What have you done to your car today?
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Man of Honour
I won't lie, yours did give me the idea to make mine a bit nicer 
Soldato
Fully fitted the HEKO wind deflectors:
JDM yo.
Soldato
Wind deflectors look so tacky.
...and meHaha no problemI think LSPIII is wanting to do the same also.
My exhaust goes from shiny to ***** in about 5 minutes!
At the moment I'm cleaning it twice a week with wheel cleaner but that won't last
Soldato
Thanks for the info.
Today I adjusted my handbrake. It had reached a point where even pulling the lever right to the top of it's travel, it still wouldn't hold the car on a hill. Thankfully being an auto leaving it Park kept it from rolling anywhere.
Wasn't too tricky to do either as you can tweak the adjuster through a lug nut hole on the rear wheels..took about an hour to sort and now it doesn't move an inch.
Man of Honour
Ran it on Petrol for the first time since owning it.
What's the point in them? As most cars have aircon now why would you bother opening the window just a little bit?
Windows all the way down or not at all in my book!
Just replaced the weather strip on the driver's door, no more wshshshshshshshsssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh every time I get above 30
One of those little jobs that I've been meaning to do for ages. On the down side, it probably means I'll start hearing lots of other rattles and creaks now.
One of those little jobs that I've been meaning to do for ages. On the down side, it probably means I'll start hearing lots of other rattles and creaks now.
...and me
My exhaust goes from shiny to ***** in about 5 minutes!
At the moment I'm cleaning it twice a week with wheel cleaner but that won't last
Yep! Exactly why I got mine done.
It is high temperature powder coating, I think it is good for 500 Celsius or at least something pretty high so the finish lasts a long time.
If you have difficulty finding somewhere to get it done I can inquire at SVM who got mine done (they sent off a new set of tips to get coated and then swapped mine over when I went in).
Depends on the car, some can pull it off and others can't.
Bodge-on HEKO ones always look tacky. They are very popular in Japan/Asia so the car makers design them to look nice.
Anyway. Engine mounts arrived at last, now I won't have the time to get under there for a week. Growing tired of grannying the car around now.
Anyway. Engine mounts arrived at last, now I won't have the time to get under there for a week. Growing tired of grannying the car around now.
Soldato
MOT on my MK1 MX5 today. No advisories and they commented on how good the chassis was 
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It was registered in 1992 but as it is an import it is still tested pre-cat even though the MOT rules on cats got much stricter as of mid-2012.
Might de-cat it...
.It was registered in 1992 but as it is an import it is still tested pre-cat even though the MOT rules on cats got much stricter as of mid-2012.
Might de-cat it...
Tried to clean it. I have got some crap stuck onto the drivers door and on the front right wing and it won't come off.
Used the pressure washer, the brush, the car wash and tried scrubbing away at it for 5 minutes but it will not budge. Any ideas?
Used the pressure washer, the brush, the car wash and tried scrubbing away at it for 5 minutes but it will not budge. Any ideas?
Soldato
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What is the crap? Literally crap?
Soldato
Depends what kind of crap it is? What I wouldn't be doing is using a brush or a car wash on your paintwork!
I will get some images tomorrow. Also, not that sort of brush, the one they have on those self use car washes. The paint work is fine.
It looks like dried on soap scum, yet every time I wash it, it is in the shade and I remove all residue with a hose and dry it by hand. It is also only on that side of the car.
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Caporegime
I am going to guess it is tar.