The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Neilw · 08-02-2012 03:06PM

Confab wrote: »

Decided on an MX-5 as my next car in a few months. Was quoted an extra €45 a year for a '98 1.8, happy days! Should be a fair bit nipper than the 1.8 in the current motor too as well as significantly better handling, being RWD.

See if you can get an RS model, they have bilstein dampers, more chassis bracing and supposidly a more powerful engine that redlines at 7500, lsd too. I had one and it was a blast on backroads.

dgt · 08-02-2012 06:35PM

Going to repair my flywheel with a new ring gear

Tyre porn? Get your rocks off to these badboys :pac:

Oh yeah :cool:

Gary ITR · 08-02-2012 06:44PM

Don't ya hate when somebody takes a pic when your undercrackers are showing

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L-M · 08-02-2012 06:50PM

Why is Pat Shortt working on your car?

Gary ITR · 08-02-2012 06:53PM

Limerick man wrote: »

Why is Pat Shortt working on your car?

I meant to post this in the off topic thread. The dude with the grey hair there owns that car, we changed the clutch on Saturday. Handy job on those cars, we would have done it inside 2 hours had we not been pricking about and nattering like aul ones

L-M · 08-02-2012 06:55PM

Gary ITR wrote: »

I meant to post this in the off topic thread. The dude with the grey hair there owns that car, we changed the clutch on Saturday. Handy job on those cars, we would have done it inside 2 hours had we not been pricking about and nattering like aul ones

i was talking about the other fella in the pic!

dgt · 09-02-2012 12:01AM

More rustproofing

Got that flywheel sorted too

It always seem to rain when I begin my work... :mad:

Fiona · 09-02-2012 08:09AM

I kerbed one of my wheels this morning its a sad day for BBS. I have the car 15 months and them wheels were totally blemish free im sick :mad:

vectra · 09-02-2012 08:17AM

mrs crilly wrote: »

I kerbed one of my wheels this morning its a sad day for BBS. I have the car 15 months and them wheels were totally blemish free im sick :mad:

Are they splits? If so you can buy a band for them.

Fiona · 09-02-2012 08:26AM

vectra wrote: »

Are they splits? If so you can buy a band for them.

Yeah they are. Would it not be cheaper to just get the wheel refurbed? I mean its not really that bad in the grand scheme of things but ya know!

vectra · 09-02-2012 08:34AM

mrs crilly wrote: »

Yeah they are. Would it not be cheaper to just get the wheel refurbed? I mean its not really that bad in the grand scheme of things but ya know!

Ah, If it is a light kerbing then I guess a refurb would sort it.
Wouldn't be able to suggest a company to do them though as I have no idea who doe's them.

Just had a read of this. Maybe you could chance it?
http://www.bmw-driver.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24597

Fiona · 09-02-2012 08:55AM

There is a place in Finglas call Wheel Wizards will give them a shout and see if they can do anything about it. It's just grazing around the rim so should be an easy fix.

Chriscl1 · 09-02-2012 07:03PM

Ordered tyres from camskill yesterday afternoon and they arrived today, now to get them fitted.

Gary ITR · 09-02-2012 10:31PM

mrs crilly wrote: »

There is a place in Finglas call Wheel Wizards will give them a shout and see if they can do anything about it. It's just grazing around the rim so should be an easy fix.

They sprayed my wheels, brilliant job and two nice lads to boot. They were a mobile company when i used them but I think they have a premises now

E39MSport · 10-02-2012 02:51PM

Chriscl1 wrote: »

Ordered tyres from camskill yesterday afternoon and they arrived today, now to get them fitted.

I got the all too common Friday 'we have a deliver out for you' then didn't bother their holes actually showing up with my tyres.

Camskill use City Link which in return use a crowd called Target Express in Ireland. To55ers.

Not to be confused with another delivery company with very similar name.

Gary ITR · 10-02-2012 02:58PM

I've been playing with my Neptune ECU, getting the car ready for tuning. I'm doing all the basic ECU stuff so the tuner just has to do the Air/Fuel and Ignition Timing rather than waste time doing things like injector scaling, vtec crossover, launch control etc etc

Should be getting it tuned early next week

Chriscl1 · 10-02-2012 03:06PM

E39MSport wrote: »

I got the all too common Friday 'we have a deliver out for you' then didn't bother their holes actually showing up with my tyres.

Camskill use City Link which in return use a crowd called Target Express in Ireland. To55ers.

Not to be confused with another delivery company with very similar name.

I kept checking my tracking number all day yesterday and it never moved from parcel in our system to out for delivery but it still said planned delivery was Thursday 0730-1730 and target (maybe target express, silver van, not sure) I think it was arrived 1745 but the site still didn't say they were out for delivery when they were sat in my hall. I didn't even have to sign for them which was odd.

E39MSport · 10-02-2012 03:08PM

Shoddy.

I complained to Camskill and they apologised on behalf of City-Link but stated that they are tied to the Irish supplier that City Link use.

Typical Irish way of doing things. I've had the same with DPD mind you.

Ardennes1944 · 10-02-2012 03:10PM

got some autoglym super resin polish the other day. washed the back of the car just so i could try it out. it starts raining of course so i employed the missus to hold the unbrella over half the boot door

it makes it so shiny!

my room is filling up with bits too!

not usually a fan of induction kits but when i saw this carbon charger one for almost half the usual price on ebay.de i decided to go for it. its specially made for the z18xe engine so it fits well. quality is fantastic too.

before:

all out except for the intake for the air filter which was a coont to take off. had to take off the grill and top of the bumper.

after:
the intake is in the grill slats and its huge!

Chriscl1 · 10-02-2012 03:10PM

Didn't city link used to have their own vans here?? I'm sure I had a few run ins with them about using ninjas for deliveries a few years back.

166man · 10-02-2012 03:31PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

got some autoglym super resin polish the other day. washed the back of the car just so i could try it out. it starts raining of course so i employed the missus to hold the unbrella over half the boot door it makes it so shiny!

my room is filling up with bits too!

not usually a fan of induction kits but when i saw this carbon charger one for almost half the usual price on ebay.de i decided to go for it. its specially made for the z18xe engine so it fits well. quality is fantastic too.

all out except for the intake for the air filter which was a coont to take off. had to take off the grill and top of the

after:
the intake is in the grill slats and its huge!

So basically the only thing missing from your car is a real engine at this stage?:D

Mar4ix · 10-02-2012 09:02PM

Weather was allright to do some work on car, were some issues with cooling and power.

Let pictures speak for themselves .

vectra · 10-02-2012 09:08PM

Washed and treated in around the engine bay on the vRS. Looking smart now :P

L-M · 10-02-2012 09:16PM

Was driving behind my car last night and spotted both my wheels wobbling very badly. Tightened the wheels but nothing was a miss. Thought my wheels were buckled (the rs4's.)

Turns out the spacers were warped, which are now in the bin lol

challengemaster · 10-02-2012 09:18PM

Picked up 2 of the H7 bulb kits in aldi for the price of one H7 from halfrauds. Damn good timing too, as my bulb blew on tuesday

Now I've a heap of spare other bulbs though, the rest of the car uses LED's

L-M · 10-02-2012 09:22PM

challengemaster wrote: »

Picked up 2 of the H7 bulb kits in aldi for the price of one H7 from halfrauds. Damn good timing too, as my bulb blew on tuesday Now I've a heap of spare other bulbs though, the rest of the car uses LED's

Arse, that reminds me, one of my ballast boxes blew today. Grrr

dgt · 10-02-2012 09:32PM

Limerick man wrote: »

Arse, that reminds me, one of my ballast boxes blew today. Grrr

Does any ballast box work with aftermarket bulbs? Wouldn't mind getting a spare set

L-M · 10-02-2012 09:36PM

dgt wrote: »

Does any ballast box work with aftermarket bulbs? Wouldn't mind getting a spare set

Not sure, i have these Hids in this Golf and my last Golf, three years in total i'd say.

dgt · 10-02-2012 09:38PM

Limerick man wrote: »

Not sure, i have these Hids in this Golf and my last Golf, three years in total i'd say.

Mine are that age and the rest... One was acting up recently

vectra · 10-02-2012 09:42PM

Limerick man wrote: »

Turns out the spacers were warped, which are now in the bin lol

Could you not put them on a Lathe and turn them down until they were true again?

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