Roger C

17 minutes ago, minimoog said:

Which technique did you use?

Electrical contact cleaner and a microfibre cloth, took about 10 minutes.

Cleaned and removed the horrible ‘sticky cr@p’ from the stereo buttons, another little annoying problem solved.

Before

After

Just doing a service on our 2.7 before a little road trip in a few weeks and looking at air filters it seems a OE spec paper element Mahle filter is around 50 quid, thats after market territory so do I stick with OE or go after market....opinions please?

Rog.

Cat N on a 2k car....yeah ok then, after all its easy to rack up 2k if you need new bumpers etc.

Cat N on a 10k car... no thanks, thats a fair bit of damage to cost over 10k in repairs even at Porsche prices.

However, saying that, it does look a beauty and if it was me, I still would have probably bought it..lol

20 hours ago, kevin450 said:

Steering wheel cover done very happy with it for the price warning OCD person don’t get the centre red band 

 

Out of interest Kevin, how much did the cover cost and do they do different cars? 

The steering wheel in my Audi S3 is looking a bit tatty and if the price is good its something I might consider.

Rog.

49 minutes ago, BBB said:

@red rocket, those ramps look interesting. Do they have a flat portion at the top, I can't make it out from the photo? I presume they are more stable than using another set of jack stands at the rear, or is there another reason for using them? Do you reverse up onto them, or jack up and lower the car onto them? So many questions!

I've a set similar, really stable with a flat (curved to fit wheel), you can drive up mine and then remove the 'ramp' part which is actually quite handy.

Did a little front end mod, anyone spot it. (Top pic is before, bottom after)

Finished the dampers replacement, off side was a complete pig and fought me all the way with seized bolts etc, but the near side was easy peasy, had it all done in a few hours.

Looking forward to a decent test drive tomorrow 😈

16 minutes ago, ½cwt said:

Rubber seal lubricant. Stops door and roof rubbers squeaking and refreshes them so they don't leak air so easily. Gummi Pflege.

Nice one, looks like I do need it then, I'm currently on Amazon..lol

12 hours ago, BOB.T said:

Yeah great fun! 

I've worked in the motor trade for nearly 28 years, never used the gummi stuff before, it's ace! 

What is it and do I need it??

18 hours ago, ½cwt said:

No substitute for heat and tuning them lots to break up the internal corrosion on these droplink bolts once they are seized in place.  Just pressing out was reported by one owner as needing nearly a 5t load on a 12t press.  You'll never achieve that with a hammer...

Luckily I managed to hammer it out at work last night, just needed a mate to hold it up against the jaws of a fitting vice so it had something solid to react against, I couple of good hits and out it came, it’s surprising what you can achieve it you hit something hard enough...😁😉

Today, I mostly removed the drivers side front strut as the damper has spilled its guts.

Top droplink bolt is stuck in solid so I couldn’t just remove the damper, therefore I’ve removed the front mount complete with the lower arm and I’ll drive the bolt out in work tonight (really big hammer...lol)

Just had a great quote from A-plan, £279 fully comp with legal cover and £250 excess, thats for two of us to drive with 5k mileage.

My E-Sure renewal was £247 but the excess was £500 compulsory and £100 voluntary, Even though it a bit cheaper I loved the fact that A-plan answer their phone straight away, are very friendly and helpful and there is another means of communication via this forum.

All in all, two thumbs good from me, Im sure you'll be ensuring my Mini in a few weeks.

Rog. 

37 minutes ago, jimmy p said:

Italian tune up before mot required!!

I always give my cars a good 'Italian tune' before the test, the box had been sat in my mates garage for a month so deffo needed a blast to blow away the cobwebs etc.

Just got our beauty back from its MOT, passed with one advisory, one of the rear number plater bulbs has blown...I can live with that..

Rog.

On 9/6/2019 at 3:25 PM, Jason986S said:

Because it’s for sale. I sadly just don't get to use it as much as planned and hoped. It’s quite a bit of money tied up in a car I just don't get to enjoy like I’d love to. On top of that, I’ve just incurred a pretty big knee injury so can’t drive for the foreseeable future. 

Bad news mate, been there, done that, but needs must.

Some one is going to get a real nice car, hope you better soon fella and I'm sure you'll be back sometime soon.

Rog.

12 hours ago, Jason986S said:

Mine is sat under a cover, washed & prepared ready for a potential buyer.

Noooooo, why why why...