The "Today I did something to my car" thread

MetzgerMeister

One thing you could do is use 2000 wet and dry sandpaper on the panels with bad scratching then use the D/A to get rid of the sanding scratches.

dgt

colm_mcm wrote: »

Whodve thought breaking the 100bhp barrier would knacker a clutch?

I'm guessing an original clutch... Twas so-so, I wasn't happy with it anyway. I am in my arse taking the box on it's own out, engine and box out job! Clean the whole lot up

So onto todays activity... Short, sweet and damned effective :cool:


"Why are you neglecting me, why did you kill my clutch???" Pah! :rolleyes:


Fiddled with the camber :cool:




Lensos to be refitted and rears to be done later this week

CianRyan

I hope that CAI is insulated, otherwise it'd pretty useless.

dgt

CianRyan wrote: »

I hope that CAI is insulated, otherwise it'd pretty useless.

Theres nice ducting and shielding hidden from view behind the wheel arch I can't have it fully insulated anyway, think of it in the rain! Much better than a standard airbox thats for sure :pac:

Hal1

I think this stuff is insulated? They do bigger diameter tubing too.
redlinemaxed.co.uk

gollywog

Hey heres a few pictures of the car after being clayed, two coats of blacklight and sealed with hybrid v7....








What i noticed yesterday is that my paint needs ALOT of correction work, will have to invest in a DA sometime in the future to really get it all shiny!!

How easy are those days to use actually??
Could I mess up the paint? And how long roughly would I have to spend polishing the entire car?? Cheers

challengemaster

Washed the car with fairy liquid 2BM, gave the boot/bonnet a clay and gave the car a coat of AG HD wax just before drizzle started Loving HD wax so far..

BUBBLE WRAP

gollywog wrote: »

Hey heres a few pictures of the car after being clayed, two coats of blacklight and sealed with hybrid v7....

What i noticed yesterday is that my paint needs ALOT of correction work, will have to invest in a DA sometime in the future to really get it all shiny!!

How easy are those days to use actually??
Could I mess up the paint? And how long roughly would I have to spend polishing the entire car?? Cheers

Nice work , But im disapointed as I see no beading.

Im a whore for the beading.

Nissan doctor

franksm wrote: »

On Friday, I paid a visit to the doctor, the NissanDoctor.

I had replaced the tierods on the sister's MX5, so it needed an alignment afterwards. Car felt VERY itchy driving over to Drumcondra but fair dues to the Doctor, one hour late I was driving out and the car felt like new. No doding off at random angles according to bumps and potholes. Pure pleasure to drive.

Getting a 4-wheel alignment done must be one of the best ways to spend money on a car.

Thanks to NissanDoctor, nice setup you have there in Drumcondra and I witnessed how well other customers were being dealt with too while I was in the waiting area.

BTW here are the old balljoints removed from the car - just one year and 4,000 miles on them !! And another balljoint from the same supplier that was sat in the shed over the year. Even it has gone to pot. Lesson learned, buy OEM parts where possible

PS. On Saturday the car passed its MOT up North with flying colours. Love it.

That is a very cool sleeper MX5 I have to say;)

franksm

heh heh - yeah, if it weren't for the noise, you wouldn't imagine it was 200+ HP/turbo

challengemaster

Grabbed this earlier, as I said, loving the HD

gollywog

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

Hey heres a few pictures of the car after being clayed, two coats of blacklight and sealed with hybrid v7....

What i noticed yesterday is that my paint needs ALOT of correction work, will have to invest in a DA sometime in the future to really get it all shiny!!

How easy are those days to use actually??
Could I mess up the paint? And how long roughly would I have to spend polishing the entire car?? Cheers

Nice work , But im disapointed as I see no beading.

Im a whore for the beading.

Don't worry man, as soonbas it rains, i wont disappoint you!

challengemaster

Added another coat of HD to the boot/roof/bonnet fe good measure while they're clean, as there's already a load of muck on the car

eringobragh

challengemaster wrote: »

Added another coat of HD to the boot/roof/bonnet fe good measure while they're clean, as there's already a load of muck on the car

Moses himself couldn't part water that well...:pac:

Truely biblical...Well Done :cool:

MetzgerMeister

Gollywog better post some beading pics soon or I'll kick his biblical ass!!!

gollywog

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Gollywog better post some beading pics soon or I'll kick his biblical ass!!!

It hasn't really rained since except once while I was in work! Soon MM, very soon!

MetzgerMeister

gollywog wrote: »

It hasn't really rained since except once while I was in work! Soon MM, very soon!

Garden hose....be grand!

gollywog

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

It hasn't really rained since except once while I was in work! Soon MM, very soon!

Garden hose....be grand!

No bother, will post a pic tommorrow before my car goes for surgery

MetzgerMeister

gollywog wrote: »

No bother, will post a pic tommorrow before my car goes for surgery

I'm only joking, you don't have to! (but not really) :P

What's it going in for?

barura

De-knackered my exhaust with dgt earlier. It was a silly scorpian exhaust and now its just a stock Polo one. Oh its so pleasant to drive now. Next Monday its getting proper springs put back in it, since its currently on lowering springs. It'll be stock then more or less! And might be getting a Mk3 Golf as well on Wednesday next... Fun fun!

BUBBLE WRAP

barura wrote: »

De-knackered my exhaust with dgt earlier. It was a silly scorpian exhaust and now its just a stock Polo one. Oh its so pleasant to drive now. Next Monday its getting proper springs put back in it, since its currently on lowering springs. It'll be stock then more or less! And might be getting a Mk3 Golf as well on Wednesday next... Fun fun!

Dont forget the pics!

barura

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Dont forget the pics!

If only you saw the Polo before that! The Golf may just be broken into parts at any rate, but alas, we'll see when the time comes!

gollywog

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

gollywog wrote: »

No bother, will post a pic tommorrow before my car goes for surgery

I'm only joking, you don't have to! (but not really) :P

What's it going in for?

I will if I have time/don't forget lol!
Well you know I have the 2.0 tdi a4?
It's going to george Dalton to have the oil pump/balancer shaft kit fitted, have some extra money and decided to get that sorted so i can have peace of mind. I wasn't going to bother only I rang a head mechanic in an audi dealership to enquire about it (not gonna say who or which one) and he said its not a matter of if it happens, its when.... So that made my mind up. Cheaper this way than failure, and turbo going aswell etc ya know?

BUBBLE WRAP

barura wrote: »

If only you saw the Polo before that! The Golf may just be broken into parts at any rate, but alas, we'll see when the time comes!

Well Il have to use my imagination. lol I see...

Rich11

today i made a few changes to my car, i like them but they are not to everyones taste, also its not quiet finished yet,(couldnt stand the rain any longer:rolleyes:)

Changed the back of the dials, and painted the needles

From this:



To this:



and now the controversial one.... carbon vinyl wrap:P, mate was doing his 3-series(must get some pics), and had some left over so i got it.... for free:D, i know there is a few rough edges,that i will get around to fixing, but was sick of the rain(i have a shed out the back, but no garage to put my car in:()

i know, i know state of the gaiters:o, i really should get them replaced





i want to get the rest of the centre console done aswell

colm_mcm

Just spent €392 on 3 months tax

colm_mcm

colm_mcm wrote: »

Just spent €392 on 3 months tax

Sure that's not even two months depreciation on a modern Golf or Focus

Big Nasty

RoverJames wrote: »

Sure that's not even two months depreciation on a modern Golf or Focus

Damn straight - and I know where I would rather be!

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy

Rich11 wrote: »

today i made a few changes to my car, i like them but they are not to everyones taste, also its not quiet finished yet,(couldnt stand the rain any longer:rolleyes:)

Changed the back of the dials, and painted the needles

From this:



To this:



and now the controversial one.... carbon vinyl wrap:P, mate was doing his 3-series(must get some pics), and had some left over so i got it.... for free:D, i know there is a few rough edges,that i will get around to fixing, but was sick of the rain(i have a shed out the back, but no garage to put my car in:()

i know, i know state of the gaiters:o, i really should get them replaced





i want to get the rest of the centre console done aswell

Wont that be an nct fail as warning lights are not visible?

jar_of_coins

jar_of_coins wrote: »

Wont that be an nct fail as warning lights are not visible?

Ignition on position 2, car not running

Edit, oops, I misread, indeed it will.

Rich11

jar_of_coins wrote: »

Wont that be an nct fail as warning lights are not visible?

RoverJames wrote: »

Ignition on position 2, car not running

Edit, oops, I misread, indeed it will.

No, u can still see them through it;), I checked that before i screwed everything together, but before i checked i was worried:o, just took this pic now

BUBBLE WRAP

Rich11 wrote: »

No, u can still see them through it;), I checked that before i screwed everything together, but before i checked i was worried:o, just took this pic now

I think thats class, fair play to you pal.

BUBBLE WRAP

Just testing the water here. But I did it, so I might as well post it...

Big Nasty

Did what?

vectra

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Did what?

Fyffes stickers on the Banana

BUBBLE WRAP

vectra wrote: »

Fyffes stickers on the Banana

EXACTLY....

Hal1

Banna's like these don't grow on tree's :pac:.

BUBBLE WRAP

Hal1 wrote: »

Banna's like these don't grow on tree's :pac:.

"If its not Fyffes, Its not worth having..."

MetzgerMeister

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

"If its not Fyffes, Its not worth having..."

Just make sure it's not a lemon you've got there

fanadman1

its rally weekend so there was alot of work done :P
first the car was washd then clayed then washed polished with super resin polish and then waxed with hd wax i must say its unbeliveable will post pics of the full process next week

BUBBLE WRAP

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Just make sure it's not a lemon you've got there

A lemon? Ah not atall, Tis a banana.. Ive the stickers to prove it! :pac:

CianRyan

If you can seriously get a decent amount of banana stickers on there that could look pretty cool. It's unique if nothing else. Haha

eringobragh

Sticker bomb the fuel lid with the banana stickers

BUBBLE WRAP

CianRyan wrote: »

If you can seriously get a decent amount of banana stickers on there that could look pretty cool. It's unique if nothing else. Haha

eringobragh wrote: »

Sticker bomb the fuel lid with the banana stickers

Lads, There are only so many bananas someone can eat. :pac:

CianRyan

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Lads, There are only so many bananas someone can eat. :pac:

Myself and my mates tested this one day, the most one person could get down consecutively was 9. You're going to need some help with this one. :pac:

Seriously though, every time you have a banana just throw it on and they'll build up for time.

BUBBLE WRAP

CianRyan wrote: »

Myself and my mates tested this one day, the most one person could get down consecutively was 9. You're going to need some help with this one. :pac:

Seriously though, every time you have a banana just throw it on and they'll build up for time.

Il go into the supermarkets and swipe afew, while asking the boss for a job of course!

There is one sticker on like every buch of bananas, which usaly is 6 oor 7 bananas.

Nissan doctor

Rich11 wrote: »

Snap...:)

BUBBLE WRAP

Great minds think alike.

Rich11

Nissan doctor wrote: »

Snap...:)

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w112/RPMotors/DSCF3611.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w112/RPMotors/DSCF3610.jpg

haha, yep mine should be, i said, should be:rolleyes:, like that next week some time,
you have any problems getting your centre console off....had a quick look at my haynes manual and that was it so far:pac:

Big Nasty

vectra wrote: »

Fyffes stickers on the Banana

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

EXACTLY....

I thought it was an attempt at a bit of beading!

Here's my attempt: