The "Today I did something to my car" thread

Hal1

I'd say they are over the €1k mark easy, but well worth it they look the business.

L-M

They were bought from Ford?

dar83

You'd actually be surprised at the price I paid for them (in a good way). The original RS alloys are 19", so they're not the actual ones that come on an RS and thankfully not that price either.
Bought from a Ford dealership group in the UK, just had to organise the shipping with them as they don't ship them here by default. Talked to the guy on the phone and asked a few questions and he gave me a very good deal.

I just priced them here in Lillis O'Donnell though as I have the FINIS... €303+VAT a corner. :-/

... is it a secret what you paid for them?

dar83

Not particularly. Should work out about €500, as long as the Euro doesn't collapse further between now and Monday... :pac:

alexlyons

challengemaster wrote: »

Hmm.. I'm considering getting one at some stage in the future and adding in a Unika to have essentially factory voice control with the added benefits of the parrot. Not sure if I prefer the 9200, 9100 or 9000 (no screen)

definitely go for the 9200. I put one in my focus there just after xmas. The bigger screen is great for seeing lists, say songs or contacts, you can see whats coming a few down the list rather than a small screen and only seeing one or two.

My issue was getting the yolk to stick to the focus. Nothing, and I mean nothing would stick to the dash.
Ended up using JBWeld to stick it to a switch blank below the heater controls, and velcrowed the control to the door near the window buttons. Really easy to access and the OH can control when on long drives, no need to worry about re-cliping it in

johnos1984

Today I sold my MGF

I'm left with an full black leather interior if anyone is interested

MetzgerMeister

johnos1984 wrote: »

Today I sold my MGF

I'm left with an full black leather interior if anyone is interested

Have you tried MG/Rover forums?

johnos1984

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Have you tried MG/Rover forums?

Yep have it up there just now in the Irish section............using one of my secret accounts.

They don't like me much over there or an aronline..........I've been banned a number of times

L-M

johnos1984 wrote: »

Today I sold my MGF

I'm left with an full black leather interior if anyone is interested

Any pics of the front seats? The auld lad is looking for a set to sit into the GT6 and his birthday be soon.

MetzgerMeister

johnos1984 wrote: »

Yep have it up there just now in the Irish section............using one of my secret accounts.

They don't like me much over there or an aronline..........I've been banned a number of times

For being Irish??

johnos1984

Limerick man wrote: »

Any pics of the front seats? The auld lad is looking for a set to sit into the GT6 and his birthday be soon.

We can argue over the price

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2860221

They are unmarked btw..........I don't think the passenger seat has ever even been used

Actually the alloys I have might also fit a GT6......MG Minilites with very good thread

johnos1984

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

For being Irish??

I KNOW TOO MUCH..........about how to wind them up

L-M

johnos1984 wrote: »

We can argue over the price

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/2860221

They are unmarked btw..........I don't think the passenger seat has ever even been used

Actually the alloys I have might also fit a GT6......MG Minilites with very good thread

Might be a tad too bulky for it... It's fairly low seating...

johnos1984

Limerick man wrote: »

Might be a tad too bulky for it... It's fairly low seating...

They probably look bulkier than they car.

Do you want me to measure them and PM you later?

Gary ITR

I think we should get a few lads from here to go down and fix that MG, shame to see it go.

johnos1984

Gary ITR wrote: »

I think we should get a few lads from here to go down and fix that MG, shame to see it go.

Not much point offering now when it's gone lol

Serious amounts of compression is the coolant system

I reckon the engine was fooked tbh. Probably a bodge done before I bought it I reckon that just gave when it was parked up

dgt

Cleaned the windows of my Alfa again

Fiesta got another cleaning, its test is later today... :eek:

Van is getting fitted with "new" shocks later today

Must do something with some of the other cars too... :pac:

Tragedy

Might have been the liners, .org has loads of threads with details. Looks like I may have a crack in one of mine, might be doing my first engine replacement this summer!

This week I:
Changed gearbox oil, did an oil change, replaced hydramount, replaced gearbox mount and got the excellent Nissan Doctor to try figure out where I was losing coolant.

Gary ITR

johnos1984 wrote: »

Not much point offering now when it's gone lol

Serious amounts of compression is the coolant system

I reckon the engine was fooked tbh. Probably a bodge done before I bought it I reckon that just gave when it was parked up

Oh sh1te didn't realise it was gone

I would have got involved anyway. I did the headgasket on my aul lads E200 for €110 all in, that was skim, new head bolts, new gasket kit. So without labour it's a cheap job

GalwayKiefer

Spent 7 hours yesterday cleaning and polishing my ute to a very good standard and spent all today getting it valued at dealers as a trade in and taking different cars and 4x4s for test drives. Great day for me, not so much for my missus.

vectra

Washed the vRS today. OH..and guess what..?? I dipped it for oil LOL, it was perfect..None needed :pac:

Mr Benevolent

Stuck a new steering wheel (same one, only the leather isn't torn) on the Alfa - really improves the look of the interior and makes it more comfortable to drive. Even got it on right! A bastard to undo the boss nut though - took two people and a fair amount of force!

New silver centre console and black/red dials are next.

EPM

You could take the place centre console surround off and get it wrapped in silver quite cheaply.

L-M

johnos1984 wrote: »

They probably look bulkier than they car.

Do you want me to measure them and PM you later?

Will you please?

From the ground to the top of the base really. Could possibly drive out and see if one of them fits.

E39MSport

Did the interior of the Bora today. The Megs APC is the shniz.

antodeco

Cleaned the SUBcarb and refilled the dash pot! Putting it away for a while tomorrow until I know what's happening with the weather!

Mr Benevolent

EPM wrote: »

You could take the place centre console surround off and get it wrapped in silver quite cheaply.

Good idea, but I'm getting a silver console and a oil filter for €10 from the guy who sold me the car, so it's a reasonable bargain.

Does anyone have a 156 with the black & red dials? If so, are the easy to see during the day?

damo86

Today I said goodbye to my car and said hello to a new one!

MetzgerMeister

EPM wrote: »

You could take the place centre console surround off and get it wrapped in silver quite cheaply.

Where would you get this done? I would like to get my console wrapped in silver.

Chuck_Norris

damo86 wrote: »

Today I said goodbye to my car and said hello to a new one!

What ya buy?

dgt

Happy chappy :cool:

Jemmy

Took it out on track, and it was good

Jemmy

LIGHTNING wrote: »

Still in one piece so that's good!

Yep still in one piece, weren't many out anyway. At one stage I think I did 3/4 laps without seeing another car around. Glad I went out anyway, second of many I hope!

damo86

Chuck_Norris wrote: »

damo86 wrote: »

Today I said goodbye to my car and said hello to a new one!

What ya buy?

2010 mk6 golf gti! ill throw some pics up in the other thread tomorrow

MetzgerMeister

My H&R springs are on their way from Germany

Hello 40mm drop!

TestTransmission

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

My H&R springs are on their way from Germany

Hello 40mm drop!

Mine came with coilovers when I bought it and I've never gone near adjusting them.I wonder how low could she go.

MetzgerMeister

TestTransmission wrote: »

Mine came with coilovers when I bought it and I've never gone near adjusting them.I wonder how low could she go.

Good lord, you could go as low as the felt brigade!

Sadly, I won't have the car lowered for the meet

TestTransmission

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Good lord, you could go as low as the felt brigade!

I struggle over speedbumps as it is

TestTransmission

Ended up stripping out the boot after work, took out that bloody cd changer aswell.All I gotta do now is find out where the bloody water is coming in!

MetzgerMeister

TestTransmission wrote: »

Ended up stripping out the boot after work, took out that bloody cd changer aswell.All I gotta do now is find out where the bloody water is coming in!

Make sure the gaskets on the rear light clusters aren't perished. I had this problem on the RX8.

TestTransmission

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Make sure the gaskets on the rear light clusters aren't perished. I had this problem on the RX8.

Will try and have a look tomorrow and check out the s2000 forums perhaps.

eringobragh

A big clean of the car this weekend, no wax yet but a wash and hoover for the first time in god knows how long!

I noticed my exhaust was abit grubby since i got the car. I read somewhere that using some coke and tinfoil cleans it as good as any off the shelf product..I was pleasantly surprised the results of 10 minutes work :cool::


Before:









After:

L-M

I use petrol and metal polish, normally does the job too!

stimpson

I crawled out of my sickbed to prep the CRX for its NCT. Checked the oil - fine. Filled the washer bottle. Stuck a bit of air in the tyres. Considered washing it. Thought better of it. Went back to bed.

sk8board

finally got around (6 years on) to buying some AutoSol and wire-wool and removing the mountain of carbon from the exhaust of the Gti:

before:


After (it was getting dark):


turned out great, I don't know why I didn't do it ages ago!

EPM

I was hearing this rattle in the back for a couple of months. Turns out it was the box of new front wipers I'd forgotten about after buying them at the last service.

So today I fixed a rattle and put new wiper blades on:)

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Today I removed an xcarlink adaptor that isn't working. And yesterday I ordered a new headunit

dgt

Decent second hand shocks? I'm not going to argue with that

Top Dog

Today I've been playing with some SMD LED's in & around the motor.

Hoping in time to replace as many of the original bulbs as I can. The whole thing was inspired by the fact that there's no way to turn off the flood lights in the doors, so at least with LED's in their place theirs less chance of them running down the battery. Today was about trying the 2 different types of white - bright & warm. Herself isn't a fan of the bright white and the sharper bluish light that it gives off, so all the interior lights will have to be warm white.

Bright white over the rear reg plate


Guess which is the LED and which is the regular bulb? (you might be surprised)


Rear indicators


Thankfully found places for some of the bright whites, but have a spare pair of 28mm 6 LED festoon bulbs left over if anyone wants them (the 41mm festoon bulbs fit the front of the caravan :pac: )? This is them ...