AnnoyingPentium Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 Looks grand with them wheels. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 10 Author Share Posted August 10 9 minutes ago, egg said: should I do this to our i10 wheels? 😁 Hmm.... Look quite 'different' * paint to taste. Can't see why Mr Mcrusty scrapper wants about £35 for one [no tyre] 🤔 egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 11 Author Share Posted August 11 SparkieCandles 2day.... Pro opinions on the look of the old ones 😕 ..... Long Way Down 🚙💨 privatewire and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 Well.... Anyone have an opinion on the toasted rings around the insulators..... 🤔 Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoverFolkUs Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 6 hours ago, tooSavvy said: Well.... Anyone have an opinion on the toasted rings around the insulators..... 🤔 They're just old, it's nothing to worry about, its just caused by oil vapours getting ionized by the electric charge, or something like that. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirley Knott Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 I see your plugs and I'll raise you with this one I removed from a 2009 Clio yesterday! For me, your old ones look fine and probably not actually that old either. tooSavvy and AnnoyingPentium 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 12 Author Share Posted August 12 Well..... Makes sense, realistically 🛠️ I reckon we have upped the wheel/tyre combo mass by about 30% >>> I'm getting 'tail wagging', on 'off camber' high-speed corners 🙄. Two rear dampers 'incoming'..... 😎 🚙💨 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 13 Author Share Posted August 13 And..... We're on our way..... ..... Some are that for ONE! 🚙💨 AnnoyingPentium and loserone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 14 Author Share Posted August 14 I did some 'reverse engineering/NOS gravedigging' and unearthed these @£8.80 delivered 😎 privatewire and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 15 Author Share Posted August 15 Oooff!! My first 'MoneyLight' episode 😕😳 Misfire/running on 3..... I have wondered about a sort of 'dull thrubb..bb..bb' on tickover yesterday, but pulled fine >>> fired up first thing this morning to go shopping = EML + only 3 😮 Nipped round to the garage, told him I'd only done the new plugs last Monday, left it for him to investigate 🙄 4pm.... Rings up "plug hole half full of rainwater, blew it out.. brake cleaner.. blew it out.. slathered with electrical/silicone damp proof grease = see how it goes, M9!" He knows of many cars with rainwater drips, into engine, causing water faults.... I have checked the Webbie and some have found water coming through/pooling about the screen wash jet grommets, on Hi.n.Dri's 🤔 I park on the cant of the road... This plug hole lowest 🤦 I will do some snooping + kitchen roll @rainyday No other codes 😎 🚙💨 Shirley Knott 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 16 Author Share Posted August 16 On the plus side.... However.... Whilst combing the Hi.n.Dri fora, looking for water faults, I discovered that the Getz is NOT CanBus. Well, future annoying faults [.. 🙄 let there be none] at least won't require DealerAssist 🥳 🚙💨 privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 18 Author Share Posted August 18 Putting a damper on the party.... 🥳 🚙💨 Shirley Knott, egg, loserone and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 18 Share Posted August 18 On 15/08/2023 at 19:49, tooSavvy said: He knows of many cars with rainwater drips, into engine, causing water faults.... Fiesta MK6/Fusion come to mind... tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 Out today, in the glorious sunshine... *... in need of a wash 🤫 privatewire, RayMK, ProgRocker and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 My local 'oily rag' seems UpForIt, on damper swap... I will trust him to get the Molegrip >> Way UP, beyond seal stroke.... 🙄 🚙💨 privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 21 Author Share Posted August 21 Well...... This seems to be a 'magical number' in the automotive realm 😐 ..... however, reaching it has been a bit quicker [than in previous ownership] >> likely because SWMBO likes being out 'nabout on sunny days.... 🤣🤣 privatewire and RayMK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 22 Author Share Posted August 22 Masked around the boot/tail spoiler... All the lakka has lifted and it looks *scabby. .... painted with the same 'matte' metal paint as used on the backs of the new wheels. Used a brush - mistake, use a foam roller for v.2 repaint 😕 Still, does a nice 1st coat...... RayMK and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 23 Author Share Posted August 23 £1.50s worth of Poondies finest will see me a 'second coat'! 😉 My Herpes dropped these in, just now.. privatewire, Shirley Knott and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 For '$hitznGiggles' I have popped for one of these... enChine. 🎱 35mm @M10 = £3 Just to see how it fits + lower the stick height, as it frets somewhat against my thigh 😕 egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 On A Mi$$ion... ... OK, so a 5min walk to garage @07:30, drop off car for 2x BOGE dampers. *Given the job takes about 15 min per side.... I may just wait 🙊🙉🙈 🚙💨 privatewire, egg and AnnoyingPentium 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 ..... Home Again ☕ .... 😎 There's something already on the lift, so he can't do it While U Wait 😕 £20 a side👍 egg, privatewire and Shirley Knott 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 On 20/08/2023 at 15:55, tooSavvy said: Out today, in the glorious sunshine... *... in need of a wash 🤫 You must be passing near my house on a regular basis. A grouse, yesterday tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 Danger...... Man at Work..... 😮 👌🎱 🚙💨 egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 Just been out, with kitchen wipes.... 'de greased' the hatch panels 😐 ..... Aye, but he's 'well reet cheep' 🥳 🚙💨 egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 59 minutes ago, tooSavvy said: ..... Aye, but he's 'well reet cheep' 🥳 Not prices you see down sarf. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 On 8/22/2023 at 12:43 PM, tooSavvy said: Masked around the boot/tail spoiler... All the lakka has lifted and it looks *scabby. .... painted with the same 'matte' metal paint as used on the backs of the new wheels. Used a brush - mistake, use a foam roller for v.2 repaint 😕 Still, does a nice 1st coat...... v.2 ... 👍👌 ...... and ONLY two midges tried their wellies on the wet stuff 🙄 I think it a 200% improvement on the lakka peel $hitefest I bought 🥳 🚙💨 privatewire and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 I'm still planning to fit my Mudflaps. TBH Mudflaps are a bit '60's' but given my slight track width increase, at the front, they make real sense [to me..] Hi 'n Dri' have them fitted at the back already..... 🚙💨 egg and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 $hitz!!! ..... one wheelnut missing, one turned out 4 turns = drivers front wheel 😳 $hite 🛠️🤦 ..... All the wheels are shot blasted + zinc rich undercoat PLUS my painting them... Yupp, paint in the cone has fretted away and loosened the 'pinch' 🤫. Fortunately I have a habit of checking all the wheels before starting up each day and this must have happened on our last 120m+ jollies. Spare plain nut on and a new dome #ordered ... #postie delivered/fitted 5Sept 🛠️👍 🚙💨 privatewire and egg 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 I only get an 'idiot light' for engine temps 😕😳 This kit (@£4) with the 'external' sensor lashed against the heater hose [hottest outlet one] will give me a rough >> direction of travel >> for the engine/water temps. This guy agrees to 'approximation' but, essentially, some number [..trends] is better than none 👍 https://youtu.be/tHNARNPFu8A?si=7kUJe3LdG6bFN8aP 🚙💨 egg and privatewire 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egg Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 31 minutes ago, tooSavvy said: I only get an 'idiot light' for engine temps 😕😳 Watching with interest in how you do this, as i10 has same 'you only know when it's too late' issue. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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