mihalyn90
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So as seems like there will be a lot of work carried out, it's easier to track it on a project thread... i left the newbie area so let just begin:
Only a month passed since i got my car, but hey, all i can say is that i love it!!!
After a lot of problems, and visual things to be corrected i came up with the following list of what i have to do with this little cat... what is striked through, is done, and said how i did it or what was the fault... Seems like strikethrough is not really worth the pain of bleeding eyes... I decided on color coding:
GREEN -> done
BLUE -> work in progress
BLACK -> perhaps, sometimes in the future
RED -> Urgent look over is needed, or as soon as possible
- change cabin light with LED (6400K bright white)
- Dashboard illumination not working
- fault: the circuit band had a broken connection right before the bulb (bypassed via soldering)
- Side air vents trembling and shaking - (glued in, the clips were broken)
- dashboard had a strange vibrating noise - (put in between the a pillar and dashboard a folded card)
- Right door button not working - DONE (corroded contact, cleaned it up)
- Central lock remote not working - DONE (battery + reprogramming)
- Left and right door panel fallen - DONE (had just to put it back inside the rubber near the window and added double side for safety)
- Left door card panel's button holder broken off - DONE (glued in)
- headlight polish - DONE - no foil, just after wax, on a monthly basis if I wax it, it's ok
- bonnet doesn't sit flush - DONE - adjusted the black tampon things,and applied manual force to bend left to right...
- check the contact plate in the rear (maybe button doesn't make contact and that is why the trunk light doesn't come on) - DONE - button contact was oxidized... clean, now works
- rear triple on left side not working all the time - electrician work needed (perhaps January) - LOL now is working right...
- sometimes strange noise with higher speed turning to right (noise from left front side) - just after start and only on second hear, also at first acceleration in second gear, some vibration can be felt... maybe ABS test? - DONE or just got used to it... no problem...
- front and rear speaker change plus adding sub under the actual speakers - DONE, nothing to change, just added a sub
- underdash illumination when door open (led band or green bulb) - connected to the cabin light - DONE, have some meteor fall type of light, kinda nice![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
- Exhaust system - WIP - middle to back has been changed, Magnaflow Core Competition box fitted already
- Seat refurbishing - WIP (added some covers)
- reading light change to green/white LED
- painting break calipers and rear drum to BLUE
- one clip missing on the dashboard, can not screw in one of three screws which are holding the silver fascia
- Headlight broken clip repair (waiting for spring to come due to low temperature)
- Body paint scratches - waiting for spring
- Body panel dented - still waiting for a favorable weather to be able to work outside (unmount rear panel, push out the dent)
- headlight leveler not light up (bulb change needed)
- key barrels on passenger door doesn't rotate back automatically, trunk won't work with this key - through cleaning needed
- left heated mirror not working - (waiting for the electrician here too)
- full interior car clean (remove carpet, wash carpet, seats, etc)
- aerial remove and closing up the gap or adding smaller aerial
- head unit change
- underseal (only in spring, no way to do it now)
- bonnet modification (to get eyelids over the headlight) - big MAYBE
- rear bumper modification to have something like the image at the end of the post - MAYBE
- new tyres for summer (looking over for Yokohama Parada Spec-2)
- alloy wheel refurbishing
- steel wheel refurbishing
If you have anything to add, or recomandation, or suggestion, let me know.
Thanks guys,
Steve, from Romania
Only a month passed since i got my car, but hey, all i can say is that i love it!!!
After a lot of problems, and visual things to be corrected i came up with the following list of what i have to do with this little cat... what is striked through, is done, and said how i did it or what was the fault... Seems like strikethrough is not really worth the pain of bleeding eyes... I decided on color coding:
GREEN -> done
BLUE -> work in progress
BLACK -> perhaps, sometimes in the future
RED -> Urgent look over is needed, or as soon as possible
- change cabin light with LED (6400K bright white)
- Dashboard illumination not working
- fault: the circuit band had a broken connection right before the bulb (bypassed via soldering)
- Side air vents trembling and shaking - (glued in, the clips were broken)
- dashboard had a strange vibrating noise - (put in between the a pillar and dashboard a folded card)
- Right door button not working - DONE (corroded contact, cleaned it up)
- Central lock remote not working - DONE (battery + reprogramming)
- Left and right door panel fallen - DONE (had just to put it back inside the rubber near the window and added double side for safety)
- Left door card panel's button holder broken off - DONE (glued in)
- headlight polish - DONE - no foil, just after wax, on a monthly basis if I wax it, it's ok
- bonnet doesn't sit flush - DONE - adjusted the black tampon things,and applied manual force to bend left to right...
- check the contact plate in the rear (maybe button doesn't make contact and that is why the trunk light doesn't come on) - DONE - button contact was oxidized... clean, now works
- rear triple on left side not working all the time - electrician work needed (perhaps January) - LOL now is working right...
- sometimes strange noise with higher speed turning to right (noise from left front side) - just after start and only on second hear, also at first acceleration in second gear, some vibration can be felt... maybe ABS test? - DONE or just got used to it... no problem...
- front and rear speaker change plus adding sub under the actual speakers - DONE, nothing to change, just added a sub
- underdash illumination when door open (led band or green bulb) - connected to the cabin light - DONE, have some meteor fall type of light, kinda nice
- Exhaust system - WIP - middle to back has been changed, Magnaflow Core Competition box fitted already
- Seat refurbishing - WIP (added some covers)
- reading light change to green/white LED
- painting break calipers and rear drum to BLUE
- one clip missing on the dashboard, can not screw in one of three screws which are holding the silver fascia
- Headlight broken clip repair (waiting for spring to come due to low temperature)
- Body paint scratches - waiting for spring
- Body panel dented - still waiting for a favorable weather to be able to work outside (unmount rear panel, push out the dent)
- headlight leveler not light up (bulb change needed)
- key barrels on passenger door doesn't rotate back automatically, trunk won't work with this key - through cleaning needed
- left heated mirror not working - (waiting for the electrician here too)
- full interior car clean (remove carpet, wash carpet, seats, etc)
- aerial remove and closing up the gap or adding smaller aerial
- head unit change
- underseal (only in spring, no way to do it now)
- bonnet modification (to get eyelids over the headlight) - big MAYBE
- rear bumper modification to have something like the image at the end of the post - MAYBE
- new tyres for summer (looking over for Yokohama Parada Spec-2)
- alloy wheel refurbishing
- steel wheel refurbishing
If you have anything to add, or recomandation, or suggestion, let me know.
Thanks guys,
Steve, from Romania