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I very rarely post car pics in here now with me moved out but today I came home and played cars in the form of doing a winter detail before the cold comes. Clayed glazed and waxed. Trimmed restored. 

Quite happy with the outcome for an 11 year old boy

 

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Photobucket has probably raped the quality but meh. No filters applied straight from my phone 

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9 hours ago, SamKidney said:

Still haven't found wheels. Bloke that id arranged to collect off has let me down. 

Is this anything to do with new being slack? Apologies, been a busy weekend...

 

Speaking of which, had an awesome day at Anglesey yesterday with @Mark W in the munter. I'm sure I'll subject you to the videos later...

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1 hour ago, Adam@TartyBikes said:

Is this anything to do with new being slack? Apologies, been a busy weekend...

 

Speaking of which, had an awesome day at Anglesey yesterday with @Mark W in the munter. I'm sure I'll subject you to the videos later...

Not at all Adam, I'd had other arrangements with other people that should have gone ahead but haven't. 

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52 minutes ago, Jolfa said:

Nip into a space next time, you'll attract less stick for parking like a mong ;)

I can see at least 6 nearby spaces, so it's not like he's using up two desperately needed spaces for the 30 seconds it will have taken him to take a couple of pics.

 

In car news. I have a small electrical issue with the 1 Series, seems to be cold related. Most mornings and evenings now (but not all) I'll get 'put it up on the ramps' icon on the dash and the clock and mileage trip will reset. Clearly not the biggest issue in the world, but I'd like to sort it. Anyone had similar issues that could help point me in the right direction before I just give it to the garage?

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2 hours ago, JD™ said:

In car news. I have a small electrical issue with the 1 Series, seems to be cold related. Most mornings and evenings now (but not all) I'll get 'put it up on the ramps' icon on the dash and the clock and mileage trip will reset. Clearly not the biggest issue in the world, but I'd like to sort it. Anyone had similar issues that could help point me in the right direction before I just give it to the garage?

Very similar to what my focus is currently doing.  The dash resets as you start it after its been sat a while and sometimes throws all sorts of warning messages.

Google tells me its the battery voltage dipping too low as i start it (cold weather always highlights a failing battery).  So its probably time for a new battery.  I'm planing on picking one up tomorrow.

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A quick yet successful half hours work tonight. I've had a mystery knocking that came and went on the N/S front, but there was no play in any of the suspension ball joints, links or bushes. 

Decided on changing my lower ball joint as they were presenting the most worry having seen the damage they do when they let go. The oem unit that had done 66k still feels good in fairness and probably would have gone on another 60k odd but I feel better now it's changed. Knock has disappeared so quest successful. 

 

Tempted to change both the new one and O/S front to either proper OEM Honda units over the factors copies or go for some extended ball joints. 

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The guy had a grumpy face in general it seems, the car passed :) advisory on 2 rear bushes which i'll get ordered and replaced over Christmas. Decided to keep the car for a bit longer, it's mechanically sound it seems as i've replaced so much of it, so better the devil you know and all that.

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5 hours ago, MadManMike said:

Yeah, same thing with Mission Motorsport - I used to work with Shelley and she posted photos with Prawn not long ago...

 

Odd!

So is the finding here that Prawn is the Kevin Bacon of the car/trials world?

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