What have you done to your car today?

tyres fitted today, put the front wheel on with my 10mm spacer, it just clears my brakes, in the air the car wheel look like they stick out a fair bit but I didnt want to run stretch tyres. Will have the other front on tomorrow and drop the car hopefully it comes in a little. Pictures will follow soon
 
Well at least the front wheels did, perhaps not the back, but the suspension went light at the back. Either way it felt awesome. :p
 
I bought a set of Philips Ultinon LED H11 bulbs for my Aprilia Caponord. Sadly, that bike it now for sale and so I decided not to put these in for the new owner. Instead, as they're the same H11 fit, I put them into my A1 instead.

They have a really good colour match to the HIDs and DRLs, white rather than blue, although it'll need to be dark for a proper test. Certainly much better than the old Xenons which were very yellow, although not as yellow as the photo suggests. I can understand why they're this temperature, but I prefer the aesthetics of the whiter colour.

They seem to be a little brighter too.

Halfway through upgrading fog lamps to Philips Ultinon LED by Greg Kingston, on Flickr

Upgrade fog lamps to Philips Ultinon LED complete by Greg Kingston, on Flickr
 
It looks good but I can't see how it was worth the time - surely you switch those lights on a few times a year only, in thick fog, when nobody can see them anyway? What does it matter if they match the Xenons or not?
 
Not my main car but changed brake pads on the Fiesta. Was a bit of a pain getting the caliper and pads off because the discs are worn and have quite a lip. Just kept those on for now but I'd probably best change those discs before too long. Fortunately as it isn't my main car it doesn't do many miles these days.

Next up, the BMW, taking the rear left wheel and brake stuff off to see if I can find out why there is handbrake squealing going on.
 
[TW]Fox;28387750 said:
It looks good but I can't see how it was worth the time - surely you switch those lights on a few times a year only, in thick fog, when nobody can see them anyway? What does it matter if they match the Xenons or not?
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I think you already know the answer to that!
 
dacads said:
Nice :) Fairly easy to do then by the looks of it?
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Yes, about 20 minutes. 15 minutes for one side, working out how to do it, then 5 minutes for the other side!

[TW]Fox;28387750 said:
It looks good but I can't see how it was worth the time - surely you switch those lights on a few times a year only, in thick fog, when nobody can see them anyway? What does it matter if they match the Xenons or not?
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No, actually the lights come on - DRLs and fog lamps - every time the car is unlocked when it is dark. It should be a far clearer, matching light as a result. They also remain on for 20 seconds or so when locking the car in the dark too.
 
chief barker said:
That he was going to have the lights on all the time regardless if it was foggy or not?.
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Ah, ok. I see what he was trying to get at. Very good, nice judgement based on changing two bulbs.

I actually drive around with the lights on auto, and so the fogs never come on except when the car is being locked or unlocked.
 
Managed to write off the Passat after running into the back of someone.
15mph bump, €2000 worth of damage. Could be fixed for less with pattern parts and a cheap garage but I really CBA.

****ing nightmare. Plan was to run this for 6 months or so and save up for something nice.
Did it on my 30th birthday. First proper accident in 13 years of driving :(

Only got third party thanks to it being nigh on impossible to insure a 7+ year old car for much more here in Belgium.
No way I'm going to fork out 75% of the car's value to repair it. FML

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