* Motors chat - round 12 *

20-02-2019 11:04PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

Use old plate to drill holes already there.

Holes can go through a letter or digit then....looks brutal

colm_mcm · 21-02-2019 12:11AM

Interslice wrote: »

Any particular brand of tape?

I just got mine in top part, it’s foam tape.

fancy pigeon · 21-02-2019 09:55AM

Cheers for the replies!

Interslice wrote: »

Had to put them at the centre base of the windsceen on the work van. Was having the same issue.

I've mocked this up going through the M3/M50 and it doesn't work either

ba_barabus wrote: »

Does it have a UV protection windscreen?

I'm not sure, it does have a strange purple hue under certain reflections of light which could be a protective coating of sorts. Nowhere near as prominent as an early 00s Renault

Hal1 wrote: »

Do you have a front heated windscreen?

If you have the tag behind that section of the glass it can cause some interference. (the part with the heating element).

I had a similar experience driving a sprinter, and had to wave the tag around the front of the windscreen before it beeped.

I don't, but the next test is to try it outside the car to see if it beeps... It's a new tag I got and all, probably nothing wrong with the one I had!

dastardly00 wrote: »

** stupid question alert **

I want to purchase standard font pressed metal plates from eireplates. The current plastic plates on the car are fixed with screws. For the new metal plates, are they stuck on using adhesive pads? There are 6 mm pads on the eireplates website... I'm guessing I need them?

I've used double sided tape on my Avensis front and back, clean the surface behind the old plate very well and have it as dry as you can. Used tape from lidl, never fell off. Local motor factors, €30 a set

Tazzimus · 21-02-2019 10:01AM

How do you fare if you need to replace a plate if it gets damaged etc?
Surely the sticky tape will take paint with it if you need to pop a new plate on.

ELM327 · 21-02-2019 10:02AM

Interslice wrote: »

Any particular brand of tape?

OEM tape I assume.

punisher5112 · 21-02-2019 10:53AM

Augeo wrote: »

Holes can go through a letter or digit then....looks brutal

But look at all the 2000 with a screw in the last 0 then they have a 2008 and other examples of such
....

selectamatic · 21-02-2019 12:09PM

If you warm the side of the double sided tape that's going to be stuck to the car (after its been stuck to the plate) ever so slightly with a lighter it helps to sweat out a bit more adhesive making it a bit stickier.

sunnysoutheast · 21-02-2019 09:03PM

fancy pigeon wrote: »

Cheers for the replies!

I've mocked this up going through the M3/M50 and it doesn't work either

I'm not sure, it does have a strange purple hue under certain reflections of light which could be a protective coating of sorts. Nowhere near as prominent as an early 00s Renault

I don't, but the next test is to try it outside the car to see if it beeps... It's a new tag I got and all, probably nothing wrong with the one I had!

I've used double sided tape on my Avensis front and back, clean the surface behind the old plate very well and have it as dry as you can. Used tape from lidl, never fell off. Local motor factors, €30 a set

Does the windscreen have an area with black dots around the mirror - I think you're supposed to put tags etc. in there?

sunnysoutheast · 21-02-2019 09:06PM

punisher5112 wrote: »

But look at all the 2000 with a screw in the last 0 then they have a 2008 and other examples of such
....

I've got white, black and yellow plastic caps to go over the screws, your only problem is when the screw inevitably ends up half and half and you have to choose!

punisher5112 · 21-02-2019 09:07PM

sunnysoutheast wrote: »

I've got white, black and yellow plastic caps to go over the screws, your only problem is when the screw inevitably ends up half and half and you have to choose!

Tipex.....

Noccy_Mondy · 22-02-2019 02:18PM

I find 3m to be the best quality double sided tape. A lot has got to do with the reg plate itself and whatever material it is. I had to put the legal ones on for the NCT a few weeks back and would they hell stick, was about to send screws through the plate. Went back to put the "illegal" ones back on after and they stuck on tight no bother.

blackbox · 22-02-2019 11:08PM

chicorytip wrote: »

You can get those white plastic covers that clip on over the screw head. Anything stuck with double sided tape will not stay in position for very long.

In my experience they only fall off if you use the double sided tape from Mr. Price. Never a problem with 3M or Gorilla.

Foxhole Norman · 23-02-2019 12:58AM

Start changing brakes tonight. Find spacer welded to hub. Stop changing brakes :pac:

Will try again tomorrow evening, well overdue a service now

Interslice · 23-02-2019 06:30PM

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

Start changing brakes tonight. Find spacer welded to hub. Stop changing brakes :pac:

Will try again tomorrow evening, well overdue a service now

Have you tried a little gas torch before FN? I find them brilliant for sorting this sort of problem.

CIP4 · 23-02-2019 07:24PM

Went to get the car washed today at 4:30pm and they said they were booked out for the rest of the day. Annoying as could of really done with getting it cleaned it’s fairly dirty plus that’s the only place I know of that don’t use brushes.

Murt102 · 23-02-2019 07:32PM

With brexit looming closer and closer, does anyone know what will be the changes with importing a car from the UK? Has there been anything said about it that I’ve missed out on? Or is it a case of just wait and see?

Toyotafanboi · 23-02-2019 08:48PM

What image hosting websites are people using these days? I use postimg.org as it's fairly easy but I think whatever way it works that the images don't work on certain browsers.

blade1 · 23-02-2019 08:52PM

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

What image hosting websites are people using these days? I use postimg.org as it's fairly easy but I think whatever way it works that the images don't work on certain browsers.

tinypic.com

Truckermal · 23-02-2019 09:19PM

blade1 wrote: »

tinypic.com

Were you about Macroom area today?

blade1 · 23-02-2019 09:22PM

Truckermal wrote: »

Were you about Macroom area today?

No,did you see a white f-sport?
I was out on the bike as it was a cracking day for it but I headed the opposite direction.

Truckermal · 23-02-2019 09:34PM

blade1 wrote: »

No,did you see a white f-sport?
I was out on the bike as it was a cracking day for it but I headed the opposite direction.

Yep seen 2 actually one near Coppeen and another caught up to me near Macroom! I thought one might be you, it was a cracking day surely I'm heading to Beara tomorrow for a spin..

bazz26 · 24-02-2019 12:38PM

Meanwhile another normal day driving in Rome:

https://twitter.com/liam11/status/1099451494062014469

cadaliac · 24-02-2019 12:54PM

Anyone know if there is such a thing as an LED light cluster repair? I have condensation in the offside rear light cluster and the brake light has stopped working. I will try to dry it out and see if that works but I am not hopeful.

I was quoted €300 from a Peugeot dealer (2012 Pug 508). Anyway, that won't be happening.
I can't see any other quick fix either as they are a sealed unit afaik.
Thanks.

tossy · 24-02-2019 01:38PM

CIP4 wrote: »

Went to get the car washed today at 4:30pm and they said they were booked out for the rest of the day. Annoying as could of really done with getting it cleaned it’s fairly dirty plus that’s the only place I know of that don’t use brushes.

Wash it yourself ? Washing my car has always been one of life’s little pleasures .....as it generally means you’re guaranteed some peace and quiet time.

vintagevrs · 24-02-2019 01:53PM

cadaliac wrote: »

Anyone know if there is such a thing as an LED light cluster repair? I have condensation in the offside rear light cluster and the brake light has stopped working. I will try to dry it out and see if that works but I am not hopeful.

I was quoted €300 from a Peugeot dealer (2012 Pug 508). Anyway, that won't be happening.
I can't see any other quick fix either as they are a sealed unit afaik.
Thanks.

I had the same issue a few months ago, don't think a repair is that easy, as you say it's meant to be a sealed unit and the repair will likely make it worse.
Try a scrap yard is probably best bet for cheapest option.

Duke O Smiley · 24-02-2019 02:52PM

bazz26 wrote: »

Meanwhile another normal day driving in Rome:

https://twitter.com/liam11/status/1099451494062014469

Someone isn't being paid enough!

CIP4 · 24-02-2019 05:31PM

tossy wrote: »

Wash it yourself ? Washing my car has always been one of life’s little pleasures .....as it generally means you’re guaranteed some peace and quiet time.

Yes I would generally do it myself over the summer. But it’s a bit less appealing doing it over winter plus I am a bit short on free time at the minute as between work and I am in college part time also in Galway which is doing a good job eating up my weekends and evenings. I have that new alloy for about a month at this stage and still haven’t got it changed driving around on the wrecked one. Ah once college is done in May I will have more time hopefully

Managed to find a manual wash in a petrol station this morning so used that so will do for the time being.

vintagevrs · 24-02-2019 08:12PM

Updated my nav today. Fair bit of dicking about to do it. Downloaded the 30 something gigs from non official source. Then had to get this onto an external harddrive that was formatted to fat. Then spent a while trying to generate my own fsc code which is needed by the idrive to allow the update to happen. Gave up on this after trying a few that didn't work so bought a lifetime one on eBay for 15 dollars. The seller messaged me within about 20mins with the code and it worked perfectly. So I now have 2019 maps instead of 2013. Complete waste of time as I never use the nav but was interested in the process. They look the exact same. There is a bypass down in Cavan somewhere that usually shows me driving through fields so I'm guessing it'll fix that. Yay.

Interslice · 24-02-2019 09:45PM

Duke O Smiley wrote: »

Someone isn't being paid enough!

Doing the work of 25 gardaí.

Noccy_Mondy · 25-02-2019 10:43PM

I know it's been asked before but when a garda is in their car with the speed gun out the window, do they have to pull you over to nab you?

Was going to work this morning, I was leading a convoy of about 4 cars, fairly tipping on, seen the squad car perpendicular to the road. Didn't know if the road was 100, 80 or 60 as it's on the outskirts of a town. I erred on the side of caution and brought it down to about 57, 58. (turned out it was a 60 Road after all). Seen him in plenty of time so I'd say I'm ok. Cars behind seem to brake hard too. If nothing else I took the bullet for them all :pac:

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