The "Today I did something to my car" thread

MugMugs

dgt sold somebody a FIAT..... Now who'd have guessed?

eringobragh

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

dgt was knid enough to throw it in on the deal. the yellow bonnet had its work done. But Il be spraying it black.

Had any thoughts of wrapping it in carbon fibre..it would really compliment the yellow.:cool:

BUBBLE WRAP

Antares wrote: »

dgt sold somebody a FIAT..... Now who'd have guessed?

Whaaaaat?

BUBBLE WRAP

eringobragh wrote: »

Had any thoughts of wrapping it in carbon fibre..it would really compliment the yellow.:cool:

It did indeed. But my biggest fear is a bubble in it then. :eek:

eringobragh

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

It did indeed. But my biggest fear is a bubble in it then. :eek:

nah you would be fine, do it in sections, heat gun and squeegee and youll be fine and if there is bubbles in it you could use your boards handle as an excuse


EDIT: Even the pros get bubbles from time to time, they prick them, heatgun and squeegee over them

BUBBLE WRAP

eringobragh wrote: »

nah you would be fine, do it in sections, heat gun and squeegee and youll be fine and if there is bubbles in it you could use your boards handle as an excuse


EDIT: Even the pros get bubbles from time to time, they prick them, heatgun and squeegee over them

Cool, But would a hair dryer do? I dont have a heat gun.

MetzgerMeister

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Cool, But would a hair dryer do? I dont have a heat gun.

Not enough heat from a hairdryer. If you have ever felt the heat that comes out of a heat gun, you'll know exactly what I'm on about.

Voodoomelon

Antares wrote: »

Voodoo, that's a pretty sweet set up you've got there ! Fair play

Cheers! Everything I save on labour gets spent on tools, not saving any money (spent €99 on a socket set this morning), but gaining a half decent inventory over time.

eringobragh

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Cool, But would a hair dryer do? I dont have a heat gun.

It would but take a trip to your local aldi / lidl and you can get a heatgun for €15 if theres still some left over.

BUBBLE WRAP

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Not enough heat from a hairdryer. If you have ever felt the heat that comes out of a heat gun, you'll know exactly what I'm on about.

Cool, No I didnt. but I can imagine.

eringobragh

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Not enough heat from a hairdryer. If you have ever felt the heat that comes out of a heat gun, you'll know exactly what I'm on about.

It * might * be OK with the vinyl, but a heatguns the way to go.

BUBBLE WRAP

eringobragh wrote: »

It * might * be OK with the vinyl, but a heatguns the way to go.

Yup... How much are them yoke go for these days?

eringobragh

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

Yup... How much are them yoke go for these days?

See my post above aldi and lidl had them in recent weeks and they were between 15-20euro...I wrapped my front lip with an aldi one

eringobragh

Voodoomelon wrote: »

Cheers! Everything I save on labour gets spent on tools, not saving any money (spent €99 on a socket set this morning), but gaining a half decent inventory over time.

Fair play..thats the way I roll as well ...and I enjoy doing it as well...reckon I'm just starting to break even now..though I need a new trolley jack :pac:

Just as well a service only costs me > €40:D

BUBBLE WRAP

eringobragh wrote: »

See my post above aldi and lidl had them in recent weeks and they were between 15-20euro...I wrapped my front lip with an aldi one

Sorry, missed that. Thanks, I must invest.

vectra

eringobragh wrote: »

.I wrapped my front lip with an aldi one

Top or bottom? :pac:

arleitiss

My first mod to car of any type in my life
replaced default Opel corsa C radio unit with new. Now supports USB, Aux, CD, many SD cards.
Bought radio unit in argos for like 65 euro.
Then bought this casing/dash panel for 20 euro.
So here we go:







Pulled out old system front panel using few flat head screwdrivers, then pulled out the system itself using 2 pairs of pliers, had to cut off standart antenna port, and re-wire a bit, change the way wires go through dashboard so it all fits in, placed new bracked/panel up, pulled radio inside (antenna was awkward as it's really short) Done.

I feel so proud

Big Nasty

Listens to Spin! :eek::eek::eek:

Mar4ix

arleitiss wrote: »

My first mod to car of any type in my life
replaced default Opel corsa C radio unit with new. Now supports USB, Aux, CD, many SD cards.
Bought radio unit in argos for like 65 euro.
Then bought this casing/dash panel for 20 euro.
So here we go:


Pulled out old system front panel using few flat head screwdrivers, then pulled out the system itself using 2 pairs of pliers, had to cut off standart antenna port, and re-wire a bit, change the way wires go through dashboard so it all fits in, placed new bracked/panel up, pulled radio inside (antenna was awkward as it's really short) Done.

I feel so proud

Looks grate job done, just wonder do you like if in panel there grey/silver ish color section? i would paint it make look same as all dash.

just my 2 cents

arleitiss

Mar4ix wrote: »

Looks grate job done, just wonder do you like if in panel there grey/silver ish color section? i would paint it make look same as all dash.

just my 2 cents

Yeah I was thinking so as well but bother much for now

arleitiss

MCMLXXV wrote: »

Listens to Spin! :eek::eek::eek:

I don't get it, why do ppl dont like spin fm?

Voodoomelon

Passed.
Tester was "afraid to put his feet down".

Stallingrad

Love the E38.

phoenix_nights2

Bought a Soft Top for my Surf here in NZ. The pic below is from the supplier showing the tint versus the non-tint. Went for the tint.....will have to wait till summer to install though :rolleyes:



The recipient


Soft top on my other surf

franksm

FINALLY some decent weather to get around to projects.

Fitted a Parrot MKi9200 to my car yesterday. The antiquated Jag headunit is the one thing that p!ssed me off with the XK8, it's not easily replaced with a standard DIN unit due to the curved bezel.

The main reason I wanted the upgrade was #1 to be able to play music off memory stick and #2 to have a hands-free car-kit. I guess for a lot of Parrot customers, it's the other way around. As a media player, it's pretty good, the quality of playback is superb and it's quick to traverse folders and directories. I just wish it had voice-control of such things. The only other thing it misses is that it does not remember the folder/song last being played with the car was switched off. Not a big deal though.

Under the central console in the car there's provision for a Jag car it- but with mono sound only. I just used that location to hide the Parrot's brain and to get earth, 12v permanent and 12v ignition. The L&R channels were routed into the boot and cut & spliced into the feed from the CD changer. At the moment, a CD needs to be installed and spinning for the headunit to be activated.

Nice system, the Parrot.

dgt

arleitiss wrote: »

I don't get it, why do ppl dont like spin fm?

Because noneof us have ever heard of spin fm in this country and if its anything like spin 1038, it'll be full of crap :pac:

Ordered a radio fascia for the 406. 40 yoyos in Hallfrauds or 10 delivered to my door from fleabay

Diar

tinted the back windows of the A4 myself.
wish I got a darker tint though.
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Tallon

Not a bad job at all!

What did you use?

Diar

Tallon wrote: »

Not a bad job at all!

What did you use?

What do you mean?

Window tint film 35% VLT

Tallon

Diar wrote: »

What do you mean?

Window tint film 35% VLT

I mean to put it on, Water, Credit Card etc?

kyote00

After nearly 15 years of driving Alfas for my everyday car, I decided to try something different so got this yesterday.....

was fairly mank to start with.

clayed it, paint cleaner, machine buff and polish.....










A few small tidy ups to be done ....

Diar

Tallon wrote: »

I mean to put it on, Water, Credit Card etc?

1) clean the glass in side and out until it spotless Using washing up liquid and water.
2) spray the glass on the outside with washing up liquid and water. rest the tint in the glass cut to size.
3) press the tint firmly against glass to cut to the exact size
4)wet the in inside of the glass with the mixture.
5) remove the adhesive cover film on the tint using tape and spray the adhesive side of the tint with mixture as you peal it off leave the bottom 50mm connected.
6) transfer to the inside.
7)force out all the liquid from under the tint starting at the top, heat the if required to remove bubbles.

Gary ITR

kyote00 wrote: »

After nearly 15 years of driving Alfas for my everyday car, I decided to try something different so got this yesterday.....

was fairly mank to start with.

clayed it, paint cleaner, machine buff and polish.....










A few small tidy ups to be done ....

Very nice, very nearly went Scooby myself just recently but decided not to in the end, have other priorities at the minute so a fun road car is off the list

carbon nanotube

nice jobs lads.

i finally put on the xlink, works good. need to tidy up the b/t wires and mic. Put the usb stick into the housing with a led to illuminate,. not very elegant but will do me fine.

i can copy all my mp3s into folders (100 per folder) and access via steering controls. no id tag so i will need to improvise with some old skool methods too.

never thought there be a day i could listen to radio kerry this far away.

next job is alloys and eibach springs.

dr.fuzzenstein

carbon nanotube wrote: »

nice jobs lads.

i finally put on the xlink, works good. need to tidy up the b/t wires and mic. Put the usb stick into the housing with a led to illuminate,. not very elegant but will do me fine.

i can copy all my mp3s into folders (100 per folder) and access via steering controls. no id tag so i will need to improvise with some old skool methods too.

never thought there be a day i could listen to radio kerry this far away.

next job is alloys and eibach springs.

You could use Tag & Rename to make your life easier, or use some freeware for the job, here's a list:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-mp3-tag-editor.htm

Because I know what a pain it can be to have hundreds of mp3's all with title "Unknown"

carbon nanotube

it wont handle names..

i can just stick all my different genres into different folders.

using the steering controls to flick between tracks and album's is a big plus though.

carbon nanotube

I can always chuck all my music into my phones memory and use that to stream.

dr.fuzzenstein

carbon nanotube wrote: »

I can always chuck all my music into my phones memory and use that to stream.

Phone works for me. Have an 8 gig card in it and use the inbuilt mp3 player hooked up to the car's stereo via the AUX input.
Simple but effective.

carbon nanotube

theres 32gb in my phone but i will just use the usb stick, the xlink also remembers the last song played and if you got b/t connected it will resume playing once a call ends etc.

all very good.

I went OTT with a 3m usb extension but theres just a few seconds lag between starting up a song.

* no aux in my unit, if there was i would not have rippped it open

you need to open it to get access to its ports, i believe its an alpine head unit.

carbon nanotube

gave the inside a cleaning, leather looks good. Cleaned the pipes with brasso.

will put on the alloys next week when springs arrive.

if cars could talk this one would say, ' i love you too man..:p', the last owners did not treat her so well. Least it was not modified and totally original. 50quid extra from insurance to get the springs on.

Blazer

Picked up a set of m-sport wheels today for it. Miles better than the stock ones.

dgt

Better get some stuff on here...

406 got a coolant change



Only to find my rad is bolloxed :mad:

Binned the old radio


For an even bigger pile of crap!


I have a fascia ordered, this one to be exact

Fuelling problem... Sender out job!

Bench off


After drilling the cover off and battling with the plastic cover, I found find this sorry sight...


And after more cursin' and hammerin' I got it out. Horrible


Cleaned up, back in, primed up. Drives so smooth again

Then got a battery for it. No more bad starting


Enough of that car...

The van got brighter lights. Stupidly powerful xenon yellows. Light up everything


It's very hard to capture the brightness of the bulbs...


Had a rearrangement of cars up here too. More room to manoeuvre

Need shut of more of those cars....!

delly

My diamond shaped BMW key decided to act the maggot, as the lock button kept engaging even though it was not being pressed. So, these keys are not meant to be opened, so had to crack it apart, while at the same thinking I'd feck it up totally.

Once opened the button on the PCB looked ok, but came apart a little to easily, to the point where the bits went everywhere. Having put it back together, it stopped making the click noise when pressed so was convinced I had missed a part when disassembling. Either way, it wasn't sitting right, so decided to strip out the boot open button to donate to the lock button. This worked well, and I found that the metal strip that makes the contact is what actually makes the click as it flexs.

It is now locking at my command as intended, and the key is currently been held together with trusty gaffer tape. I'll leave it a week or two to make sure it is 100% before glueing it back together, but the tape and a single tie wrap are doing the job for the moment.

andyseadog

fitted the 98 spec tail lights there yesterday, really shaping up i feel

franksm

My god that's immaculate inside and out ^^

Wonder would it suit the reversing-lamps being smoked ?

colm_mcm

I'd leave them as they are.

Top Dog

Car is looking well andy - though I think personally I prefer the older shape lights on the rear.

andyseadog

cheers for the nice comments

i'm trying to go the opposite route to every other glanza and get it back to as standard as possible. its lowered, but thats the only modification, won't be messing with anything else.

if i could find an original toyota lip kit i'd fit it but other than that now i'm pretty happy with it. a set of good rubber before the NCT next month and she'l be right

eringobragh

andyseadog wrote: »

cheers for the nice comments

i'm trying to go the opposite route to every other glanza and get it back to as standard as possible. its lowered, but thats the only modification, won't be messing with anything else.

sometimes less is more it looks well in its standard spec.

Jimbob 83

I bought it









Some craic :pac: