Soldato
Mainly company car owners with S line TDi A3's
55 on these mate
The AD08 is very similar in stiffness to the RE050a's that were on it so no real impact on comfort has been felt so far! And i've done nigh on 300 miles today
What have you done to your car today?
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Mainly company car owners with S line TDi A3's
55 on these mate
The AD08 is very similar in stiffness to the RE050a's that were on it so no real impact on comfort has been felt so far! And i've done nigh on 300 miles today
Associate
After getting a bargain of a J Reg MR2, I have fixed the oil leak and did an oil change when I got it.
Today, I changed the spark plugs, distributor and rotor arm. The distributor and rotor arms really did need changing as the contact points are in quite bad condition. What a difference it made. There is definitely much more torque than before.
Also gave it a clean, clay, polish and wax. Also restored some of the plastic trims that has gone pretty much white over the 20 odd years it has been on the road. Much happier now.
Today, I changed the spark plugs, distributor and rotor arm. The distributor and rotor arms really did need changing as the contact points are in quite bad condition. What a difference it made. There is definitely much more torque than before.
Also gave it a clean, clay, polish and wax. Also restored some of the plastic trims that has gone pretty much white over the 20 odd years it has been on the road. Much happier now.
Man of Honour
Spent almost 2 hours removing and replacing the door lock actuator. It's FAR more tedious and hand scrapingly painful getting it in and out than the youtube videos suggest (their cuts and edits are deceiving lol). Just for reference if anyone else needs to do theirs on a coupe, you don't need to unscrew the reverse threaded nut, I could not even find it on my car anyway. Also, window up while doing it, down when re-fitting the trim.
Anyway, all done now, once installed I tried closing the door and noticed the lock/dead bolt inside the machanism was active. Was about to ffffuuuu when I thought it might be an idea to connect up the wiring and door panel then pull the inside handle to see if it syncs with the driver's door...it did. Phew!
I think I've now gone through all the common E46 things that fail.
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Soldato
Removed the front grills and fog lamp surrounds again and re painted them in order to tidy up the amount of stone chips they'd received in the year or so since I last done it. Unfortunately rain ended play today so my car is now in bits in my dads drive way with parts hanging up drying in the garage
Hopefully put it all back together tomorrow weather permitting
Hopefully put it all back together tomorrow weather permitting
Associate
Nothing because it keeps sodding raining.
It's due to stop at 5PM though so I may just break out the pressure washer then for a quick clean.
MOT soon so I'll have to put the new drop-links on and tighten the handbrake cable in the next couple of weeks. Could have done both of those in the garage today I suppose, too late now
It's due to stop at 5PM though so I may just break out the pressure washer then for a quick clean.
MOT soon so I'll have to put the new drop-links on and tighten the handbrake cable in the next couple of weeks. Could have done both of those in the garage today I suppose, too late now
Just found out from the misses, someone has snapped off the wiper arm on the drivers side. No other cars were touched on the street, just my pride and joy. It's an 11 year old TT for gods sake. Really annoyed now, I thought it was safe in that area (her dads).
Clayed srp and hd wax the e60
Behind one rear wheel
Your tup north the tar on the road is constantly solid with the cold.
Man of Honour
He says that's behind the rear wheel so I imagine that's the arch wall?
But indeed, my claybars have never come out that black, not even 10% of that!
But indeed, my claybars have never come out that black, not even 10% of that!
That was on the bumper where the suns hitting yours in your sig
Man of Honour
That then is some impressive buildup!
Took 20 minutes just to remove some random white paint flicks in the same area I assume it was road line paint bugger stuff
Soldato
Ive seen it that black on badly abused cars, basically people who wash their cars just before an MOT
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Did you even wash it before claying?
Yeah it gets treated quite well just ran out of snow foam concentrate just never clayed before
Soldato
Changed the oil/filter for the first time myself, Feel very manly today lol