Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

Put the car through an early NCT on Tuesday in order to get a 2 year test (08 318d)

I knew it wouldn't pass, wanted to get the fail sheet and bring it to my mechanic for its service that was booked in yesterday to get whats needs to be done for the test too.

Bear in mind my front two tyres were badly worn (i replaced the 2 back ones last month so this was on my list too) , my passenger door wouldn't open from the outside, german font plates on the car, all the bulbs in the drivers side bootlid was gone (I have a thread about it - possibly FRM module) so a good bit of work to be done.... on top of that the car was filthy!

Tester strolled out Tuesday morning... ''it's not as bad as you think... just change the 2 front tyres and your windscreen washer isn't working, could be frozen (bad weather overnight -he was correct)''

Bloody delighted! Are German plates legal now? Unsure how he passed half the stuff. Anyway; went back in today with two new tyres at the front and the windscreen washer back to normal. NCT to 03/2020


A lot of work over the last few months.... clutch , flywheel, glow plugs, service, x4 tyres, brake pads and disks to name a few.

New Mini Adventure!!!!!!

Wifes car temp warning light went red and got P0599.

Could see a small leak, so had to replace the thermostat.
(took about 4 hours, least Saturday was dry and sunny )

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Really hope thats all the spanner i need to do on her car for a while :P

Today I turned this

into this



Took off the outer Perspex and sprayed the red bits.


Waiting for the sealant on the Perspex to dry now.



Bit more work to do, putting the rear fog into the drivers side reversing light unit.

Here it is on the car anyway

Deleted(fixed)airbag warning light. 2011 Skoda Octavia.

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

It'll probably look well because yours is a black car. Red Madge looks a bit Type R ish now!

You're mad to get rid of the full width lights front and back on yours. It's probably the one thing I'd never change, it's what makes the car stand out from similar era Focus and Golfs.

The standard perspex grill looks dreadful tbf.

It had a good innings, I got 5 years out of it. Was even in Halfords last night getting the paint and I forgot!

colm_mcm wrote: »

It had a good innings, I got 5 years out of it. Was even in Halfords last night getting the paint and I forgot!

If ya want one let me know,I can send one to ya.
Do not spend mad money on an led bulb from halfords.
Absolutely mad money they sell them for!!

JohnBoy26 wrote: »

The standard perspex grill looks dreadful tbf.

I honestly don't think so. You have to embrace it. It's distinctive.

Any car can have 2x headlights, one either side. Only the Civic has one great big long headlight yoke.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder though.

One small festoon bulb's not enough to light up a boot...



...so some LED strips to be used.

Here as well:



A bit of soldering, crimping and some double sided tape applying:





Too lazy to cover wires at the moment, maybe later.

Now, let there be light!

Picked up some new mats for the 740, they make a world of difference.
Still have to give the carpets underneath a bit of a clean.









There must have been a revision over the last few years, the undersides are now covered in velcro circles.

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I banged the sidelight pods on my Nissan Note as they weren't showing, lo and behold both lit up!

Do you mean the front 5 watt sidelights??

That tends to mean the bulbs are worn out and banging just fused element again.

Voodoomelon wrote: »

For such a beautiful car, how did they get the steering wheels on them so hideously wrong

The later one is bad but at least its black! Its like they are doing it on purpose so as to not make the inside too nice