What have you done to your car today?

Akagi · 4 Mar 2019 at 16:17

And mine doesn't even have carpet. Just carpet mats...

Fancy taking a quick recording in the cabin to get an idea of the noise levels? Should get a hard top too, they make quite the difference as well. Could really help.

Frozennova · 4 Mar 2019 at 16:36

Acme said:
And mine doesn't even have carpet. Just carpet mats...

Fancy taking a quick recording in the cabin to get an idea of the noise levels? Should get a hard top too, they make quite the difference as well. Could really help.

I don't think I have anything worth bothering with trying to record noise levels with. Bought a hard top just before christmas

Scottland · 4 Mar 2019 at 16:50

@Frozennova Did you do the bit behind the seats where the roof folds down onto?

Frozennova · 4 Mar 2019 at 17:40

Scottland said:
@Frozennova Did you do the bit behind the seats where the roof folds down onto?

Nope, purely because I can't take the hard top off on my own to get the soft top out the way.

I've got a enough stuff left over to do that piece though

Dis86 · 4 Mar 2019 at 18:23

Called the garage to book my car in a week ago telling them what the exact issue is.
Drop it off this morning, they tell me they'll have it back to me by c.o.b.
They call me an hour later to tell me they'll have to order the part in. Wtf?!

acemastr · 4 Mar 2019 at 18:38

Dis86 said:
Called the garage to book my car in a week ago telling them what the exact issue is.
Drop it off this morning, they tell me they'll have it back to me by c.o.b.
They call me an hour later to tell me they'll have to order the part in. Wtf?!

No one believes the customer on problems, I work in IT and the customer is never correct about what the problem is. They'd never order the part before seeing the car.

Dis86 · 4 Mar 2019 at 19:08

acemastr said:
No one believes the customer on problems, I work in IT and the customer is never correct about what the problem is. They'd never order the part before seeing the car.

It was a hose split. I pointed it out to them. I'm sure that's pretty difficult to misdiagnose.

Camalot · 4 Mar 2019 at 20:57

New shock, spring, top mount etc on my 07 civic!

New impact gun worked a treat.

Zico · 4 Mar 2019 at 21:06

Fiesta ST had it's 4th year service (with brake fluid changed and aircon topped up, only minimal loss apparently so didn't charge anything) and MOT. Minor issue with the voice activation button not working also fixed without charge.

Gaijin · 5 Mar 2019 at 15:10

Frozennova said:
Nope, purely because I can't take the hard top off on my own to get the soft top out the way.

I've got a enough stuff left over to do that piece though

How much of a difference has it made mate?

Dup · 5 Mar 2019 at 15:15

Camalot said:
New shock, spring, top mount etc on my 07 civic!

New impact gun worked a treat.

How did you find doing the 14mm top mount bolts? I used some drop spanners but access was tight and you can only tighten to what you think is right. Did both my fronts except the springs 2 years ago (can't think why I left the springs now seeing as I did the lot) and still on there good though.

Frozennova · 5 Mar 2019 at 15:26

Gaijin said:
How much of a difference has it made mate?

Decent reduction in tyre and road noise. Could really do with something more comfortable to sit in but I might brave the commute in it on the odd occasion now

tom_nieto · 5 Mar 2019 at 16:46

Went out for a spin around the Worcestershire countryside. The car has been stuck in the garage for the majority of 2019 so it was high time for a drive! Good to get the roof down too.

Gaijin · 6 Mar 2019 at 08:43

Frozennova said:
Decent reduction in tyre and road noise. Could really do with something more comfortable to sit in but I might brave the commute in it on the odd occasion now

Good to know - I had to ditch most of that padded stuff under the carpet as it got ruined when I had some water ingress.

Akagi · 6 Mar 2019 at 13:07

Gaijin said:
Good to know - I had to ditch most of that padded stuff under the carpet as it got ruined when I had some water ingress.

Same here. Now all I have is bare metal with carpet mats on.

adwol48 · 6 Mar 2019 at 19:52

not really me thats done it but passed MOT today with 1 minor fault seems i need to fit a new cv boot on the offside front yay

Armageus · 6 Mar 2019 at 20:02

Changed a brake light bulb on the wife's fiesta - not especially difficult, but trickier than it surely needed to be.

King4aDay · 7 Mar 2019 at 16:55

Seeing as the 350gt hasn't exploded yet I treated it to new wipers (Michelins £4.99 in Aldi, thank you), oil and filter and brake pads. The latter involved driving to my nearest Nissan dealer after discovering that the locking wheel nut key that came with the car was entirely the wrong shape! Luckily they had one in stock for the low, low price of £18.

Getting the front undertray off took as long as the rest of it, might just trying leaving it in place next time.

FlapR · 7 Mar 2019 at 17:09

FlapR said:
Just booked my Mini Cooper S in at the dealership for next week.

- £626.30 including labour and VAT for a new High Pressure Fuel Pump - that's with 50% good will contribution from BMW
- £295 to replace the oil solenoid valve which is leaking onto part of the wiring harness so part of that is getting changed aswell. If it's left and it goes further it can end up costing thousands.

Seriously annoyed to say the least.

Following up from this. Dropped it off this morning at 7.30am, just picked it up.

- HPFP replaced, along with pressure hose and tubing.
- Oil Solenoid fixed, along with other seals and part of wiring loom changed with an updated part to prevent anything happening in the future.

Main offender - Fuel Pump (with the blue dot on top)

Came out a bit cheaper than expect as they added more of a discount which I was thankfull for:

Glad the car is running properly now and has a completely clean bill of health, may end up getting rid in the next year or so though:

Dis86 · 7 Mar 2019 at 17:47

Finally got it back, woop! 4 days to fix a split hose and MOT the thing.