What have you done to your car today ???

[chris blue]

Booked mine in for an MOT on Friday. Cant see much thats obvious
If it gets thru, back home and start stripping the rear interior
Then get someone to weld some roll bar mounting plates in
Then in goes the roll cage

Doubtful that done before Brands Hatch on June 6th

 

[Daz...]

Washed it and fitted new number plates. Forgot to take pictures, and then it started raining.

 

[Ills]

Developed a horrible misfire on the way to work this morning, diagnosed said misfire to dead injector number 3. Damn cars!

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Changed the clutch over the weekend. Today I tightened all the stuff that was left loose. Tomorrow I might try and find out where the "Extra" bolts go that were left over from the rebuild.

 

[ashtons99]

Fitted this very hard to find black bit :smile:

 

[sinnie92]

Drove it, killed it

 

[chris blue]

Passed the MOT ;-)
Failed first time round- CS Sticker encroaching into 40mm of wiper sweep, (My fault forgot about it)
Sidelight not working OSF

Went home, saw the sidelight had just popped out of the holder (It was fine the day before when checked Mr MOT Tester...) put it back in. Tore the CS decal off :-( went back to MOT place within 20 mins- got my 13 month MOT. Yipee.

 

[boultonn]

Fitted spacers all round and got sunburnt while doing it

 

[JB21]

Fitted a poly dog bone, and bedded in a set of Mintex M1155. Not much change if any with the dog bone, the OE mount was in very good condition though.

 

[oreA]

Fitted a poly dog bone, and bedded in a set of Mintex M1155. Not much change if any with the dog bone, the OE mount was in very good condition though.

What bedding in procedure did you do please? :up:

 

[JB21]

What bedding in procedure did you do please? :up:

Just some light braking say 5-10 times 30-10mph. Then ramp it up a bit 5-10 times 50-20mph with moderate pressure, then let cool whilst driving for a mile or so. Then 80-30mph hard braking until the brakes fade, then drive for 10 minutes or so with minimal braking remembering not to keep your foot on the brake if stationary then park up and let the brakes fully cool over night.

This is just my way of bedding in brakes and has always worked for me on OE and R spec pads.

 

[Plummer]

Colour coded the door strips, bullets, and fitted my Sprint spoiler.

 

[Clio_fool]

Colour coded the door strips, bullets, and fitted my Sprint spoiler.

Can you get alien green in a rattle can?

 

[Louis]

Can you get alien green in a rattle can?

Can't you get most colour codes matched in a can?

 

[Clio_fool]

Can't you get most colour codes matched in a can?

Probably. I dunno if AG is a one coat paint though as its much deeper and more sparkly than it looks in pics.

 

[Plummer]

Probably. I dunno if AG is a one coat paint though as its much deeper and more sparkly than it looks in pics.

Apparently it's a three stage paint. Primer. Yellow base coat and then AG on top.

The body shop I used though managed to get a colour match using white primer and then straight up AG on top. Although they said they used a lot of coats of AG.

 

[Clio_fool]

Apparently it's a three stage paint. Primer. Yellow base coat and then AG on top.

The body shop I used though managed to get a colour match using white primer and then straight up AG on top. Although they said they used a lot of coats of AG.

I didn't think it would be simple!

 

[Louis]

I didn't think it would be simple!

Is BG hard to paint then? Seen it advertised on ebay in cans.

 

[Clio_fool]

Is BG hard to paint then? Seen it advertised on ebay in cans.

No. Its just balck with bits of dust in.

TIL, washed the car today and it hasn't rained yet. That's a first.

 

[ashtons99]

Got round to taking the roof strips off the Cup today, I did it on my Trophy and managed to break 6 out of the 8 clips but learned from that one! Got the strips off and the clips off the pegs without breaking any.
Anyway job done, strips off, clips off the roof, separated the rubber backs off the strips and gave everything a good wash and polish. It's amazing how much muck gets behind them !

 

[Clio_fool]

So how do you get those off without breaking any?

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Checked my power steering fluid levels.

Then dropped the cap down the back of the engine like a butter fingered r****d!

The air box had to come out before I found it..

Good times!

 

[Bluebeard]

Checked my power steering fluid levels.

Then dropped the cap down the back of the engine like a butter fingered r****d!

The air box had to come out before I found it..

Good times!

I dropped an intercooler bolt down my gearbox dipstick tube at the weekend. Couldn't have replicated it if I tried. I was f**king savage! Lol

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

Good effort! I can't see that being anything other than a glitch in the matrix.

 

[ashtons99]

So how do you get those off without breaking any?

Plastic trim removal tools and a gentle approach !

 

[Louis]

I dropped an intercooler bolt down my gearbox dipstick tube at the weekend. Couldn't have replicated it if I tried. I was f**king savage! Lol

When I changed my spark plugs (after nipping up the very last one) upon removing the socket it had worked itself loose on its extension and fell off. It didn't fall down the side of the engine, or onto the floor it instead decided it wanted to go straight down into the engine.
Thankfully it was a long socket, and even though i couldn't find any magnets anywhere i got it out with some 1/2" OD hosing looped into the socket. I got lucky but it was a 1/1,000 chance.

 

[Christopher]

Fitted my Sparco subframes last night, ready for the new seats next week.

 

[Plummer]

The beginning of a long list of bits starting to trickle in now for the car getting done in 2 weeks time.

 

[hsustyle]

Cleaned inside and out for pics for sale ad.

 

[dave78]

Today I relocated my electric window switch as I don't want to cut a hole in my new door cards when the arrive!

 

[letsturboit]

Chucked 2 new power steering pipes in the boot along with a new damper, hazard switch and my spare OZ ready for 2 new rear tyres. Keys dropped off at the garage.

 

[@ndy]

Removed passenger airbag and reconfigured ECU using CLIP to get rid of airbag and service light

 

[James H]

Replaced my front door cards. Thanks to @colesy

Couldn't undo the front seatbelt bolt to do the rears though. next time 😞

 

[ADS_V6]

Vacuumed the engine bay

 

[Plummer]

More bits trickling in, I should probably just make a thread for the car. 😂

 

[chris blue]

a nice 1m bit of 3mm x 50mm flat steel arrived, to secure my full size spare in its well
Nothing else to cover it up, everything else removed bar the 2 front seats

 

[Ills]

Spanked it around Abingdon airfield, awesome day! Good to meet you @Cazper

 

[DaveDreads]

Replaced the front shocks and gearbox oil, didn't mean to change the box oil but we accidentally pulled the driveshaft out and it all pissed out, good job we did as there was a fair bit of metal in it, won't be long before the box sh*ts itself and i'll need another, which will be the cars third.

Car feels great on new shocks all round though,

 

[danterzza]

Treated myself to a new bonnet from Renault as having the front sprayed as my old one had a dent in it.

So currently running this blue scrapyard find.

Also ordered some tyres or Jordan beets.

Great price and quick delivery through his yoko Facebook page.






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[Clio_fool]

How much did renault screw you for the bonnet?
Do you have a link to Jordans fb page, I cant seem to find it!