What have you done to your car today?
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bought car with it failed with 9 majors and minors in total. Just got it through with 1 minor for rear tyre. Time to enjoy the vehicle over winter
Switched over to the winter wheels today. It was 4ºC here this morning. My first season with the car so still very much enjoying all the fiddling around! My drive slopes steeply so we had to do it on the road outside my house - trolley jack was fine under the rear central jacking point but wouldn't fit under the front so, trolley jack out the side, quick three point turn and do the other front wheel. Almost coincides with putting the clock back! I've gone for 18" wheels for the winter tyres (it has 19" on the summer ones). It will be interesting to see if the ride is much different - they're both on run flats.
MrPT said:Painted the wheel weights. Not something I thought I’d ever consider necessary, but it’s been a slow week.
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Nice one! Details make all the difference.
One of my clear front reflectors had condensation inside and going green, so instead of replacing with new, removed, split apart and re-sealed the old one and then sanded, primed, sprayed and clear coated both reflectors over a couple of days and reattached.
They are a bugger to remove as I had read because of the 10mm nut locations, one came off ok, the other was tough, ended up having to pull back part of the wheel liner to get the 2nd nut using a ratchet spanner.
The paint is a colour match (saphire black) match but because the car is dirty and the reflectors are brand new painted they almost stand out a little to much currently. will look better once the car is clean I'm sure but happy with the result
They are a bugger to remove as I had read because of the 10mm nut locations, one came off ok, the other was tough, ended up having to pull back part of the wheel liner to get the 2nd nut using a ratchet spanner.
The paint is a colour match (saphire black) match but because the car is dirty and the reflectors are brand new painted they almost stand out a little to much currently. will look better once the car is clean I'm sure but happy with the result
craigbeal said:One of my clear front reflectors had condensation inside and going green, so instead of replacing with new, removed, split apart and re-sealed the old one and then sanded, primed, sprayed and clear coated both reflectors over a couple of days and reattached.
They are a bugger to remove as I had read because of the 10mm nut locations, one came off ok, the other was tough, ended up having to pull back part of the wheel liner to get the 2nd nut using a ratchet spanner.
The paint is a colour match (saphire black) match but because the car is dirty and the reflectors are brand new painted they almost stand out a little to much currently. will look better once the car is clean I'm sure but happy with the result
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SIs are quite rare... very nice.
Sure M 224 18s would look good on it...
Just back from Donegal. Car is new to me so wasn’t quite prepared for the interesting ride over some pretty hairy B roads.
Had a Pioneer touch screen radio delivered today, god help me!
Had a Pioneer touch screen radio delivered today, god help me!
