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What did you and your MK2 do today?
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Just Had my roof wrapped this morning and then having the headlights done the weekend
Forgot to say this yesterday Andy, looks great mate bet your chuffed with that finish!
Fuel pump collects from the bottom anyway so you always drag the crap up lol
To be fair Rob modern cars probably have way more fuel than they show. Few years back i ran a car that to be honest I didn't really care for(none seat lol) ran this on fumes fairly regular and only ran out a couple of times.
Was a work horse so didn't really care
Busy morning and early afternoon for me.
1st up, swapping the wing mirror caps over....
Using a small flat head screwdriver, prise the mirror off it's housing & you gain access to the clips holding the mirror cap onto the housing......you can see from the pic below the red clips & you need to prise these away to take the cap off.
Fitting is opposite of removal & then you push the glass back onto it's mount.
Did a big detailing session after that.
Rinsed off, & snow foamed.....snow foam dwelling....
Rinsed off again and on with a 2 Bucket Method wash
Washed off, dried off and moved to front of house, tyres dressed, de-tarred & then taped up for machine polishing....
Passed over the car using a cutting pad with Farecla G3 scratch removal polish & then passed over again using a heavy polishing pad using Autoglym SRP....couple of shots....
Finished & feeling like a job well done
1st up, swapping the wing mirror caps over....
Using a small flat head screwdriver, prise the mirror off it's housing & you gain access to the clips holding the mirror cap onto the housing......you can see from the pic below the red clips & you need to prise these away to take the cap off.
Fitting is opposite of removal & then you push the glass back onto it's mount.
Did a big detailing session after that.
Rinsed off, & snow foamed.....snow foam dwelling....
Rinsed off again and on with a 2 Bucket Method wash
Washed off, dried off and moved to front of house, tyres dressed, de-tarred & then taped up for machine polishing....
Passed over the car using a cutting pad with Farecla G3 scratch removal polish & then passed over again using a heavy polishing pad using Autoglym SRP....couple of shots....
Finished & feeling like a job well done
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Busy morning and early afternoon for me.
1st up, swapping the wing mirror caps over....
Using a small flat head screwdriver, prise the mirror off it's housing & you gain access to the clips holding the mirror cap onto the housing......you can see from the pic below the red clips & you need to prise these away to take the cap off.
Fitting is opposite of removal & then you push the glass back onto it's mount.
Did a big detailing session after that.
Rinsed off, & snow foamed.....snow foam dwelling....
Rinsed off again and on with a 2 Bucket Method wash
Washed off, dried off and moved to front of house, tyres dressed, de-tarred & then taped up for machine polishing....
Passed over the car using a cutting pad with Farecla G3 scratch removal polish & then passed over again using a heavy polishing pad using Autoglym SRP....couple of shots....
Finished & feeling like a job well done
Good effort Andy looks great fella
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10 minute job chief, once you have the mirrors out it's just clips, pretty straight forward really mate
Cheers, so the replacement covers you,re looking about £50 p&p is that right was thinking getting mine wrapped but after seeing yours done it,s got me thinking
Cheers, so the replacement covers you,re looking about £50 p&p is that right was thinking getting mine wrapped but after seeing yours done it,s got me thinking
Yeah, about £50 for a pair of caps painted to your colour choice Inc P&P.
For the price, it's far better to get a new pair painted, rather than wrap your originals.. I tried wrapping my mirror caps, but I found it a complete ball ache to do.
There is the curves and the straight lines to contend with.
Plus you still have your originals to put back on if you come to sell up
I fitted my recently painted engine cover to get rid of that crappy cream colour they are. Matched it to the bodywork. While I was at it fitted my forge carbon canister hoses and black coolant cap and washer bottle cap.
Oh and you can see the bonnet strut I fitted a month or so back. I am pretty pleased with the look now.
Oh and you can see the bonnet strut I fitted a month or so back. I am pretty pleased with the look now.
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Not today but yesterday, I took the car back to Big Fish to see if John could rectify the regen and hesitation issues and after hooking the car up to VCDS it shows the DPF level is very high and just above the regen level constantly. This would explain why it regenned 3 times yesterday and usually every other day. John said this will be why its regenning so often and why its hesitating as its always near the limit. Not sure this is the cause of the hesitation personally as the MPG is down to around 38 so my thought was that its overfuelling.
After talking through the options of either having the DPF gutted or having the map taken off, we agreed the best course of action would be to do the DPF delete an John agreed to do it at his Stockton branch for £200 instead of the £400+ they usually charge. So I just need to book it in now as I don't think I could go back to it unmapped lol.
Have a new job that I start tomorrow which is extra £600+ a month to my last one so will be able to cover it now with out eating into my house savings. My only problem is they can only do the DPF work during the week which isnt convenient as I need the car for work and they don't have a loan car.
Going to be a busy month or so car wise as its due a service now, MOT is start of April and the discs and pads are due all round also.
After talking through the options of either having the DPF gutted or having the map taken off, we agreed the best course of action would be to do the DPF delete an John agreed to do it at his Stockton branch for £200 instead of the £400+ they usually charge. So I just need to book it in now as I don't think I could go back to it unmapped lol.
Have a new job that I start tomorrow which is extra £600+ a month to my last one so will be able to cover it now with out eating into my house savings. My only problem is they can only do the DPF work during the week which isnt convenient as I need the car for work and they don't have a loan car.
Going to be a busy month or so car wise as its due a service now, MOT is start of April and the discs and pads are due all round also.
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