The "Today I did something to my car" thread

dgt

As daylight started to beat me I got the bonnet on


Tesseo blue if anyone is wondering Just a few more bits to add in and she can start her new life in the west

Boost pipe now fixxored on the 406... What an awful job! :mad:

BUBBLE WRAP

"Into the west" :pac:

Edit, Ye know the film? never mind.

CianRyan

@BW: I know homer is a babe magnet but as you can see, I've got my bitches in order.

@Compton: It was in the basket and I backed out at the last minute. Just the thought of explaining it to my mam was enough to change my mind. :eek: Hahaha

BUBBLE WRAP

CianRyan wrote: »

@BW: I know homer is a babe magnet but as you can see, I've got my bitches in order.

A babe magnet isn't the word.

Just wait until you see him in the flesh. You wont be long changing you mind.

CianRyan

Haha, I'm sure.

Just wondering, what does your mam think if you doing all of this to her car? I know mine would freak at the thought of it, she's nervous enough of me driving it, never mind midnight spins with Simpsons hanging off the back! Ha
I always laugh when I see mothers driving around with "Monster" stickers and **** all over the doors and windows.

BUBBLE WRAP

CianRyan wrote: »

Haha, I'm sure.

Just wondering, what does your mam think if you doing all of this to her car? I know mine would freak at the thought of it, she's nervous enough of me driving it, never mind midnight spins with Simpsons hanging off the back! Ha
I always laugh when I see mothers driving around with "Monster" stickers and **** all over the doors and windows.

Well she unaware of the midnight spins.

But, I park the front of the car facing out of the garage. So shes unaware of homer hanging around.

CianRyan

And she never notices? Bloody hell, bet you can't get that Punto fast enough, even if you do cease to be JDM.

BUBBLE WRAP

CianRyan wrote: »

And she never notices? Bloody hell, bet you can't get that Punto fast enough, even if you do cease to be JDM.

No, not yet anyway. But she drives dads Toyota avensis more as I'm usally always away cruising.

Well I have some wild plans. JDM?, RAT?, Skanger perhaps. :pac:

dgt

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

No, not yet anyway. But she drives dads Toyota avensis more as I usally always away cursing.

Well I have some wild plans. JDM?, RAT?, Skanger perhaps. :pac:

I spent some time de skangering it! :pac:

They did have those cars in Japan but they wern't out of the ordinady... Just different paint and air con...

Shes lowered 50mm, yellow and loud, start from there...

BUBBLE WRAP

dgt wrote: »

I spent some time de skangering it! :pac:

They did have those cars in Japan but they wern't out of the ordinady... Just different paint and air con...

Shes lowered 50mm, yellow and loud, start from there...

Will do.

Mycroft H

Well today was too fecking hot. I spent the morning on the bike and the day hiding from the sun. Promised myself I would go for a drive in the evening.

Headed out with no particular destination in mind. Just cruising with the windows down. Not another car round. Eagles on the radio. Absolute peace

MetzgerMeister

dgt - it's good to see you're supporting Tipperary with the Punto

eringobragh

I've been banned from detailing today! I got a quick wash in - just chucked a bit of demon shine on this time round..I parked it under a tree and it was covered in sap yesterday!

Nilfisk C110 Hose - seemed to be battered after 2 uses - reading on the net its a common issue and costs £22 GBP to replace (entire washer was £55!) ..so I got a garden hose and slit it one side and covered the hose in insulation tape..job done!



Very quick Wash of car!..



Followed by the TBar glass out and a trip up to the Sally Gap...glorious day for it.















hope to get a bit more done tomorrow.

-Corkie-

Nice blonde too...:p

conzy

Got a bit done to the car the past few days. Gave it a good wash and im going to super resin polish it and wax it this evening when theres some nice shade.

Spent about an hour sanding the grills, etch primed them, 3 coats of grey primer, 3 coats of matt black. Also did the shadowline trim because it was a bit scratched but it looks unbelievable now







Also collected my alloys from the sandblaster and he did an excellent job. Id say it took him a good bit of time because the finish that was on them was very tough and theres 20 spokes..

Between to minds now about the painting. I could chance it myself but material will be almost €100. I could probably get them properly sprayed for close enough to that?





oops

eringobragh

-Corkie- wrote: »

Nice blonde too...:p

ha I wish lol...j/k Shes brunette, an optical illusion from the sun perhaps! ..just noticed I have a lovely farmers tan on my right arm as well.

Stealthirl

Ordered a set of Conti EcoContact 5s for the Altea,Had enough of the ****ty tyres that are on it now + it got a blow out at 3am on the M50 last night

carbon nanotube

sean1141 wrote: »

That's not worth a can of cat piss!! You will need a dual action polisher to remove light scratches and swirl marks. If the scratch is deep which most key marks are you will need to touch it in with paint. If you can feel the scratch with the tip of your finger nail it won't polish out!

Have you seen the scratch? i posted it a while back, hardly visible.

that menzerna should take care of it, dont know why you are dissing that aldi polisher..

eringobragh

carbon nanotube wrote: »

Have you seen the scratch? i posted it a while back, hardly visible.

that menzerna should take care of it, dont know why you are dissing that aldi polisher..

because its shite..if it worked do you think the rest of us would be spending $$$$ on DAs

Mar4ix

Not my car, my works mate van, opel combo , 07 1.3 tdi. lil nippy van id say, reset service sign. though will have to connect computer first, but at the end managed without.

allen175

I didn't do this to my car, but some little knacker did it during the night!! Completely gone, went looking up and down the road in the field across from my house, gone! so pissed off!

BUBBLE WRAP

I dont understand, What exactly did YOU do to your car?

This isnt a "Today a knacker did something to my car" thread.

eringobragh

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I dont understand, What exactly did YOU do to your car?

This isnt a "Today a knacker did something to my car" thread.

no need to rub salt in the wound.

fasttalkerchat

BUBBLE WRAP wrote: »

I dont understand, What exactly did YOU do to your car?

This isnt a "Today a knacker did something to my car" thread.

He can't tell us for legal reasons

MarkR

Washed the boat. Bit of Demon Shine to keep off the water marks.



Still straight after 240k miles...

BUBBLE WRAP

eringobragh wrote: »

no need to rub salt in the wound.

I know its a c*** when some knacker/scumbag breaks something of your car for no reason, but I wasn't tiring to rub salt in any wound....

the merchant

Quick wash & wax

eringobragh

Not making excuses :P...but I didn't get in until 5:30am this morning (and very merry)! Had planned on doing bottom half of passenger side today but the noise of the DA just wasn't making the hangover go away! So in the end only a tiny piece done....with the longer nights I should get this boxed off end of month.

Bottom Half - Passenger Wing

BEFORE:





AFTER / SIDE BY SIDE:

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Close up (scrapes)

BEFORE:



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Next Stage:

CianRyan

MarkR wrote: »

Washed the boat. Bit of Demon Shine to keep off the water marks.



Still straight after 240k miles...

Super clean Avensis!
Looks like it just rolled out of the factory.

andyseadog

i've really been cracking on with the glanza

- all new vinyls, front, sides and rear (old ones were faded and/ or missing)
- new battery (car was starting lovely, but couldn't listen to the radio for more than 30mins cleaning the car :P, tested it and only got 8v)
- removed and washed the boot carpet which was filthy
- washed the engine bay
- gave the interior a quick spruce
- gave the paintwork a good buffing just by hand, thoroughly cleaned and waxed the wheels too as they are very hard found without and corrosion.

started to get dark and drip rain so i came inside :pac:

rear before :



rear after :



new front bumper badge :



new side vinyls :





old battery, panasonic and very japanese looking :P



boot carpet, before/ during and drying, not perfect, but much improved

andyseadog

engine bay, before/ during and after. tools used. the detergent reacted with the top of the rad and intercooler piping and left a chalky ****e on it that i cant get rid of






interior all clean



and a few of the outside

colm_mcm

Lovely car andy, apart from those extra graphics

CianRyan

Andy, any chance of an engine bay cleaning walk through?
Mine's an absolute mess but I'm not sure where to start.

Don't know what to cover/remove after the battery and is that just alloy cleaner you used?

eringobragh

CianRyan wrote: »

Andy, any chance of an engine bay cleaning walk through?
Mine's an absolute mess but I'm not sure where to start.

Don't know what to cover/remove after the battery and is that just alloy cleaner you used?

Any APC is your best bet...lads on detailing world swear by the Tesco own brand stuff.

Main thing to be careful about is getting water into the spark plugs and alternator

andyseadog

colm_mcm wrote: »

Lovely car andy, apart from those extra graphics

thanks all the white writing is OEM, though the white text on black is a little loud its how it originally looked.

as for the graphic on the front windscreen... meh, very on the fence over it. takes away from the originality mucho.

CianRyan

CianRyan wrote: »

........ any chance of an engine bay cleaning walk through?............

WD40 all electrical looking yokes, spray Autoglym degreaser on the engine, agitate with an ole paint brush, hose off avoiding the starter and alternator and any boxes of tricks. Tyre foam shtuff on the plastics after you dry it with rags. Lovely.

CianRyan

eringobragh wrote: »

Any APC is your best bet...lads on detailing world swear by the Tesco own brand stuff.

Main thing to be careful about is getting water into the spark plugs and alternator

Would sealing around the plug boots with electrical tape and wrapping the alternator with a black bag do it?
Might take a crack at this tomorrow along with the rest.

eringobragh

CianRyan wrote: »

Would sealing around the plug boots with electrical tape and wrapping the alternator with a black bag do it?
Might take a crack at this tomorrow along with the rest.

Yup should do it..APC for plastics should I say...further to RoverJames post a degreaser is probably needed for you...I used brake/clutch cleaner stuff on a primera and it shifted oil no problems.

andyseadog

@ cianryan and eringobragh

dont buy my advice, im an engine cleaning pikey :P i just get in there with the hose.

i used very harsh alloy wheel detergent this time, but as above, i would generally use tesco's own brand "Daisy APC", spray it on 1:1, dampen it lightly, work it in with a brush and then rinse.


my only 3 rules of thumb are to

- wash the engine while its running so if something starts to go wrong, i can see the engine react and stop what i'm doing

- spray WD40 on all the electrical connections when your finished rinsing the bay

- keep every cleaning agent/ water and WD40 away from the aux belts or it can be a nightmare.

If you use a garden hose you can just avoid spraying the areas, it would take an awful numpty to fill plug holes with water using a garden hose carefully. Black bag over the alternator and starter would be no harm is they are easy to get at.

colm_mcm

andyseadog wrote: »

thanks all the white writing is OEM, though the white text on black is a little loud its how it originally looked.

as for the graphic on the front windscreen... meh, very on the fence over it. takes away from the originality mucho.

The 1300 intercooler turbo one, never seen that before, you sure it's OE?

andyseadog

colm_mcm wrote: »

The 1300 intercooler turbo one, never seen that before, you sure it's OE?

always open to correction came as part of a set i ordered which had every replacement vinyl in it for a 98 model, may not be on them all, i hadn't seen it before either, just took for granted.

colm_mcm

andyseadog wrote: »

always open to correction came as part of a set i ordered which had every replacement vinyl in it for a 98 model, may not be on them all, i hadn't seen it before either, just took for granted.

Just the font doesn't look very Toyota. Shouldn't the rear badge say Glanza V?

andyseadog

colm_mcm wrote: »

Just the font doesn't look very Toyota. Shouldn't the rear badge say Glanza V?

indeed it should, i was hoping that wouldn't be spotted though its the very same dimensions as the front bumper one, but they whole set was only €14 so how bad i suppose.

i'l do a bit more research into the "1300" badge on TOC and see what it turns up.

colm_mcm

andyseadog wrote: »

indeed it should, i was hoping that wouldn't be spotted though its the very same dimensions as the front bumper one, but they whole set was only €14 so how bad i suppose.

i'l do a bit more research into the "1300" badge on TOC and see what it turns up.

That Toyota parts website that shows the part numbers etc would tell you too I'd say

Toyodiy.com

colm_mcm

http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_J_1998_TOYOTA_STARLET_EP91-AGMQY_7501.html

http://www.toyodiy.com/parts/p_J_1998_TOYOTA_STARLET_EP91-AGMQY_7507.html

andyseadog

was just browsing that there, very very good for a free rescource.

not looking good for the 1300's though, think im confusing them with the "Glanza S Limited" emblem. the one you can see above the moulding on this car

colm_mcm

Yeah, that site seems to have all the variations on it.

Aside from that, it looks a bit wrong either way, I'd be getting the hair dryer out

andyseadog

colm_mcm wrote: »

Yeah, that site seems to have all the variations on it.

Aside from that, it looks a bit wrong either way, I'd be getting the hair dryer out

i'm seeing what your saying for sure. at this stage im just trying to dodge taking a credit card to my new stickers. its for the greater good though. want this car to be oem original.

colm_mcm

andyseadog wrote: »

. want this car to be oem original.

I'd be going for grey decals and the slightly raised badge for the grille in that case, the white decals may well have been OE (I didn't think they were, but I'm no glanza expert) but they don't look right.

Car has massive potential for very little work.