resprayed two of my tyres today with plastidip and fitted my new nuts.
Also tried to replace this since its an advisory and I can do it myself, but was solid. Any recommendations on making this easier to get off?
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What have you done to your car today?
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Thanks! Not a lot of people seem to really appreciate it (not that I'm really bothered!), but they just see it as a crappy old Astra, which it is in a way, but I love it, especially when surprising some very new and expensive cars
Thanks though, it's the little touches I like, many many retrofitted items from all sorts of cars! Mk4 dials, cruise control, BMW auto-dim rear view mirror, things like that, makes it quite nice to drive for what it is really.
And yes I love the sound, 3" turbo back exhaust gives a good bark! Gave it a tickle of throttle and it pops and burbles real good
That's good going! As for the drop link bolts, you can try giving them a good wire brushing down and lots of penetrating oil should get them free.
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Tried some colder plugs in the Cooper S, NGK BKR7EIX and the difference is unbelievable. It always used to stutter ever so slightly under certain conditions... I initially tried fixing it with a service which included the BKR6EIX to no avail. Then when I put a smaller supercharger pulley on the issue got worse. Seems it just wanted to run a touch cooler, maybe it's crying out for a JCW intercooler now. Who knows...
Also did the clutch, BMW wanted £220+ so went to the local MF and picked up and LUK with throwout brg for <£90... 8 hours later and job done, Traction control could do with dumbing down a little though, kicks in in 2nd now :/
Nearly 2 years on and still love the car
Oh and I bought a Gunson Eezi Bleed and some Castrol DOT4, made replacing the brake fluid an absolute doddle. Haven't really given it any hammer though as I hate cleaning the white wheels
Also did the clutch, BMW wanted £220+ so went to the local MF and picked up and LUK with throwout brg for <£90... 8 hours later and job done, Traction control could do with dumbing down a little though, kicks in in 2nd now :/
Nearly 2 years on and still love the car
Oh and I bought a Gunson Eezi Bleed and some Castrol DOT4, made replacing the brake fluid an absolute doddle. Haven't really given it any hammer though as I hate cleaning the white wheels
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The final pieces of my fuse and wire tap faff arrived today. Tomorrow will be a faff filled day taking the many glove box screws out and tapping stuff.
Gonna tap into five slot 3 which is live on ignition, 5A only but that's more than enough for my uses.
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You just need to know the organisers, the days are almost all privately run and there is no list published by the track owner. Today was run by a group from coordsport, there is another one 2 weeks today. There's another day tomorrow by some GTI club or other, another day, that's all the detail I know.
FWIW, it costs £650 to hire the track for the day, so it would be viable to run a day for 10-15 cars off here if there was the interest.
FWIW, it costs £650 to hire the track for the day, so it would be viable to run a day for 10-15 cars off here if there was the interest.
Quick wash and some new wheels fitted. Had to bin the stupid metric wheels, tyres are a pain to find and hideously expensive for a 20 year old design. 5 BMW style 5's with 4 Firestones with <500 miles on them for £280, I couldnt say no. Bit more road noise with these but they'll do fine for now.
Low profile tyres be damned!
I do need some tyre shine and back to black on the plastic trims it seems
Low profile tyres be damned!
I do need some tyre shine and back to black on the plastic trims it seems
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Looks like a very clean E34, any interior pics?
MRK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? 
Why have you shoved all that in the glovebox?
I was expecting you to lose all the wiring inside the dashboard somewhere. And that USB cable, I mean, you could buy a spare gearstick surround trim, and retrofit a USB port in it or something, or perhaps lead it into the centre console storage compartment and mount it there.
Why have you shoved all that in the glovebox?
I was expecting you to lose all the wiring inside the dashboard somewhere. And that USB cable, I mean, you could buy a spare gearstick surround trim, and retrofit a USB port in it or something, or perhaps lead it into the centre console storage compartment and mount it there.
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Interior is next thing on the list for a cleanup, will post some pics when that's done. It's a 525i automatic. Just under 62k on the clock. I still find it hard to believe how well put together it is and just how it drives so well for a ~20 year old car. Was considering a manual conversion but the auto suits the waftyness of it so well, that and longer gearing in the auto means less revs on the motorway which I like.
It's a 525i automatic. Just under 62k on the clock. I still find it hard to believe how well put together it is and just how it drives so well for a ~20 year old car. Was considering a manual conversion but the auto suits the waftyness of it so well, that and longer gearing in the auto means less revs on the motorway which I like.
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I know, it was quite the find
Posted it's backstory here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26046449#post26046449
Posted it's backstory here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=26046449#post26046449
MRK! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Why have you shoved all that in the glovebox?
I was expecting you to lose all the wiring inside the dashboard somewhere. And that USB cable, I mean, you could buy a spare gearstick surround trim, and retrofit a USB port in it or something, or perhaps lead it into the centre console storage compartment and mount it there.
Why would I retrofit a USB socket on the console somewhere when it is neatly tucked into the glovebox?
The socket wiring will be cable tied later, it's for the dashcam and/or additional socket for charging devices. No need to make it ultra neat in the glovebox, it's out of sight anyway.