What have you done today/recently to your 5?

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Okibi » Sat Mar 23, 2013 10:47 pm

Seems like a silly place to put LS1 coils. :P
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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby MrRevhead » Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:18 pm

Mounted some new shoes

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Drek » Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:29 pm

taminga16 wrote:Walked past mine with my golf clubs because the bloody things will not fit into the boot.
Greg.


couldn't you mount those fishing rod holder things the FWD guys use onto your bumper, and let the golf clubs go up over your windscreen?

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Gladiator » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:00 am

Gladiator wrote:Fixed my defect notice. OEM tail lights.

Hey Gladiator - can I ask how much & points a tail light defect is worth in Qld? I have some smokey front blingers to fit.. :beer:


No points lost. just a defect notice with 2 weeks to fix and fill in a stat dec.
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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Drek » Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:54 am

Gladiator wrote:
Gladiator wrote:Fixed my defect notice. OEM tail lights.

Hey Gladiator - can I ask how much & points a tail light defect is worth in Qld? I have some smokey front blingers to fit.. :beer:


No points lost. just a defect notice with 2 weeks to fix and fill in a stat dec.


Thanks mate - :beer:

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Kev05 » Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:00 pm

dríven it down the coast and back, covering 337km and only used half tank of fuel.

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby bear2230 » Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:28 pm

Kev05 wrote:dríven it down the coast and back, covering 337km and only used half tank of fuel.

Sweet Jesus, 337km on 1/2 a tank. That's at least a tank in Scooby even in super Granny mode.

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Okibi » Sun Mar 24, 2013 5:45 pm

Swapped some hose clamps over on the SE intercooler, wasn't 100% happy with the ones I'd used, what a PITA to get to with the bumper still on but a little less work than removing the bumper again.
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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby taminga16 » Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:24 pm

Drek wrote:
taminga16 wrote:Walked past mine with my golf clubs because the bloody things will not fit into the boot.
Greg.


couldn't you mount those fishing rod holder things the FWD guys use onto your bumper, and let the golf clubs go up over your windscreen?

I would walk first! ( It's only a couple of klm's to the course :) )
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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby initial D » Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:31 pm

dríven it on high boost and had to much fun

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby JBT » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:09 pm

Changed the oil and filter. Fitted new front pads last week.
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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby MattR » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:23 pm

Swapped and cleaned the wheels/tyres over from the track set back to the road set and fitted a pair of NB seats, which are just that bit better for wide arse and shoulders compared to the NA seats.

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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Okibi » Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:32 pm

Replaced the broken passenger side central locking on the SE. Lou very kindly sent me the entire lock mechanism which made the swap pretty simple. Thanks mate I owe you.
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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby CaptainNate » Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:38 am

Boring night at work tonight....so I installed my new (to me!) wind blocker I picked up this arvey! :D
Had to remove the tower brace, which is sad, but I'm looking forward to installing my old headrest speakers into it.

It's only got two screws holding it in place at the moment, not four. So I'll fix that up tomorrow sometime....if I remember!

Is it possible to have an OEM wind blocker installed along with the OEM tower brace? I saw somewhere its been done with C-clamps, but I don't want to ruin the tower brace or the functionality of the wind blocker.
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Re: What have you done today/recently to your 5?

Postby Okibi » Mon Mar 25, 2013 1:56 am

If you had access to a car like this, would you take it back right away? Neither would I.


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