What have you done to your car today?
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Nope, haven't tried the M1166 because they were too "hardcore" for my purposes - and my purposes was going to include a 1 track day a month. The M1144 performs brilliantly on track, but can get a little bit fadey after 5-10 hard laps. Ideally I could do with the M1155's. I'm interested to see how you get on with your 66's but IIRC they meant for track cars only as you don't get anywhere near the optimum temperatures they demand on the road, so you never get the best out of them.
Lohen's blurb on them ends with:
"This is a race only material and not suitable for the road. 'Best suited' for race use."
1144 ought to be ideal for an mx5. Thats what my friend (shoes) uses in his, the performance is excellent and they don't really go off even after 25 minute sessions of banzai driving.
Used 1155 on the front of my e36 and found them to be really quite wooden and unresponsive when used on the road, needed a couple of laps to get enough temp to get them working. I can only imagine 1166 would be even worse, I suppose it could go the other way like CL pads which are extremely grabby and difficult to modulate when cold and destroy the discs in 5000 miles.
Used 1155 on the front of my e36 and found them to be really quite wooden and unresponsive when used on the road, needed a couple of laps to get enough temp to get them working. I can only imagine 1166 would be even worse, I suppose it could go the other way like CL pads which are extremely grabby and difficult to modulate when cold and destroy the discs in 5000 miles.
Argh no! What's happened?
Nothing, it had some small parking dings when i got it, one 5p size on the rear quarter and one on the boot lid so I'd like to iron them out as other than that the paint finish is very good for the age
Whhhyyyyy????Bought some lowering springs. As you do, for a 1.8 Astra...
Same here! If only i could be one of those people who can easily ignore it haha, it bugs me everytime i see them! A rubbish bin got blown off the front garden and smashed into my Mazda 3, that now has a nice ding too
Bought some lowering springs. As you do, for a 1.8 Astra...
Nothing wrong with lowering as long as long as it's a sensible ride height and doesn't bury the tyre into the arch. A subtle drop can make a really nice difference to a cars aesthetics.
Just did oil/oil filter/pollen filter/air filter on the Fiesta which doesn't get much use these days but being a petrol, it's handy for those occasional short runs when we can't be bothered to drive one of the other cars.
Got everything done in no time at all, cleaned everything up, gave the oil a final check before closing the bonnet and...it wouldn't stay shut. At first I thought the cable had snapped because the lever inside the car was really loose, but it hadn't. From some Googling I found various people saying that the mechanism just sticks and that spraying it with WD40 and moving the latch parts around will sort it out (for a while). Didn't expect it but it turns out that they were right so it's opening and closing fine for now. I'm assuming it's only a temp fix and I'll have the problem again next time I open the bonnet unless I use some proper grease.
Anyone have any thoughts on what sort of grease I should be using for this?
Got everything done in no time at all, cleaned everything up, gave the oil a final check before closing the bonnet and...it wouldn't stay shut. At first I thought the cable had snapped because the lever inside the car was really loose, but it hadn't. From some Googling I found various people saying that the mechanism just sticks and that spraying it with WD40 and moving the latch parts around will sort it out (for a while). Didn't expect it but it turns out that they were right so it's opening and closing fine for now. I'm assuming it's only a temp fix and I'll have the problem again next time I open the bonnet unless I use some proper grease.
Anyone have any thoughts on what sort of grease I should be using for this?
WD40 evaporates and doesn't really leave much lubricant behind.
Depending on how accessible the mechanism is, I use 3-in-1 oil or a spray on white lithium grease which is used for hinges etc..
I removed the hardtop last week, and realised the autoglym hood waterproofer wasn't doing it's full job during the week, on looking at how well our bbq cover had lasted over winter after I proofed it with Fabsil Gold I decided to give that a go on the convertible roof..
So will see how that goes..
It goes on easily (just brushed on) and ever so slightly seems to take the white haze off the roof, it looks a tiny bit darker/cleaner so that's a bonus.. £14 for 1L which I didn't even use half of..
This is more of a trial, I want to get the renovo dye kit, and do it properly closer to summer but you want a few days in a row of nice weather for that.
Other than that, with a minor clean over winter, it's just a case of enjoying it!
Depending on how accessible the mechanism is, I use 3-in-1 oil or a spray on white lithium grease which is used for hinges etc..
I removed the hardtop last week, and realised the autoglym hood waterproofer wasn't doing it's full job during the week, on looking at how well our bbq cover had lasted over winter after I proofed it with Fabsil Gold I decided to give that a go on the convertible roof..
So will see how that goes..
It goes on easily (just brushed on) and ever so slightly seems to take the white haze off the roof, it looks a tiny bit darker/cleaner so that's a bonus.. £14 for 1L which I didn't even use half of..
This is more of a trial, I want to get the renovo dye kit, and do it properly closer to summer but you want a few days in a row of nice weather for that.
Other than that, with a minor clean over winter, it's just a case of enjoying it!
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I was planning to do a cupra r conversion to the rear of my car (diffuser and dual exit exhaust) As my current backbox is corroding quite badly. However, I can't as I have a carvan toe thing. Standard side exit will have to do.
I was thinking to do this but the more I thought of doing the exhaust the more I got put off. So I rather just get a side exit. Less headache.
When I read that I had visions of black smoke pouring out of a straight pipe exiting at the side of the car under the doors.