What have you done to your car today?

p1RATE · 14 Apr 2013 at 22:48

Spent pretty much all day replacing the thermostat on my 924s. However the cooling is still giving me trouble, either a serious air lock or a blocked radiator. I have a spare rad so ill try chuck that on if the weather stays lovely.

All my cars have been giving me so much grief as of late.

Janesy B · 15 Apr 2013 at 11:17

Ordered a pair of Conti Premium Contact 5s and booked an MOT at a cost of £155. Better re-mortgage the house.

List of things to do:

- New passenger side window regulator
- Fit a new electric mirror because some gimp broke it
- Full service
- Sell it

rossk26 · 15 Apr 2013 at 11:25

Janesy B said:
Ordered a pair of Conti Premium Contact 5s and booked an MOT at a cost of £155. Better re-mortgage the house.

£155 for 2 tyres and an MOT!! Bargain motoring right there

List of things to do:
- New passenger side window regulator

I had a guy on ffoc forum do this for free when I had my old focus! Easy job if you have the parts.

- Sell it

What for?

Janesy B · 15 Apr 2013 at 11:30

rossk26 said:
£155 for 2 tyres and an MOT!! Bargain motoring right there

Blackcircles are giving away a 'MOT for a fiver' voucher if you spend over £100 on certain brands, this has worked well for me.

rossk26 said:
I had a guy on ffoc forum do this for free when I had my old focus! Easy job if you have the parts.

Seems easy enough, I just need to get the part. Died last May so I better get it sorted.

rossk26 said:
What for?

No idea, I keep changing my mind and it depends if I'm still living in Basra or not later in the year.

Rybo89 · 15 Apr 2013 at 11:33

Finally thinking about getting a Ford ST of some sort?

Pete19s · 15 Apr 2013 at 16:07

Finally picked it up from the menders. Been away for nearly two weeks being made pretty again. No post work pictures yet but the rot is all gone

as is a lot of my money

Both rear quarters & sills made good as new. I could have bought the car twice over for what I've thrown at it over the last month but I now know I have a solid car both mechanically & the shell. I've got a wodge of pictures they took of the work, will try & scan some of the worst in for your amusement.

pugheaven · 15 Apr 2013 at 16:09

Took to £5 hand wash, was filthy... looks sweet now :-)

-westy- · 15 Apr 2013 at 16:43

Rybo89 said:
Finally thinking about getting a Ford ST of some sort?

He doesn't know, he keeps changing his mind

neverender · 15 Apr 2013 at 16:57

Not today, but last weekend...

Tore apart the dash on my 325...

...and fitted a Connects2 iPod interface:

Cable routes nicely into the sunglasses holder (after making a bit of a hole) and fits an old iPod Touch nicely. Charges both the Touch and my 4S, and works with the steering wheel controls. Not bad for £30 and some scuffed fingers.

Janesy B · 15 Apr 2013 at 17:52

-westy- said:
He doesn't know, he keeps changing his mind

I won't argue with that statement.

Rybo89 · 15 Apr 2013 at 18:52

-westy- said:
He doesn't know, he keeps changing his mind

Pfffft women

Janesy B · 15 Apr 2013 at 19:03

I hate everything about buying a used car.

InvaderGIR · 15 Apr 2013 at 19:07

Janesy B said:
I hate everything.

Rybo89 · 15 Apr 2013 at 19:12

Phate · 15 Apr 2013 at 19:21

InvaderGIR said:

Speaks the truth, he does.

Rossdh · 15 Apr 2013 at 20:35

Put it up for sale!

Brookert · 16 Apr 2013 at 00:07

Not strictly done anything to the car yet, but mainly a heads up to anyone looking for tools. Halfords have all the professional series socket sets with 50% off, I bought this socket 3/8 set for £20

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_525109_langId_-1_categoryId_255215

Very good quality, all the sizes from 9mm to 20mm, 13,14,15,17 spark plug sockets and one extension. Very pleased

Pete19s · 16 Apr 2013 at 15:41

Ruddy great selection of images incoming. My MX-5 is finally back after a month off the road after failing its MOT for corrosion. I'd debated just chucking it & getting another but decided to stick with what I had after doing a load of mechanical work running up to the MOT.

This is the state the rear quarters were in:

-westy- said:
Ouch, that's going to be properly rotten underneath

Boy-o-boy weren't you right :eek:

Gave the bodyshop the go ahead to get stuck in and go to town making it right. They photographed everything & so for your enjoyment here is some of the worst

(brace yourselves)

To some the idea & cost of repairing it was illogical, the car only set me back just over a grand and forking out £1800 to make it right made them laugh at me. Rear quarters, sills, part of the O/S/R floor all cut out & repaired as necessary along with cavity wax & underseal. I could have bought another but I can rest safe in the knowledge that I now have a mechanically & structurally sound MX-5.

Now

rossk26 · 16 Apr 2013 at 15:51

Alloys next, and you wouldn't be able to tell that was a 20 year old car...

mattyprice4004 · 16 Apr 2013 at 16:15

Bloody hell, was it parked in the sea?!