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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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  • #2252
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,719 ✭✭✭Hal1


    I love those led bulbs. I've done the boot, reverse, and the reg plate leds so far. The CREE Q5 led bulbs on ebay are good but a bit more expensive. I was going to change the fog light bulb too but we don't get much fog here :o.


  • #2253
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Fiesta: Got it washed, again

    Bravo: Fixored a water leak in the most craptastic and pikey manner I could before daylight went :rolleyes:

    Alfa: Fixed my drivers switch :)

    This might help other 166 owners too :)

    These are 156 switches
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    Image1792.jpg

    Image1796.jpg

    156 switches certainly don't fit, but the buttons do
    Image1798.jpg

    Image1801.jpg

    Refitted :)
    Image1802.jpg

    This was also annoying me
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    Not anymore :)
    Image1806.jpg

    2 less niggles to worry about :)


  • #2254
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,661 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    dgt wrote: »

    This was also annoying me
    Image1803.jpg

    That your vents look like an goggley-eyed alien?


  • #2255
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    That your vents look like an goggley-eyed alien?

    I can see where the oatmeal gets his inspiration from :pac:


  • #2256
    whyulittle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,878 ✭✭✭whyulittle


    Got a letter from Opel a couple of months back advising me to bring my car in to fix some known problem with the horn. Didn't bother as it was working fine, and it looked like they just wanted to get me in ahead of my NCT.

    Last week or so, the horn stopped working while the car was moving, but would work when it was stopped. So brought it in to the main dealer in town today to get it fixed.

    They did what they needed to do, tested it before I left and worked fine. Got onto the road and tried it, not working.

    Brought it back, doubled what they did first time, tested and worked alright. Tested it again going out the gate and worked fine.

    Got back on the road, and not working.

    Bloody annoying, I need my horn!





















    *Cue horn jokes.


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  • #2257
    Fiona
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,360 ✭✭✭Fiona


    whyulittle wrote: »
    Bloody annoying, I need my horn!





















    *Cue horn jokes.

    Ill help you fix your horn :D


  • #2258
    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    New alloys fitted! Would have had pictures had it not taken 5 and a half hours for them to be fitted and it being dark by the time I got the car back.

    Note to self, don't leave car with them... Wait in reception for it to be done, or else deal with being bumped down the queue continuously.


  • #2259
    omb0wyn5ehpij9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,066 ✭✭✭✭omb0wyn5ehpij9


    dar83 wrote: »
    New alloys fitted! Would have had pictures had it not taken 5 and a half hours for them to be fitted and it being dark by the time I got the car back.

    Note to self, don't leave car with them... Wait in reception for it to be done, or else deal with being bumped down the queue continuously.

    Why did you get them to fit them? Would you not have done it yourself? Wouldn't take more than half an hour!


  • #2260
    dar83
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,106 ✭✭✭dar83


    Needed them balanced and tyres fitted to them...

    Not spmething I can do myself unfortunately. :(


  • #2261
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    whyulittle wrote: »
    Got a letter from Opel a couple of months back advising me to bring my car in to fix some known problem with the horn.
    Bloody annoying, I need my horn!

    *Cue horn jokes.

    Opel not giving you the horn then?:D
    You need one of these stickers then:

    horn_broken_watch_for_finger_bumper_sticker-p128535826538858648z74sk_400.jpg


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  • #2262
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Fitted two new H7 bulbs (the Lidl special offer ones) as dipped headlights. Vast improvement over the old ones and make a BIG difference on dark roads. Definitely recommended.


  • #2263
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Confab wrote: »
    Fitted two new H7 bulbs (the Lidl special offer ones) as dipped headlights..............

    How much do Lidl charge for a pair of them Confabers?


  • #2264
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    RoverJames wrote: »
    How much do Lidl charge for a pair of them Confabers?

    €6.99. Deal goes on till Monday as far as I know. Well worth it.


  • #2265
    puppetmaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭puppetmaster


    Confab wrote: »
    €6.99. Deal goes on till Monday as far as I know. Well worth it.

    Spotted them in Aldi today for the same bread


  • #2266
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Confab wrote: »
    €6.99. Deal goes on till Monday as far as I know. Well worth it.

    Deal goes on til they run out of stock ;)


  • #2267
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Hoovered out the vRS and wiped everything down with a solution of APC and warm water.. Treated the leather to a coat of CG Liquid Leather.
    Weather permitting the outside to be dealt with tomorrow


  • #2268
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    vectra wrote: »
    Hoovered out the vRS and wiped everything down with a solution of APC and warm water.. Treated the pleather to a coat of CG Liquid Leather.
    Weather permitting the outside to be dealt with tomorrow

    FYP:D


  • #2269
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Not the car, but the garage.
    Massive cleanout and removing the last of the muck from the last time it flooded.
    The guy who built the house very cleverly put a weedy little drain behind the garage with a cover that gets blocked up by a few leaves.
    The water then drains under the back door into the garage and out through the front, leaving mud and debris along the way.
    Everything has to be stored on pallets or it will get ruined.
    Will some day have to take a jackhammer to that drain and improve the situation, because as of now, every time there's a downpour the drain clogs and the garage gets flooded.
    Nasty.


  • #2270
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    .... would you try putting a sieve upside down over the drain cover :) If the drain isn't on the way into the garage obviously.


  • #2271
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,620 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    RoverJames wrote: »
    .... would you try putting a sieve upside down over the drain cover :) If the drain isn't on the way into the garage obviously.

    There's a stairs down to the backdoor of the garage. The drain is just at the backdoor.
    And the letterbox is in that door, I'd trip up the posty.
    Up until now that door wasn't really an entrance into the garage, due to being blocked by crap, but now is a viable back entrance.
    Upside down sieve sadly no option at present.:(


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  • #2272
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,930 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Found the badges I took off the car arranged like this before heading to the meet today

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  • #2273
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    More rustproofing was carried out, pictures later...


  • #2274
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    The plastic grill in front of my windscreen is fading and that 'back to black' shit lasts about a week..I saw somebody with a heatgun on here tackle a Ford Ka's bumper with great results.

    I remembered I got an Aldi heat gun for 15euros or so about 4 years ago and never used it.

    Heres the results, quite happy with the difference:

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    Initial Differences:

    Before

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    After

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    End result:

    Before

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    After

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  • #2275
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Excellent result.
    I remember suggesting that to Lightning one time for his Rally Ka


  • #2276
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    vectra wrote: »
    Excellent result.
    I remember suggesting that to Lightning one time for his Rally Ka

    +1 well done dude

    I did the same thing on my Mk2 Golf, I then went over it with shoe polish of all things and it was black until I got rid of the car


  • #2277
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    I serviced my Passat today. I had everything packed away and finished when I seen the sump guard on the grass....:mad:


  • #2278
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    I serviced my Passat today. I had everything packed away and finished when I seen the sump guard on the grass....:mad:

    The undertray?

    I serviced my aul lads E200, parked it outside, then I spotted the undertray deside the ramp. I fecked it in the bin :o


  • #2279
    eringobragh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,668 ✭✭✭eringobragh


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    +1 well done dude

    I did the same thing on my Mk2 Golf, I then went over it with shoe polish of all things and it was black until I got rid of the car

    Cheers man and it was only a quick job..5 minutes and it was good as new.


  • #2280
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Gary ITR wrote: »
    The undertray?

    I serviced my aul lads E200, parked it outside, then I spotted the undertray deside the ramp. I fecked it in the bin :o

    Ya it was the undertray..


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  • #2281
    Gary ITR
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,801 ✭✭✭✭Gary ITR


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Ya it was the undertray..

    Do what I did then lol!


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