what have you done to your car today ?

[Dazzalcr]

Went for a drive, short drive at that as when giving it a little bit I heard a big psssst noise from engine bay **** my self luck enough just the intercooler pipe had blow off the charge pipe, must not have tightened it proper. Scary noise u just see $$$$$ signs in your head lol

 

[Rich.T]

Just a trip to the hand car wash after work.
But tomorrow i will mostly be doing an emissions test on my car under mot conditions to see how the new 200 cell sports cat holds up.
Will report back.

 

[Dazzalcr]

Just a trip to the hand car wash after work.
But tomorrow i will mostly be doing an emissions test on my car under mot conditions to see how the new 200 cell sports cat holds up.
Will report back.

I have a 200 cell sports cat on mine, it has passed its last 2 mots with it, but they are a pain, need too be nice an hot before going in. Mine needed a couple attempts to find the sweet spot but my mot bloke is sound and got it through, most can't be bothered to do it he said. Good luck

 

[bruceR]

Spent a couple of hours cleaning the engine bay and modifying my engine cover - ever since fitting the strut brace the cover never fitted
So measured and marked before slicing a section off

Sanded & smoothed the edges, have it a good clean then painted the I with red enamel paint (3 coats)

Fits and looks just right

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[Rich.T]

Looks good but does it rattle now?
My pd had one of those rubber bungs missing and it did my head in on idle.

 

[bruceR]

Not noticed but driving up to Aberdeen 2moro so will find out!!


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[Thai-wronghorse]

Spent a couple of hours cleaning the engine bay and modifying my engine cover - ever since fitting the strut brace the cover never fitted
So measured and marked before slicing a section off

Sanded & smoothed the edges, have it a good clean then painted the I with red enamel paint (3 coats)

Fits and looks just right

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I did the same on my old FR TDI.

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[bruceR]

Also cleaned and polished headlights

Wish the headlights were glass and not plastic!!


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[Rich.T]

What kit did you use on the headlamps?
Ive got a slightly frosty one.

 

[Thai-wronghorse]

What kit did you use on the headlamps?
Ive got a slightly frosty one.

I've used the 3M headlight restoration kits several times with decent results.

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[bruceR]

What kit did you use on the headlamps?
Ive got a slightly frosty one.

So cleaned with Bilt Hamber Surfex HD, polished with CarPro Ceriglass + pad on Das6 polisher x 3 times, cleaned again then 3 layers of Meguiars Ultimate Paste Wax and buffed off with MF cloth.


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[Rich.T]

So cleaned with Bilt Hamber Surfex HD, polished with CarPro Ceriglass + pad on Das6 polisher x 3 times, cleaned again then 3 layers of Meguiars Ultimate Paste Wax and buffed off with MF cloth.


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Oh, a new headlamp it is then.

 

[Nam-uk]

Spent a couple of hours cleaning the engine bay and modifying my engine cover - ever since fitting the strut brace the cover never fitted
So measured and marked before slicing a section off

Sanded & smoothed the edges, have it a good clean then painted the I with red enamel paint (3 coats)

Fits and looks just right

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problem with the cover the dam sound damping foam disintegrates due to age

 

[Yellow fr]

Oh, a new headlamp it is then.

The best polish to use on the head lights is a g6 compound and a buffing machine


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[bruceR]

problem with the cover the dam sound damping foam disintegrates due to age

Yep, I ripped mine off ages ago.
We use insulation foam at work (high temp stuff) so gonna try a bit of that and see if it’s ok


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[iammooks]

Bane of my life that engine cover. The insulation disintegrated, so stuck on some really thick stuff, only for that stuff to detach not from the cover, but from the adhesive, so now I have loose foam and the adhesive is stuck fast to the cover.

Have been meaning to pick up some silver covered stuff from eBay and see if that works, but every time I measure the cover to get the right size, I end up doubting my measurements and don’t buy any.


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[Rich.T]

Well, a good day so far.
Did an emissions test and it passed no problem ?

Then fitted my special edition ThaiW rear rollbar.

 

[Alexis27]

How is it with a rear ARB?

 

[Rich.T]

Hard to say. Didnt get out of a 30 zone driving home.
Wont know till Monday. Then its all bypass and roundabouts ?

 

[Nam-uk]

Yep, I ripped mine off ages ago.
We use insulation foam at work (high temp stuff) so gonna try a bit of that and see if it’s ok


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when contracting at vitafoam i wanted the same fire poof foam but none was there at time, wanted a rated temp foam as i did not want to chance it