Author Topic: What did you do to your car today? (Read 3012681 times)

aquadorhj · « **Reply #12380 on:** April 28, 2020, 09:39:24 am »

not today, but over the weekend, washed lexus. i've done few automatic washes over the 6 month long winter, but it has been hard on the car for sure.

got my pressure washer out, car wash mix in a bucket(waterless wash and normal car wash added little bit), rinsed out the whole thing, washed, rinsed again.
took out the floor mats, pressure washed them, vacuumed the whole car, wiped down.

took 3 hours... didn't even put on a layer of wax or anything.

looked freakin' great though.
except on the roof, there 2 cm long blob of some kind, looks like tree resin, that i can't get off... i'll have to use clay later....
also noticed there's a LOT of red rust spots on the front doors, so i'll have to clay them later too... $:-\$

then switched to summer tires, and washed winter rims..

took forever.

went for many little drives in the SLK top down though. wind in my hair feels pretty good.

ChaosphereIX · « **Reply #12381 on:** April 28, 2020, 12:37:30 pm »

Took the Alfa for a drive. Turns out I have an exhaust leak, possibly at the manifold. My very expensive German long tube headers might be leaking. Guess some exhaust work is in my near future, might even put on the Japanese exhaust I still have, as it is kind of like OEM+, just have to repair it first. Ugh.

blur911 · « **Reply #12382 on:** April 28, 2020, 12:55:27 pm »

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on April 28, 2020, 12:37:30 pm

Took the Alfa for a drive. Turns out I have an exhaust leak, possibly at the manifold. My very expensive German long tube headers might be leaking. Guess some exhaust work is in my near future, might even put on the Japanese exhaust I still have, as it is kind of like OEM+, just have to repair it first. Ugh.

Be careful reuniting the Axis powers, these are strange days

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #12383 on:** April 28, 2020, 12:57:52 pm »

Quote from: blur911 on April 28, 2020, 12:55:27 pm

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on April 28, 2020, 12:37:30 pm
Took the Alfa for a drive. Turns out I have an exhaust leak, possibly at the manifold. My very expensive German long tube headers might be leaking. Guess some exhaust work is in my near future, might even put on the Japanese exhaust I still have, as it is kind of like OEM+, just have to repair it first. Ugh.

Be careful reuniting the Axis powers, these are strange days

ChaosphereIX · « **Reply #12384 on:** April 28, 2020, 01:02:44 pm »

Quote from: blur911 on April 28, 2020, 12:55:27 pm

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on April 28, 2020, 12:37:30 pm
Took the Alfa for a drive. Turns out I have an exhaust leak, possibly at the manifold. My very expensive German long tube headers might be leaking. Guess some exhaust work is in my near future, might even put on the Japanese exhaust I still have, as it is kind of like OEM+, just have to repair it first. Ugh.

Be careful reuniting the Axis powers, these are strange days

indeed

What can go wrong?

Gurgie · « **Reply #12385 on:** April 28, 2020, 01:32:14 pm »

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on April 28, 2020, 01:02:44 pm

Quote from: blur911 on April 28, 2020, 12:55:27 pm
Quote from: ChaosphereIX on April 28, 2020, 12:37:30 pm
Took the Alfa for a drive. Turns out I have an exhaust leak, possibly at the manifold. My very expensive German long tube headers might be leaking. Guess some exhaust work is in my near future, might even put on the Japanese exhaust I still have, as it is kind of like OEM+, just have to repair it first. Ugh.

Be careful reuniting the Axis powers, these are strange days
indeed

What can go wrong?

Golly · « **Reply #12386 on:** April 30, 2020, 10:05:54 pm »

Spent better part of the day outdoors enjoying the warm weather and fresh air.

On the Malibu:
- washed engine bay
- washed vehicle
- clay barred
- waxed

Great_Big_Abyss · « **Reply #12387 on:** May 02, 2020, 08:20:40 am »

Well, full insurance is back on the truck. Mostly precipitated by the work we're going to do next weekend. I was considering a temporary permit just for the weekend, but that is really only just very basic insurance, and honestly, there is a much greater chance of getting into a wreck when pulling 10 000lbs of dirt and trailer down the highway than at any other time. If that happens I want to make sure I have full coverage and my new truck replacement coverage. That and camping season is opening up in a few weeks, so yeah, I can drive the truck again.

It only ended up being about 3 weeks that we had layup ins. on it, so in retrospect, it probably wasn't worth it.

Gurgie · « **Reply #12388 on:** May 02, 2020, 06:57:13 pm »

Oil change here today on the 951 & Bella's sons Mazda 3. And new rear brakes for the 3 as well, put the pitt crew to work.

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Railton · « **Reply #12389 on:** May 02, 2020, 07:02:07 pm »

^^Many hands make light work!
Where did you get the rotors and pads?
Railton

Gurgie · « **Reply #12390 on:** May 02, 2020, 07:27:42 pm »

Quote from: Railton on May 02, 2020, 07:02:07 pm

^^Many hands make light work!
Where did you get the rotors and pads?
Railton

Rockauto... can't beat the price & quick shipping.

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me_2 · « **Reply #12391 on:** May 02, 2020, 07:58:17 pm »

Since it gonna rain Tomorrow, I hand wash my car Today

In short, spring time clean up inside & out

ChaosphereIX · « **Reply #12392 on:** May 03, 2020, 06:33:00 am »

Would love to have a pit crew like you do Gurgie. I should bring the Alfa by and take advantage of your captive labour team...I mean, provide them with an excellent learning opportunity!

KD · « **Reply #12393 on:** May 03, 2020, 06:47:03 am »

Quote from: me_2 on May 02, 2020, 07:58:17 pm

Since it gonna rain Tomorrow, I hand wash my car Today
In short, spring time clean up inside & out

Lookin good!

Nice looking car, and colour.

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 03, 2020, 06:33:00 am

Would love to have a pit crew like you do Gurgie. I should bring the Alfa by and take advantage of your captive labour team...I mean, provide them with an excellent learning opportunity!

The boys must have that mastered by now.

Seafoam · « **Reply #12394 on:** May 03, 2020, 08:11:54 am »

Yes . You are lucky most kids now a days don't want to have anything to do with automobiles. Hopefully they keep it up.

Gurgie · « **Reply #12395 on:** May 03, 2020, 10:17:51 am »

Quote from: ChaosphereIX on May 03, 2020, 06:33:00 am

Would love to have a pit crew like you do Gurgie. I should bring the Alfa by and take advantage of your captive labour team...I mean, provide them with an excellent learning opportunity!

Sure buddy, bring it over, they seem eager to learn... for now, lol!!!

Biggest pain in the ass was compressing the rear calipers in as they're the screw type & I don't have the tool. So it was a combo of needle nose pliers & channel locks to compress & turn.

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bridgecity · « **Reply #12396 on:** May 03, 2020, 12:21:00 pm »

Finally got the summers on the Tundra yesterday. I’m getting about 4 weeks to the tank so no big deal. Pulled the caliper pins on the rear brakes and lubed them while I was in there.

Also, oil change on the MDX today. She’s out of warranty now so I’ll be doing these myself. Easy peasy on this car.

Gurgie · « **Reply #12397 on:** May 03, 2020, 03:03:26 pm »

Some love for the 323i & Passport today, doing the spring cleaning on both, washing the winter mats & installing summer ones. Weather is kinda shitty though, windy as

& keeps blowing in some sun showers.

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Scaerio · « **Reply #12398 on:** May 03, 2020, 06:36:24 pm »

Summer shoes installed and gave it a wash.

Firm · « **Reply #12399 on:** May 04, 2020, 10:41:11 am »

Got most of the interior back into the 77 MGB on Saturday, and on Sunday I washed both of the Caddy's. Also put about 100km of top down driving on the XKR, plus I cleaned and lubed the convertible top mechanism and pulled 'fuse 19' (keeps the active exhaust in 'full loud' mode all the time)