george_seamons Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Nah, you'd never have known that was going to happen. Literally no warning whatsoever. Just put his foot down and the pedal didn't come back up. He's planning to run a hybrid turbo anyway, so the clutch was on the list of things to do...just not 2 hours after he bought it! Even factoring a clutch replacement, its still a really good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Bargain LCRs FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrialsIsHard Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 I pissed my pants...so unlucky! That is unlucky, you never know when urine is going to strike! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrayvon Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 (edited) On the subject of Cupra r's, I have been looking into swapping my car for something else. Have looked into cupra r's and seen a lot over 100k. Should I be concerned if one is on 140k for instance? How long do they last if looked after etc. Seems quite strange the idea of swapping my car with 125k on it for one with more miles to be honest! Just some general pointers on them would be nice. Thanks in advance. Edited April 10, 2015 by Wrayvon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Posting an exhaust? After a new one and the guy selling it wants £50 for postage. I sent a couple last year for £20ish. Ideas anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartMini Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Posting an exhaust? After a new one and the guy selling it wants £50 for postage. I sent a couple last year for £20ish. Ideas anyone? which part? size/weight? I've posted a fairly large/heavy rear siliencer for £20 ish before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azarathal Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Downpipe back which on my car is literally about 1m of bent pipe. http://s278.photobucket.com/user/ewan1992/media/2014-05-06163258.jpg.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Paisley freight are your guys for shit like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 On the subject of Cupra r's, I have been looking into swapping my car for something else. Have looked into cupra r's and seen a lot over 100k. Should I be concerned if one is on 140k for instance? How long do they last if looked after etc. Seems quite strange the idea of swapping my car with 125k on it for one with more miles to be honest! Mileage alone isn't necessarily a killer, though if you can find one on under 125k it'd give that bit more peace of mind. As with most 10+ year old cars, I'd always take one with a decent history, clearly looked after and maintained but on 140k than one with no history, neglected and 100k (despite the fact I've sort of done the latter myself!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Talking of my neglected LCR… Previous owner thought the HG was on the way out, turned out to be a dead oil cooler. The seals on these seem to dry out and crack and the internals can have issues too – as you’ll see shortly, this was clearly the original from when that car was new so 100k later it’s time for a replacement. Drained the coolant, was left with some wonderful gunk in the expansion tank: Removed the expansion tank, plugged a hose directly into the system, opened up the bottom of the rad and flushed through with water to remove as much of the gunk from the hoses as possible ‘til it came through clear Purged the expansion bottle with boiling water and dishwasher shiz, followed by sitting in a load of coke to remove the baked-on crap Post-detergent, pre-coke Post-coke: Connected back up, flushed through with a load of Holtz purge stuff. Looking good. Drained all the oil out. This is the oil (leaf not form the sump!) I put in after getting the car home 1500 miles ago… New cooler and seal ready to rock: Pulled the old cooler out: Lines etc were minging, so threw another load of cleaner through it and flushed with a few gallons of water. Old vs new: New one fitted and bolted up: Purged through with another load of coolant flush just to get the last of the shit out of the system. Removed cooler had certainly seen better days: Coolant topped up with the proper shiz Fresh oil, all cleaned up and good to go again. Beauty. Now back to hunting for the lack of power… 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Have you thought about changing the powerband? Maybe yours has snapped or just got a bit baggy with age. Red ones are fastest 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pashley26 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Sometimes I amaze myself. I don't have a sunroof any more though. Going to need a pretty f**king big bit of aluminium and quite a lot of filler I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 It's clear that your mechanical skills are improving though. A year ago the whole f**king roof would be missing 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Good luck skinning it with aluminium, bear in mind coefficients of thermal expansion, it it's not thick enough you'll end up with a super rippled roof Or have you got that carbon roof you talked about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 Whaaa? I'm riveting a whacking great plate of aluminium over it. The guy with the carbon roof sold it to somebody else, he did ask me if I still wanted it first but to be honest I CBA. Hassle innit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted April 10, 2015 Report Share Posted April 10, 2015 I think I just died inside a little looking at that picture, you massive spaz. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Booth Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Wtf did you do?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Whaaa? I'm riveting a whacking great plate of aluminium over it. The guy with the carbon roof sold it to somebody else, he did ask me if I still wanted it first but to be honest I CBA. Hassle innit. How thick is your aluminium plate? Steel expands under heat at a different rate to aluminium, if you don't put some sort of slip joint in there you may risk the aluminium buckling the steel as it expands, especially if you're riveting it up solid. If the aluminium is sufficiently thick then it shouldn't expand a great deal faster that the steel, I guess you would need to be looking at at least 3mm thick plate though. You could also try to mitigate the problem by not riveting the rear edge, do the front and sides but leave the rear with a decent polyurethane sealant that will retain its flexibility, this will allow the steel skin to expand underneath the aluminium plate and hopefully not ripple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I don't know what you mean, I'm not welding anything so there won't be any heat? I'm going to drill and bolt an aluminium sheet over the hole, and the dents, make sure it fits and covers everything then take it off and paint it body colour then rivet it back on and tiger seal it. The roof was all coming off lovely, no damage and everything was all good in the hood. But that one corner was held in with chemical metal. I ran a knife between the roof skin and the sunroofs cage, cut all the tiger seal and then gently dropped it down. The passengers side came off beautifully, and all around the front came off too but there was so much tiger seal on the passengers side I had to cut it from the back, I pulled the sunroof down a bit from the inside of the car and put my arm in under the sunroof to cut the tiger seal off the back of the sunroof and the whole thing fell down, but stayed attached in that one corner where it had been chemical metal'd in Everything else came off lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR28 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 I don't know what you mean, I'm not welding anything so there won't be any heat? The sun. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_seamons Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 f**k sake Jardo. You are hopeless, haha! You can't just cover that, it will look like total shit! Re-skinned roof is surely the only option? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pashley26 Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Nah, be fine. It's still fairly straight, by the time I knock it back into shape it will be alright. Worst case I might just skim some filler over it and and give it a lick of paint, but it's absolutely salvagable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolfa Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 You've f**ked the passenger side aswell?! Jesus man! Just get a new roof! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Posted April 11, 2015 Report Share Posted April 11, 2015 Or just leave the sunroof? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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