What I Did To My Saab Today.

[Paper Plane]

Cheers Chris. Never heard of it before. 


steve

[CitTone]

Oooh - missed out what I did last weekend. 

Headlight refurb. They were starting to make the car look like an old blind dog.

- small bit of 320 grit wet&dry
- small bit of 500 grit wet&dry
- egg-cup of T-Cut
- Metric f***tonne of elbow-grease

They aren't back to new, but at least they are smooth and some of the light goes where it should now! About 2 hours work, but I wish I'd put a polishing bonnet on my cordless drill!

[Audax]

Fitted some new flat wiper blades from Tesco, £4 each. The old ones were knackered so I'll try these... even if it is a case of buy cheap buy twice it's not a huge amount of money down the drain!

[Geoff1951]

Well, didn't do it today, exactly, but last week. Aircon pumping out hot air on lowest setting, so went to my local indy, and they found no gas in the system at all. They ran leak checks, all OK, refilled system and now perfect. Just need some summer weather now.

(And I fitted the new Saab wiper blades I bought on the net a few months back. More appropriate to current climate conditions.)

[Kev_Mc]

Annoyingly, the stuff they used to spray into my air vents (air con service) has reacted with the dash and left an unsightly mark. Needs to go back for them to sort that..

This was fixed yesterday - they sent a mobile chap round to sort it. Did a good job -  can't see any discolouration at all now.

[sgould]

Before: 







After:





It still needs a bit more work to be perfect.  I used the Meguiars restoration kit.  It worked well on the right hand headlamp, but the nearside one shown here needed more work, so I had to fettle it with wet and dry.  Needs a re-do with some finer paper and a repolish to complete. I can still see some light scratching.

[MikeIOW]

Shiny !
Now then.  Why am I finding it impossible to remove my wiper blades ?   I'll have another bash before posting up a piccy in desperation: there are two tabs on the bottom end that squeeze in but then the blades fail to slide or angle up :-(

Ridiculous: sometimes I think I am bl00dy useless!

*update*   Ahhh.   Click & pull.    Brute force & ignorance saves the day.    On the downside: so the fleabayfolk I sent for replacements from sent me the wrong ones (hook style).   buggerit.   Oh well.....

[jmblack]

Chrome trim on the exhaust of my diesel 9-5 all sooty and dirty. Never really cleans up so took the "barkeepers friend" my wife uses for the kitchen sink to it. 5 minute job and all shiny!

[Audax]

I managed a small milestone on the way to work today:



 

[collywobble]

Just thinking about an earlier post in this thread regarding 'PlastiDip' does any one think it would give a good finish to the tatty door mirror housings, and would it need an application of non-ferrous primer first?

[sgould]

I like round numbers

I believe that Plastidip has been used on the mirror by some people.  I has the advantage that it can be peeled off it you don't like it.

I rubbed down and repainted the old folding mirror that I bought to replace the one on my 2007 9-5 that had stopped folding. 

But on her 9-3, I used AutoGlym Black Dye.  The black had faded badly, but not corroded away. It's lasted well - about a year without any significant fading.  I should have done a couple of coats at the time.  But as soon as the weather dries up a bit, it will get it.

[collywobble]

Mine are corroded with the paint bubbling off.  Looks like a coat of non-ferrous primer and a couple of coats of satin black. SWMBO doesn't like the look of them so want's them re-painted!

[jmblack]

Just completed annual super clean so we can mess it up on holiday. Wash, clay, polish, tyre paint and inside now spotless. Even did the chrome tailpipe with "barkeepers friend"...Beats working.....

[jmblack]

I've taken the photos left handed on the phone again...

[StanleyB]

I thought you had flipped the car over..