forteh Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 You've never done anything using 4+ inch screws then arm pump ahoy. I'd like to see a 20 quid electric screwdriver from Argos attempt it You're right though, biggest I've done is 3"; the general householder isn't going to be using 4" screws very often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Not sure if srs... I like it going to take a shot of my car from the same angle and attempt to photoshop it. It's one of only a few valances I've seen in the uk so I'm getting it sent to a guy that owns quite a few mr2's and a body shop and I'm going to get it moulded. Costs me nothing and It gets some parts back into the community Edited January 7, 2015 by Azarathal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 (edited) Micra needs a new axle Thought it was driving oddly. Had a chance to send it up on the lift at work today and the rear sway bar was bent, and the axles rotted to the point where one of the stub axle mounting points has begun to bend. Also discovered it needs a track rod end (Quite badly too, the knock I thought I had from my strut top was that instead), one of my tyres is starting to balloon on the sidewall and there's 3 brake pipes f**ked. Busy Saturday ahead of me Edited January 7, 2015 by SamKidney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Valance talk It's you car n'all but that is really, really awful. Get it sent straight to the tip 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Anyone got a standard front LCR brake setup for sale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Anyone got a standard front LCR brake setup for sale? Best bet is to check Ebay, VAG forums and the Leon/VAG groups on Facebook; come up fairly regularly. Decided not to go with the Porka brakes? This weekend i will mostly be stripping Luke's old Golf to sell some of the parts and refurbing a set of LCR front and rear brakes. Best not rain! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted January 7, 2015 Report Share Posted January 7, 2015 Forgot to ask earlier - reckon you could bring the wipers back down with you mate? The ones on the Leon are bloody horrid! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Any decent spray shops in berkshire? Getting an import rear bumper and valance but it needs spraying. I've heard good things about these guys:- http://www.autocrashuk.co.uk/ But never seen results in person. Website is hideous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 I've heard good things about these guys:- http://www.autocrashuk.co.uk/ But never seen results in person. Website is hideous... Potentially getting this guy to mould the valance foc as he makes body kits and is an owner of mr2's too, I think money is a deciding point atm because of tomorrows payday so I'll see who's cheapest. Cheers for the heads up though also, what's your daily? I've probably passed you a few times and not even realised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just got off the phone to the guy who was supposed to be spraying my bumper. We originally planned him to pick it up Saturday early as my house is on the way to his work and I can't do midweek. He's just called having a massive go asking where I was (it's friday durrrr) and I told him what we originally planned. He denied the whole thing saying "I never said that, impossible" until I told him my phone records every phone call I make or receive and that is exactly what we arranged. He then went ohh well I can't do it now, it'll have to be another weekend. I had arranged everything tonight to remove the bumper. It pisses me off that he tried to deny it! Really can't stand unreliable people especially when it involves changing your other plans to suit only to be let down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Since I've had my focus it has had a weird notch in the steering, it only ever happens when turning immediately left from centre and never when turning right (including going over the bit of rack in the opposite direction); it feels almost as though the power assist just doesnt work at that one point and it feels like pushing it against a kerb. It's been through 4 mots now and I have learned to live with it. I have only just realised (having had the car for years ) that the notch dissapears when the car is first started and reappears after perhaps 200m or so of driving. To me that doesn't sound like a mechanical failure like a worn rack (which I had always attributed it to) because it is intermittent. Is steering fluid hygroscopic? Is it possible that there is an airlock in there that is partially (but not completely) self bleeding when stationary and when the flow starts up pushes it down to the rack and causes the jump in the power assist? How do you bleed steering fluid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just got off the phone to the guy who was supposed to be spraying my bumper. We originally planned him to pick it up Saturday early as my house is on the way to his work and I can't do midweek. He's just called having a massive go asking where I was (it's friday durrrr) and I told him what we originally planned. He denied the whole thing saying "I never said that, impossible" until I told him my phone records every phone call I make or receive and that is exactly what we arranged. He then went ohh well I can't do it now, it'll have to be another weekend. I had arranged everything tonight to remove the bumper. It pisses me off that he tried to deny it! Really can't stand unreliable people especially when it involves changing your other plans to suit only to be let down.Use someone else Since I've had my focus it has had a weird notch in the steering, it only ever happens when turning immediately left from centre and never when turning right (including going over the bit of rack in the opposite direction); it feels almost as though the power assist just doesnt work at that one point and it feels like pushing it against a kerb. It's been through 4 mots now and I have learned to live with it. I have only just realised (having had the car for years ) that the notch dissapears when the car is first started and reappears after perhaps 200m or so of driving. To me that doesn't sound like a mechanical failure like a worn rack (which I had always attributed it to) because it is intermittent. Is steering fluid hygroscopic? Is it possible that there is an airlock in there that is partially (but not completely) self bleeding when stationary and when the flow starts up pushes it down to the rack and causes the jump in the power assist? How do you bleed steering fluid?Have you tried changing the fluid? Generally you just bleed them by doing full lock left to right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) I've not touched the fluid, I'm terrible for fluid changes and maintenance, I do oil and filters occasionally and that's about it :$ Wheels need to be up in the air when locking left-right? Edited January 9, 2015 by forteh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Ed if you like you can bring your car over 1 weekend and we can go through it? I've got most of the essential tools so most jobs are within reach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Thanks for the offer Paul, let me just book my free weekend sometime in 2017 I will have a quick look at it when I can and see how feasible it is to drain the system and replace the fluid. I'm sure that it is due for renewal but I will check the colour of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 (edited) Cap off > lock to lock half a dozen times, job jobbed. Wheels should be in the air ideally, should never just steer on the spot but it doesn't really matter Also Dann36774223, do you record everything you do or what? I thought filming your day to day driving was odd, but phone calls?! Edited January 9, 2015 by Jolfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Also Dann36774223, do you record everything you do or what? I thought filming your day to day driving was odd, but phone calls?! For this exact reason. I record my phone calls for when I had telephone interviews when I was looking for graduate jobs. I'd be able to play back the phone call and dissect it for information that i'd be able to bring to the face to face interview which worked for the job i'm currently at now! It automatically does it, it's not like I press record. Pretty handy and it's obviously payed off here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Just got my car back from it's MOT having failed on Tuesday on plenty of stuff. Ended up having to have both sills pretty much ripped out and replaced, plenty of brake hose, some brakes sensors and that exhaust I picked up the other day. For the money I've spent to get it through the MOT, the clever thing to do would have been to get rid and get something else again. I just couldn't let myself do that again though, so now I've got enough ploughed into this thing to keep it. The only advisories left on it are the tyres, which I haven't bothered sorting because I'll be changing wheels as soon as Spring comes around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Is that the E46? If so, bloody hell that's in poor condition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Yep, it definitely has been, but now it's better than I bought it. I guess that's the positive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haz Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Potentially getting this guy to mould the valance foc as he makes body kits and is an owner of mr2's too, I think money is a deciding point atm because of tomorrows payday so I'll see who's cheapest. Cheers for the heads up though also, what's your daily? I've probably passed you a few times and not even realised Clio 172, although I'm 20 minutes out from Reading and work in Basingstoke so unlikely to see you on the road! That's a bit shit Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dann2707 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Guy who sent me the free gasket kit, picked it up today and thought hmm the box is massive. This is why: He's even more awesome than I originally thought! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I think he fancies you. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Clio 172, although I'm 20 minutes out from Reading and work in Basingstoke so unlikely to see you on the road! That's a bit shit Dan. Don't you live in crowthorne too? Haha Dan, reckon he'll be asking for sexual favours in return? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurtisRider Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Some people are just incredibly generous! But yeah he may want some bum fun too. My astra was making a loud rattle yesterday when steering and in lower revs, had it up on my ramps and a few subframe bolts weren't totally awesomely tight but then weren't super loose either, I also noticed my exhaust rubbers are a bit loose looking so the exhaust may be moving excessively. Nothing else seems to be an issue, so hopefully it was just those. I've also been painting black the non contact surfaces of the front discs and the brake callipers to tidy it up a bit, certainly looks a ton better than rust! Now to clean up the back callipers/discs and collect some exhaust rubbers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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