What have you done to your car today ???

[Darren S]

Ok. I’ll be paying them a visit soon….

Yeah, Steve and Andy @ Birchdown are top blokes - but they are 77 miles one way away from me now. Nightingales are a tenth of that at just over 7 miles from work and by a quirk of luck, a work colleague lives about 300 yards away from them.

Drop my car off first thing and get a lift into work. Bonus.

 

[helpimonfire]

Productive day today, interior back together, excess wiring tucked out of the way, front right hub was replaced with a known good one, new anti rotation link, track rod end, coilovers all measured (measurements off a mates 200) and set, coolant refilled and bled up too. Ready to come off the axle stands and go onto the trailer but that's a job for tomorrow!

Run up to temp, fan kicks in as it should and heater works as it should - Blows warm air at 15 degrees and blows warmer at 27 degrees. Perfect.

Absolute carnage. Tools everywhere.

Did realise once the seat was back in that the NS mirror is blocked by the cage... So if you're trying to get past me at CSF... I apologise in advance

 

[Matt Cup]

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Did realise once the seat was back in that the NS mirror is blocked by the cage... So if you're trying to get past me at CSF... I apologise in advance

 

[geoffn]

Passed the MOT.

 

[helpimonfire]

It's back together!

Off for alignment tomorrow, few last bits arriving Weds so hopefully Cadwell ready by mid next week!

 

[ex-Chinese Dave]

Passed the MOT.

I was debating with myself yesterday whether or to remove my wind deflectors....this pic may have swayed me to remove them

 

[geoffn]

Think of all the weight you will save !

 

[Daz...]

Changed the Oil filter, oil, air filter, and pollen filter.

Then I changed the middle exhaust rubber whilst pondering my life choices.

Got it booked in at the end of July for a load of bits to be fitted to freshen up the front end and a different exhaust system to go with it.

 

[Steve1986]

Replaced spark plugs and injectors. Took ages, car runs like s**t now. I want my MX5 back

On the plus side I think I found my oil leak

 

[Short Norman]

Wife’s beetle got some mot advisories for corroded sills. I unbolted the wings so I could pull them away to have a look.

I was expecting some big duty holes but found this. Going to clean them up and treat with RC900

The rest of the sills in those areas look clean for a 21 year old car

 

[E30kev]

Wife’s beetle got some mot advisories for corroded sills. I unbolted the wings so I could pull them away to have a look.

I was expecting some big duty holes but found this. Going to clean them up and treat with RC900

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The rest of the sills in those areas look clean for a 21 year old car
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That’s about the straightest VAG jacking points of that era that I’ve ever seen.
The ones on my mk1 Octavia vRS looked like it’d been lifted using a forklift