***Official What did you do to your EK today***

[EG52NV]

Tinted my windows with pre cut tint purchased from eBay, turned out pretty good trick is to use really soapy water and squeegee from ikea.

But still managed to fcuk up rear window, stupid curved glass oh well

[StrawberryFace]

would love to see some pics man, diy is always good when your bored.

[TbM]

Instead of saving and buying coils i ended up going to northfield yesterday and buying a set of Focal K2 speakers and some cabling to install my old alpine sub, Eclipse amp and head unit. Should be done today hopefully

I got the car stripped last night and the cables run under the carpet so ill be mounting the focals today(if all goes well) and then installing the old deck, sub and amp.

[AndreaCivic]

stripped ek lookin sexy

[FAITHLESS]

did a headlight restoration. turned out real good!
fixed the seatbelt retractor.

[AndreaCivic]

interested to know what you did to fix the seat belt retractor?
i have a problem with my seatbelt retractor also.

maybe you can show pics of your headlight restore also? my headlights are waterlogged as foek!

did a headlight restoration. turned out real good!
fixed the seatbelt retractor.

[FAITHLESS]

interested to know what you did to fix the seat belt retractor?
i have a problem with my seatbelt retractor also.

maybe you can show pics of your headlight restore also? my headlights are waterlogged as foek!

i didn't do anything very in depth to fix it. since i bought the car, the seatbelt has always twisted around on itself so I removed the bolt holding the end of the seatbelt to the chassis and simply turned the seatbelt 360 degrees to make it straight again and re attached the bolt and seatbelt. I then pulled the seatbelt out as far as it goes and found a kink and removed it. just sprayed some wd-40 down at the retractor mechanism and it's been working alot better since.
for the headlight restoration i used meguiars plastx clear plastic cleaner and a rotary buffer with buffer pad. i don't have any waterlogging so i don't know how to get that out i just had faded and discoloured headlights. yeah i thought as soon as i finished that i should have taken pics! i could probably round up some before and after shots if you'd like.

[TbM]

Too fix the retractor ive heard you wash the belt with hot soapy water, i sprayed silicone spray on mine when they wernt retracting unless i fed the belt in manually and it almost fixed it but they still go fairly slow and sometimes stop beofre they are fully retracted so im going to try washing mine soon

If you have water on the inside of the light then you need to take the light apart and clean then reseal it, ek lights are sealed with silicone IIRC so you will need to heat the seal to remove it, DIY's often recommend putting the lights in an oven but i dont like that idea so when i did my mates supra headlights i used a little fan heater to slowly heat the seal and pry the light open with a flat head

[AndreaCivic]

i didn't do anything very in depth to fix it. since i bought the car, the seatbelt has always twisted around on itself so I removed the bolt holding the end of the seatbelt to the chassis and simply turned the seatbelt 360 degrees to make it straight again and re attached the bolt and seatbelt. I then pulled the seatbelt out as far as it goes and found a kink and removed it. just sprayed some wd-40 down at the retractor mechanism and it's been working alot better since.

did you have to take off the back seat and the interior panel covering the seat belt to get to the mechanism?

mine doesnt retract very well since my step brothers were playing around inside my car one day. i have no idea what they were getting up to. now my selt belt requires coercion to retract, very strange.. DIY is not one of my strong points, but if it saves $628 ill definitely look into it.

for the headlight restoration i used meguiars plastx clear plastic cleaner and a rotary buffer with buffer pad. i don't have any waterlogging so i don't know how to get that out i just had faded and discoloured headlights. yeah i thought as soon as i finished that i should have taken pics! i could probably round up some before and after shots if you'd like.

Before and Afters would have been great, def post up some pics of your new headlights

[Alvis]

for the headlight restoration i used meguiars plastx clear plastic cleaner and a rotary buffer with buffer pad. i don't have any waterlogging so i don't know how to get that out i just had faded and discoloured headlights. yeah i thought as soon as i finished that i should have taken pics! i could probably round up some before and after shots if you'd like.

dumb question - but would this product also work on headlight protectors (for gf's car)?

[grifty]

sure would since they are plastic just like headlights. Turtle wax sell a cheap kit at supercheap which requires no tools and still gives you a fantastic result. It consts of sanding pads, lubricant, headlight polish, and sealer.

[Alvis]

sure would since they are plastic just like headlights. Turtle wax sell a cheap kit at supercheap which requires no tools and still gives you a fantastic result. It consts of sanding pads, lubricant, headlight polish, and sealer.

Cool, thanks mate - I'll give it a go

OH productive morning too - vacuumed carpets, seats, meguired the interior, polished scuff plates, and upholster cleaned the seats