What have you done to your car today?
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Ouch Robbie 
thankfully that's not a stupidly high bill, but still a nuisance nonetheless.
thankfully that's not a stupidly high bill, but still a nuisance nonetheless.
Painful to see such a tidy E46 damaged
Not just face to palm!
It's pretty bumming since the car otherwise has no other dent but being 10 years old I've been dreading this moment for some time now
Technically Wednesday rather than today but I managed to polish out a bit of over exuberant paint touching up on the rear wing. I was hoping to make it less obvious but it worked out even better than I'd hoped and is almost perfect now 
Never had a car with flat paint before, TBH I'm not even sure if it has clear coat on or not
Never had a car with flat paint before, TBH I'm not even sure if it has clear coat on or not
A little bit of rejuvenation to my tired carpets!
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Going to attack the headlining in the same manner today
Kind Regards
Alec
by painting it? I assume this isn't paint?
by painting it? I assume this isn't paint?
Oh no, it's dye don't worry aha.
Kind Regards
Alec
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Gave the E39 an oil & filter change this morning. £58 at National Autocentre.
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Just detangoed the car.
It was disappointingly easy
And ignore the stone chips, bumper is going in for a respray at some point
It was disappointingly easy
And ignore the stone chips, bumper is going in for a respray at some point
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Hmm some good news. I knew this town had lots of bodyshops, most used by insurers for accident repair so phoned/emailed around to see if any would give a better estimate than 450. A local one got back to me with 200+VAT. Looked them up and they've been in business for 15 years. Going to pay a visit to them and have a chat.
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Put some Cera tec on my brakes to stop them squealing. Not silent but much better than they were.
Fitted the GPS antenna to my stereo for the satnav. Just need to source a DVB antenna now.
Fitted the GPS antenna to my stereo for the satnav. Just need to source a DVB antenna now.
E46 Handbrake disintegrated, sounded like my exhaust had fallen off scrapping sound. investigated shoes to find... well nothing left of the shoes or inner hub lining. conveniently used the up to 50% off @ eurocarparts 
to order new disks, handbrake cable, shoes, pads the works while my car is parked against a curb with no handbrake for the week :/
to order new disks, handbrake cable, shoes, pads the works while my car is parked against a curb with no handbrake for the week :/I always try to go on personal recommendations where body shops are concerned. Price and time in business never seems to equate to quality work in this area.
Had my new Goodyear Eagles fitted today, downside being there appears to be some signs of corrosion on the inner edges of the alloys. Looks like a refurb is on the cards too then
Been an expensive week when coupled with new discs/pads and a full service.
Next month will be a nice Pioneer double din headunit with BT to replace my horrible Gamma radio cassette and in-dash 6cd changer.
Yeah that's what I was thinking. Both shops are fairly small in size and local shops in general tend to do better work than bigger ones, this one is family run it seems whereas the other one is one guy who staffs a few guys.
I'm going to pop down over the weekend and have a chat with them, they don't have any online presence really and nobody I know has needed bodywork being done so nothing there.
I'm going to pop down over the weekend and have a chat with them, they don't have any online presence really and nobody I know has needed bodywork being done so nothing there.