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The "Today I did something to my car" thread

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  • #6422
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Nissan doctor wrote: »
    I find the metal ones are normally lighter then the plastic ones.

    They are but I'm talking about the adhesion of the tape to the metal when it's cold.


  • #6423
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    That's on my list...just opened up Eireplates there to order some pressed steel plates. Just normal font, none of this german lark! Eh...how does one go about getting 2 holes drilled into them? I guess I could do it myself...


    Don't drill them. Buy the clips as well , they are only a few euro


  • #6424
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭tossy


    Nothing worse than nice clean pressed plates with 2 dirty screw heads sticking out of them,just use some double sided tape.


  • #6425
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,412 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    As has been said, DONT drill those lovely new pressed plates. Tape them on. Ive never once had one of mine fall off.


  • #6426
    Chuck Stone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,030 ✭✭✭✭Chuck Stone


    tossy wrote: »
    Nothing worse than nice clean pressed plates with 2 dirty screw heads sticking out of them,just use some double sided tape.

    Except AIDS.


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  • #6427
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    That's on my list...just opened up Eireplates there to order some pressed steel plates. Just normal font, none of this german lark! Eh...how does one go about getting 2 holes drilled into them? I guess I could do it myself...

    There are number plate surrounds that dont require bolts, screws etc to hold the plate in. I have a set on the 406 I put on Sunday, I'll throw up pics later when I'm at a pc :)


  • #6428
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    dgt wrote: »
    There are number plate surrounds that dont require bolts, screws etc to hold the plate in.

    And they are horrible :P


  • #6429
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    vectra wrote: »
    And they are horrible :P

    Not all of them ;) The ones I normally get are Rammstein ones and they are deadly if I may say so myself :D

    Very handy if you want to just pop in different plates but the pain about them is when you wash the car and wet-wax it. The surrounding area will be dry but once you open the boot or a door, water drips from behind it :rolleyes:


  • #6430
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Chuck Stone wrote: »
    Except AIDS.

    This is Motors, not After hours.


  • #6431
    vectra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,690 ✭✭✭✭vectra


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    Not all of them ;) The ones I normally get are Rammstein ones and they are deadly if I may say so myself :D

    Very handy if you want to just pop in different plates but the pain about them is when you wash the car and wet-wax it. The surrounding area will be dry but once you open the boot or a door, water drips from behind it :rolleyes:

    I agree they are handy.. But they are still horrible :D


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  • #6432
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    vectra wrote: »
    I agree they are handy.. But they are still horrible :D

    They serve another purpose too, if a dealer had them on, for some reason this usually leaves a line scratched into the paint. By removing the surround and only having the plate, the line is very visible. A new surrond covers it up :D


  • #6433
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,158 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Well lads I ordered them without seeing all this talk of double sided tape, anyone know where I could pick some up? Extra strong!


  • #6434
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    Well lads I ordered them without seeing all this talk of double sided tape, anyone know where I could pick some up? Extra strong!

    There's a 1.49 shop in Limerick that do a big roll of it for... well.. 1.49.

    Serious stuff!


  • #6435
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,158 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Halford`s sell actual specific License plate double sided tape, used some myself a few weeks to tape metal plates on the 924. Wouldn't have thought there would be a huge market for the stuff but there you go!

    That'll do! I was just out there too...ah well.

    Anyway, sort of back on topic. Got the car serviced this morning. Running well. Mechanic was impressed with how well sorted the car was. Need to get a couple of jobs done in the near future, nothing too major.


  • #6436
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    LIGHTNING wrote: »
    Halford`s sell actual specific License plate double sided tape, used some myself a few weeks to tape metal plates on the 924. Wouldn't have thought there would be a huge market for the stuff but there you go!

    They do but the price is extortionate. I can get the same thing in my local MF for half nothing!

    From what I remember, it's this bad. If Halfords are selling it for €10, I can get it for €2.50.


  • #6437
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    Was that stuff in halfords in a green roll with orange package? Its nowhere near as strong as the pads eireplates sell and wasn't strong enough for either of my friends number plates and came unstuck after a week or so. Not trying to say youre wrong LIGHTNING but thats just my experience of them.The ones on eireplates are what you want, but I found them on eBay for much better price http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320965320449?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_500wt_922

    Have half my lip kit on with them!you only need 4 for each number plate maximum


  • #6438
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    The problem with using good tape like that is you have to be absolutely sure that the plate is going on straight and centred. If you have to realign it, you'll going to be pulling it off and possibly making sh!t of the tape.

    It's happened me before :(


  • #6439
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    They do but the price is extortionate. I can get the same thing in my local MF for half nothing!

    From what I remember, it's this bad. If Halfords are selling it for €10, I can get it for €2.50.
    Halfords is a catalog for ebay


  • #6440
    tossy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭tossy


    Lads you are over thinking it here lol it's double sided tape FFS,i've used the same charlie cheapo roll on numerous plates and the have never fell off :)


  • #6441
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    tossy wrote: »
    Lads you are over thinking it here lol it's double sided tape FFS,i've used the same charlie cheapo roll one numerous plates and the have never fell off :)

    +1

    It's all the same.

    I've had numerous plates stuck on with Maxi Fix.


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  • #6442
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    If the plates falls of it's due to the user/car.


  • #6443
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Limerick man wrote: »
    If the plates falls of it's due to the user/car.

    I just clicked on the first page of this thread by accident. Where's that roof liner that you sprayed these days???


  • #6444
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    I just clicked on the first page of this thread by accident. Where's that roof liner that you sprayed these days???

    It looked absolutely amazing when finished.

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  • #6445
    Katunga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭Katunga


    Limerick Man how many cars do you have?


  • #6446
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Katunga wrote: »
    Limerick Man how many cars do you have?

    Now?

    1


  • #6447
    Drummerboy08
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,102 ✭✭✭✭Drummerboy08


    Two full pages about double sided tape? Too much time free lads.

    Two self tappers always does the job for me. Not worried about holes as a result, sure they're behind the plate!


  • #6448
    MetzgerMeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,919 ✭✭✭✭MetzgerMeister


    Katunga wrote: »
    Limerick Man how many cars do you have?

    Those pictures are all of the same car, just a different colour each time ;)


  • #6449
    L-M
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


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  • #6450
    BUBBLE WRAP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭BUBBLE WRAP


    Today I give the punto another waxy polish.


    EDIT: Cant wait for the beads :D


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  • #6451
    dharn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭dharn


    that golf must me a ton weight with all thew layers of paint on it :)


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