What have you done to your car today?

[Brisbane_boy]

i reccon it looks pretty good marc. i especilly like the blue round the dials looks good.
I remember once a guy at work was being a bit of a wanka and taking some paint so he could paint his bike. so the boss told me to put some armoral in the paint. LOL he said he had a slight problem with silicon

[Brisbane_boy]

to get rid of the silicon u need to wipe it with thinners then prepsol (wax and grease remover)

[70NYD]

looks awesome bro

[02-KQ-LASR]

nicce work! looks good mate.

[Pettos]

Hey marc,

Do the center air con ducts just pop out do they?

The blue looks cool (if you make everything else blue too, like your speedo's backlight)... I wanna get a sp20 speedo so I can get the red backlight.

[02-KQ-LASR]

done one seat so far with the leather re trim. Looks the goods. Will post up a teaser pic tomorrow or maybe once the whole seats done...

[Lachlan]

im thinking about doing mine similar to urs marc but with a red? opinions everyone?

[Rix]

That could like alright livingpark depends on what shade of red you do

[Rupewrecht]

Beetle:
- changed oil
- greased door hinges
- checked plugs + leads

Protege:
- changed oil
- changed oil filter
- checked air filter
- installed RS*R EXMAGII exhaust
- adjusted silencer
- discovered that now that i have added the exhaust, i seem to have added vtec to the car

Astina:
- discovered i have a slow coolant leak at the oil cooler at the back of the block/filter. Gah!

[Cosmo Dude]

Originally Posted by Rupewrecht

Beetle:
- changed oil
- greased door hinges
- checked plugs + leads

I thought the Beetle was fill the oil and check the petrol

[Rix]

Lol Rupe how come you have so many cars? and which is your daily drive:P

[Rupewrecht]

Originally Posted by Cosmo Dude

I thought the Beetle was fill the oil and check the petrol

....true!

Originally Posted by Rix

Lol Rupe how come you have so many cars? and which is your daily drive:P

Beetle is daily, Protege is the missus', and Astina is relegated to weekends mostly as it doesn't quite warm up in the time it takes me to drive to work.

[Rix]

Lol fair enough, yeah my car's been taking a long time to warm up lately

Umm i bought a air compressor that plugs into the 12v/lighter socket so that i can pump up my tyres while out and about should i find a flat

[Rupewrecht]

Originally Posted by Rix

Lol fair enough, yeah my car's been taking a long time to warm up lately

Nah, i live about 4 minutes from work now!

[Rix]

lol isn't that a good thing though? also if u live so close why don't u walk?:P

[project.r.racing]

I broke R/H CV joint, it started clicking 1/2 way through today's motorkhana. So anything over a 1/2 turn of the steering wheel, and it clicks away. But I had fun in the process.

[marcs_sp20]

Originally Posted by Pettos

Hey marc,

Do the center air con ducts just pop out do they?

The blue looks cool (if you make everything else blue too, like your speedo's backlight)... I wanna get a sp20 speedo so I can get the red backlight.

when you pull out the centre dash bit, you have the vents which are held in by 4 screws, and the aircon dials held in by another 4.

Im not sure as to the normal 323's that dont have climate control/electric air changer, but you just unplug the plugs & it basically falls out, I can have it in & out within 5mins now

[Rix]

Does anyone know the name of the white paint found on a series 3 BA, i need to get some touch up paint to fix up a few spots as they are beginning to rust.

[project.r.racing]

paint wont fix rust, it'll just hide it for 6 months.

the ba astina has zinc plated panels. it'll never get any rust worse than a little surface rust.

i've had little rust spots from stone chips for 5 or so year now.

[Rupewrecht]

Originally Posted by Rix

lol isn't that a good thing though? also if u live so close why don't u walk?:P

Too bloody cold!