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********Motors Chat - Round 8 ********

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  • #7352
    Chris_Heilong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,972 ✭✭✭Chris_Heilong


    Pov06 wrote: »
    I would claim it now. Paypal will automatically send him a query asking to provide a reason why you haven't received your items.

    It should speed things up even if you won't claim :)

    Thanks lads, I have opened a dispute with paypal now.


  • #7353
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    My first boardsie build thread.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=96054012


  • #7354
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,608 ✭✭✭cletus


    joujoujou wrote: »
    I must admit I'm seriously tempted. :o

    One of my colleagues got a pretty simple modification to well known 4ZZ-FE engine (95bhp/130Nm):

    - 1ZZ-FE intake manifold + throttle body + airbox to throttle body hose off avensis,

    - 1ZZ-FE exhaust manifold off celica (slight modifications to fit to corolla exhaust),

    - all the rest remains unchanged.

    Result:

    DSC_0009_zpseo8yk69k.jpg

    Although power's not up significantly (well, 20bhp more, but available within very narrow range of revs), but at least 130Nm available from as low as ~2700 rpm is something worth fighting for. :D



    What ya think?

    Has he any plans to change our the rest of the exhaust, or have the gains been made already


  • #7355
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    There are about 4 or 5 Punto's in gold colour for breaking on adverts/donedeal, and the CLOSEST one is 170 km away. WHY??? WHYY??? :(


  • #7356
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    GvidoR wrote: »
    There are about 4 or 5 Punto's in gold colour for breaking on adverts/donedeal, and the CLOSEST one is 170 km away. WHY??? WHYY??? :(

    Have you tried a scrap yard? Scrap yard don't really advertise their stock online. I bet if you went down to one you'd find a handful :rolleyes:


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  • #7357
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Have you tried a scrap yard? Scrap yard don't really advertise their stock online. I bet if you went down to one you'd find a handful :rolleyes:

    I'll try one tomorrow but gold doesn't seem to be a very common colour for them.


  • #7358
    YbFocus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,473 ✭✭✭YbFocus


    If there's one in Laois, Offaly or north tipp I'll grab it for you??
    Going to mayo this weekend if that suits?


  • #7359
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    YbFocus wrote: »
    If there's one in Laois, Offaly or north tipp I'll grab it for you??
    Going to mayo this weekend if that suits?

    Thanks for the offer but they're only in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Clare and Cork, I'm afraid. :(

    I'll try some breakers tomorrow.


  • #7360
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Thanks for the offer but they're only in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Clare and Cork, I'm afraid. :(

    I'll try some breakers tomorrow.

    Kildare you say? Link me the ad and I'm sure we can work something out, I'm going over your way soon for eh....stuff :cool:


  • #7361
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Kildare you say? Link me the ad and I'm sure we can work something out, I'm going over your way soon for eh....stuff :cool:

    This is the ad I saw: https://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-gold/9695639 but on second glance it appears that it may not be for breaking, and may have a dented driver side wing.

    I'm curious as to what this stuff is though. :P


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  • #7362
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    GvidoR wrote: »
    This is the ad I saw: https://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-gold/9695639 but on second glance it appears that it may not be for breaking, and may have a dented driver side wing.

    I'm curious as to what this stuff is though. :P

    ring em i guess!

    Stuff involves a scrapyard and a few car bits :P


  • #7363
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    ring em i guess!

    Stuff involves a scrapyard and a few car bits :P

    It's kinda late now, I'll call in the morning.

    Ah, sounds nice. I wish there was one of those pick a part yards here where you just walk around, take off whatever you need yourself and then go pay for it. That would be like paradise, especially if there were a lot of Volkswagens. :P


  • #7364
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    GvidoR wrote: »
    It's kinda late now, I'll call in the morning.

    Ah, sounds nice. I wish there was one of those pick a part yards here where you just walk around, take off whatever you need yourself and then go pay for it. That would be like paradise, especially if there were a lot of Volkswagens. :P

    There is

    http://www.kilcockcardismantlers.ie/

    only one i know of around this neck of the woods

    Also you might be the guy for this, do you know where i can get decals/stickers made?


  • #7365
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    There is

    http://www.kilcockcardismantlers.ie/

    only one i know of around this neck of the woods

    Also you might be the guy for this, do you know where i can get decals/stickers made?

    Interesting... so you can just walk around a yard full of cars and take off whatever you want?

    I never had any stickers custom made, but if you're not looking for anything big, you can try something like this: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/171425021367


  • #7366
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    GvidoR wrote: »
    Interesting... so you can just walk around a yard full of cars and take off whatever you want?

    I never had any stickers custom made, but if you're not looking for anything big, you can try something like this: http://www.ebay.ie/itm/171425021367

    Yeah just walk in, take whatever you want, pay for it, and walk out!


  • #7367
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Yeah just walk in, take whatever you want, pay for it, and walk out!

    It's like the perfect day out on a Saturday :D

    Last time I was there I was messing around in a Supra :pac:


  • #7368
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Pov06 wrote: »
    It's like the perfect day out on a Saturday :D

    Last time I was there I was messing around in a Supra :pac:

    Bejaysis I may go have a look for that!

    I was looking about in the back of an ambulance today :D then i got my dashboard, it's a treasure trove when you have the time to look


  • #7369
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Bejaysis I may go have a look for that!

    I was looking about in the back of an ambulance today :D then i got my dashboard, it's a treasure trove when you have the time to look

    Don't forget to bring a decent tool box and socket set :pac:


  • #7370
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    Pov06 wrote: »
    Don't forget to bring a decent tool box and socket set :pac:

    Oh i know too well ;)


  • #7371
    wotzgoingon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,308 ✭✭✭✭wotzgoingon


    GvidoR wrote: »
    This is the ad I saw: https://cars.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fiat-punto-gold/9695639 but on second glance it appears that it may not be for breaking, and may have a dented driver side wing.

    I'm curious as to what this stuff is though. :P

    That dent on drivers wing will push out when it is off the car and you will never know it was there.


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  • #7372
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    wotzgoingon wrote: »
    That dent on drivers wing will push out when it is off the car and you will never know it was there.

    Perhaps. Will call the seller in the morn and see what's what.


  • #7373
    quadrifoglio verde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,669 ✭✭✭quadrifoglio verde


    toastedpickles wrote: »
    Bejaysis I may go have a look for that!

    I was looking about in the back of an ambulance today :D then i got my dashboard, it's a treasure trove when you have the time to look

    Unless they do a busy trade in wrote off ambulances I know a few who use the back of it as a jacks. :pac:


  • #7374
    toastedpickles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,605 ✭✭✭toastedpickles


    quadrifoglio verde wrote: »
    Unless they do a busy trade in wrote off ambulances I know a few who use the back of it as a jacks. :pac:

    Lovely :o


  • #7375
    davycc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,013 ✭✭✭davycc


    Pov06 wrote: »
    It's like the perfect day out on a Saturday :D

    Last time I was there I was messing around in a Supra :pac:

    a mk3 supra was it?

    ha last time i was there i liberated an oem volvo single din sized 480 turbo boost,volts and oil pressure gauge :pac:

    great spot gvidor well worth the trip next time your down the m4


  • #7376
    Pov06
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,487 ✭✭✭Pov06


    davycc wrote: »
    a mk3 supra was it?

    ha last time i was there i liberated an oem volvo single din sized 480 turbo boost,volts and oil pressure gauge :pac:

    great spot gvidor well worth the trip next time your down the m4

    Nah it was a mk4.


  • #7377
    D'Agger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Any other CC owners here have to replace the EGR cooler in their VWs? After being quoted €560 for the job having had the car go into limp mode repeatedly giving engine workshop faults

    Disappointed obviously to have a large job like that having only had the car just over a year & haven't exactly been driving it into the ground. Wondering now if the car will prove to be troublesome in the years ahead as I'd like to see myself holding onto this car for a good few years - very happy with it so far.

    Two other queries for CC owners - have you had issues with the cup holders jamming or the aircon having a musty kind of odor from it occasionally?


  • #7378
    joujoujou
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,939 ✭✭✭✭joujoujou
    Unregistered Users


    cletus wrote: »
    Has he any plans to change our the rest of the exhaust, or have the gains been made already

    Unlikely. AFAIK he's happy enough, but (as always) time will tell.

    Why?


  • #7379
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    I was at Leitrim breakers. They had two mk2 Punto's but they were green and red, not gold. They didn't have any MK3 VW's either. :(

    Tried calling the gold Punto seller from Kildare but he didn't pick up. Will send a text.


  • #7380
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    Harlequin Punto? :D


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  • #7381
    GvidoR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,925 ✭✭✭GvidoR


    Big Nasty wrote: »
    Harlequin Punto? :D

    Well it's already sort of like a Harlequin... gold, silver and black. :D

    He called back, at first he said he is breaking it for parts, but then he said "all it needs it a new head gasket" so he might want to get that done and sell it. He'll call me back later, apparently.



    EDIT: He called back. He said he's not breaking it, but he'll sell the whole car for €100. Maybe toastedpickles is interested in another Punto? :D


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