Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

toastedpickles

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I must say i think it suits it! very....german of you

wotzgoingon

I'm not too fond of them yellow lights.

Also I drove through Westport town Saturday night/evening didn't spot your car. I went down that way for a spin Ballinrobe-Wesport and back through Castlebar. There was something on in Castlebar, main street blocked with a stage.

edit: Looking again they are alright I suppose hard to judge from the pics.

YbFocus

wotzgoingon wrote: »

I'm not too fond of them yellow lights.

Also I drove through Westport town Saturday night/evening didn't spot your car. I went down that way for a spin Ballinrobe-Wesport and back through Castlebar. There was something on in Castlebar, main street blocked with a stage.

edit: Looking again they are alright I suppose hard to judge from the pics.

It would have been parked down at the Quay all evening as we were in town

Yeah there's a bit of a split with them here at home too but the majority like them!

wotzgoingon

YbFocus wrote: »

It would have been parked down at the Quay all evening as we were in town

Yeah there's a bit of a split with them here at home too but the majority like them!

Oh right I drove in past tesco and out to Westport house grounds. Well I wasn't really checking every car I was just thinking I may drive past you or something.

Interslice

Lights look good yb. Looks cool with the yellow only in the full beam side. Not as impressive as all these trips to westport on 2 tanks of fuel though :pac:

YbFocus

Interslice wrote: »

Lights look good yb. Looks cool with the yellow only in the full beam side. Not as impressive as all these trips to westport on 2 tanks of fuel though :pac:

Thanks man It's a full thank is all :pac:
One tank up and back!

GvidoR

This may come as a surprise to some of you, but look... I put on the rear wiper, instead of taking it off.

colm_mcm

You wouldn't put it on the right way?

Just down a little bit

GvidoR

What do you mean?

colm_mcm

Seems to be up a bit too high?

GvidoR

I don't like it too low. Might lower the Punto one a little though.

GvidoR

Drift stitched Punto rear bumper :pac:

Mar4ix

GvidoR wrote: »

This may come as a surprise to some of you, but look... I put on the rear wiper, instead of taking it off.

Aaand ?? Is it working ?

GvidoR

Mar4ix wrote: »

Aaand ?? Is it working ?

The wiper? Yes, why wouldn't it?

Mar4ix

GvidoR wrote: »

The wiper? Yes, why wouldn't it?

and window washing liquid sprinkles properly ??

Good work.

Mar4ix

I dont know do i have to put or not, any way , lately was working on my passat. changed camshaft, had to adjust injectors to new camshaft, feckin socket bit fell off... and fell in to oil line, landed on top of oil sump.
whoever know how bad is take off oil sump off pd engined passat, will understand me... i just didnt touch that car for a week... was driving punto... until my self steam came up again, and managed to take that sump off, remove bit, put everything back.
So just left adjust injectors, set timing, fit timing belt , inlet and exhaust manifolds, fit turbocharger (had to take off and reassemble - as it was seized) , connect exhaust... and nearly there

... But i am lazy .. work takes a lot of the will to do anything.

GvidoR

Mar4ix wrote: »

and window washing liquid sprinkles properly ??

Good work.

The water comes out but doesn't really spray on the window, so I'll have to look into that.

All I did was replace the wiper arm, one 13mm bolt and that's it. Easy job, I have bigger things to tackle now.

Interslice

Mar4ix wrote: »

I dont know do i have to put or not, any way , lately was working on my passat. changed camshaft, had to adjust injectors to new camshaft, feckin socket bit fell off... and fell in to oil line, landed on top of oil sump.
whoever know how bad is take off oil sump off pd engined passat, will understand me... i just didnt touch that car for a week... was driving punto... until my self steam came up again, and managed to take that sump off, remove bit, put everything back.
So just left adjust injectors, set timing, fit timing belt , inlet and exhaust manifolds, fit turbocharger (had to take off and reassemble - as it was seized) , connect exhaust... and nearly there

... But i am lazy .. work takes a lot of the will to do anything.

Feel your pain man. Done something similar on my transporter. Dropped a set of shims down an oil return gallery. Full days work to remove and refit the sump and the shims didn't even make it down that far...at least it got a clean. Have to change the sump on my new car soon too. The joys.

CJhaughey

Had an argument with a concrete wall reversing.
Wall-1 Car-0.
I backed into the wall so the bumper was creased and the estate boot door had a big crease that stopped the door from opening.
Spent the afternoon with a big hammer and a Portapower so the door now opens shuts and locks again.
Towbar is still bent though.

wotzgoingon

CJhaughey wrote: »

Had an argument with a concrete wall reversing.
Wall-1 Car-0.
I backed into the wall so the bumper was creased and the estate boot door had a big crease that stopped the door from opening.
Spent the afternoon with a big hammer and a Portapower so the door now opens shuts and locks again.
Towbar is still bent though.

You must have been doing a fair speed to bend the tow bar?

Toyotafanboi

Finally!






yeah, it is utterly tasteless, nasty and out of place but i think that's why i like it; very 80's. i set out to buy a black 8 ball but i thought the maroon would "compliment" the head unit and the celica is a 7th gen so it's all kind of fitting. It goes well with my fluffy dice too.

Noccy_Mondy

It's an acquired taste, I'll give you that!

Toyotafanboi

Think the 8 is a better compromise actually?

Noccy_Mondy

Toyotafanboi wrote:

Think the 8 is a better compromise actually?

Ya that looks a lot better. How many of them did you get?

MetzgerMeister

Toyotafanboi wrote: »

I hope you got a kind of neon green one too for when the head unit is turned on :P

Toyotafanboi

lol the stereo is a basic 7 segment display type which lights up white, the maroon is still very maroon on it.

i set out just to buy the 8 ball, but when i seen the 7 and made up the relationship in my head i said i'd buy it and try it, so i just bought 7 and 8 :P they are real pool balls too by the feel of them, they were still covered in dust from where they were drilled and tapped. they were only around £5 each on fleabay so not too bad that way.

Special Circumstances

Considering people pay frankly bonkers money for weighted shift knobs, that looks like a good deal as long as it doesn't come off during spirited driving. Happened me once with the basic MINI shifter - woooops.
Example of the more money than sense version of your fleabay job - $100:
http://www.whalenshiftmachine.com/#!product/prd1/1872441285/mini-g1-billiard-ball-shift-knob

YbFocus

Sorry man but i think that looks a total state!

Toyotafanboi

Jaysis that's steep money alright!

can't see mine coming off, the threading was good and tight. will see how it goes, aside from the questionable taste, it feels fairly strange to drive with.

cletus

Did that with my old fiesta, think the posts are on this thread somewhere.

I went proper oldschool though. I got a real 8 ball, drilled and tapped it. I loved how it felt while driving actually, haven't put it into my corolla, don't have a large enough tap. Some stage though