What have you done to your car today?

chris182008 · 8 Jan 2015 at 21:39

Fitted a vtps, gm iat, aem wideband and a megasquirt to my mx5 and got it to start after

Zico · 8 Jan 2015 at 22:47

This happened driving in to work this morning (heard something 'crack' but it was too dark and wet to see). Only noticed it when I went to drive home

Going to cost £75 for a replacement but at least I'm not going to have to pay the full cost of a heated front screen.

Akagi · 9 Jan 2015 at 04:29

That TVR sounds a bit rough.

Atari · 9 Jan 2015 at 09:45

mrk said:
Philips X-tremeVision seems to be the only real competition to the CBI, in most cases a bit brighter too.

Thanks Mrk, I'll have a look into those too then

MonkeykingZX · 9 Jan 2015 at 10:49

Acme said:
That TVR sounds a bit rough.

Yeah it's a project car. Before i got it the thing had been sat for 3 years and was then sat for another year and a half before i had the time or space to do anything with it. Pretty much every component of the fuel system has needed replacing and there's still a lot to do within the engine bay (let alone elsewhere).

Still the car has come on leaps and bounds from when we first started it up and once I've sorted the warm up regulator out it should be running pretty smoothly and i'll be able to access all 100db of the stock exhaust system without issue

Akagi · 9 Jan 2015 at 12:10

Good luck!

I want the space for a project car.

InvaderGIR · 9 Jan 2015 at 12:14

Acme said:
Good luck!

I want the space for a project car.

Just get a decent/interesting car instead of the Polo already.

Bradmax57 · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:01

MOT'd it, nothing wrong with the exception of a little chunk missing from the wheel rim protector on one of the tyres, its down to about 3mm anyway so will be replacing shortly. Heres hoping to a years hassle free motoring

Akagi · 9 Jan 2015 at 14:52

InvaderGIR said:
Just get a decent/interesting car instead of the Polo already.

IM WORKING ON IT!

Phemo · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:19

Finally got all the bits and fitted a reverse parking camera, my spare Pioneer AVH-X3600DAB head unit and a DAB aerial into the wife's S-Max. Bit of a shame the dash trim is silver and the HU is black but it works nicely.

snips86x · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:19

Phemo said:
Finally got all the bits and fitted a reverse parking camera and my spare Pioneer AVH-X3600DAB head unit into the wife's S-Max. Bit of a shame the dash trim is silver and the HU is black but it works nicely.

That looks really good! Something I'm planning on doing with my Mondeo! What do you think of the head unit? Any good? I'm still trying to find one worth buying!

Phemo · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:25

Yeah it's a good head unit and does everything I wanted except for nav.

I ended up buying a Pioneer AVIC-F960DAB in its place for my own car (hence having the 3600 'spare') which is more expensive but has a few features over the X3600DAB like integrated nav, 2 USB ports etc.

If nav isn't important then I definitely recommend the X3600DAB. Otherwise the F960DAB is an awesome bit of kit too. The smartphone link stuff for both is lacking somewhat though but I've never really felt the need to use it since trying it out the first time.

Atari · 9 Jan 2015 at 19:28

Fitted the wipers below today. Mrk advised me they were terrible but I figured mileages may vary and all so gave them a test fit.

Wow. These are literally THE worst wiper blades ever for the E46. One half of the passenger side blade doesn't even touch the screen, and there's a flipping bit lifting up on the drivers side in the middle of the screen that just doesnt even get wiped.

These are getting returned. What a waste of time.

Wipers in question are MTEC Hybrid's:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271210203...2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT#rpdCntId

Aurhinius · 9 Jan 2015 at 20:16

If you can get them fitted some bosch aerotwin's to my Mazda 3 and working really well.

shauncr91 · 9 Jan 2015 at 21:18

Will said:
I was told that it's really best to replace the slave cylinder every time you have the box off on these, it's a concentric design inside the gearbox bellhousing, so if it fails it's a box off job to replace every time with the resultant high labour costs

The problem is apparently when splitting the box from the engine or refitting it, if it gets misaligned or wiggled about too much whilst removing or refitting it pulls against the slave and damages the seals. Some miles later they split and it leaks hydraulic fluid or no longer maintains a sealed system an air gets in... You start off getting a floppy pedal and a clutch that doesn't work, but if you pump it lots you can sometimes get enough pressure back to operate the clutch but it's not fun to drive like this! And sometimes bleeding the system helps it for a while.

Basically though I'd budget for replacing the clutch slave cylinder again when you upgrade the diff, in the scheme of things it's better than possibly having to pay to get the gearbox off yet again if it's damaged when you remove the gearbox for the LSD install.

I speak from experience... Jamsport fitted an itb lsd to my old ST, along with a helix organic clutch (hateful thing by the way, don't get one), I kept the slave cylinder the car went in with and it failed on me shortly after for the reasons mentioned above so I had to have the gearbox off the car again to replace it. The clutch plate was also apparently contaminated by the fluid that leaked and seemed to have worn really quick, as when the slave was on its way out the clutch was dragging too so I had to shell out for a new clutch twice plus the associated labour again

Funnily enough the guy doing the work said something similar, fortunately it's not really an expensive part (£70-80 roughly).

Get the car back tomorrow morning and can't wait, he's changed the gearbox oil too as it just made sense to do it

snips86x · 10 Jan 2015 at 16:19

Phemo said:
Yeah it's a good head unit and does everything I wanted except for nav.

I ended up buying a Pioneer AVIC-F960DAB in its place for my own car (hence having the 3600 'spare') which is more expensive but has a few features over the X3600DAB like integrated nav, 2 USB ports etc.

If nav isn't important then I definitely recommend the X3600DAB. Otherwise the F960DAB is an awesome bit of kit too. The smartphone link stuff for both is lacking somewhat though but I've never really felt the need to use it since trying it out the first time.

How do you find the square unit over the curved one? Did it bother you there was a bit of a difference and may look out of place or not really?

lordrobs · 10 Jan 2015 at 16:38

Took the MX5 for a spin to stop the tyres going square. What a faff moving other cars out of the way, removing covers, re fitting batteries, removing moisture traps that I'd dotted everywhere then the same in reverse after. The sooner we move to a house with a usable garage the better!

Mirage · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:32

Got the X5 back today, so happens replacement grills had turned up too so fitted them.

shauncr91 · 10 Jan 2015 at 17:39

Got my car back with new clutch (Got them to change the gearbox oil too while at it) and it feels fantastic, pedal is noticeably lighter than before and seems to be changing gears a lot smoother

ianh · 11 Jan 2015 at 16:51

Bought a Mk4 Mondeo and ordered a new Headunit (Bluetooth/Ipod/SatNav etc), reverse camera, Interior LED kit, servicing parts and 4 new tyres in the correct size (unlike the worn Bridgestones on it now).