What have you done to your car today?
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- dirt_beezle
After running "The Snake" up in Topanga Canyon for a week straight in the wee hours of the morning, It needed a bit of cleaning. Brake dust is just everywhere! I also installed my S tires for the summer - Pirelli P Zero Rosso 205f / 255r - here's to hoping it lasts a bit longer than the Michelin Pilots or the Goodyear F1s !
CAMAROBOY69
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- CAMAROBOY69
I swapped out the center console armrest "extension" for a much lower, better looking armrest. More pics in my 04 WRX thread.
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- 14,417
- Wellington
Did some trial and error to find the cause of the miss at idle on my dad's 2000 Legacy GT-B. Replaced the left hand side spark plugs, from Bosch to Platnium NGKs. Replaced the coil packs while we were there as it's a common problem, and found one had blown.
Tomorrow's job is to replace the blown coil pack, replace the right hand side spark plugs, test the coil packs on that side, install an airfilter (didn't have one, weirdly
) and switch the steering wheel from the donor as the current is quite worn.
Tomorrow's job is to replace the blown coil pack, replace the right hand side spark plugs, test the coil packs on that side, install an airfilter (didn't have one, weirdly
) and switch the steering wheel from the donor as the current is quite worn.
GTP_Ingram
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- NowtDaft
Not technically today, but a couple of things done to the 205 this week. Firstly, I took my car in for a Terraclean service. For those who are unfamiliar, it involves a process of pumping highly refined fuel and stuff (stop me if I'm getting too technical) through the engine to clean any deposits that have built up over time. I had a discount voucher for the service so I thought I might as well.
After a couple of days, I can say that I certainly notice a difference! The car idled pretty poorly before, and although it still isn't perfect, it has certainly improved. The throttle response is noticeably sharper, and whilst I haven't really given it the beans yet, I notice more power low down in the rev range - where it would previously stutter in slow traffic, it now picks up smoothly. The process is also claimed to improve fuel economy, so I'll wait and see if there is any difference there too.
The other thing I did was find and fit these:
They are the fixings for the handle on the sliding sunroof. I needed new ones after one just kind of flew off as I was driving along the motorway.. Peugeot don't make them anymore, so finding brand new ones has been an ongoing (8 month) struggle! I've finally been able to remove the brown tape covering the two little holes in the sunroof glass!
After a couple of days, I can say that I certainly notice a difference! The car idled pretty poorly before, and although it still isn't perfect, it has certainly improved. The throttle response is noticeably sharper, and whilst I haven't really given it the beans yet, I notice more power low down in the rev range - where it would previously stutter in slow traffic, it now picks up smoothly. The process is also claimed to improve fuel economy, so I'll wait and see if there is any difference there too.
The other thing I did was find and fit these:
They are the fixings for the handle on the sliding sunroof. I needed new ones after one just kind of flew off as I was driving along the motorway.. Peugeot don't make them anymore, so finding brand new ones has been an ongoing (8 month) struggle! I've finally been able to remove the brown tape covering the two little holes in the sunroof glass!
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- Wellington
Did some further work to the Legacy, replaced the right hand side spark plugs and swapped around the coil packs from parts cars to see if it made any difference, which it didn't. Then hooked up the car to my laptop with EvoScan to find any fault codes. Other than the pre-existing IACV valve and MAF sensor codes (which proves that the IACV valve was faulty, a good hunch by my dad. The MAF sensor code was from him starting it up without one) there were no codes.
As it was getting put back together, the fault returned. Initial thought the IACV valve had started sticking again, so we pulled that out and it seemed fine. Swapped another one into it from a very low mileage parts car for it too have no effect. Decided to take a quick video, apologies for the bad quality.
Any ideas?
Edit: Turns out the MAF sensor we put in crapped out, so put the old one back in and it's back to how it was before, but still has a miss.
The fault is similar to the one in the video, but the rev drop isn't as big. The drops are within a 100 rpm of each other (738rpm to 780rpm, etc.).
As it was getting put back together, the fault returned. Initial thought the IACV valve had started sticking again, so we pulled that out and it seemed fine. Swapped another one into it from a very low mileage parts car for it too have no effect. Decided to take a quick video, apologies for the bad quality.
Any ideas?
Edit: Turns out the MAF sensor we put in crapped out, so put the old one back in and it's back to how it was before, but still has a miss.
The fault is similar to the one in the video, but the rev drop isn't as big. The drops are within a 100 rpm of each other (738rpm to 780rpm, etc.).
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- Vilnius
Replaced the air filter. That's it. In other news I have to sort out my weedwhacker. The two piece starter spool that was joined with a spring that snapped. So far sheet metal and zipties failed so I guess I'll have to make something else...
MedigoFlame
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Not quite today...but yesterday I gave my car the detail it needed! Brought it into work whilst off the clock and gave it a nice bath. Also cleaned up the interior after all the dirt from the winter and finally removed the dealer sticker!
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Wheels got some cleaning as well.
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And finally the rear with the sticker removal.
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Wheels got some cleaning as well.
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And finally the rear with the sticker removal.
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CAMAROBOY69
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04 WRX
- Oil change
- Alternator belt
- Started detailing the interior with tooth brush and random shiny fluids
- Kartboy short throw shifter (very happy with this upgrade)
- Kartboy front poly shifter bushings (major improvement)
- Kartboy rear poly shifter bushings (massive improvement with shifting)
- New black lug nuts
- Replaced the center armrest extension with a shorter armrest. So much better.
- Took it for the first shaker run of the year. Some squeaking inside the dash behind my custom gauge cluster pod driving me nuts. I will have to resolve that noise asap.
- Started cleaning / detailing the wheels and interior. That is also going to take quite a bit of work.
- New coil overs will need to be adjusted a little. Currently on setting 3, will need to be set to at least 4 or 5 for daily driving.
- Going to a car show tonight if it quits raining.
- Noticed the 10 year old Centerforce Dual Friction LT1 clutch is finally starting to get tired. Will have to consider replacing it in the near future.
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- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
Scrapped the carbon hatchback idea; Carbon Creations doesn't have the best reputation and my hood's fitment wasn't quite perfect enough for my eye, so I didn't want to take the risk. Instead, I got these:
Black-housed headlights with Morimoto Mini H1 bixenon projectors, relay harness, and high-beam splitters. I'm ordering 5000k bulbs and 35w ballasts. The passenger side arrived a bit broken, so I've been fixing that. The shroud came off because of a broken shroud-centric ring, and the headlight housing was cracking apart where the projector was mounted. All is well now though, it's fixed and I'll be getting a new ring with the bulbs+ballasts, as well as a partial refund from the seller while he deals with a USPS insurance claim. I miss the hell out of my Accord's HID setup, so I can't wait to get these running.
These next couple weeks will see a few new parts as well, to "finish" what I want done with the RSX, so I can finally get going on my H22 build...
Black-housed headlights with Morimoto Mini H1 bixenon projectors, relay harness, and high-beam splitters. I'm ordering 5000k bulbs and 35w ballasts. The passenger side arrived a bit broken, so I've been fixing that. The shroud came off because of a broken shroud-centric ring, and the headlight housing was cracking apart where the projector was mounted. All is well now though, it's fixed and I'll be getting a new ring with the bulbs+ballasts, as well as a partial refund from the seller while he deals with a USPS insurance claim. I miss the hell out of my Accord's HID setup, so I can't wait to get these running.
These next couple weeks will see a few new parts as well, to "finish" what I want done with the RSX, so I can finally get going on my H22 build...
CAMAROBOY69
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I have seen this happen to 3 different vehicles. Luckily you caught it soon enough. My neighbor wasn't so lucky several years ago. His bolt worked its way loose and shredded the end of his crankshaft. Hard to notice this since you really cant see the bolt unless you truly go out of your way to look for it.
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- 604
- Conway, NH
- Astroboy2215
Put some nice new rims on the GS-T
- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
^ Got pics? I do love those first two gens of Eclipse/Talon.
I got a free sub and amp from a friend, so I got that hooked up last night. First time I've had bass in my own car. I listen to a lot of rock and metal along with the rap, so it's only 200amps or something like that (don't know much about this stuff). Still a tiny bit much for my taste, but I'm enjoying it. Got a full set of Kicker 5.25 speakers to go with it; the RSX has a really stupid speaker setup, and the adapters I got from Crutchfield for 6.5's don't actually fit in the car because the speaker covers in the door cards dip in too much
I got a free sub and amp from a friend, so I got that hooked up last night. First time I've had bass in my own car. I listen to a lot of rock and metal along with the rap, so it's only 200amps or something like that (don't know much about this stuff). Still a tiny bit much for my taste, but I'm enjoying it. Got a full set of Kicker 5.25 speakers to go with it; the RSX has a really stupid speaker setup, and the adapters I got from Crutchfield for 6.5's don't actually fit in the car because the speaker covers in the door cards dip in too much
- 604
- Conway, NH
- Astroboy2215
^ Got pics? I do love those first two gens of Eclipse/Talon.
I got a free sub and amp from a friend, so I got that hooked up last night. First time I've had bass in my own car. I listen to a lot of rock and metal along with the rap, so it's only 200amps or something like that (don't know much about this stuff). Still a tiny bit much for my taste, but I'm enjoying it. Got a full set of Kicker 5.25 speakers to go with it; the RSX has a really stupid speaker setup, and the adapters I got from Crutchfield for 6.5's don't actually fit in the car because the speaker covers in the door cards dip in too much
- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
Damn, TE37s. It's a good look for the car.
I never posted the pics I took during the headlight install. May as well:
Also, I painted a valve cover for an Accord my friend picked up. We pulled the engine to replace some seals and thought it would be cool to match the valve cover to the body. Came out pretty well for a rattle can...
You can see the mistake on the near corner here. I tried using some 3M pinstriping masking tape to mimic the thin stripes that run the length of the car and while adjusting the tape it peeled some paint off. I had already run out of the factory paint at this point, so it had to stay. I gave up for fear of risking more damage.
I never posted the pics I took during the headlight install. May as well:
Also, I painted a valve cover for an Accord my friend picked up. We pulled the engine to replace some seals and thought it would be cool to match the valve cover to the body. Came out pretty well for a rattle can...
You can see the mistake on the near corner here. I tried using some 3M pinstriping masking tape to mimic the thin stripes that run the length of the car and while adjusting the tape it peeled some paint off. I had already run out of the factory paint at this point, so it had to stay. I gave up for fear of risking more damage.
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- Vilnius
Replaced the front brake pads on mom's car and lost a small metal piece that ratcheted on the rear drum star wheel. Also found some nice white and crusty spark plugs. So that's where all the oil was going...
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- Los Angeles, CA
- WRBWRXMAX
- Max Archer
It's my shop's car and not my personal car, but this is what we spent the last week working on.
Stripping the E92 by maximstensel, on Flickr
On Monday this was a fully-functional 2008 M3 with a full interior, by yesterday it was a stripped car, running and driving, with all the fluff features gone and ready for a cage. Wiring took most of the week, we probably stripped 200lb in infotainment and convenience modules and their related wiring alone. Also, these cars are HORRIBLE to strip, the wiring is an absolute disaster, with important things and unimportant things on the same plugs and harnesses. In comparison an E46 model is a cakewalk, almost everything you'd want to take out is on its own harness with a plug on each end.
There's work done under the hood, too. All the climate control stuff is gone, which includes bypassing the removed heater core lines and pulling the A/C stuff, and we're in the process of building a custom intake to replace the plenum with individual stacks over the ITBs and also converting the power steering system to a custom electrohydraulic one.
Stripping the E92 by maximstensel, on FlickrOn Monday this was a fully-functional 2008 M3 with a full interior, by yesterday it was a stripped car, running and driving, with all the fluff features gone and ready for a cage. Wiring took most of the week, we probably stripped 200lb in infotainment and convenience modules and their related wiring alone. Also, these cars are HORRIBLE to strip, the wiring is an absolute disaster, with important things and unimportant things on the same plugs and harnesses. In comparison an E46 model is a cakewalk, almost everything you'd want to take out is on its own harness with a plug on each end.
There's work done under the hood, too. All the climate control stuff is gone, which includes bypassing the removed heater core lines and pulling the A/C stuff, and we're in the process of building a custom intake to replace the plenum with individual stacks over the ITBs and also converting the power steering system to a custom electrohydraulic one.
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- SuBiE_SLeePer
- BaM BooZeLLed
A bit of a delay but this is what I did this weekend.
Start of the day.
316 MotorWorks Shop
Bye bye band-aid
Stock Shifter and bushings
Kartboy Short Throw and Bushings
The difference
(Sorry I tried)
Then onto the headlights (dont have a clear "Before" but reference pics above)
Sticker, new plate frame, and summer wheels back on!
And next day after a wash. (iPhone pic...) I want to take some real pictures soon but been very busy. (Ill show yall later)
Some of the toys around the shop.
Start of the day.
316 MotorWorks Shop
Bye bye band-aid
Stock Shifter and bushings
Kartboy Short Throw and Bushings
The difference
(Sorry I tried)
Then onto the headlights (dont have a clear "Before" but reference pics above)
Sticker, new plate frame, and summer wheels back on!
And next day after a wash. (iPhone pic...) I want to take some real pictures soon but been very busy. (Ill show yall later)
Some of the toys around the shop.
- 2,833
- Colorado
- GTP_Cyborg
I felt like driving for a while without my spoiler, and a bolt head snapped trying to take it off. Took it to a body shop, and to have the threaded insert replaced, the thing was so seized in there.
For probably a couple weeks the wing was just sitting in my apartment, and one day I was playing Gran Turismo. The wing just sitting there... there was a GT logo in my growing pile of car parts stickers... this might be a questionable modification. Not only am I usually against putting stickers on paint, but I now have a huge video game sticker on my car, and now I'm thinking about getting a Hatebreed skull for the other side, just to balance things out...
Chrome Line stripes, anyone?
For probably a couple weeks the wing was just sitting in my apartment, and one day I was playing Gran Turismo. The wing just sitting there... there was a GT logo in my growing pile of car parts stickers... this might be a questionable modification. Not only am I usually against putting stickers on paint, but I now have a huge video game sticker on my car, and now I'm thinking about getting a Hatebreed skull for the other side, just to balance things out...
Chrome Line stripes, anyone?
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