The "Today I did something to my car" thread

furtzy · 25-10-2012 12:12PM

Booked it in for a full service. Atlas in Druncondra and a good fixed price

MuppetCheck · 25-10-2012 12:49PM

Just got my full service there. €140 from a main dealer, said I'd get it done early with the winter coming in.

Mar4ix · 25-10-2012 12:57PM

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Just got my full service there. €140 from a main dealer, said I'd get it done early with the winter coming in.

good price, i got for wifes vw polo 1.6 tdi service kit from dealers for 140 ish euro ... but there was oil, oil filter, air filter, diesel filter, wiper set.

guttenberg · 25-10-2012 02:10PM

Managed to cut my finger changing a bulb on the folks Mondeo. Got a bulb(and 2 spares) from Halfrauds, and the bayonet base on all 3 were clearly misaligned(the pointy bits). Buggers wouldn't give a refund as I'd ripped open the boxes to check.:rolleyes: Ended up getting a decent one from a motor factors for 1/5 of the price:D

Supergurrier · 25-10-2012 02:13PM

Noticed yesterday evening how many cars have 1-2 lights out be they regular or fogs on dims, 10-20%, shocking amount really, also noticed one of my rear licenseplate lights is out, good excuse to replace with some led's.

Anyone gotten any that have performed well ?

baldshin · 25-10-2012 03:51PM

A good wash, polish and wax, looking much better! Used a load of 3m cleaning stuff I got in Tesco for 75% off the other day, highly reccomend it!

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MetzgerMeister · 25-10-2012 03:57PM

Definitely much better

vectra · 25-10-2012 04:03PM

Looking nice ^^

BUBBLE WRAP · 25-10-2012 04:31PM

baldshin wrote: »

A good wash, polish and wax, looking much better!

That's one nice MG, fair play! But the vents on the front wheel arch, do they actually cool the engine? or is it just for styling?

Kersh · 25-10-2012 04:44PM

My Alfa 145 Cloverleaf needed a fair bit of work put into it. Last week I got the following done to it -

New front wishbones fitted
Antiroll bar drop links fitted
Front discs.
Inner cv joint.
2 front wheel bearings
4 shocks and springs (2nd hand) as previous owner cut the springs with an angle grinder and made a balls of it.
New front foglights.

And did the following myself -
Rear pads.
New exhaust fitted
Oil/Oil filter/Air filter change.

And some stuff still to do -

Find petrol flap, as I walked into mine and broke it.
New plugs needed.
Rear seat belts as current ones are locked solid.
Paintwork, esp on roof is very faded.

Apart from that I stil love it

Heres a before pic (I havent gotten around to an after one yet)

advertsfox · 25-10-2012 05:04PM

Purchased error-free LED's for the GP reg plates and silver / chrome indicator bulbs for the front - subtle little changes - piece by piece

How they'll look...

Tomorrow (pay day) I will be getting a Yatour MP3 / USB / SD / Aux-IN adapter that allows me to control my music with the steering wheel controls - nice!

25-10-2012 05:40PM

BDJW wrote: »

Will be renewing the insurance on it today......currently shopping for better quotes, but can't see my renewal from my current company being beaten to be honest

Whats it coming to for you? Mine was €600 at renewal in June on the Ctr with 123 so may be worth a bell.

baldshin · 25-10-2012 06:52PM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

That's one nice MG, fair play! But the vents on the front wheel arch, do they actually cool the engine? or is it just for styling?

Purely just for styling, though I have heard of people putting the air intake up at the vents.

On a side note, I've had a lot of niggly things at me with this car and I'm considering putting it up for sale soon and buying something a little simpler, any thoughts on what might be a good asking price?

1.4 engine. 92,500 miles. Just serviced, taxed til March 13 and NCT til September 14.

Alanstrainor · 25-10-2012 06:57PM

baldshin wrote: »

A good wash, polish and wax, looking much better! Used a load of 3m cleaning stuff I got in Tesco for 75% off the other day, highly reccomend it!

God damn that's a sweet looking motor. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, that's the best colour on them. Awesome.

dgt · 25-10-2012 07:10PM

Yet another part worn on the ol 406.... No pics as its the same bloody process! A Continental eco contact this time

I have next week off cos I'm a f*ckin machine at work :pac::pac::pac: wonder what I'll get up to here though....

BUBBLE WRAP · 25-10-2012 07:14PM

dgt wrote: »

Yet another part worn on the ol 406.... No pics as its the same bloody process! A Continental eco contact this time

I have next week off cos I'm a f*ckin machine at work :pac::pac::pac: wonder what I'll get up to here though....

Building the suspense, I love it!

dgt · 25-10-2012 07:22PM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Building the suspense, I love it!

You know me too well! :pac::pac::pac:

MetzgerMeister · 25-10-2012 08:17PM

baldshin, you're trying to dupe us ya fecker! I do see blooo mesh behind that grille, not black like you said you were going to put it back to. Not only that but you've also blooo'd the bottom mesh too :eek:

Supergurrier · 25-10-2012 08:30PM

baldshin wrote: »

Purely just for styling, though I have heard of people putting the air intake up at the vents.

On a side note, I've had a lot of niggly things at me with this car and I'm considering putting it up for sale soon and buying something a little simpler, any thoughts on what might be a good asking price?

1.4 engine. 92,500 miles. Just serviced, taxed til March 13 and NCT til September 14.

Car is looking well i always have an eye cocked to see if i can see it about

baldshin · 25-10-2012 09:10PM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

baldshin, you're trying to dupe us ya fecker! I do see blooo mesh behind that grille, not black like you said you were going to put it back to. Not only that but you've also blooo'd the bottom mesh too :eek:

Haha a good spot! Put the blue in the bottom too just to see how it all looked together! I don't hate it, but I reckon I will be spraying the original mesh black and popping it back in some fine sunny day when I'm off!;)

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 25-10-2012 11:16PM

5500 wrote: »

Whats it coming to for you? Mine was €600 at renewal in June on the Ctr with 123 so may be worth a bell.

I couldn't get an online quote from them earlier. I rang a few brokers and nowhere could beat my renewal quote with my current policy which was €820. Not a great quote, but it could be a lot worse. And my policy has every possible extra available

antodeco · 26-10-2012 09:22AM

I had a nice misfortune of coming off the M50 (in the mini) in 4th gear and dropped to go into 3rd gear but it got stuck in Neutral. Little heart attack coasting at 100kmh uphill off the motorway! Lots of furious pumping and eventually hobble home. I had ran out of clutch fluid! Topped that up and learnt that I need to keep a bottle of clutch/brake fluid in the car at all times!!

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 27-10-2012 05:48AM

antodeco wrote: »

I had a nice misfortune of coming off the M50 (in the mini) in 4th gear and dropped to go into 3rd gear but it got stuck in Neutral. Little heart attack coasting at 100kmh uphill off the motorway! Lots of furious pumping and eventually hobble home. I had ran out of clutch fluid! Topped that up and learnt that I need to keep a bottle of clutch/brake fluid in the car at all times!!

i was driving up grace park road today and ran out of clutch..

wednesday it gets a new one.........

TestTransmission · 27-10-2012 07:02AM

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

i was driving up grace park road today and ran out of clutch..

wednesday it gets a new one.........

What mileage does the civic have?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime · 27-10-2012 07:25AM

TestTransmission wrote: »

What mileage does the civic have?

130K kilometers

81K miles.

its being driven by me remember ! :pac: all heave stop go stuff

Ded_Zebra · 27-10-2012 03:52PM

Voodoomelon has inspired me to fit heated seats to my car!!

I was just wondering though if the seat heaters will effect the seat occupancy sensor thingy or are they ok?

vectra · 27-10-2012 04:47PM

Ded_Zebra wrote: »

Voodoomelon has inspired me to fit heated seats to my car!!

He also inspired me to spec them in my car when ordering it. Man are they cosy

MetzgerMeister · 27-10-2012 04:51PM

vectra wrote: »

He also inspired me to spec them in my car when ordering it. Man are they cosy

I'm not being funny here or anything but apparently, heated seats have been shown to be bad for production of the "little fellas" if you get me. It would, I would think, have to be a lot of exposure but I read about it somewhere. With that said, I have no idea how true it is

Paddy@CIRL · 27-10-2012 04:56PM

Trial fitted my new 9.5J fronts to ensure they clear the strut and brakes.

colm_mcm · 27-10-2012 05:23PM

Tyres will be out a fair bit from the arches?

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