What have you done to your car today?

Draeger · 14 Jan 2015 at 14:21

Fitted a new tailgate weatherstrip/rubber seal to the wife's collander......sorry - Pug 107. Removed the high level brake light, cleaned up the mating face and replaced the foam sealing strip on it. Removed rear light units and replaced the foam rubber seals on those too.

Sick of the thing being soaked with condensation inside, there was a 3" deep pool of water in the spare wheel well in the boot yesterday. Hopefully the above repairs will prevent this. I like mushrooms as much as anyone else but not when they are growing on the drivers footwell carpets!

acemastr · 14 Jan 2015 at 14:22

Ouch Vita!

I did that by handbraking my old Tigra, needed a new wheel and entire rear axle.

bad times

rodenal · 14 Jan 2015 at 14:23

The SGS stuff does look good, I've already got a low profile trolley jack but it's not a quick lift so keep meaning to order one.

I'd just drop each front wheel onto a bit of wood / brick, should give you enough clearance at the front and back under the skirts

snips86x · 14 Jan 2015 at 14:24

Oh man, that's a nasty knock!

In other news, my interior LEDs turned up and I've managed to fit a few of them

Unfortunately I need to change a few as they're not W5W!

Vita · 14 Jan 2015 at 14:26

Yeah I hit a kerb. Car just slid no matter what I did. Think I'll need a new axle too. Not sure how much job will cost going to speak to insurers tomorrow.

snips86x · 14 Jan 2015 at 14:28

Vita said:
Yeah I hit a kerb. Car just slid no matter what I did. Think I'll need a new axle too. Not sure how much job will cost going to speak to insurers tomorrow.

ouch!!

Just a thought but the Talk Ford forum has a classifieds section, could try and get a rear axle there if needed!

xs2man · 14 Jan 2015 at 16:22

Vita said:
Yeah I hit a kerb. Car just slid no matter what I did. Think I'll need a new axle too. Not sure how much job will cost going to speak to insurers tomorrow.

So not really JUST as a result of the weather. Must have been driving too fast for the conditions.

snips86x · 14 Jan 2015 at 16:35

I've replaced the following with LEDs:

Front Courtesy light
Driver & Passenger Map light
Driver & Passenger Footwell lights
Rear Courtesy Light
Number Plate Lights

Need to buy a few more and work out how to replace the puddle light bulbs.

ote1 · 14 Jan 2015 at 17:02

snips86x said:
I've replaced the following with LEDs:

Front Courtesy light
Driver & Passenger Map light
Driver & Passenger Footwell lights
Rear Courtesy Light
Number Plate Lights

Need to buy a few more and work out how to replace the puddle light bulbs.

Have any before and afters for us to see?

snips86x · 14 Jan 2015 at 17:05

ote1 said:
Have any before and afters for us to see?

I actually didn't take any but I can get some after shots. I still have 2 incandescent bulbs in the rear map reading lights so could always show you those instead?

Vita · 14 Jan 2015 at 17:13

xs2man said:
So not really JUST as a result of the weather. Must have been driving too fast for the conditions.

I went from a gritted road to a road with a huge patch of black ice. This could not have been seen at the time of the incident. I turned and the back end just span out and smacked against the kerb.

xs2man · 14 Jan 2015 at 17:16

So too fast for the conditions then. Otherwise it would never have happened.

I'm not having a go, just stating a fact here. These things can happen to anyone.

Atari · 14 Jan 2015 at 17:18

Fitted some Alca wiper blades to the E46 off Mrk's recommendation.

It's nice to have a screen that's properly wiped and free of rain for once

[TW]Fox · 14 Jan 2015 at 17:42

Vita said:
Cars broken because of the weather

Because of the weather?

Every single car other car also had the same thing then?

p1RATE · 14 Jan 2015 at 17:45

I started doing the paint on my Mx5. I bought a new door as my current one has a big dent so i started with that. I wanted a satin blue and i ended up buying some dulux weathershield typically used for painting door. Imo an mx5 looks a bit more manly when they are a bit rough and held together with cable ties etc, so i had no problem painting it with a mini roller. The result im more than happy with, it is just what i was after and the finish excellent. The picture is terrible as it was on my phone. I just need to wait for the weather to let me do the rest of the car.

Vita · 14 Jan 2015 at 18:31

xs2man said:
So too fast for the conditions then. Otherwise it would never have happened.

I'm not having a go, just stating a fact here. These things can happen to anyone.

I just misjudged it, but you're right, it can happen to anyone. I'm down about it as I like the car but it's going to cost quite a few bob to fix it back to how it should be. Something which I need to think throughly as nearly all the suspension needs to be fixed on the nearside.

Lol Fox, you know what I meant.

Clarkey · 14 Jan 2015 at 20:04

[TW]Fox;27475838 said:
You are doing it wrong. What you need to do now is continually tell the internet how your summers are 'all over the place' in the cold and how winters are definitely not only really useful in the snow and ice.

Don't forget to use the 7c threshold over and over again.

Well, to follow up on this, the road was snow covered this morning on my way out. Pretty happy with the performance, I was able to pull away and drive normally and it barely even triggered the TC. All the previous RWD summer tyre'd cars would have been slithering and sliding all over the shop possibly getting stuck half way up the road.

Clarkey · 14 Jan 2015 at 20:10

oops double post

shauncr91 · 14 Jan 2015 at 20:12

Went to fit torque mount, thwarted by a rounded bolt.

I swear to christ every nut/bolt on my car was torqued up by He-Man. Every time I touch it there's something seized

acemastr · 14 Jan 2015 at 20:50

p1RATE said:
I started doing the paint on my Mx5. I bought a new door as my current one has a big dent so i started with that. I wanted a satin blue and i ended up buying some dulux weathershield typically used for painting door. Imo an mx5 looks a bit more manly when they are a bit rough and held together with cable ties etc, so i had no problem painting it with a mini roller. The result im more than happy with, it is just what i was after and the finish excellent. The picture is terrible as it was on my phone. I just need to wait for the weather to let me do the rest of the car.

Sand that down, clearcoat, sand, polish. Looks like it'd come out pretty good!