The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Marlow · 23-10-2012 02:44PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Was thinking the same about the stand, but not sure about a holesaw, the teeth are extremely coarse.

What about a stepdown bit?

If you can get a stepdown bit big enough for the hole you want, then that is what you should prefer.

With the holesaw, you can always run it in reverse until you are through the laquer and wood bit, which is less harsh to the material.

The stepdown drillbit also has the advantage, that you might not need the stand. It's just more precise with the stand.

/M

Voodoomelon · 23-10-2012 02:45PM

Good tip, thanks M!

Any cheap drill stands on the go anywhere, have been meaning to get one for a while.

Marlow · 23-10-2012 02:46PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Good tip, thanks M!

Any cheap drill stands on the go anywhere, have been meaning to get one for a while.

Lidl had them for ages. I bought 2 of'em. Check Lidl and Aldi, if that fails maybe Argos ?

/M

Chuck_Norris · 23-10-2012 02:53PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Here's the balls up I did last night:

Any idea how you'd drill a 3/8" hole cleanly through this piece? Its lacquered real wood, glued to a metal underside.

The chip on the left is where I threw it against a wall. :P

Pillar drill/ drill press as Marlow as said. But also maybe mask both sides, do a pilot hole go from there?

Unless that's what's caused the chipping initially!

whyulittle · 23-10-2012 02:59PM

And test all these new techniques on the old trim first!

dgt · 23-10-2012 04:35PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Here's the balls up I did last night.....

Ouchee!

MetzgerMeister · 23-10-2012 04:57PM

To help prevent chipping, mask up both sides of the piece and "pull" the masking tape tight when applying it.

It might also help to heat up the piece a bit first to make it a bit more pliable and less likely to chip?

pred racer · 23-10-2012 05:00PM

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

Pillar drill/ drill press as Marlow as said. But also maybe mask both sides, do a pilot hole go from there?

Unless that's what's caused the chipping initially!

Tape the wooden side to prevent chips and use a big spade bit (with a pilot hole) you can do this without the pillar if the piece is well clamped ( with the correct size spade you can start just turning the drill with your hand until you have a good deep circular score in the wood then drill slowly) Or if you have one a forstner bit.
Once the wood trim is removed use a slightly smaller hole saw to get through the metal.

Ps dont borrow a spade bit, coz you're gonna wreck it on the metal

dgt · 23-10-2012 06:49PM

Bit of a strange issue... The D-Turbo was extremely fast! Don't want to be changing another clutch so soon.... Should have bought a racing clutch to begin with :pac::pac::pac:

So, to turn the power down I wound out the wastegate

You can see the adjusting screw in this pic

Much more civilised

and lots more smoke :P

MetzgerMeister · 23-10-2012 06:56PM

Here dgt, I have a job for ya :pac:

challengemaster · 23-10-2012 07:00PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Here dgt, I have a job for ya :pac:

I think you'd genuinely shít yourself to see your engine out of the car :pac:

dgt · 23-10-2012 07:03PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Here dgt, I have a job for ya :pac:

You want a frankenstein car for halloween?

MetzgerMeister · 23-10-2012 07:06PM

challengemaster wrote: »

I think you'd genuinely shít yourself to see your engine out of the car :pac:

Yes, if you've got anything to do with it!

dgt wrote: »

You want a frankenstein car for halloween?

YES

I want a Mazda 2 with an MPS engine in it if you don't mind

Voodoomelon · 23-10-2012 07:24PM

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

Pillar drill/ drill press as Marlow as said. But also maybe mask both sides, do a pilot hole go from there?

Unless that's what's caused the chipping initially!

I used a spade bit and started on the wood side. Funny thing is, it went through the wood perfectly and even started to go through the metal. But then it started catching the metal and tearing off chunks as it went.

I was stupid, didn't even have the trim clamped in place.

I reckon with a hole saw and drill press, it will go through the wood nicely. Then I might just tackle the metal separately.

challengemaster · 23-10-2012 07:30PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I used a spade bit and started on the wood side. Funny thing is, it went through the wood perfectly and even started to go through the metal. But then it started catching the metal and tearing off chunks as it went.

I was stupid, didn't even have the trim clamped in place.

I reckon with a hole saw and drill press, it will go through the wood nicely. Then I might just tackle the metal separately.

I'd say that's the best option, I've seen glass been drilled the same way, go at it half way from each side

vectra · 23-10-2012 07:45PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Was thinking the same about the stand, but not sure about a holesaw, the teeth are extremely coarse.

What about a stepdown bit?

Or a Cone bit, you might have more control over it?

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Voodoomelon · 23-10-2012 07:47PM

May well do, I have no clue!

dgt · 23-10-2012 07:49PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

May well do, I have no clue!

Voodoomelon · 23-10-2012 11:44PM

Some last moments with the aul' telly.

*sniff*

Voodoomelon · 23-10-2012 11:45PM

Some last moments with the aul' telly.

*sniff*

BUBBLE WRAP · 23-10-2012 11:47PM

Nothing like the good oul days!

Ded_Zebra · 23-10-2012 11:48PM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Some last moments with the aul' telly.

*sniff*

That's tragic

. You'll have to wire in a saor view box behind the dash :cool:

Voodoomelon · 23-10-2012 11:49PM

Watched the news at long lights the very odd time, otherwise never use it. Was probably cool 12 years ago!

Ded_Zebra · 23-10-2012 11:53PM

Still though I think it would make a fun little project

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I would assume you could receive the saor view signal on the arial it has? you would just need the box to decode it or whatever...

Voodoomelon · 24-10-2012 12:15AM

It's easily enough done, all you need is a DVB-T receiver that runs off 12v, like this one:

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Could just plug it into the AV input, could not be arsed in the slightest though!

Gary ITR · 24-10-2012 12:25AM

Not done anything to the car since Saturday, have to torque the head down and while I remembered the torque settings and the order I wanted to be doubly sure so I installed Autodata on the garage laptop

Eric Cartman · 24-10-2012 03:11AM

Voodoomelon wrote: »

It's easily enough done, all you need is a DVB-T receiver that runs off 12v, like this one:

Could just plug it into the AV input, could not be arsed in the slightest though!

you can plug in an OEM or made for bmw digital tuner

http://tv-in-motion.co.uk/bmw_Digital_TV.html

http://www.toysinyourcar.com/acatalog/bmw_hybrid_tvmod.html oem

Marlow · 24-10-2012 04:22AM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

http://www.toysinyourcar.com/acatalog/bmw_hybrid_tvmod.html oem

The OEM one does only support MPEG2, which isn't rolled out in Ireland. We're only getting MPEG4. So that one is pointless.

The TVM one is quite interesting.

/M

166man · 24-10-2012 10:58AM

Marlow wrote: »

The OEM one does only support MPEG2, which isn't rolled out in Ireland. We're only getting MPEG4. So that one is pointless.

The TVM one is quite interesting.

/M

:pac:

Eric Cartman · 24-10-2012 01:19PM

Marlow wrote: »

The OEM one does only support MPEG2, which isn't rolled out in Ireland. We're only getting MPEG4. So that one is pointless.

The TVM one is quite interesting.

/M

I would have thought bmw would have given an mpeg4 tuner , the only progressive thing that we do and its a bítch to work around

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