The "what have you done to your DC5 this weekend" thread

[RE Spirit]

Well after a week away to Hong Kong, the teg went for a bit of a transformation

 

[DC5RS]

Looks great Jono well done!

Had some time to go to the garage and fitted these:

 

[SmithyDC5]

I done nothing other than clean mine

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[Benneh]

No pictures, but stripped out the interior from front seats backwards and cleaned everything up. Booked in for exhaust work early next as well as a body shop to get some things ironed out!

 

[JDC5]

Gear box oil change for me


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[Cheung_dc5]

Headlight bulb went,


Looks worse than it actually was to do.

 

[beppe786]

Data logging Like mad! :xyes:

Tried 10 different maps last month.. everyone drives different

 

[opulent]

May no be the week end but wheel refurb and brambo refurb done and body work coated in auto finesse desire. She's coming along nicely

Centre caps will go on soon just waiting for badge stickers to arrive

 

[SmithyDC5]

May no be the week end but wheel refurb and brambo refurb done and body work coated in auto finesse desire. She's coming along nicely

Centre caps will go on soon just waiting for badge stickers to arrive

calipers look great! Hoping to get all mine done soon professionally. What colour red did you go for? They look brighter than mine


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[opulent]

calipers look great! Hoping to get all mine done soon professionally. What colour red odd you go for? They look brighter than mine


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I gone VHT red calliper paint, used stickers from eBay and then VHT clear. They are a bright red not sure how close to the stock colour as mine was in bad shape, all pink

Really easy to do. Used a razor blade scape off all peeling paint, then gone over with 120 grit sand paper followed by 600 wet n dry to make sure it all smooth. Cleaned with panel wipe and followed can how how it said to apply coats, 2 light and 1 medium wet. Really impressed with the results

 

[SmithyDC5]

I gone VHT red calliper paint, used stickers from eBay and then VHT clear. They are a bright red not sure how close to the stock colour as mine was in bad shape, all pink

Really easy to do. Used a razor blade scape off all peeling paint, then gone over with 120 grit sand paper followed by 600 wet n dry to make sure it all smooth. Cleaned with panel wipe and followed can how how it said to apply coats, 2 light and 1 medium wet. Really impressed with the results

They look spot on! Think I will have a crack at mine myself then.


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[opulent]

They look spot on! Think I will have a crack at mine myself then.


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I would mates really easy! Taken the pads out to make things abit easier and polish the pins and everything, made masking up easier as well. Before applying paint make sure no surface is shiny.

Once the red is on give the paint 20 minutes to slightly dry apply the brambo sticker then apply the clear.

Only problems I found was applying the brambo sticker is a one shot deal though because you'll damage the paint below trying to take it off being it's still really soft.

When applying the clear it started to go milky. I shat myself thinking something was wrong but my dad does busy work professionally and said it's because to cold. Used a heat gun and it sorted that problem. Made all the milkness go away. Used a heat gun in the middle of each layer to keep the surface temp up. Dried a bright red

 

[SmithyDC5]

I would mates really easy! Taken the pads out to make things abit easier and polish the pins and everything, made masking up easier as well. Before applying paint make sure no surface is shiny.

Once the red is on give the paint 20 minutes to slightly dry apply the brambo sticker then apply the clear.

Only problems I found was applying the brambo sticker is a one shot deal though because you'll damage the paint below trying to take it off being it's still really soft.

When applying the clear it started to go milky. I shat myself thinking something was wrong but my dad does busy work professionally and said it's because to cold. Used a heat gun and it sorted that problem. Made all the milkness go away. Used a heat gun in the middle of each layer to keep the surface temp up. Dried a bright red

how comes you didn't let the red harden before applying the decal? The clear coat was that also a high temperature spray? Or did you buy a kit with both cans in?


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[DC5RS]

May no be the week end but wheel refurb and brambo refurb done and body work coated in auto finesse desire. She's coming along nicely

Centre caps will go on soon just waiting for badge stickers to arrive

Looks ace well done! what color are the wheels painted? look very similar to mine

 

[ste01]

Fitted my start button and the EP3 foglight button 8)

 

[opulent]

Looks ace well done! what color are the wheels painted? look very similar to mine

Thanks. They are painted a fiat colour. The code is 750

 

[El_Boomo]

Finally changed my squeaky fan belt and swapped the rear discs and pads for new ones after this happend

Seems as if the pad had delaminated from the metal whilst driving on some bad quality roads. To make things worse I had to drive 60 miles home with it in that state.

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[mike.williams]

Until i can get mu hands on a mugen brace. Ive swapped the corroded strut brace bolts for stainless cap heads

 

[wj51fut]

Back end done

 

[SmithyDC5]

Back end done

Gok what's the name of the white underseal you use? I have had a look online but there's a few options. Thanks


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