust
-Whiteline RARB
-WaveTrac LSD

Cosmetic:
-Dual action polisher

colm_mcm

dgt wrote: »

Jag: cat emblem on the bonnet,

Expand?

Voodoomelon

No real plans for the 740, has everything I need. First NCT in my ownership this year, be interesting to see how it fares.

CianRyan

Eunos Roadster

Thermostat replacement
Passenger window motor fix (have the tools, been putting that on the long finger)
Buy a hardtop, possibly a new softtop too
Buy coilovers
Make myself up a SS exhaust and have someone else make my up a manifold because NA stuff is a black magic.
Sort out the patches of rust
Few little body work touches need doing

I myself will be 25 in October and I will then insure it as a classic

Save up for cams and throttle bodies, have it properly mapped on a dyno by someone that knows what they're doing.



This is all depending on if I can secure a real job this year, at least I'm a qualified welder now so I have a better hope.

Lurching

Hilux: Return (Company Car)

BMW 2002Tii: insure, use for a few months in Sydney, pack it in to a shipping container and ship to Ireland.

May / June: In the market for a car in Ireland. Thinking either X5 or M3 at the moment.

Daved_XB

Challenger:

Now that I’ve discovered that the engine is dead, build up new stroker motor or buy new crate engine
Install rebuilt/new engine
Finish off the big brake install
Drive the crap out of it as it’s spend too much time being worked on last year
Find new things I’m not happy with & spend more time & money making it better
Document everything in painful detail in my thread in the project section

XB Coupe:

Finish the rust repair work & custom panel work
Paint
Install all the new race suspension I have
Install the new big brakes
Install the new big block engine
Buy & install new tough gearbox to take abuse from said 700HP engine
Upgrade the rear diff with custom axles & drive shaft
Choose tires for the new wheels
Work out what I’m doing with the interior
Document everything in painful detail in my thread in the project section

darragh o meara

E46 320d

Door checkstrap
Crankcase breather replacement
Hand brake adjustment
Exhaust flexi replacement

And general servicing etc.

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

Expand?

colm_mcm

boardsuser1

Supergurrier wrote: »

Don't crash it.

New Air freshener maybe

+1 for the airfreshner

vectra

vRS combi
Buy a new one

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

Thinking of it anyway! More than likely it wont happen

edburg

Astra

Finish off retrofits
Use n abuse it, may try get away later in year somewhere nice.

Insignia

Timing belt soon as
Hope dad doesn't crash it

Cavalier Gsi

Try find one for long term resto

vectra

edburg wrote: »

Astra



Cavalier Gsi

Try find one for long term resto

get the turbo one

edburg

vectra wrote: »

get the turbo one

Nah got a turbo on Astra nice simple xe do me.

Gavman84

Focus
Tint rear 3 windows
Refurb the wheels
Detail it
Might do the timing belt and water pump early...
Probably remap it also!!

Abugarcia

Kevin! wrote: »

Astra OPC
-Remus exhaust
-Whiteline RARB
-WaveTrac LSD

Cosmetic:
-Dual action polisher

Have you got an Opc Kevin?were are you going to get your remus?

Dartz

RX8.

Engine Rebuild before it needs it. Along with clutch and midpipe.
A new pair of tyres
If I get fulltime work, maybe a straight pipe. (Brrrrraaapppppp)
New goldfish in the brakelights.

*Kol*

Backbox just done. Oil, filters and plugs. NCT. Sort rust out. Hopefully nothing else.

Mycroft H

Jimmy

NCT it.
Spots.
Perhaps a 2" lift.
Replace the vac hubs with manual ones.


Anything new? Well I can get classic insurance soon... Perhaps land rover series 3 or 2a. Or a mini. Or an old merc. An 'el presidente' car.

MetzgerMeister

335i

- Full set of Injectors

- Front bumper respray

- Possibly new set of front tyres


M3

- Buy one