WiNgNuTz's Diablo DT

[WiNgNuTz]

Slight update....me, phill and my little girls made the long journey to Stoke-on-Trent this week, and about half hour into the 4 hour journey, my Dpf decided to become detached from the rest of the exhaust system. Nice.

   

Now being so far from home, with almost no tools, after ATTEMPTING to fit my shiny new decat section myself and failing dismally, I took the car to a local garage (with a drive on ramp, the first garage couldn't get the car on their ramps....too low or some shit ) and had them fit the new pipe for me.

Cue the naffing great streak of coal on the road as i left the garage:

   

And the cloud left behind me when I gave it some loving in second:

   

BecauseDiesel

[WiNgNuTz]

I'm just gonna dig this thread up again purely to say i cannot believe how much difference the decat has made! I LOVE IT!

That is all.

[Curt]

Whistly, isn't it?

[WiNgNuTz]

Not sure, can't hear it over the turbo.

[Grant]

Loving the coal situation haha

[Dum-Dum]

Also loving the coal dude, its the way it should be

[WiNgNuTz]

It was pretty damn epic tbh, never seen anything like it before! Can only imagine what the driver behind me must have thought!

[Poodle]

"BRAKE!!!"

[WiNgNuTz]

"BRAKE!!!"

Ha ha, yeah that's probably not far from the truth actually! Either that or "f*ck me, that cars broken!"

[Piggy]

epic!!!

[WiNgNuTz]

Had a little bump yesterday morning, rolled into the back of a transit at a set of traffic lights.

Basically, glanced away from the road for a moment, and in that time, the van stopped and i didnt. Shit happens. The guys in the van were perfectly sound blokes, and said if it'd been their own van, they wouldnt have been worried about it, but because it belonged to a company, they'd take my insurance details anyway to be on the safe side. Fair enough.

No major damage done to either vehicle...slight reshaping of the vans bumper, and just the badge and the bracket that holds the grill to the slam panel on mine.



Already fixed the grill bracket, been too lazy so far to put it back on the car yet though! Badge has also been glued back together and just needs a quick respray before i can return the car to its original state.

Nothing else is really happening at the moment, as i'm jobless and penniless. Clutch desperately needs doing though, so might have to see if i can persuade one of my family to lend me some more money! Unless anyone on here fancies donating of course, pm me for paypal details!

So yeah, thats it for now...nothing special.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, i consider myself very lucky that the van didnt have one of those chuffing great steps on the back, or a towbar, etc. Could have been a hell of a lot worse! Although that would have been a perfect excuse for a ph3 bumper.

[4WayDiablo]

Ace cafe next month?

[WiNgNuTz]

I'll have to see what my situation is like a bit closer to the time mate, why?

[Poodle]

Bad luck with the van there dude, these things always happen at the worst possible time. Fingers crossed you never hear anything, eh!

[puglove]

That amount of coal is epic. Blatanly a shit setup that isnt running aswell as t could be but who cares!?? BECAUSEcoal. Oooh how i miss those days with the side exit

[4WayDiablo]

I'll have to see what my situation is like a bit closer to the time mate, why?

Dunno lol... Ill be there?

[WiNgNuTz]

Bad luck with the van there dude, these things always happen at the worst possible time. Fingers crossed you never hear anything, eh!

I actually rang the company, and they said they're not going to bother going through the insurance, as there's so little damage to the van, so that's good news!

That amount of coal is epic. Blatanly a shit setup that isnt running aswell as t could be but who cares!?? BECAUSEcoal. Oooh how i miss those days with the side exit

Not a shit setup, fresh decat. That amount of coal wore off by the next day.

[devils_fuel]

A coked up exhaust, mine was black but clean after a few blasts

[Piggy]

good luck there with the van.
hope ya get ya clutch sorted soon

[WiNgNuTz]

As some of you may have already seen on Faceache, i'm currently F*CKING RAGING!

Since parking the car on my driveway last night, here (excuse the quick shot out the window, and i was facing the other way last night)...



...some little scrotum decided it'd be funny to come right into the drive, and run their key down the passenger side. TWICE!!!











Wing is not great, front door could be largely salvagable, rear door has a nasty deep bit in the middle of the top scratch, and the rear quarter and boot are well through the lacquer.

Just what i needed right at the moment....

[devils_fuel]

That's a shitter mate, new panels or will you touch up?

[WiNgNuTz]

Well both Niall and Curt have already offered a hand in trying to touch it up best we can, cant really afford a proper respray, or even new panels tbh.

[Poodle]

Horrible little bastards, hope you catch them mate!

[devils_fuel]

Well both Niall and Curt have already offered a hand in trying to touch it up best we can, cant really afford a proper respray, or even new panels tbh.

Horrible little lady gardens, catch them and take apart their bmx's and throw the parts in the bin...that will teach them

[WiNgNuTz]

Horrible little bastards, hope you catch them mate!

Doubtful, probably some little chavling with a skinful, spotted a nice car, and thought it'd be a laugh. Lady garden.

[WiNgNuTz]

Whistly, isn't it?

I "refiltered" the car today, and I can confirm it is pretty whistly!

Sounds good though, even got that sort of deep sucky (giggidy) induction sound as well.

[Jenkosowls]

If you can feel the scratch no chance in compounding it out. Wet sanding it will more than likely improve it. Just don't use a touch up pen itl look shit false economy those things!

Other than that keep up the good work

[WiNgNuTz]

Yeah, i dismissed the people that suggested the touch up pens instantly, takes just as much work to look half decent as it would to sand back and respray. And yeah, I can feel the scratch most of the way along.

Cheers though!

[Curt]

You say that, but it is possible to hide a scratch quite well if you have enough patience...


DSC_1745 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


2013-07-24 16.49.49 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr


DSC_2336 by Curtis Footman, on Flickr

Obviously you are unfortunate in that you have a lot more to take care of, but it is possible to get half decent results and all it costs is time. I filled mine gradually, in layers, to the surface of the paint (took a fair while). Then flatted it back to make it level and polished it up. Could still be better than that...

It's when people just slap it on seemingly with their eyes closed, usually using the whole pot on a stone chip and not making sure it actually matches first, that it looks shit...

As I said on Facebook though, it's a shit situation mate people are arseholes.

[martyn92]

Know the feeling of getting your car keyed, mine wasnt quite that bad but bad enough. Cant believe they even walked onto your property as well! Real shame hope you can get some of it covered up