The "Today I did something to my car" thread

fanadman1 · 17-05-2013 02:15AM

and the man who owned the serria came back today :L
into the pit again and droped out the gear box had a few bits and pices to change from the old box to the new but other than that it went smoothly enough :L arms are sore now from holding it up :rolleyes: after this week i think its times to invest in a box jack just to save myself a little :P all in all im happy for these men to ask me to do it cause its all experence for me in later years

Black_Knight · 17-05-2013 11:36AM

Paid a visit to VW to get my radio code for the old radio. At least now its not a paperweight. Once im satisfied with the new RNS 510 ill pop the RCD 510 up for sale.

Just waiting on the GPS module. Stupid ebay shop estimated delivery for today at the latest, but havnt even marked it as dispatched. Contacted them twice with no reply. Quite annoyed. :mad:

sean1141 · 17-05-2013 12:10PM

evolutionqy7 wrote: »

Could be worse. The headlight bulbs that were in my old Mondeo used to cost a 96 quid each for a Philips one.

Xenons??

Today. I'm at this

Cheensbo · 17-05-2013 12:13PM

sean1141 wrote: »

Xenons??

Today. I'm at this

Putting a vinyl depicting a shed roof on your motor? :pac:

rizzee · 17-05-2013 03:22PM

Lights. Will do til I get HIDs

dgt · 17-05-2013 05:32PM

I got bulbs too, waiting for dark to test them out

Got some nice stainless steel pipe for making tailpipe!

And I must finish the adapter later.....

BUBBLE WRAP · 17-05-2013 05:38PM

dgt wrote: »

I got bulbs too, waiting for dark to test them out

Got some nice stainless steel pipe for making tailpipe!

And I must finish the adapter later.....

One of these would be interesting on the 406..

ihavethepower · 17-05-2013 06:40PM

When you dont trust the VW design department, its time to take matters into your own hands... http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/5050886

I think its a TDI

dgt · 17-05-2013 07:47PM

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

One of these would be interesting on the 406..

Going for somewhat sleeper not rat! Maybe on some other yoke around the haus....

joujoujou · 18-05-2013 07:15AM

Back from mechanic yesterday.

240€ just gone. :eek:

- anti roll bar bushings and links,
- 2 new tyres balanced,
- headlights aligned.

In the meantime mechanic spotted one of rear shocks leaks badly, so went back home, took mcphersons off a donor car, back to garage and replacement done.

Free brake test on my way back home, thankfully passed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmjZnG3FdE

Car's ready for NCT. :cool:

challengemaster · 18-05-2013 06:14PM

So.... I paid a visit to Cark on thursday... Found Ardennes' house!

We made short work of fitting the wiper linkages I picked up, at last the wipers actually stay on the windscreen

A while after and my car looked a little strange...

Hmmm... what could we be doing

Picked up the anthracite headlining, M-sport steering wheel and OEM dual-ciggy lighter for the centre console. Got home and found

and 5L of Orchard autocare Citrus pre-clean waiting for me. Also have Bosch Aerotwin wipers, new Lemforder tie rods and rear wheel bearings on the way.

Also apart from destroying Ardennes' hub :pac: we also did some things with his car that got us very strange looks..... may be in the pics thread shortly

eringobragh · 18-05-2013 07:32PM

challengemaster wrote: »

A while after and my car looked a little strange...

Move them diskholders while your at it!

evolutionqy7 · 18-05-2013 07:48PM

Fitted an LED strip inside the fog lights. While it was quite easy to get the passenger side fog lamp out the driver side was a pain to get to.

Also had to cut the strip in half as it wouldn't fit into the assembly.

Now have to wire them up properly.

Gary ITR · 18-05-2013 08:10PM

Got down to the garage today and got the car on stands, leaving it sitting on €800 tyres isn't ideal :eek:

Wanted to check the AFR's at idle and throughout the rev range after the race weekend and now my engine is well and truly ran in, absolutely spot on, sitting at 14.0 at idle and richening up higher up the rev range. I have to say I'm absolutely delighted with my engine and I swear I will never have engine work done anywhere else in Ireland apart from DI Motorsport, to have an engine with such fine tolerances stand up to such abuse and not bat an eyelid. I expected it to use a little oil over the weekend (it hardly dropped under 5000rpm and redlined at 9200) but it used nothing.

Once I get the soft bit that connects the seat to the steering wheel sorted this car can be very competitive

All of you bollixes should come down to Mondello for the next round and wave the flag of GXR Racing, a team born from 4 blokes that met through the boards.ie motoring section!

challengemaster · 18-05-2013 08:35PM

eringobragh wrote: »

Move them diskholders while your at it!

Nothing wrong with them

They're in the least annoying place (for me)

Chris_Heilong · 18-05-2013 08:42PM

Nothing special, just my first time changing the air filter and spark plugs, much easier than expected, need to do the oil now. You can see the old plug beside the new, car is running well. The garage that done the service a year ago said they changed the plugs and the oil and charged me €200....not anymore:D

6034073

Ardennes1944 · 18-05-2013 09:43PM

So yeah Challengedmaster found my house despite my best efforts.

Along with his headliner and wiper linkages, we put on new front discs and spark plugs on mine.

Then we washed the cars and got onto the real business.....

Cal is a genius with that 7d!
Got some...pretty feckin sweet pics!

Supergurrier · 18-05-2013 09:52PM

Theres no fanboi like an e46 fanboi

joujoujou · 18-05-2013 11:02PM

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

[...]

Then we washed the cars and got onto the real business.....

[...]

Looked at the first photo and thought straight away, you're gone fishing.

dgt · 18-05-2013 11:05PM

joujoujou wrote: »

Looked at the first photo and thought straight away, you're gone fishing.

In the second it looks like the rod is about to hit CM in the mouth :pac:

joujoujou · 18-05-2013 11:58PM

First what I saw in the 2nd photo was that leather on steering wheel looks tired.

Or I'm deceived by sunlight?

carzony · 19-05-2013 01:12AM

joujoujou wrote: »

Back from mechanic yesterday.

240€ just gone. :eek:

- anti roll bar bushings and links,
- 2 new tyres balanced,
- headlights aligned.

In the meantime mechanic spotted one of rear shocks leaks badly, so went back home, took mcphersons off a donor car, back to garage and replacement done.

Free brake test on my way back home, thankfully passed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmjZnG3FdE

Car's ready for NCT. :cool:

Was that not the road where 2 women lost their lives the last bank holiday? They were saying it's a very dangerous junction or somthing.

166man · 19-05-2013 07:58AM

Pictures as promised folks, the difference is unreal. Absolutely chuffed with it tbh especially if ye knew what I paid for it..;)

Before - cloth seats

After - Leather seats...:D

Overall delighted, Alfa Momo's FTW! :cool::cool:

Mar4ix · 19-05-2013 08:03AM

looks way cleaner too :pac:

Chris_Heilong · 19-05-2013 08:38AM

looks miles better

joujoujou · 19-05-2013 09:38AM

carzony wrote: »

Was that not the road where 2 women lost their lives the last bank holiday? [...]

I don't know, but more than likely not. I drive that road every day (weekday) so could hear about it.

Where did they lost their lives?

Redisle · 19-05-2013 10:21AM

Looks fantastic 166man. I actually prefer that colour to my own black ones now and I usually only like black leather! Just curious about what you ended up doing with the airbag wiring? Resistor across the contacts?