Today I did something to my car (volume 2)

CianRyan

toastedpickles wrote: »

I'll see about that in a few weeks

Your Saab ain't turf!

DGT's turf burner is something else though. I've never driven such a free revving diesel!

dgt

GvidoR wrote: »

I would love to see that, heheh.

Check post #1 on this very thread

wotzgoingon

YbFocus wrote: »

and it'd hardly stand to a 530.

DGT's 1.9 nearly out performed your 530.

dgt wrote: »

My 1.9TD will quite easily outperform one

dgt

wotzgoingon wrote: »

DGT's 1.9 nearly out performed your 530.

That was with 4 people in the car and a boot full of crap! :pac:

wotzgoingon

dgt wrote: »

That was with 4 people in the car and a boot full of crap! :pac:

Are you serious, that would slow a car down alot.

dgt

wotzgoingon wrote: »

Are you serious, that would slow a car down alot.

Yep myself, lady dgt, DZ and another young fella.... Toolbox in the boot and my box of spare filters/fuse boxes/ecu's etc

Only YB can tell us how many passengers he had at the time!

*Disclaimer: This is in reference to an experiment on who could reach 120 first

Ded_Zebra

dgt wrote: »

Yep myself, lady dgt, DZ and another young fella.... Toolbox in the boot and my box of spare filters/fuse boxes/ecu's etc

Only YB can tell us how many passengers he had at the time!

*Disclaimer: This is in reference to an experiment on who could reach 120 first

120 whats :p

toastedpickles

Lightyears :pac:

bmstuff

2007 BMW X5 Dension 500S BT installed, plays iPod/USB Sticks on the idrive.
Artists/Albums/Genre etc selection.



Coding the iPOD function to the car










Excuse ma French

GvidoR

Where's the iPod?

Supergurrier

You messed up that install shurre it's all in French !

bmstuff

GvidoR wrote: »

Where's the iPod?

In the glovebox, at the end of that black lead sticking out

bmstuff

Supergurrier wrote: »

You messed up that install shurre it's all in French !

Yeah it is called a Frug (Frog Bug)

YbFocus

dgt wrote: »

Yep myself, lady dgt, DZ and another young fella.... Toolbox in the boot and my box of spare filters/fuse boxes/ecu's etc

Only YB can tell us how many passengers he had at the time!

*Disclaimer: This is in reference to an experiment on who could reach 120 first

I had myself and 2 and couldn't believe my eyes.
It was neck and neck in fairness. Mine only began to pull at the top end.

Like in the very high lightyears

It's a truely ridiculous car dgt fair play

Top Dog

bmstuff wrote: »

2007 BMW X5 Dension 500S BT installed, plays iPod/USB Sticks on the idrive.

Whats under the bonnet that it's only averaged 21.9mpg over nearly 1000km?

bmstuff

Top Dog wrote: »

Whats under the bonnet that it's only averaged 21.9mpg over nearly 1000km?

3.0 D, they are known to be not that effective MPG wise.
You would probably achieve the same with the 4.8i V8

Supergurrier

Did a Quick Shifter install a couple nights ago.

Only things i needed were a 10mm open ended spanner and an allen key, makes alot of difference to the gear changes (like shaking hands with an old woman which is a no no for a high performance hatch), much more direct and slightly shorter throw.

Bit's i needed + some silicone grease to lubricate new higher positioned balljoint.


Gaiter and knob removed now to pop out original balljoint housing


That done a tight squeeze to get my bear paws down abit to remove the linkage from the original fork (pull forward and away spring loaded jobby)


New aftermarket higher positioned fork and back plate in position and tighened to hand tight +1/4 turn


Now to slide new ball joint housing down the gearstick to 4mm above lowest position and tighten to same torque as last bit for a 40% shorter throw (can be adjusted between 3-6mm as per manufacturers insutructions).


Now just a case of putting a dab of silicone grease on new aftermarket balljoint and popping the cover back on.


Gaiter and knob back on and good to go 15 minutes later (it's really a 2 minute job second time around)

Happy out.

Marty McFly

bmstuff wrote: »

3.0 D, they are known to be not that effective MPG wise.
You would probably achieve the same with the 4.8i V8

I don't know about that, decided to check my mpg on the trip computer for the first time in months the other day and it was reading 21.7mpg and that on a 330i would hate to think what I would be getting on a 4.8 V8.

Marcinek_55

Today i changed wishbone... last one already. 1 was changed last year (steel one, passenger side), about 3 weeks ago i changed aluminium wishbones/track control arms (both sides) and today was time for "last" one.. steel one on driver side and now i'm looking for tires... Goodyear Eagle F1 255/35/R18 - i'll start with two front ones.

Hal1

Any noticeable difference between the steel and aluminium other than the weight?

Marcinek_55

For some reason there is one aluminium and one steel it's not that i could choose between aluminium and steel, i had to buy both. The different i could see is a color.

YbFocus

Cleveland Hot Pocket wrote: »

All 3.0 e60s are taxed at the 2901-3000 cc rate (pre '08 of course) as they are actually 2925 cc (afair)

They are 2993cc

Noccy_Mondy

Well technically I didn't do anything to the car, apart from clean the windows after, but today i got my first "professional car wash" done. Wanted to see if they do a better job than myself, meh I think we're pretty much on par...





And here I just wanted to practice my photography skills


Nothing great but it made my day :P Don't wanna move it, because it'll be filthy again by the weekend

Hal1

All the mondeo needs is a set of mud guards. Looks well though.

Hal1

Marcinek_55 wrote: »

For some reason there is one aluminium and one steel it's not that i could choose between aluminium and steel, i had to buy both. The different i could see is a color.

What car is it again?

Noccy_Mondy

I've been looking out, and very little have mud guards. Would it have been an optional extra when new Will look into a set though!

Hal1

Everything is an optional extra with ford. Fordpartsuk would be cheaper than a ford dealer here, then just use parcel motel.

MetzgerMeister

Hal1 wrote: »

What car is it again?

Mercedes CLGhey

Mister Man

Heard lots of squeaking from the brakes on the MG ZR the past week so I decided to change the brake pads ASAP.
Managed to get the caliper off (after up-ending my hand on the disk) only to notice the brake pads were actually OK! About 50% worn, give or take.
I replaced the pads anyway in hopes it would stop the squeaking. Surprsingly, it fixed it completely.
Can finally brake with wanting to tear my hair out! Very easy job to do yourself too. Next up (assuming nothing goes) is a service which is due in around 1k miles.

Alanstrainor

I just replaced my hazard lights/lock switch as the old one was fooked. I finally have my hazards back!

This is the (manky) old one: