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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Driveshaft isn't being lubricated but should be ok for that distance.

    Somebody shoot me.

    I better buy an industrial size tube of KY jelly on me way home so. I have to laugh about this or else I will cry :(:D:(:D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Somebody shoot me.

    I better buy an industrial size tube of KY jelly on me way home so. I have to laugh about this or else I will cry :(:D:(:D

    Don't sweat it - should be fine.

    Hopefully the fault is just minor too! ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    Don't sweat it - should be fine.

    Hopefully the fault is just minor too! ;)

    Thanks lads I really appreciate this!

    Do ya think I should ring the AA and note this with them though just incase they did do any damage.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Thanks lads I really appreciate this!

    Do ya think I should ring the AA and note this with them though just incase they did do any damage.....

    I'm only repeating stuff I've read online in the past TBH. Give ND a ring when the car lands and ask his advice. ;)


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Thanks lads I really appreciate this!

    Do ya think I should ring the AA and note this with them though just incase they did do any damage.....

    I would if I were you. It gives you ground to stand on with regard to any comeback they may have if you have a problem in future.

    Also lets them know that you (boards.ie :P) know your stuff and aren't to be messed with!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    I just rang them there now and I asked for it to be noted on the job sheet.

    They also gave me the name of a person to contact if I want to take it further if something is wrong with the car as a result of that.

    I will mention it to ND when he calls about the car.

    Is anything ever easy or straightforward????


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Is anything ever easy or straightforward????

    If it's got tits or tyres, it's going to give trouble :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    If it's got tits or tyres, it's going to give trouble :p

    Nah mate it's testicles or tyres :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,100 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    mrs crilly wrote: »

    I better buy an industrial size tube of KY jelly on me way home so.

    Way too easy. :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    Oi Nissan Doctor stop thanking posts your meant to be BUSY :P:P:P:P


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Oi Nissan Doctor stop thanking posts your meant to be BUSY :P:P:P:P


    :o

    Your giggling pin is broken, I'll put some KY jelly on it and it'll drive grand:eek::P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    :o

    Your giggling pin is broken, I'll put some KY jelly on it and it'll drive grand:eek::P

    I am afraid to ask what that is after my google search :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    well i didnt think it would happen today, but it did! we got the astra lowered and spark plugs changed in 3 hours, it wouldve been 2 if we had all the right tools so we had to improvise. its a much easier job than i ever would have thought, even coilovers would have been easier!
    i would be 100% confident of doing it myself now which i never would have got if i had just handed it in somewhere to be done

    before:
    29o3d41.jpg

    after:
    she still has to settle in, at the front especially

    2n7gums.jpg


    xnay5g.jpg





    the old spark plugs were in sh!it, havent been changed in years. the new ones, dare i say, seem to have fixed my hesitation in acceleration that i was experiencing.
    the car revs much better and pulls much better and i fecked the car around the roundabout by my house and i had a :D all the way round, handled fantastically i would recommend it to MM and CM to get theirs fitted asap!


    on a separate note, i took a quick spin in my buddies e36 320i and i loved it, interior is really nice, didnt think their centre console was so nice.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Great job Steve, the car looks brilliant! Now all you have to do is hold on to it ;)

    Trust me, I'll fit mine as soon as I get them. According to the guys in DC Peformance, they are on the way but I'm getting very impatient :mad:

    By the way, nice house ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Nice and subtle, looks very well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    Crankshaft sensor! Now excuse me i need to go and punch the head off somebody.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Once again, I went mudding.... ;)

    Who needs a muddy track when the roads are filthyyyy :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,180 ✭✭✭Top Dog


    Replaced the new LED indicator bulb with the standard to sort out the irratic flashing - stupid sensitive electrics. :rolleyes:

    Topped up the fuel. Was reading bang on 3/4 of a tank but still took €40 to fill. :(

    Neither of the above particularly interesting, but was I was chuffed with was the 31.69MPG that she's averaged over the last week - best result between fills since I started logging all the fuel fills & consumption back in September :cool: Not bad for an unrefined 3.2 dragging around a 2 tonne vehicle with the aerodynamics of a brick :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    well i didnt think it would happen today, but it did! we got the astra lowered and spark plugs changed in 3 hours, it wouldve been 2 if we had all the right tools so we had to improvise. its a much easier job than i ever would have thought, even coilovers would have been easier!
    i would be 100% confident of doing it myself now which i never would have got if i had just handed it in somewhere to be done

    before:


    after:
    she still has to settle in, at the front especially





    the old spark plugs were in sh!it, havent been changed in years. the new ones, dare i say, seem to have fixed my hesitation in acceleration that i was experiencing.
    the car revs much better and pulls much better and i fecked the car around the roundabout by my house and i had a :D all the way round, handled fantastically i would recommend it to MM and CM to get theirs fitted asap!


    on a separate note, i took a quick spin in my buddies e36 320i and i loved it, interior is really nice, didnt think their centre console was so nice.

    Looks class man.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Im debating an xp or irmscher lip kit for it now:o


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,567 ✭✭✭rebel.ranter


    Gave it a quick detail

    37ef364f.jpg


  • Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Gave it a quick detail

    :eek: That looks like it took hours!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Way too easy. :p

    It'd want to be easy with that much lube! :pac:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    Gave it a quick detail

    Simply gorgeous. Hard to beat black polished and it really suits the 6.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,671 ✭✭✭✭vectra




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,209 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    mrs crilly wrote: »
    Crankshaft sensor! Now excuse me i need to go and punch the head off somebody.


    Should I hide:P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,363 ✭✭✭Fiona


    Should I hide:P

    Haha no mate i didnt mean you! I am a really nice person honestly!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,536 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Gave it a quick detail

    Any more pics of the wheels? Are they the concave ish set off the newer one or the ones that came standard on most 630is'?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭no1beemerfan


    @ Limerick Man, just going back to when you dyed the roof lining of your car, what did you use and did it turn out ok? I've a car I want to dye the roof lining black in the next few weeks.

    Thanks! :)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,536 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    @ Limerick Man, just going back to when you dyed the roof lining of your car, what did you use and did it turn out ok? I've a car I want to dye the roof lining black in the next few weeks.

    Thanks! :)

    i sprayed mine, with a satin paint from B and Q. Took about four cans to do it and all the pillars. i bloody love it. Out in the sun it looked a bit patchy but in the car it looks perfect.


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