***Motors Chat Thread Round 3***

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

let me know if your tyres fail on age. 2 of mine are getting old! cant see anything on the nct manual about age though

the tyres on it now are new from this year... but tbh I can't see these guys looking at tyres anywhere at the center

ah checking tyres at the end....

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

it passed.

bahaha

rear tyres are defo below 3mm like. lol

happy out

Dartz

Hit ramp..... *crunch*

Hit ramp slower.... *crunch*

Hit ramp slower again.... *creak...runch*

I think something's gone wrong in the right from suspension. Again.

Matt Simis

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

except on one of them (I don't know which one) would fail the nct because of the date on it from what atlas told me but they are still perfect.

There is no Fail for tyre age, he was prolly trying to sell you tyres! You get an "advisory" for tyres over 6years of age. What date (4digits after DOT) are yours?

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

Matt Simis wrote: »

There is no Fail for tyre age, he was prolly trying to sell you tyres! You get an "advisory" for tyres over 6years of age. What date (4digits after DOT) are yours?

he said expired but it didn't matter to just leave it.

I dunno the date on it.

that's good to know though

colm_mcm

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

it passed.

bahaha

rear tyres are defo below 3mm like. lol

happy out

Congrats


Mine is in next week

Stheno

Congrats OHs is in tomorrow :rolleyes:

awec

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Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime

cheers lads... new expiry date is 15/01/15

hopefully all yours will pass too.

BUBBLE WRAP

Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »

cheers lads... new expiry date is 15/01/15

hopefully all yours will pass too.

Congrats man. Great news!

dgt

Nice to hear a pass in one shot

CianRyan

Congrats, mine'll be getting the work done this week for its retest.

Currently sitting in Autodepo Tyres Tallaght... My sidewall split after hitting a curb.
Luckily I have a perfect tyre so it's only €15 for a switch and balance.

dgt

CianRyan wrote: »

Congrats, mine'll be getting the work done this week for its retest.

Currently sitting in Autodepo Tyres Tallaght... My sidewall split after hitting a curb.
Luckily I have a perfect tyre so it's only €15 for a switch and balance.

That much???!!!! :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

CianRyan

Is that a lot? How much should I be looking for?

dgt

CianRyan wrote: »

Is that a lot? How much should I be looking for?

To me that's a fortune to change one miserable tyre and balance it! But then again, I'd hate paying for stuff like that...

CianRyan

Hmm, we'll seeing as there's no hope of me doing it myself it's not too bad I guess.

dgt

CianRyan wrote: »

Hmm, we'll seeing as there's no hope of me doing it myself it's not too bad I guess.

Last time I got wheels balanced it was €20 for all 4. I only balance them myself if I have the tyre on the wheel with the weights still in situ

CianRyan

Hmm, maybe it is a bit steep.
In the process of doing it now anyway, ah well. Such is life.

MuppetCheck

Presume that covers the proper disposal of the scrap tyre too.

CianRyan

As do I, I'll be leaving it with them anyway.

Ardennes1944

The ol double sided 3m tape isn't working right for holding on the lip kit at all, anyone know of a good product like tigerseal but not as strong that would do the job?

MetzgerMeister

Ah shoite, sorry to hear that man! it's hard to get something that isn't permanent and can withstand the elements

Ardennes1944

I've a bout 20e worth of tape on it now. It's a stupid design there's only about half an inch of the lip that you can use for adhesion. I think I'll just leave it on now even when selling so so something very strong would do, even if it ripped paint off when coming off it wouldn't really matter as you'd have to be almost under the car to see it.

Redisle

You could try some standard hot melt glue. Might sound crazy but I find the stuff is actually very strong and can be removed using some heat and/or IPA.

Ardennes1944

Never heard of it man, is it a motor factors job?

Ah yeah duh hot melt, I might have some around if I can find the glue gun!

Redisle

Nope. It's used for arts & craft mainly I believe!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot-melt_adhesive

They pop up in Lidl from time to time. It is also used with Paintless dent removal kits to attach the puller to the car -- pops right off with the application of some IPA.

MetzgerMeister

Ardennes1944 wrote: »

Never heard of it man, is it a motor factors job?

It's often a Lidl/Aldi job. I gave away a hot glue gun not long ago IIRC.

It's fairly messy though from what I remember of using it.

Redisle

If you do give it a go just make sure it gets very hot before use. This stops it from setting before you get things in place. The lidl ones are good for this as they are a few hundred watts and designed to be used "cordless" once heated up.

Ardennes1944

Thanks lads, hopefully the tape will last til tomorrow when I get something.

I was talking to my friends uncle who works as an nct tester about the hid situation and asked him about the automatic levellers and headlight washers etc, he said once the hids are aligned he can't see why they wouldn't pass but agrees there is a discrepancy there. He hasn't failed anyone on it anyway.

Hal1

Got me collinite wax for me car winter prep which will hopefully be done this week. Free pad applicator thrown in too from cleancar.ie. Always great to deal with .

Taught this was a fun gif from the gif thread .