What have you done to your car today?

King4aDay · 13 Mar 2013 at 13:04

Got the knackered rear wheel bearing replaced. Blissful driving without a mind-numbing drone - I can actually hear that sweet VTEC again

4T5 · 13 Mar 2013 at 14:15

Took it for a nice run & then washed it, Waiting for it to dry off so I can polish/wax it & then I may do a few jobs, Might even put my new stickers on.

chief barker · 13 Mar 2013 at 14:17

Washed the old beast, fitted new cheapo aero wipers (£7.60) from the rainforest....well happy with them.

Saint · 13 Mar 2013 at 14:23

Went to fit my new vRS mats, but then realised I'd ordered stud fittings and not twist. Fail

4T5 · 13 Mar 2013 at 17:51

Went back out & polished it despite it snowing on & off.

Upgraded my ***** doorstrap mod an all.

Bradmax57 · 13 Mar 2013 at 18:22

Loaned it to the wife who managed to get 10mpg more than me.........

RenoRanes007 · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:13

Got it a little bit dirty

kona786 · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:45

dirtychinchilla said:
Wow, I've never seen this car before!!!

It's one of a kind dude - I built it with my own 2 hands

mattyprice4004 · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:47

Went to rebuild my driver's side front caliper as it felt a fair bit warmer than the passenger side...

Turns out someone hadn't bothered grinding the pads down to fit in the carrier properly - I had to use a 4LB lump hammer to get them out!

Braking is much better now

Howard · 13 Mar 2013 at 19:49

You have to grind pads down to make them fit Rovers?

-westy- · 13 Mar 2013 at 20:04

Howard said:
You have to grind pads down to make them fit Rovers?

Standard Longbridge working practice

dirtychinchilla · 13 Mar 2013 at 21:25

kona786 said:
It's one of a kind dude - I built it with my own 2 hands

Sorry man, I don't like it.

adam cool dude · 14 Mar 2013 at 06:44

Howard said:
You have to grind pads down to make them fit Rovers?

No I think what he meant was the carriers (Or maybe just a rover thing?). Over time brake dust and crap builds up on the carriers causing the pads to stick. When ever I change brake bads I always give the carriers a quick once over with a wire brush where the pads go to make sure it is nice and smooth.

hawkhench · 14 Mar 2013 at 06:56

Looked at it and got depressed, then went to look for new ones

Matt82 · 14 Mar 2013 at 08:42

First time in years ive had to use an ice scraper to get the windows clear, we had really thick ice over night.

Had to clear GF's car really early to take to tesco then i had to clear my own car because i had to take mine to work for a change.

Jonnycoupe · 14 Mar 2013 at 09:08

Howard said:
You have to grind pads down to make them fit Rovers?

You not come across this issue?

Any aftermarket pads need tweaking if you actually want the brakes to back off once you've use them.

mattyprice4004 · 14 Mar 2013 at 10:59

Howard said:
You have to grind pads down to make them fit Rovers?

*facepalm*

-westy- said:
Standard Longbridge working practice

*facepalm*

adam cool dude said:
No I think what he meant was the carriers (Or maybe just a rover thing?). Over time brake dust and crap builds up on the carriers causing the pads to stick. When ever I change brake bads I always give the carriers a quick once over with a wire brush where the pads go to make sure it is nice and smooth.

This

Jonnycoupe said:
You not come across this issue?

Any aftermarket pads need tweaking if you actually want the brakes to back off once you've use them.

And this

Quinnaay · 14 Mar 2013 at 11:01

I chipped the paint of the Wheel arch, gutted

-westy- · 14 Mar 2013 at 11:57

mattyprice4004 said:
Went to rebuild my driver's side front caliper as it felt a fair bit warmer than the passenger side...

Turns out someone hadn't bothered grinding the pads down to fit in the carrier properly - I had to use a 4LB lump hammer to get them out!

Braking is much better now

You cleared stated pads - Yes, I've come across situations where the carriers have needed a good clean up to allow the pads to move - however you stated "grinding the pads down", not "cleaning the carriers up", with a grinder or wire brush etc.

adam cool dude said:
No I think what he meant was the carriers (Or maybe just a rover thing?). Over time brake dust and crap builds up on the carriers causing the pads to stick. When ever I change brake bads I always give the carriers a quick once over with a wire brush where the pads go to make sure it is nice and smooth.

Nope, he clearly stated pads.

Jonnycoupe said:
You not come across this issue?

Any aftermarket pads need tweaking if you actually want the brakes to back off once you've use them.

Yes, I've come across this issue, however I've never grinded down brake pads, only needed to clean up carriers, never the pads themselves. Not a particularly good design if they need modifying to fit.

Howard · 14 Mar 2013 at 12:13

Jonnycoupe said:
You not come across this issue?

Any aftermarket pads need tweaking if you actually want the brakes to back off once you've use them.

Nope, can't say I have had any problems with any aftermarket brake pads I've fitted. Only cleaning crap out of the carriers like westy said.

mattyprice4004 said:
*facepalm*

How about you have a facepalm, for not reading what you've written.