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***** Motors Chat - Round 5*****

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  • #3512
    ba_barabus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,585 ✭✭✭ba_barabus


    dgt wrote: »
    Just on my way back home from Mayo looking at the potential new vehicle..... Rust held together with bits of car. I was expecting rust alright but sadly too far gone, so a nono for me. Pity, was a nice colour..... :(

    What was it?


  • #3513
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    An old Ford I'd say. A skidy one


  • #3514
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    CianRyan wrote: »
    An old Ford I'd say. A skidy one

    Sssshhhh you, don't be tellin what I might be gettin :pac:


  • #3515
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Chris_Heilong wrote: »
    Lots of want in this ad
    http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for-sale/camaro-1969-pro-outlaw-rs-z28/6119143?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=like&fb_action_ids=3694470256156&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=[1427190950843463]&action_type_map=[%22og.likes%22]&action_ref_map=[]#xtor=CS1-5-[like

    That yoke was built for drag racing - you wouldn't get 100 yards down most roads without ditching it. What's the point of bringing that in to a country with no drag strips?


  • #3516
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,961 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    dgt wrote: »
    Just on my way back home from Mayo looking at the potential new vehicle..... [...]

    You were near me and didn't call. Shame on ya! :eek:


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  • #3517
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    joujoujou wrote: »
    You were near me and didn't call. Shame on ya! :eek:

    Ah no if only I knew! :o

    Theres a nice estate version in Ballina so I may be making another trip wesht later this year if nothing crops up near me :p


  • #3518
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,961 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    Gimme a shout. :)

    I'll be here. :D


  • #3519
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...


  • #3520
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...

    As long as they're not for a mk3 fiesta or anything your grand :)


  • #3521
    Cleveland Hot Pocket
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,140 ✭✭✭Cleveland Hot Pocket


    The wheels alone on that 'vette are droolworthy/


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  • #3522
    CianRyan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,730 ✭✭✭✭CianRyan


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...

    Lazy is better than angel. :D


  • #3523
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...

    If you do, Conzy DIY'd his ones and he did a great job.


  • #3524
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,961 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    By the way - do you know anyone in this country putting projector lenses into headlights housings?

    In no rip-off price of course? :D


  • #3525
    davycc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,013 ✭✭✭davycc


    CianRyan wrote: »
    Lazy is better than angel. :D

    a bit more work involved nailing them to the bonnet of an e46 lol but I bet you some chav somewhere has actually done it.:P


  • #3526
    davycc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,013 ✭✭✭davycc


    ........


  • #3527
    davycc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,013 ✭✭✭davycc


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    That yoke was built for drag racing - you wouldn't get 100 yards down most roads without ditching it. What's the point of bringing that in to a country with no drag strips?

    Bishopscourt is only up the road and they run drag leagues and one day events too :)..great fun with a pack of mates even though its just driving in a straight line..;)


  • #3528
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...

    No for me!


  • #3529
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    joujoujou wrote: »
    By the way - do you know anyone in this country putting projector lenses into headlights housings?

    In no rip-off price of course? :D

    Me :pac:

    Didn't like them in the finish....
    Image656.jpg

    I did the van too although they were Marea lights.... Suited it
    Image677.jpg


  • #3530
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...

    I'm in two minds about them. On some cars I think they look fantastic and cool and on other cars they make them look overly modified… I think it depends on what other mods the car has. You'd have to do it and see I think!


  • #3531
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,146 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    It's more that I've been thinking of what to do to the motor for the last while now. And I've always been torn on the angel eye thing, part of me thinks it will freshen it up a bit, but then again, it can look tacky as hell.

    Here's a pic I've had up here before...

    288383.JPG


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  • #3532
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    I had halo's in the focus :rolleyes:

    288382.jpg

    why-why.jpg


  • #3533
    Ded_Zebra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,773 ✭✭✭Ded_Zebra


    I forgot how good your car looked :cool::cool:

    If I was you I wouldn't put angel eyes in it.


  • #3534
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,978 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...

    No from me, just doesn't look right with those headlights. Maybe if it were the very last of them....

    Just my 2 pence worth ;)


  • #3535
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Alanstrainor wrote: »
    To get angel eyes or not to get angel eyes...

    I'll give my opinion the best way i can.....with a picture!

    nqtx08.jpg


  • #3536
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,031 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    The roads are very slippy today. Quite bad this morning but even worse when I was coming home from town an hour ago. Probably doesn't help the fact they don't grit my local roads and the fact the focus doesn't have stability control or traction control although I'm not sure how much of an effect these safety features have in icy conditions it's easy to spin the wheels in icy conditions with or without traction control I suppose . Anyway safe driving all :)


  • #3537
    pred racer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,378 ✭✭✭pred racer


    Ded_Zebra wrote: »
    I forgot how good your car would look if it wasn't silver:pac::pac:

    If I was you I wouldn't put angel eyes in it.

    Fyp ;)


  • #3538
    pajor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭pajor


    Bpmull wrote: »
    The roads are very slippy today. Quite bad this morning but even worse when I was coming home from town an hour ago. Probably doesn't help the fact they don't grit my local roads and the fact the focus doesn't have stability control or traction control although I'm not sure how much of an effect these safety features have in icy conditions it's easy to spin the wheels in icy conditions with or without traction control I suppose . Anyway safe driving all :)

    I'd say it'll freeze hard tonight too.

    I looked before in the manual for the Octavia to see what it says that the traction control actually does for it. The answer was to prevent wheel spin on a slippery slope when setting off. That's all..


  • #3539
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,031 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    pajor wrote: »
    I'd say it'll freeze hard tonight too.

    I looked before in the manual for the Octavia to see what it says that the traction control actually does for it. The answer was to prevent wheel spin on a slippery slope when setting off. That's all..

    It's to do with limiting the power going to the wheels if there spinning/stop them spinning and also I think it sends more power to the wheel with the most traction. You will notice the difference between the car with traction control and without I'm not saying it useless either far from it. But at the end of the day if the road is pure ice and you accelerate hard in the likes of an octavia the wheels will still spin. It just won't be as dramatic as the likes of my focus :D


  • #3540
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Look whos doing the rounds on youtube! good ol tallon!



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  • #3541
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,718 ✭✭✭Hal1


    Good ol dashcam, evading a cash scam, leading to whiplash man, meaning third party no insurance sham. All out of pocket dam :(. :pac:


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