What have you done to your car today?

Dis86 · 9 Jun 2013 at 20:45

Will said:
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Wheels look great! Same colour as the set I had on my MiTo. Reckon you should match up the doorhandles though!

Will · 9 Jun 2013 at 20:48

Dis86 said:
Wheels look great! Same colour as the set I had on my MiTo. Reckon you should match up the doorhandles though!

Thanks, its on my 'to do list'.

Red fuel cap cover (rather than silver)
Black/anthracite painted door handles
Black mirror caps (possible but might just keep the red)

I am also tempted by a Seeker rear lip spoiler as well

godinman · 9 Jun 2013 at 20:56

Plugged my laptop into the E46 and had a play, looks like pretty good software, found a couple of fault codes - oil level sensor and auc sensor.

[TW]Fox · 9 Jun 2013 at 21:26

AUC sensor = easiest replacement in the world. Unplug old one. Plug new one in. Job dne.

Oil level sensor = big pain, need to drain the entire sump first and the part isn't cheap either.

acemastr · 9 Jun 2013 at 21:32

..or deal with it and check your oil lots, I've no idea if my oil level sensor works or not, the oil has never gotten low

[TW]Fox · 9 Jun 2013 at 21:43

acemastr said:
..or deal with it and check your oil lots, I've no idea if my oil level sensor works or not, the oil has never gotten low

The E46 tends to tell you when the sensor has failed because the light will flash on startup.

acemastr · 9 Jun 2013 at 22:30

That could be what my parents is doing, oil level light comes on for 10-15 seconds then goes off

[TW]Fox · 9 Jun 2013 at 22:31

Yup, sensor is broken.

shaank · 9 Jun 2013 at 22:35

Washed and a 2nd layer of collinite wax added. Started to get dark so I'll seal the wheels tomorrow I hope.

mrk · 10 Jun 2013 at 01:16

Driven back from Europe. 802 miles. Car is dirtier on the inside than the outside :S

Glad I have Monday off to solve that issue

Tom|Nbk · 10 Jun 2013 at 01:33

Rear shoes discs and pads along with spark plugs all done, the BK shoes I got from GSF were a bit of a pain as it seemed like they had a bit too much meat on them to just slip nicely into the pagid disc, no worry though. I now have my handbrake back and a nice fresh braking system!

Maccy · 10 Jun 2013 at 09:07

MOT failed on Saturday, spent the rest of the day replacing one of the pumps for the headlight washers (they've never worked!)
Had to replace a fuse as some interior lights stopped working, and ordered a replacement registration bulb unit as the contacts have rusted away.

Still need to order a new tyre and do some research into aligning the headlights as they're not high enough apparently!

NathWraith · 10 Jun 2013 at 09:54

Cleaned mine and my bro's cars:

neverender · 10 Jun 2013 at 14:57

Dropped in a Pipercross panel filter to the 325 to replace a rather dog-eared paper filter on my lunch hour. Seems to have made a definite impact on throttle response and added a subtle induction-style intake noise, which is a bonus. Was tempted with a full on CAI but ultimately figured I don't want to have my engine farting around through town, as fun as it would be when taking a drive along the coast.

Then set about wrestling with my dash to fit a Brodit Proclip mount. Swore a bit and gave up. Me and the E46 dashboard really don't get on.

Minstadave · 10 Jun 2013 at 20:19

Just finished a 1200 mile trip in 4 days around Western Scotland. Picked up a lot of dirt and a couple scratches but what an awesome couple of days driving!

Will be busting out the DAS-6 tomorrow to tidy things up.

Drollic · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:06

Again cursed the HKS coilovers for not being able to go lower on the rears.

Bradmax57 · 10 Jun 2013 at 21:57

Killed it reading some faults with INPA, now the thing wont start knew it was a bad idea

Rotty · 10 Jun 2013 at 22:56

wheels refurbs after a bit of a mishap

godinman · 11 Jun 2013 at 06:49

[TW]Fox;24423129 said:
AUC sensor = easiest replacement in the world. Unplug old one. Plug new one in. Job dne.

Oil level sensor = big pain, need to drain the entire sump first and the part isn't cheap either.

Cheers, yeah I think that can wait 7000 miles or so until the oil service.

ScoobyDoo69 · 12 Jun 2013 at 12:40

Fuel pressure gauge installed, set to differential pressure to show that it stays constant with the fuel pressure.

New seat installed too. Couldn't fit the passenger one as it's missing a rail