The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Black_Knight wrote: »

Fronts. Though I think the rear is the same fitting. Not 100% sure about the pins in the rear though. Tbh, I'm not 100% sure about which pin to connect to in the front either. A guide I found suggests 2 different pins.

Am I getting this wrong but are we talking a passat CC here?
If so, Are you saying it has no lights in any doors?

Black_Knight wrote: »

Passat cc, yes. And yes, no lights in any doors, only reflectors.

Jeez. I wasn't expecting that :eek:

This might be of use to you.
http://www.bold-sport.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&path=43_45&product_id=61

Black_Knight wrote: »

Where were you until now. I've searched for ages to find those at reasonable prices and there you go and crush the price I eventually get.

It's that just a set of 2? The 'car model' options are a bit confusing. To get all 4 doors done would I need to get 'four doors for front and rear' ? And 2 pairs of leds?

Oops.. Sorry :P

That is just a set of 2 for front doors. If you choose the drop down option you will see
4 doors front & Rear (2 pair ) + €20.78
so
€23.09
€20,78
€06.92 > shipping
=========
€50.79

Have you got under seat/dash lighting?
May as well get those while you are at it :P

Black_Knight wrote: »

I might just go with the garage parts (since ive them ordered already and they wont take weeks to arrive). Ill install the 2 front door lights and if that goes well ill probably put in an order for the back 2, some nice LED (for all 4) and an Interior light kit and footwell lights. And a "trunk" light while im at it.

The questions, 3500k warm white light or 6000k hyper white light?

I have the interior of my car done with LED's.
I went for hyper all round

Interior kit came from Superskoda
The rest came from Ebay
My next mod is to replace the puddle lights in the mirrors on the doors to LED,
Footwell lighting
Interior door handle lighting from the L&K Octavia.

Hope these pics will help you decide on what you want.

Trunk ( Boot )
Before


After


Number plate lights (on my old car but have them done again on this one)
Before and after



Interior of old car but again on new car
These may look a little blue but they are not that bad in reality


Hyper white on doors

eringobragh wrote: »

Nice camper, any more pics?

I changed plates lights as well. Did it today.


And i finally changed front fog light bulb (gone about 2 weeks ago)

And when i was changing plates lights i also cleaned that covers for it. Clean it outside and inside.

Unfortunately the dirty one (was on left in the car) is burned/broken for some reason. But it's not falling and doesn't make any changes with light power so i left it. Have more important expenses than little plastic

Next step is changing the lights inside a car then clean it inside and the last: wash it outside and polish an exhaust. But all this in few weeks

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Marcinek_55 I know you've probably been asked a million times before, but what camera do you use? Car looks great btw.

Exif data

Camera Sony SLT-A57
Exposure 0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture f/4.0
Focal Length 26 mm
ISO Speed 1600
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 350 dpi
Y-Resolution 350 dpi
Orientation Horizontal (normal)
Software Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows

Thanks, it produces a nice image! Keep meaning to get a decent camera and never get round to it.

This will be the last mild week we get I reckon, so winter-proofed the car this evening with a polish and fresh coat of wax, can't believe its been 10 months since I did the last job.

Managed a full wash, rinse, dry, full clay, dry, machine polish with finishing pad and compound, Autoglym wax and buff in 3.5 hours exactly, good going!

Marcinek_55 wrote: »

One of this photo is showed on other website and i don't want anyone there see my plates

Is that one showed using imageshack links like here? :>

joujoujou wrote: »

Is that one showed using imageshack links like here? :>

Uupss... i didn't think about it.. stupid me. They won't check it anyway : D

My next step was cleaning interior. Vacum and cleaning + protecting:

Before:
(mats on front were not original from Mercedes, rear one were original)






After:
(passenger mat is original Mercedes one and it's back to the car, driver mat is missing : ( bought car without it. Planing to buy AMG mats one day)


No photos of passenger side but it's look even better than driver one because it has original mat : )

Armrest:
Before (everything in it):


After (Scissors, remote controls, key no 10, pen and spare bulbs:


Boot:
Before:


After:


Seats:
Driver one is after cleaning and the passenger is before:



But there is no different visible on photos so here is a cloth after cleaning:



Shame on me to drive by car dirty like this : (

And here is what i used to protect an interior:



I know it's says BMW but who care if it's working : D

Those seats look the business.

Finally got around to fitting interior leds after having them sitting here for weeks!

Pics are crap sorry

MuppetCheck wrote: »

Are they blue or white? I have them in number plates and puddle lights but would be nice for the interior as the normal ones are muck.

Also if they are blue they will clash with pink surely?

There white but a little tint of blue. And yes, it clashes horribly lol!!

Heres some more pics now im at a computer

Supergurrier wrote: »

Screw you and your superior stereo Gollywog

Did you get that remap in the end ?

Ya that is a savage bit of kit in fairness man. 30gb Hard drive and ya can stick in an sd card too which is super handy

Not yet man, was waiting on the intake but had problems with it so i just settled for a panel filter so i can go get it done asap!