What have you done to your car today?
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Man of Honour
Gave my car a wash & whilst doing the wheels I saw a big sticker on the inside reading RAYS Engineering TE37. 
They are probably worth what my car is worth.
Also whilst doing the shocks & springs I confirmed that it has a LSD.
This post is Full of Win.
They are probably worth what my car is worth.
Also whilst doing the shocks & springs I confirmed that it has a LSD.
This post is Full of Win.
That's a diddy little battery! I thought it was going in a Toyota iQ or something
Nah - it's just efficient
Chopped springs, daft camber angles, or contact with bodywork would be a start.
Agreed. I was starting to miss it
Is there any chance you would have been driving the opposite way to me whilst i was driving through middlewich near the M6 a few weeks ago?
Soldato
Fairly difficult to judge from a purely observational viewpoint; it would require pulling over every modified car and subjecting it to a full inspection - a very quick way to have owners complaining of harassment.
Man of Honour
O Yer baby.
I'm betting they'd have a fairly high strike rate of finding defects though as they'd only be pulling the obvious ones. Sensible drops just wouldn't be noticed.
Soldato
Replaced a headlight bulb that blew last night. Skinned my knuckles as usual. 
Time to order some new superpowerful ones. Didn't do bad, these Philips ones lasted over 5 years.
Time to order some new superpowerful ones. Didn't do bad, these Philips ones lasted over 5 years.
Soldato
What am I missing here? Why does this matter?
Rays Engineering make very nice wheels; those are probably worth more than his car
But then you're making it subjective, which is ill advised for a police officer to be, in the eyes of the law anyway. Whether they think a car is badly lowered or not, if there is no specific law relating to that kind of thing then they have no legal precedent.
I'm not disagreeing with you here with regards to badly modified cars, they annoy me a lot as well, as quite a few of them are unsafe. But unfortunately there is a no effective way to monitor them, apart from the MOT system already in place.
Man of Honour
I have no trouble when driving normally but when things get larey my right hand knuckles catch the inside of my knee. I thought small wheel but then I read about a strap so I bodged one in today to test it out, gives me at least 2 inches more & untold more room than needed. I will get a nice leather strap sorted but for now here's my ***** mod of the day.
It's a strap I cut off a handbag the Doris left here that I wrapped in Black tape.
It's a strap I cut off a handbag the Doris left here that I wrapped in Black tape.
Went out today, car turned over twice then clicked - dead battery.
Awesome.
Seems OK after a jump, but going to pick a new one up tomorrow. Alternator is definitely OK and charging - was chucking out 14.4v when running.
Awesome.
Seems OK after a jump, but going to pick a new one up tomorrow. Alternator is definitely OK and charging - was chucking out 14.4v when running.
Soldato
Fitted some new bulbs to the Polo after both blew yesterday. Pulled out of the work car park and thought it seemed a bit dark!
Untitled by bcjamesmini, on Flickr
Started uncovering the Mini too. Going to do some checks and make sure it's ready for some outings as there is the odd sunny day now.
Untitled by bcjamesmini, on Flickr
Started uncovering the Mini too. Going to do some checks and make sure it's ready for some outings as there is the odd sunny day now.
Finally got rid of the horrendous tyres that came with my car - Cooper Zeons (wth?) - that had developed a delightfully large bulge in the sidewall. I don't mind a bit of road noise if the tyres are performance grade, but given the fact that I really didn't trust them in the bends they had to go.
Got myself a nice set of P Zero Neros, always had pleasant experiences with them in the past, even if it does mean new shoes every 6-8,000 miles. Much better in the bends and once these roads dry out and they're worn a bit I'll be able to give them a sound thrashing.
£240 inc VAT, fitting and balancing.
Got myself a nice set of P Zero Neros, always had pleasant experiences with them in the past, even if it does mean new shoes every 6-8,000 miles. Much better in the bends and once these roads dry out and they're worn a bit I'll be able to give them a sound thrashing.
£240 inc VAT, fitting and balancing.
I see I've opened a can of worms here haha!
Halogen bulbs in the Civic headlights were pretty useless. I thought I'd give them a try.
Yeah I know how tricky it is to get the the drivers side bulb. Changed the bulb before. Used to be similar on my Punto before.
Halogen bulbs in the Civic headlights were pretty useless. I thought I'd give them a try.
Yeah I know how tricky it is to get the the drivers side bulb. Changed the bulb before. Used to be similar on my Punto before.
Caporegime
I've just packed the SORN'ed SAAB Iinto the garage and put it up for sale
Nice parking ! Must have been fun trying to get out of that afterwards.