What did you do on your car today?

[Haza92]

Just installed a strut brace and RA snorkel

[Haza92]

Just installed a strut brace and RA snorkel

[Dire]

Replaced my front sway bar, still need to do my back one and its end-links. Back one is harder as you have to drop the exhaust and take off a chassis brace.

Has ruined my handling for now of course because I've only done the one, oversteer city

[Lancer1993]

A year since this thread was used, thats no good so time for a pointless decal LOL!

[rasit.aslim]

New sub and amp! Still waiting on speakers tho haha

[rasit.aslim]

Stebel Nautilus horn fitted, this thing is seriously LOUD.
The horn location looks factory imo, hard for someone to notice where its fitted haha.

Kicker sub and amp also fitted, sub is small but packs serious power. Would recommend if you're tight on boot space. I also relocated the fire extinguisher location, boot is less cluttered now.

[Rocket8]

Passed the service for 30,000 miles on my Tata Nexon, replaced the oil, and looking for a subwoofer, at least 1.5 kW. Any advice?

[FlyingWombat]

First service on the Galant today: fluids were all changed right before I bought it, so today was just a general look-over and seeing what needs to be done.
The tyres are roadworthy, just, so they're going to need to be replaced pretty soon, but I'll wait around til after Christmas and see what specials come up.

The wheel nuts, all of them, were massively overtightened, easily around the 150Nm range, if not more, and I needed to use my 1.5m breaker bar (that I normally only need for axle nuts or suspension bolts) to get the wheel nuts loose!

Changed the rear brake pads - hadn't been changed in a very long time, and when I went to remove the right-rear caliper, I found out why... the lower guide pin bolt head had been rounded off, and none of my sockets or spanners could get a grip on it. The other bolts were also massively overtightened already, and needed a good long breaker bar to loosen. Eventually, my partner managed to fit an impact socket on by hammering it down, and she was able to loosen it off, though the bolt head was pretty much destroyed.

All good, found a replacement pin from a Lancer at the local wreckers, and the new brake pads are in and ready to go.

Oh, and I torqued the wheel nuts properly.

[Lancer1993]

From memory wheel nuts are meant to be around 90Nm, maybe 95? I keep a torque bar in my boot if I need it. Oh and a lot of the time I now carry my torque wrench

[Quismiff]

From memory wheel nuts are meant to be around 90Nm, maybe 95? I keep a torque bar in my boot if I need it. Oh and a lot of the time I now carry my torque wrench

Except when you take the car to a tyre shop of rip shit and bust merchants who use a 3/4 drive impact wrench to do all the wheel nuts up

[Lancer1993]

2nd hand car yards are worse, especially those not set up with a full dealer for shop. With my CJ had wheel issues when I first got it, one wheel had 3 different nut sizes on it, including one I could not find a socket to fit. Too bad if I got a flat on the side of the road before the issue was addressed.

[FlyingWombat]

Almost every normal car needs the wheel nuts around 100. The workshop manual for these cars says 98 +/- 10. They were ridiculously overtight from the Oompa Loompas at the compliance workshop.

[rasit.aslim]

New headlights in from DPP! They even included the Profile bluetooth powered angel eye colour shifting kit! Can't wait to see how they turn out when fitted, will be selling the Audi style lights I currently have in

[Lancer1993]

Fixed this...

Yes I noticed yesterday that the wiring grummet was not sealed, not good on the leading edge of the back door. I don't think any water got in.

Tried pulling it out but had to take the door trim off, easier than I thought, 3 screws!


Fixed it.


And trim back on, could have gone to the repair place but Friday afternoon before a long weekend?