What have you done to your car today?

Chris1712 · 1 Feb 2020 at 23:29

Bedford, Combe, Goodwood need it for. It’s 105db static thats the problem. Stock exhaust.

Flack88 · 2 Feb 2020 at 00:15

Chris1712 said:
Bedford, Combe, Goodwood need it for. It’s 105db static thats the problem. Stock exhaust.

Same as Oulton Park then.

If it's stock exhaust I very much doubt you would need it. Have you been on a track day before?

My car reads at 86DBa static with a de-cat and full 3" resonated system. On track it easily passes noise even with a screamer pipe. I know Bedford can be a bit funny but you should be able to drive all day there with no problems using stock exhaust. Just take it with you just in case and see what the noise read out says, you will be surprised. They don't immediately kick you off the track after going over the noise, they will pull you over and ask you to rectify it, then you can stick the baffle on if need be.

Chris1712 · 2 Feb 2020 at 00:19

Flack88 said:
If it's stock exhaust I very much doubt you would need it. Have you been on a track day before?

My car reads at 86DBa static with a de-cat and full 3" resonated system. On track it easily passes noise even with a screamer pipe. I know Bedford can be a bit funny but you should be able to drive all day there with no problems using stock exhaust. Just take it with you just in case and see what the noise read out says, you will be surprised.

Just going on other owners reports. I think I’ll be ok at Bedford but only just, wont make Combe which is my local track and would like to go again.

Not done any days in the 4C yet, but did 2 in the Z4 which was indeed quiet iirc 87db static.

MrKnifey · 2 Feb 2020 at 16:10

My old MK2 XR2 with 200hp Zetec was 102db at Combe and the limit was 98db!

As for what have I done to the car today - Drove the M3..Constant fear of the rod bearings dying :rolleyes:

Agent_Smith357 · 2 Feb 2020 at 17:11

Flack88 said:
Did the headlights on the Corolla, they are massive.

Done this a few times on diff cars and still a nice thing to see them come up so well after the work. You also realise how much light was missing before when driving. Tried the 3M kit this time and was impressed.

Which 3M kit did you use? I need to do the headlights on my TT.

Flack88 · 2 Feb 2020 at 22:03

Agent_Smith357 said:
Which 3M kit did you use? I need to do the headlights on my TT.

This one:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3M-Headl...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

Psycho Sonny · 2 Feb 2020 at 23:23

Flack88 said:
Did the headlights on the Corolla, they are massive.

Done this a few times on diff cars and still a nice thing to see them come up so well after the work. You also realise how much light was missing before when driving. Tried the 3M kit this time and was impressed.

Also went to replace mid-pipe to rear silencer gasket as it was blowing only to find my rear silencer has rusted / split at the seam. Will give it a go at brazing tomorrow.
Otherwise it's looking like a trip for a T sport breaker for a stock rear silencer as they are getting rare now.

did you seal them afterwards with UV sealant?

233 · 4 Feb 2020 at 06:56

Broke it

hit a pothole rather painfully

double puncture possible damage to 2 wheels and the rear suspension has dropped on the drivers side

this is going to be both expensive and painful

233 · 4 Feb 2020 at 07:03

Also appears it left the car upside down stupid iPhones not liking left handed people

skaif · 4 Feb 2020 at 07:14

I was about to say! Was that pothole a portal to the upside down?

vanpeebles · 4 Feb 2020 at 07:54

Sounds like some pothole!!

Conscript · 4 Feb 2020 at 08:39

Wormhole.

233 · 4 Feb 2020 at 11:54

the offending pothole,

right way up this time, back to the workshop by 6

currently shopping for wheels/tyres suspension and new fillings

Temujin · 4 Feb 2020 at 11:57

Holy crepe that's a big old pothole, hopefully you'll have some luck getting money back from the Council but it seems a lottery as to whether they'll pay out regardless of whether it meets the stipulations of when they will!

adam cool dude · 4 Feb 2020 at 13:41

Irony is that if you had some balloon tyres on 17" rims you would have more than likely got away with that no problem but big old wheels are just too sexy for todays climate.

233 · 4 Feb 2020 at 14:35

only bonus is some of my other pics clearly show it marked up for repair faded paint suggests the council has known about it for a while i'd guess.

Temujin · 4 Feb 2020 at 14:55

Or that it has been done, but to the usual council standard so at the first frost / baking hot day it has disintegrated.

233 · 5 Feb 2020 at 11:33

went back this morning and managed to get some pics with a coffee cup completely in the pothole

pictures dont really give an idea of just how deep it is

Supernova · 5 Feb 2020 at 15:29

Today I finished the job that a Honda main dealer technician failed to complete this morning! It was in for a warranty repair on the rear seat folding mechanism, which they replaced without issue. But the technician left the seat trim hanging off the seat frame, so I was there outside the dealership putting it back together myself. I didn't have time to go in and tell them, and then wait for them to complete it. It's a minor thing but a bit "half a job" isn't it.

adam cool dude · 5 Feb 2020 at 16:38

Took my Celica for its M.O.T and taxed it. First time out since end of July!