The "Today I did something to my car" thread

whyulittle · 12-04-2012 12:39PM

How did you do the button side?

Ardennes1944 · 12-04-2012 01:02PM

scalpel and patience! i cut around the immediate lines around the buttons

JerCotter7 · 12-04-2012 01:22PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Pictures

Missed a spot:p

Ardennes1944 · 12-04-2012 01:29PM

eh?

JerCotter7 · 12-04-2012 01:30PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

eh?

You can wrap plenty more

Ardennes1944 · 12-04-2012 01:33PM

asshole!

L-M · 12-04-2012 02:30PM

PRiNTED GERMAN PLATES?

Jesus wept.

166man · 12-04-2012 02:30PM

I actually genuinely think that looks quite good Ardennes tbh, top work. I'd never have the patience to do that..

Big Nasty · 12-04-2012 02:43PM

I'm kinda in to symmetry and all that jazz and I reckon LED / Xenon lights look cack unless they all match up. I.e. Xenon heads + regular fogs look cack as do LED plate lights + regular tail lights. I know in a lot of cases they even come from the factory like this.

Just my opinion is all!

Example:

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vectra · 12-04-2012 03:01PM

Limerick man wrote: »

PRiNTED GERMAN PLATES?

Jesus wept.

Had to do it as a favour to a friend that makes them.

Pressed ones going on my next car.
Jesus will be redeemed

langdang · 12-04-2012 03:16PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

i meant did listermint get leds or smds

i would never bother with leds. always kinda cheap looking. smds ftw

surface mount LEDs ARE LEDs??

Killinator · 12-04-2012 04:20PM

RoverJames wrote: »

Looks well
I dunno if you plan on driving through England at any stage with it livered up but apparently it's a big no no having race car numbers on the road over there, might be something to consider

Looked into it a bit and apparently there is no specific law that can be pointed to in the UK stating its illegal to have race numbers,
It just appears to be one of those things that snowballed and apparently most police officers just think they are illegal,
I'm happy to be corrected on this though, although I'm bypassing the Uk and ferrying direct to France.

OSI wrote: »

GTI looks awesome. Just needs the 18" Detroits to really set it off..

Ah yes, they'd go down a treat.:-)

Ardennes1944 · 12-04-2012 04:50PM

langdang wrote: »

surface mount LEDs ARE LEDs??

Agreed yes but they are like a different type or whatever. I meant the standard led lights and the names differentiate them

andyseadog · 12-04-2012 08:02PM

Took her to Hook Head Lighthouse yesterday for a drive

Today i done a D.I.Y. repair on my heater resistor. it costs €55 for a new opel part, but i finally made it to maplins and bought the resistor for 1.40 and fitted it myself

bit of a bodge looking think but appears to work great

eringobragh · 12-04-2012 08:15PM

andyseadog wrote: »

Today i done a D.I.Y. repair on my heater resistor. it costs €55 for a new opel part, but i finally made it to maplins and bought the resistor for 1.40 and fitted it myself

You were robbed by maplins! You could get about 100 resistors for that price on eBay! LOL... :P

Nice fix BTW

Owen · 12-04-2012 08:22PM

Cleaned out the throttle body to sort a dodgy idle speed and the car self revving. All done, but was embarassing over the last fortnight to be stuck at the lights with the car revving to 1800rpm and dropping back to idle over and over. Must have looked like someone trying to race away from every light.

My double din fitting kit arrived today from the UK so I can get my Pionner AVIC in there, just waiting on the kit too relocate the climate control from BMW. Nice thing about the fitting kit is that it came with a MFSW interface too. Waiting on a reverse camera to arrive from Hong Kong, should have the lot here early next week, so it'll be fun to install it all up.

colm_mcm · 12-04-2012 08:24PM

I must've missed something Owen, you bought a car?

Did you buy the e46

andyseadog · 12-04-2012 08:58PM

eringobragh wrote: »

You were robbed by maplins! You could get about 100 resistors for that price on eBay! LOL... :P

Nice fix BTW

what would i have done with 100 of them though

cant take credit for the fix though, i seen a "how to" on the vectra owners club. disappointed with the visuals of mine, i didnt bent the resistor symetrically and as a result it looks a bit **** but its not really a visual part, so.... :pac:.

Owen · 12-04-2012 09:03PM

colm_mcm wrote: »

I must've missed something Owen, you bought a car?

Did you buy the e46

Sure did chief, got a 2001 e46 318ci SE with M Sport alloys, and Harman Kardon Audio. Have it about a fortnight now. Going like a little mouses heart. Needs a bit of bodywork here and there, and long term I'll put Leather in there too.

JerCotter7 · 12-04-2012 09:22PM

Owen wrote: »

Cleaned out the throttle body to sort a dodgy idle speed and the car self revving. All done, but was embarassing over the last fortnight to be stuck at the lights with the car revving to 1800rpm and dropping back to idle over and over. Must have looked like someone trying to race away from every light.

My double din fitting kit arrived today from the UK so I can get my Pionner AVIC in there, just waiting on the kit too relocate the climate control from BMW. Nice thing about the fitting kit is that it came with a MFSW interface too. Waiting on a reverse camera to arrive from Hong Kong, should have the lot here early next week, so it'll be fun to install it all up.

Double din looks nice in the E46 imo. Should have been there from day one.

vectra · 12-04-2012 09:33PM

Owen wrote: »

Sure did chief, got a 2001 e46 318ci SE with M Sport alloys, and Harman Kardon Audio. Have it about a fortnight now. Going like a little mouses heart. Needs a bit of bodywork here and there, and long term I'll put Leather in there too.

Pics or did I miss those??

12-04-2012 09:35PM

vectra wrote: »

Pics or did I miss those??

You missed them

Owen · 12-04-2012 09:46PM

No great photos I'm afraid, just this crappy phone one. I'm too embarrassed to put anything decent up until I've actually repainted the bumpers and machine polished it/cleaned the inside. Only changes since this photo would be a proper set of replacement wheel center caps.

She's the SE Spec, so PDC on the rear, Armrest, MFSW, Climate, Cruise, Autodip Rear Mirror, Front Dogs, then the 17" M Sport Alloys with decent tyres, and the Harman Kardon Premium Audio System. 114k Miles, and just serviced, NCT'd until October. The newer 150Bhp engine too.

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Mr Benevolent · 12-04-2012 10:04PM

Owen wrote: »

No great photos I'm afraid, just this crappy phone one. I'm too embarrassed to put anything decent up until I've actually repainted the bumpers and machine polished it/cleaned the inside. Only changes since this photo would be a proper set of replacement wheel center caps.

Lovely car Owen.

Got rid of the Alfa today. The guy turned up to find that it wouldn't start and there was no oil in it

Dunno where the oil went, I checked it when I parked it up two weeks ago. Anyway, with a dodgy gearbox, suspension and no oil I got €220 for it. Thank fuck it's gone.

I am carless. Insured on the Corsa C from Sunday though.

colm_mcm · 12-04-2012 10:06PM

Owen wrote: »

...Front Dogs,

They think of everything

MetzgerMeister · 12-04-2012 10:10PM

Confab wrote: »

I am careless.

FYP

:pac:

Top Dog · 12-04-2012 10:39PM

Brightened up the interior with a bunch of bits sourced in a scrap-yard.

Before, the sea of dark plastics

The bunch of bits - have wanted these since we bought it, but couldn't stomach/justify the €120+ price from a stealers (which wouldn't have included the handles).

And after - nice and shiney

3 more parts and I'll be happy (white dials, silver shift-knob, silver shifter surround). Unfortunately the donor was a manual so the surround wouldn't work. Ah well - still happy enough. :cool:

vectra · 13-04-2012 01:31AM

Owen wrote: »

No great photos I'm afraid, just this crappy phone one. I'm too embarrassed to put anything decent up until I've actually repainted the bumpers and machine polished it/cleaned the inside. Only changes since this photo would be a proper set of replacement wheel center caps.

She's the SE Spec, so PDC on the rear, Armrest, MFSW, Climate, Cruise, Autodip Rear Mirror, Front Dogs, then the 17" M Sport Alloys with decent tyres, and the Harman Kardon Premium Audio System. 114k Miles, and just serviced, NCT'd until October. The newer 150Bhp engine too.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/s720x720/558582_10150790465823413_547383412_11597784_682103395_n.jpg

Lovely looking car
Is the SE model below or above the Mtec (or whatever it is called) spec?

challengemaster · 13-04-2012 01:33AM

"Mtec" or M sport is higher

Actually, I may as well elaborate :P

M-sport package comes with M sport front / rear bumpers (more sporty/aggressive looking), rear bumper has a diffuser which can be changed, M-sport seats (practically bucket seats) in Alcantara, Leather or Half-leather, black roof lining, M-sport door kicks, different style steering wheel, M-sport suspension, different alloys afaik, and a lot of other kit too...

Harman Kardon sound system is an optional extra btw

robbie_998 · 13-04-2012 03:07AM

Gave it a puncture

Was only pulling in to the parking space at less than 5mph and slightly grinded off the curb and it got a tear in the side wall.

Wouldn't mind but I was going into the shop to get my last order out then go home.

Just ****e the only way I had of getting home was a taxi.

Left the car at the shop which is directly across the road from atlas so I pulled it over there and hopefully the lads will fix it and I'll get it off them when I go to work tomorrow.

Now hopefully the next time I post in this thread I can say I taxed, insured it for a year and fixed all front damage and got all scratches fixed and fitted and new radio.

Putting it all off for too long.

Will need new tyres all round very soon too !

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