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****Motors Chat Thread Round 4****

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  • #2012
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    Why do VAG use torx screws, surely they realise that this is standard only in the US??

    You'll find a fair amount of torx screws in that bimmer of yours ;)


  • #2013
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    But some day :P Later that day you headed up to moy

    Greetings from Moy!


    Not really.
    toastedpickles wrote: »
    I was going to offer you a lift, but seeing as my magical astra isn't good enough I might just take that offer back :P
    But you could spend the trip talking about how great your car is, and at the end of the day, isn't that what we all love to do.


  • #2014
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    Greetings from Moy!


    Not really.


    But you could spend the trip talking about how great your car is, and at the end of the day, isn't that what we all love to do.

    I could, " It has all the latest features, wheels, seats, windows, engine I was lucky and managed to get one with a fuel tank! :P

    Well the offers there if you want it


  • #2015
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    In other news, I can't get this damn plug out of the ecu (I think). Need to plug my footwell lights into b7, but can't get the plug out.

    IMAG0395.jpg

    I tried so hard 2 nights ago I had many lights on my dash by the end of it.


  • #2016
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    I could, " It has all the latest features, wheels, seats, windows, engine I was lucky and managed to get one with a fuel tank! :P

    Well the offers there if you want it

    You heading up for any reason or just a thinly veiled serial killer?


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  • #2017
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    You heading up for any reason or just a thinly veiled serial killer?

    Thinly veiled cereal killer :pac:

    Nah I do enjoy a bit of a roadtrip, plus it's an excuse to get out of the house


  • #2018
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Ardennes1944 wrote: »
    The primer is a nicer colour than Silver anyway :pac:

    Damn straight :P


  • #2019
    Ardennes1944
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    MetzgerMeister wrote: »
    You'll find a fair amount of torx screws in that bimmer of yours ;)

    Indeed! They were all over the astra too, I like working with them to be honest!


  • #2020
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,880 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    Can we have a sweep on how many "abandon the nuts motor/car tax " threads over the next month? I'm betting on 3 more.


  • #2021
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Planning a road trip to Galway on Sunday, can't wait to see what cars ill see up there :)


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  • #2022
    challengemaster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,925 ✭✭✭✭challengemaster


    Autosport wrote: »
    Planning a road trip to Galway on Sunday, can't wait to see what cars ill see up there :)

    Calm down there betsy. Galway.... not Dubai. Same shíte that's on the road in every other part of the country.


  • #2023
    MugMugs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,871 ✭✭✭✭MugMugs


    Autosport wrote: »
    Planning a road trip to Galway on Sunday, can't wait to see what cars ill see up there :)

    Few Avensis..... Corolla...... Almeria....... Focus and a Transit with some rusty old 318 hanging about somewhere too....


  • #2024
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    There has to be at least a few Beemers :D


  • #2025
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    MugMugs wrote: »
    Few Avensis..... Corolla...... Almeria....... Focus and a Transit with some rusty old 318 hanging about somewhere too....

    Sure they're the cream of the wesht :P


  • #2026
    Supergurrier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,295 ✭✭✭Supergurrier


    Autosport wrote: »
    Planning a road trip to Galway on Sunday, can't wait to see what cars ill see up there :)

    Is there a cars and coffee on or something ?


  • #2027
    Autosport
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,280 ✭✭✭✭Autosport


    Nope my friends are doing a sky dive :) I was hoping to see at least 1 nice car ;)


  • #2028
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Autosport wrote: »
    Nope my friends are doing a sky dive :) I was hoping to see at least 1 nice car ;)

    Go through Portumna, ill leave mine parked where you can see it :pac:


  • #2029
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    This is just :cool:

    http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/07/02/1940s-chevy-dealer-re-opens-to-auction-off-500-time-capsule-cars/


  • #2030
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    This is just :cool:

    http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/07/02/1940s-chevy-dealer-re-opens-to-auction-off-500-time-capsule-cars/

    :eek: Oh hi there


  • #2031
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Foxhole Norman wrote: »
    This is just :cool:

    http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/07/02/1940s-chevy-dealer-re-opens-to-auction-off-500-time-capsule-cars/

    That 59 Bel Air....!!! :cool::cool::cool:


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  • #2032
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,327 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Sad thing is that anyone who buys a car with 1 mile on the clock isn't gonna drive it.


  • #2033
    coolisin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,792 ✭✭✭coolisin


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    Sad thing is that anyone who buys a car with 1 mile on the clock isn't gonna drive it.

    That's the worst part!
    Most of these will end up in a collection and do nothing other then sit there and be polished.

    It would be very cool too get one and drive around in a "brand new" 50 yr old classic like one of those.
    Obviously there would still be a lot of work too be done too them depending how they were put away.


  • #2034
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Thinly veiled cereal killer :pac:

    Nah I do enjoy a bit of a roadtrip, plus it's an excuse to get out of the house

    Im thinking I might tip up in my own car. There's talk that the back seats of later models of my car dont fit into the older ones, so I wanna make sure that fits before I do anything. I might tip up Saturday morning, if you were interested in the spin, no worries if not.


  • #2035
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Ronnie Beck wrote: »
    Spline bit

    edit: sorry in a rush. It's a spline bolt. They're 12 sided. Torx are 6. You'll need a spline bit to remove it. They come in metric m6, m8, m10 etc. sizes. That looks like an m10 or so.

    Cheers. Might tip around a few places after work and see can I pick any up.


  • #2036
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,721 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    B&Q has them. Bought my set over there couple of months ago.

    http://www.diy.com/nav/build/motoring-workshop-tools/workshop-tools/toolsets/Torq-37Pc-Specialist-And-Socket-Set-11377916


  • #2037
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    Im thinking I might tip up in my own car. There's talk that the back seats of later models of my car dont fit into the older ones, so I wanna make sure that fits before I do anything. I might tip up Saturday morning, if you were interested in the spin, no worries if not.

    Ah yeah good idea, I would but I won't be about the place on Saturday, best of luck though


  • #2038
    Foxhole Norman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,872 ✭✭✭Foxhole Norman


    Put a new tire on the car, huge improvement now, no wheel wobble at speed and the cabin is so much quieter.


  • #2039
    Black_Knight
    Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 11,724 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    In other news, I can't get this damn plug out of the ecu (I think). Need to plug my footwell lights into b7, but can't get the plug out.

    https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u3flIs6Li2U/UdRmKEh9GHI/AAAAAAAALc0/5nqq1IbIW9c/w480-h480/IMAG0395.jpg

    I tried so hard 2 nights ago I had many lights on my dash by the end of it.

    Day 4:
    Still cant get the B block out. That red bar moves about 2mm, but doesnt free up anything. Running out of ideas.

    IMAG0396.jpg


  • #2040
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    Day 4:
    Still cant get the B block out. That red bar moves about 2mm, but doesnt free up anything. Running out of ideas.

    https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-04qWejj_G_g/UdWk32VLI9I/AAAAAAAALdM/d53AugqQgVs/w401-h709-no/IMAG0396.jpg

    Can't believe you haven't broken it yet! I would have by now:o

    I don't think you're trying hard enough:p


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  • #2041
    Voodoomelon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,653 ✭✭✭Voodoomelon


    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    Sister reversed into the car this morning. :/

    b1_zps53e3f7f2.jpg

    b2_zpsce003bf6.jpg

    Does a crack in a bumper mean new bumper or is that an easy fix?
    Voodoomelon wrote: »
    IMG_09755_zps66078dc8.jpg

    Bumper off after work, just as my quote rang back.
    €175 for weld repair by weld specialist and full respray of entire bumper, plus small bit of trim. He knocked it down to that from €235 once he heard the bumper was off, happy days.

    I no longer look like an itinerant driving around. :)
    Bumper was welded in Armagh, then finished in Meehans Crash Repair, Dundalk. Got it back on yesterday, i repaired the trim myself and reinstalled all parts and PDC sensors today.

    b1_zps4add8027.jpg

    b2_zps25e8a47b.jpg

    Whole bumper was sprayed, along with some strips of blue trim. They also fixed a crack under my driver door which i cracked off a small wall recently. Absolutely flawless all round, highly recommended.


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