What have you done to your car today?

[supergluechris]

LED's to replace the pathetic boot light that doesn't do anything at night.

Spoiler

I then had some LED's left over so I used them as under door lights and foot well lights

Spoiler

 

[rodenal]

Photo's are a bit small there

Not going to start a new thread but if you were buying a car and it was 2 years old, with just under 50k miles, would you be concerned?

The car is a diesel so imo, 45k miles or so in 2 years isn't a huge amount of miles and if it has been sat on the motorway for most of the time then in theory the wear/tear on the engine is hardly going to be worse then someone doing 6k miles per year, on only short journeys.

I am trying to convince someone who seems to think as soon as the car hits 60k it will explode and be worth nothing.

I wouldn't be remotely concerned about the mileage - where I would be concerned is if I was going to tip it over 100k in the time I owned it, as this is where you really start to get stupid offers on trade in / struggle to sell privately if it's still relatively new.

Of course if the purchase price is good enough then that shouldn't matter either

 

[Diagro]

I can't see plastidip lasting more than a month or so on wheels? Nothing like strong enough, unless you're putting on a serious number of coats?

People seem to complain that its crap, but it turns out those people just put enough on to cover the old paint.

You need 8-10 coats tbh for a long lasting durable finish.

 

[rodenal]

Yeah, but 8 coats worth for 4 wheels would cost an absolute fortune - not that far off the cost of just getting them done properly!

 

[Voxination]

The little plastic bits on the rear windows were starting to get damaged and show the silver metal underneath, so it was time for some Plastidip!







As you can tell I was very bored this morning lol.

 

[Skeeter]

Replaced my rear disks and bearings.

Then discovered a screw in an almost new tyre. Grrr.

 

[Blackhawk47]

I wouldn't be remotely concerned about the mileage - where I would be concerned is if I was going to tip it over 100k in the time I owned it, as this is where you really start to get stupid offers on trade in / struggle to sell privately if it's still relatively new.

Of course if the purchase price is good enough then that shouldn't matter either

Those are my thoughts as well. It's a one owner car from a main dealer so I'm not to worried and haven't checked servicing yet but imagine it will be FSH.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Caught one of my brand new alloy wheels on a kerb and took off a chunk of paint about half way round...i could cry!

 

[Diagro]

The little plastic bits on the rear windows were starting to get damaged and show the silver metal underneath, so it was time for some Plastidip!







As you can tell I was very bored this morning lol.

How many coats did you use?

 

[teenwolf]

Yes one is leaking, got to get it looked at on monday.

you may get away with tightening them up.
but be prepared for a big bill.
i would not use the car until you get it looked at.
its well documented on c4owners.org.

 

[Voxination]

How many coats did you use?

Think it was around 4 or 5, should be enough to be durable, but if all goes badly then can just re-do it

 

[Clarkey]

Replaced starter motor. Now it starts, the joys of reliable Japanese motoring.

 

[Axeboy]

Buying treats for the r32 gtr project, cant help it

new stereo
Strut brace (front)
New leather gaiters for the gear stick and hand brake
Folding wing mirror mod kit

 

[GT3]

Drove my mates 380bhp evo 8 engined evo 5. Unsurprisingly my already slow mx5 now feels broken

 

[LizardKing]

Day out at Santa Pod.
Bit busy but for £35 you cant really complain!

 

[kieranv]

stripped the front end and undersealed/painted everything. Also degreased the bonnet catch as it was manky.

 

[DKong]

Replaced starter motor on MK1 focus, easy enough job!

 

[spookywillow]

you may get away with tightening them up.
but be prepared for a big bill.
i would not use the car until you get it looked at.
its well documented on c4owners.org.

Yeah I have been a member there for a couple of years now.

Car's booked in tomorrow, AA is paid up to get me there and it's going to cost a grand total of £720 for a recon turbo and for the injectors to be done.

Main dealer quoted me £900 for a recon turbo and another £480 for the injectors so I got a good deal from my local Indy

 

[deltalinx]

Refurbed and sprayed my wheels and remapped my Clio Sport 172 PH2 at the weekend

 

[andy_mk3]

On sunday took the Saabstra to Donington for a track day along with a mate. Had epic fun. Only have one or two pics from the day. Mine's the yellow one.

There's a short video too but Youtube being a a pain.

Only issue I had was a rear caliper sticking on, absolutely cooking my rear brakes, and then the brake pipe splitting in the process of trying to fix it. All fixed in the pit lane though