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The "Today I did something to my car" thread
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Today I decided to hard wire in a phone charger, mainly because I use it as a GPS and it’s nice to have it fully charged on arrival.
I got a 3m iPhone cable and a cigarette lighter adapter from lidl a while back that had usb slots.
In order to run the wire from the glovebox to the drivers a pillar, I went through the lower dashboard.
On the drivers side there are 4 screws, one to the left of the steering column, two to the right, and one low down under a panel.
Slide it towards you first, then to the right to remove it from the centre console.
You also need to be careful of the foot well light that needs disconnecting.
Because I planned out the wire routing, I also removed the air vent and light control pannel.
Two screws at the bottom, pull out at the bottom and then down.
On the back you’ll find the three bulbs that light the pannel, these often need replacing, a common fault on high hour Volvo S40/V40 s. Twist out using a flat head screwdriver. Replacement bulbs are dealer recomended becasuse of the odd fitment
I had fixed these previously so no need this time.
Next onto the centre console,
Removed the radio and heater control panel cover.(( anticipated having to remove the radio surround today but got lucky with skinny arms!) The 3 bulbs in the heater control panel often need replacing at the same time as the others, remove the 4 visible screws and the two more under the radio. The control panel can then be wiggled out. Again I had already done this.
Onto the glove box, there’s a shelf in the glove box held on with two screws, remove them and unclip the shelf, revealing a nice hole for wires.
The easy part was actually feeding the wires through the dashboard and over.
I fed the wires out thorough the a-pillar/dashboard panel gap.
Then as the famous manuals say, assembly is the reverse of disassembly.
A handy little nugget for other Volvo S40/V40 owners is if you remove one of the blanks and see the below, your car is pre-wired for heated seats! Its also on my list of mods.
I haven’t fully completed the job, need a multimeter to determine the positive of the adaptor so I can wire it to the fuse box with this;
Thanks for reading
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Not been shampooing, just rinsing and quick detailing.
The front of my house is in shade from about 13:00 anyway so I have more time to do it than I don't.
I usually go in sections with the hose and I've never found myself with a leopard print car! Good thing to keep in mind though, didn't know the shampoo would dry onto the car either.
Again, forum and stickies needed!Supergurrier wrote: »As for polishing im not so sure, hand polishing still kidna scares me as the paint always goes wonky and i panic and have to use a wet cloth to get it all off
(Saves for DA)
Really? Comes off nice and clean for me. 0 -
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Supergurrier wrote: »You probably don't live in a radioactive limescale crazy chernobyl hard water area like me then.
That's Galways for ya.
Up in my cousin's on Cleggan we took samples of tap and rain water and looked at them under a microscope.
Let's just say we were drinking filtered rain water after that. :pac:toastedpickles wrote: »Same as meself there, except I've no access to a hose
Yikes! And I complain about not having a pressure washer...0 -
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Since I had the front plate holder removed and the bumper smoothed, I needed something to hold a plate that didn't require the front bumper to be re-drilled. I sourced a kit from M-Fest in California, which after weeks of no response from their customer support and a PayPal dispute, they finally shipped last Friday and it arrived yesterday.
As it turns out, it was a piece of over engineered ****.
The tow hook adapter was temperamental and liable to pop the plate shaft out at any time. The shaft also stuck out a mile from the front bumper and the plate frame wouldn't secure to the shaft so it would just spin and / or fall off.
I visited a local engineering place with an idea yesterday afternoon. Using the car's original tow hook, he machined it into a shorter and more simpler version of the M-Fest version. Note the slats so it can be tightened with the supplied 10mm spanner in the BMW's tool box.
We re-used the plate frame, but used countersunk bolts and changed the allen key bolt which secures the frame to the shaft.
With the modified tow hook installed and tightened, it's a simple case of popping the frame onto the shaft, aligning it and tightening one bolt.
The number plate is attached to the frame with velcro. It sits dead tight to the front bumper but won't touch it at speed.
I can remove it in about 30 seconds or so with just a 5mm allen key and a 10mm spanner. Really happy with it now 0 -
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One out
Then the other
You can see how it fell on me, it's a heavy f*cker, lucky I'm not damaged eh
So I had a good sit, then went back out to this...
Bit more....
Time to heel it on it's side.... D-Tractor to the rescue! :pac:
What's next? Hmmm....0 -
I taught you were doing the quick out engine removal there:
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Today I've dropped the new (to me) A6 up to get the windows tinted as hot weather + hot car is not good for little passengers so picking that up this afternoon (pictures will follow)
In the interim my German-style plates have just arrived from Eireplates followed 10 mins later by the wind deflectors (good thing I'm working from home today) 0 -
Kaiser2000 wrote: »Today I've dropped the new (to me) A6 up to get the windows tinted as hot weather + hot car is not good for little passengers so picking that up this afternoon (pictures will follow)
In the interim my German-style plates have just arrived from Eireplates followed 10 mins later by the wind deflectors (good thing I'm working from home today)
Are you trying to 'felt it up?
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Are you trying to 'felt it up? Noo.. the tinting will be the minimum 35% version - just enough to keep the car cool. The little fella was not happy getting back into it last weekend until we copped that it was probably the heat (the Passat was tinted as well ya see).
The deflectors are just a very handy thing that I miss from the Passat so got a Heko set cheap enough on eBay
The German plates are standard Irish format just with the German lettering as I always thought they looked well on cars I've seen posted here
That's it though.. no mad body kits, Red TDI/RS6 badges etc 0 -
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Kaiser2000 wrote: »Today I've dropped the new (to me) A6 up to get the windows tinted as hot weather + hot car is not good for little passengers so picking that up this afternoon (pictures will follow)
In the interim my German-style plates have just arrived from Eireplates followed 10 mins later by the wind deflectors (good thing I'm working from home today)
Who did you go with in the end for the windows?0 -
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Kaiser2000 wrote: »It's currently with the lads in Autoflair that you suggested (thanks for that btw)
+1 they did my tints back in september and still perfect.0 -
Engine out time! :cool:
Being as careful as always removing the engine to prevent damage to any vital parts or components
No pics but a video this time
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Engine out time! :cool:
Being as careful as always removing the engine to prevent damage to any vital parts or components
No pics but a video this time
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Kaiser2000 wrote: »Today I've dropped the new (to me) A6 up to get the windows tinted as hot weather + hot car is not good for little passengers so picking that up this afternoon (pictures will follow)
In the interim my German-style plates have just arrived from Eireplates followed 10 mins later by the wind deflectors (good thing I'm working from home today)
Well that didn't quite go as planned....
- Windows tinted... check
- German style plates fitted... check
- Wind deflectors ready for install... check
- Drive back, shuddering at idle, white smoke and power loss...
This is why we have warranty though I guess and to be fair, there's been absolutely no resistance to getting it sorted.
Problem is that being a Friday evening, she's going to be parked up till Monday waiting on diags and parts so I've been given a 2003 530D for the weekend.
No comparison.. I miss my A6 And honestly, I don't know why people rave about the BMWs - heavy steering, slow off the mark, interior looks like something from the early 90s - but it does look nice externally alright.
Oh well.. better it happened now than when the warranty was out right? Plus that Hailo taxi app is pretty cool! 0 -
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Put €20 of diesel into the "loaner" BMW and gave it a wash - you may think "sure why would you bother washing a loaner" but it was filthy and annoying me so had to be done, plus I'll probably have it till Tuesday+ anyway.
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Nice bus that!
Yea yea!! Ah to be fair from those angles it looks well, but the interior is so "retro" And normally I LIKE retro.. but it's not as nice a place to sit as the A6 (or even the Passat) IMO
Still, could have been worse - could have been stuck with a Micra or something! :eek:0 -
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Kaiser2000 wrote: »Yea yea!! Ah to be fair from those angles it looks well, but the interior is so "retro" And normally I LIKE retro.. but it's not as nice a place to sit as the A6 (or even the Passat) IMO
Still, could have been worse - could have been stuck with a Micra or something! :eek:
Ah I thought you had a E60 so I was a but surprised at your comments on the heavy steering wheel etc.
Yeah well in fairness you drive a car that was designed between about 1990-1995, yeah compared to newer cars she is retro, does not have as many gadgets as the newer ones.
I like her roughness but a nice e39 with leather etc, is still a much better place to be than many brand new cars today where plastic is predominant, fabric seats and no radio buttons on the steering wheel.
At least newer cars are easier to work on, interior wise, everything is so cheap than taking trims out only takes minutes (From my car entertainment business point of view).
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Testing the new under seats subwoofers...Very nice flexibility as they are low profile (I hate big square sub boxes), they don't actually fit underneath the front seats of my 5 series, but they can be mounted in the trunk with minimum space use, or even on the passenger footwell and be removed easily when required.
Very powerful bass nonetheless given the shallow format. The device weights over 10kg.
They come with clamps for secure mounting. Loving this thing...Brand new to the market, even though some companies like Blaupunkt made something like this sometime ago I think.
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