Sau A.c.t. - What Did You Do To Your Car Today?

[Got a Pulsar]

Kero and Brake Cleaner?

Kero for tar and Brake Cleaner for the grime.

Test in a small, inconspicuous area.

[D.I.Y. Mik]

I need that good sht that changes colour as it eats the crap off.

But it wont harm wheels.

Must look again in the shops tomorrow.

[Sinista32]

Meguiars MLS

Edit:

It's not cheap. Metal Life Saver ($39 ?)

You use a light scourer on/off - wear ruber gloves

Then Polish with metal polish

Comes in a pack with all you need including the MLS and All metal polish, gloves, cloth and scourer/applicator.

..........oh and then go through a Hazchem shower

Edited August 17, 2013 by Sinista32

[zebra]

Fixed mega exhaust leak. Fixed my low idle issue (in theory) fitted a new boost gauge.

Now to wash and wax.

[Got a Pulsar]

I think my car is actually slightly quieter now since my Stock Dump came off and the Bellmouth went on.

Having seen that the original gasket was in 2 pieces makes me think I also had an Exhaust leak.

Slight low rev squeal is gone too. hmmmm....

[Sinista32]

Fixed stereo in Tokyo taxi. Found some wires touching in the boot.

Was making the volume go up/down and front to back by itself. Weird !

Maybe took a corner or two a bit hard - the sub had shifted (found 2 of 4 screws loose on the floor).

oh and just finished fixing toilet leakage/run on

Edited August 18, 2013 by Sinista32

[D.I.Y. Mik]

Meguiars MLS

Edit:

It's not cheap. Metal Life Saver ($39 ?)

You use a light scourer on/off - wear ruber gloves

Then Polish with metal polish

Comes in a pack with all you need including the MLS and All metal polish, gloves, cloth and scourer/applicator.

..........oh and then go through a Hazchem shower

Instructions say:

Hydrochloric acid, reacts vigorously with alloy.

No thanks, it might work well, but one little slip up and ill have stains etched into my polished rim.

Bowdens is working ok but it wont get the stains out.

I realize now that anything strong enough to get those stains off is too dangerous for my liking.

Ill have to use a more mechanical solution: Autosol and wire brush might work.

And ive had to run a file around the back of two rims, to get the dags and sharp edges off.

Yes... taking a hand file to Volks.

Edited August 18, 2013 by D.I.Y. Mik

[Got a Pulsar]

Depending on how vigorous a wire brushing you are planning on doing, go the spinny roundy brush on a drill.

Cleaned up ALL the crap inside of my Rims nicely. (can lend if you don't have)

[D.I.Y. Mik]

Many wire brushes and polishing things in DIY miks shed

The next step in tools will be serious sht like drill press, etc.

[JimmyS]

Swapped out my adjustable caster rods and camber arms to replace with stock ones.

Raised car to 110mm at the lowest point for vehicle inspection

smaller exhaust hangers to raise exhaust 5mm

Installed child restraint anchors

Degreased/washed ender side of car

installed OEM looking gear knob

Removed Power FC Hand controller

Removed rear wiper/motor and replaced with MFR delete plug

Hopefully thats everything to pass Dickson

[Pattey21]

^^ f**k that

[D.I.Y. Mik]

Wire brush and Autosol

Nearly fully clean, only a little stain left. More elbow grease shlould do it.

And more soft brass brushes, they dont last long.

[Got a Pulsar]

Oooh that looks the goods.

Brushes don't last long do they? Brings back some horrible Wheel cleaning memories...

Reminds me, probably should finish that sometime.

[Sinista32]

looks good

Edited August 18, 2013 by Sinista32

[D.I.Y. Mik]

found a weird one while searching for a solution

soak aluminium foil in coke or vinegar, and use like sandpaper

I think the coke is for alloy and vinegar for steel, dunno ill try it and find out.

Theres also clay bar, il give that a go but on the cleaner areas.

It seems theres no clear or anything as polishing compound goes black quickly. Ill have to give it a spray with something to protect it after.

[dontyellpl0x]

Just dropped the car off to get repaired

[GTRKat]

Waiting impatiently for mine to be ready... Hopefully tomorrow

[RosieR34]

Dropped Rosie off at Dyno Tune to get a 5k service and to fix some light bulbs Next stop will be breaks, I'll see how next pay goes.

Edited August 18, 2013 by RosieR34

[DAN00H]

Waiting impatiently for mine to be ready... Hopefully tomorrow

is it out with Chris? drive past everyday and have noticed it amoungst the endless porsches... looks nice and clean

[JimmyS]

I went through the pits at dickson today and i got knocked back due to not having an "engine tune up sticker" also for not having an english owners manual and i need all the japanese stickers replaced with english stickers.

Does anyone know where to get a tyre placard in english for the r32 gtr?

They also asked for me to provide stock track measurements from nissan