The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Nissan doctor wrote: »

There was a summer?

It was back in March.

Nissan doctor wrote: »

There was a summer?

You were probably just always in the wrong place, when the weather was good

/M

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Yeah....in work:mad:

Id much rather be in a garage on a sunny day with the rollers up and air blowing in than in a stuffy office ND

OSI wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

Today I stuck a Milltek on pinky!

We'll have to do a couple comparison runs on Saturday

Yes indeed! They won't sound much different though mate!

Get stuff called "Oops Remover and Cleaner", spray it on the glue, wait a few minutes then wipe. Glue gone!

Cleaned my wheels (MV2's are a complete pain in the arse), sprayed on some spray wax too, don't know if that'll do anything to help cleaning them in the future or not, but sure it was worth a shot.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Get stuff called "Oops Remover and Cleaner", spray it on the glue, wait a few minutes then wipe. Glue gone!

I think lighter fluid works too!!check the can first tho..nearly full sure thats 1 of its uses..oh and actual fluid not gas

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

It wont's Alan

You need to do 1 big job on them once, then after that they'll be easier to clean. This involves taking them off the car in order to do the job properly.

This is the only way to do them properly

It's official, I'm a fecking nutcase.

Literally just finished working on the car. Replaced the turbo breather filter with a vortex style one, only to discover there already was one.... Threw in the new one anyway. I'm actually surprised and happy about it. One less issue with the cars unknown history.

Also took at the EGR.

Before





After





Brake cleaner is the right shtuff

Again, happily surprised at it's condition considering 144k miles. I guess it's been fairly well minded.

The Passat was finally collected last night after picking up a 2006 Grande Punto on Wednesday - can't believe the condition and history with it for the price I paid (€3350 with a full service history, 1.2 with 73,000KM on the clock, 4 new tyres, spare wheel in the boot never touched, NCT'd 50KM ago until 07/14, serviced 500KM ago and is immaculate). Great little car... well it's not little really, my mechanic is 6 ft 4" and fit in the back no problem. Had a MK2 Punto as my first car loved the nippy little engine, nice to see Fiat have redeemed themselves mechanically (although mine only asked me of a new battery in it's whole life) but I've heard some stories from LIGHTNING.

Out with the old:



In with the new:



Plans for this include:

* New alloys (same style as the current ones, hoping to fit them directly onto the current tyres)
* iPod intergration (with some sort of dash or console mount near the drinks holder).
* Install arm rest (plenty on eBay that pop into place with a few screws, could put the iPod in that? Hmmm...)
* Vinyl parts of the dashboard (maybe carbon, not sure yet but it's common and it looks mean).
* Same as above for door arm rests, although it's material not plastic so coulld be different.
* Badgeless grill, I've seen a few with this done and it really looks nice esp. with the vinyl behind the reg.

First up after reading this thread from start to finish - clean it! Learned my mechanic has a DA and products so it will be getting a thorough massage.

Just finished washing the coonting thing. Just stripped it back with washing up liquid and gave it a coat of aqua wax, was getting a bit cold/wet for HD wax. Anyone who saw it at the meet will know why even that took ages :pac:

Lovely mr2. Ive perfect engine if you need one