What have you done to your car today?

Matt82 · 7 Jun 2013 at 23:50

Clarkey said:
All that new front end on, was a right bear of a job pushing the bushes on the arms.

God damn clunking in the front is still there though! Got to be wheel bearing or top mount but the bearing doesn't whine and the mount feels tight. Any ideas guys, it's most pronounced when driving very slow like walking pace, and is a bit worse when braking gently. Can feel it through the pedals, irritating me now.

On the other hand, the Meyle/HD arms are a nice touch, steering feels more immediate for sure. Didn't do a very good job of setting the track rods, off to alignment tomorrow

Shoulda got m3 arms. No rubber in the ball joints

Clarkey · 7 Jun 2013 at 23:58

The HD ones don't either, that's why I got them

adam cool dude · 8 Jun 2013 at 05:44

C.V joint?

Clarkey · 8 Jun 2013 at 10:37

Can't locate it?

Firestar_3x · 8 Jun 2013 at 10:42

Clarkey said:
Can't locate it?

Lol

skippy2421 · 8 Jun 2013 at 15:44

Cleaned and started touching up the paint work just waiting for it to dry before I can go put the lacquer on.

adam cool dude · 8 Jun 2013 at 17:21

Clarkey said:
Can't locate it?

Yeah now I realize what I have just said

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Must not skim read in future!

Matt82 · 8 Jun 2013 at 17:28

Wash clayed polished the golf. Cig break now then ill buff it off and get some wax on. Not the best hang over cure

Clarkey · 8 Jun 2013 at 17:43

Aligned today, it's a bit duller but then it was rocking 1.5deg toe out, can't keep that though if I want the tyres to last more than 5 minutes . Front is very tight compared to the old stuff though. The most obvious is making adjustments mid corner when it's already heavily loaded, now it's sharp, before it was very sloppy.
Next up, rear ball joints.

Matt82 · 8 Jun 2013 at 18:17

What did you change it from? Mine will have the front done again when I get new tyres

PMKeates · 8 Jun 2013 at 18:20

I gave my seats a bit of a clean with Gliptone Liquid Leather - http://www.liquidleather.com/

I've never found leather cleaners seem to do much, but this stuff has you wiping away brown muck once you've cleaned, and have your seats get shades lighter!

Soulja · 8 Jun 2013 at 19:58

I took my Focus ST for it's MOT and it failed

Park brake efficiency was only 7%. I'm hoping it's only the cable and not a caliper.

Janesy B · 8 Jun 2013 at 20:10

Gave the Focus a proper clean today.

Finally got rid of all the tar spots and polished my tip

Clarkey · 9 Jun 2013 at 11:43

Matt82 said:
What did you change it from? Mine will have the front done again when I get new tyres

Used to run 2.5deg and 0 toe, was great but eat tyres for breakfast. Adjusted camber out to 2deg, toe ended up at 17mins so left it there. It seems counter intuitive but apparently some toe in helps tyre life when combined with a little camber. Also it seemed ideal in that were I to tinker with the camber on a trackday or whatever then I would still have a sensible amount of toe out.
What happened is, the tyre life did increase, and the car gained a hint of understeer which made it that little less fraught on the road.

Fitting the new arms ended with nearly 1.5deg toe out. Aside from the steering wheel being offset you would never have guessed, it tracked straighter than ever and turned like crazy. I had the alignment set back to how it was before.

Anyway, I drove it down my favourite winding road last night and it has to be said the difference is amazing. The front end is so so well composed, the difference must be almost as profound as going from stock to coilover. I really had my doubts whether it would be worth the money doing this since everyone said the old hardware was fine anyway. It was though, and I can't wait to do the same to the rear now.

Downsides though, I'm sure that clunking noise has gotten louder and more annoying. I wish I knew what was causing it :/

Dis86 · 9 Jun 2013 at 13:31

Janesy, think I just got hypnotised by the pattern on your tyres!

I gave the BMW a wash this morning before the sun gets too bright. Going to be waxing it later when the GF returns with her brother's buffer.
It'll be so shiny!

skippy2421 · 9 Jun 2013 at 16:08

hmmm touch up effort one has yielded mixed results. some chip after sanding and polish I could barely spot them others resulted in me sanding the paint out of them. More practice required I suspect.

JohnnyDrama · 9 Jun 2013 at 16:10

Gave the car a good hoover out inside. Went to take it to be cleaned but none of our local sites were open.

mgsdetail · 9 Jun 2013 at 16:40

Cleaned the baby sick from the back seat and give the rest of it a good clean.

Biohazard · 9 Jun 2013 at 16:46

Painting interior door handles. It's taken a week of spare time to get them sanded, filled, sanded, filled, primed, sanded, filled, primed.

First coats look good though!

Will · 9 Jun 2013 at 18:03

Cleaned interior a bit...and decided I want to dismantle and refit my double din setup, its started to rattle annoyingly. Probably as it was such a rush to get it fitted, did it one evening and the light started to fade...

Also had new wheels fitted - Buddy Club P1s, so much lighter than the stock ones (about 4kg lighter than the OEM ones), with custom centre cap badges from DMB Graphics. Happy with the look, always liked the style of the wheels and the slightly lower offset (42 vs standard 55) helps the look of the car no end.

Then cleaned up the standard wheels to sell on...nice weather to do a job like this, leave them to dry whilst watching the BTCC race