Silver X10XE Slow project

[johnny]

Wish my garage was as tidy as that

Think you can buy the key off ebay or think vauxhall still have them in stock, but long nose pillers work just as well tbh

[johnny]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 1184621982

[Teastick]

Wish my garage was as tidy as that

Think you can buy the key off ebay or think vauxhall still have them in stock, but long nose pillers work just as well tbh

Using pliers will scratch the new paint though. Thanks for the link much appreciated

[Teastick]

Anyone know whats good to use as filler for alloys?

[johnny]

I used holts knifing putty from halfords was good for the price

[Teastick]

I used holts knifing putty from halfords was good for the price

How much does it cost?

[johnny]

Was like a tenner i think, its cheap anyway

[johnny]

3 pound http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... hCmdMobile

[Teastick]

Cheers bud youve been a big help

[Teastick]

So plans tomorrow.

Go to halfords for knifing putty
Go to b+q for new lightbulbs for garage
Go to vaux dealer for centre cap bolt + new door pins
Fix centre console
Start wheels

Im going to be a busy man on my one day off

Realised its friday today so wont have the wheels ready by tomorrow. Not in any rush so may as well take my time with them

[Teastick]

Right today ive been a busy man and just sat down

Woke up 11am and off i went to halfords. My dad came with me as he needed a jack and wheel brace for his car ( he got sold a car without a jack and tyre iron so i had to drive back from Middlesbrough before to change his wheel)

In halfords i bought :
Metal putty for alloys
Autoglym bug + tar remover for debadge
A big bucket for when im cleaning

Got home and sorted my centre console out so now have blue leds in mfd


I have a problem. Mfd lights up only when there is no lights on. If i switch headlights on it goes off :/ anyone know?

Anyways i have masked up my wheels and have three wheels primed on the backs need to do the other one and the fronts during the week before work which should be fun as im on nightshift

Pictures i took :

Top tip - mark where your weights were with a paint pen. I used tippex as its all i had. That way you can refit them when painted and there still balanced



The start of masking wheel number 1



Here i have taped the weight to the wheel so i know what weight came from what wheel



Back masked up


Tyre properly covered

[Teastick]

First layer of primer. Did three altogether



This is how dark it was when i was just finishing up to go home


As i wanted to keep going i had headlights on car on as garage lights broke. Went to start the car to move it and the whirr of death dead battery lol

I went to grab my phone to use as torch to remove battery. Phone died the instant i picked it up.

So removed battery by feel. Lol didnt take too long luckily. Battery is now on charge and im dead on the couch

[johnny]

Looking well what colour you spraying them?

There the wrong weights for an alloy wheel, there for steel wheels, if you put them back on theyl scratch your freashly painted alloys which would suck

[Teastick]

Looking well what colour you spraying them?

There the wrong weights for an alloy wheel, there for steel wheels, if you put them back on theyl scratch your freashly painted alloys which would suck

Gloss black mate

They were already on so figured they were the right ones :/. How much does it cost to get wheels balanced?

[johnny]

Yeah it happens alot tbh theres nothing wrong with using them part from they scratch thevwheel

5 euro a wheel we charge but thats dealer garage, a tyre fitter is normally cheaper and you only need the fronts balanced