What did you do on your car today?

[tadz0rz]

Tadz you wanna come up to Syd and do the same to my car?
I really just dont have the patience to do stuff like that

I dont either, but since I lost my licence I got nothing BUT time. Catching up on alot of things ive neglected on the car for a while. Gunna have her all 100% for when I get my licence back

[Mitch]

Can anyone recommend anything good so i know what to get to prevent any locusts going into my radiator etc. because on the drive back to brissy i will be heading through the locust swarms

I used 50% grade shadecloth. I think I went a bit overboard with mine but it worked well. I fixed it at the bottom by double stapling a pocket in the bottom edge just big enough to slide a door width carpet edge in to - the carpet edge was cut into halves and re-drilled to fit the bolt spacing for the bumper/stone tray bolts. The top was fixed using cable ties in convenient holes in the front of the engine bay (remove the plastic cover across the front of the car - the one you made the CAI grill in). For the edges I trimmed the shadecloth about 50mm larger than the grill then folded them over then stapled them. I then put a length of electrical tape down the outside and inside of the edge as well as one that covers the edge (half on the front and fold it round to the back). I then stapled the electrical tape down as it doesn't stick very well to the shadecloth and put another strip of electrical tape down the inside to cover the staples to prevent them from scraping the paintwork. The final bit is to cable tie the edges to the driving light surrounds to keep it flat against the grill.

If you like, I will post some pics of it tomorrow to give you some idea of what I'm talking about.

yes please mate

[foreshadow]

Installed my X-Facotr side skirts and front air dams.

Air dams were pretty easy, but the side skirts were a pain in the ass. Turned out well though

[aspir3]

I fitted a dome light to my roof lining. It looks neat.

Now I just need sound proofing to arrive so I can fit it to the roof before putting the car back together.

[tadz0rz]

Did an oil change and filter replacement. Used some Penrite 5w-50 Fully synthetic oil with the mistubishi OEM filter

Tomorrow will be cleaning and degreasing rear suspension componants, painting my rear calipers red and painting the hubs black...

[mr_evo]

Installed my new HKS Super SQV blow off valve and piping kit

[tjoz]

Put that in properly today from cjchad. Replaces the chipboard thing and the carpet. Swapped it for the plastic liner not so much for weight reasons (weighs around the same as the other two bits) but for moving the battery to the boot later on. Going to need all the room I can get in the engine bay.

Off to Ford and Subaru tomorrow to look at engine bays Photo's wont do as I need to see how some things are placed... Test fits for something roughly the size of a shoe box

[Gleno]

Claybared the car today,great results,so smooth now,the clay bar is nearly black and i thought my car was clean. followed it up with a wax.

[juanito]

Installed 8000k HID. Also provided pics at night with it on, in case anyone is thinking of buying one.


Painted brake calipers black.

[tadz0rz]

Cleaned entire rear section underneith the car, painted my rear calipers red, painted the hubs black...

Havent got the best after shot but heres it anyway

Before


After - while painting hubs


Bathed wheels

[fazzle]

Installed 8000k HID. Also provided pics at night with it on, in case anyone is thinking of buying one.

oh goody... another f***witt on the roads blinding everybody

[Mitch]

Cleaned entire rear section underneith the car, painted my rear calipers red, painted the hubs black...

Havent got the best after shot but heres it anyway

Before


After - while painting hubs


Bathed wheels

came up well tads can you do mine lol just joking mate

[juanito]

oh goody... another f***witt on the roads blinding everybody

dw, im not from Newcastle, and mine don't blind ppl, just gotta set it right stooge

[aspir3]

oh goody... another f***witt on the roads blinding everybody

dw, im not from Newcastle, and mine don't blind ppl, just gotta set it right stooge

Unfortunately you can not adjust your lights while you are driving for the road condition, unlike projectors with auto levelling.

Driving around the city/suburbs it is just not necessary. There are so many other vehicles on the road and street lights around.

Lighting has come such a long way in the last 30 years. There are plenty of good legal options available that are less annoying to other drivers.

Remember the roads are there to be shared and we all should have respect for others on the roads. Fitting HID's is just disrespectful!

[ofey]

Installed 8000k HID. Also provided pics at night with it on, in case anyone is thinking of buying one.

oh goody... another f***witt on the roads blinding everybody

Despite the dergogatory term used by fazzle, he is right in saying you are blinding everybody due to your choice of using a HID in a reflector.

There have been threads on this forum discussing this.

Furthermore aspir3 is right in saying, there is NO adjustment (magic position) where it won't blind people.

HIDs in reflectors result in a large amount of glare. Do not mistake this for real light. This is due to the way the reflector "throws" out the light. There is no adjustment which will reduce or curb this. You require projectors to prevent this dispersion and levellers to ensure that the light is projected at the right height. It has been reported elsewhere that using high-K HID kits in reflectors will result in a "burn" halo on you headlight plastic covers as well.

The choice lies with you as it is afterall your car but it would be very naive of you to believe that you have a "magic" position where you have the right settings which will not cause glare and blind other drivers.