What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[Tillsy]

Eight hours of hell replacing the front left suspension spring (and shock at same time) - what an absolute b#tch that was!

Reckon I have it licked though, front right should only take two hours but won't get to that for another week.

Will aim for rears over next few days as they look piss easy to me.

[jawn101]

Washed and shined it up for the British show on Sunday. Dug out the Mr. Clean Autodry thing I bought years ago (before the D even) and decided to give it a try. It did a fantastic, effortless job on the stainless and I will be using that from now on.

Also wiped down every inch of vinyl and leather inside with a damp microfiber. I can't remember the last time I bothered to do that and the results were awesome. I didn't realize how dirty everything was Vinyl cleaners be damned, I say.

Still having water coming in to the passenger side footwell from the blower motor when I wash it slanted on the driveway though. Not sure what to do about that. The drain isn't blocked, but I guess because of the incline of my driveway the box doesn't drain properly and water comes from the blower cooling tube.

Edit: Wow, I'm dumb. I just thought of this after 3 years.... park the car nose down...

[Lenny]

I had to go to the Dentist so I thought I'd at least have some fun so I drove the Delorean. Stopped by FedEx to mail a package and a guy walked up and asked to take a picture. He waited till I came out. While in FedEx one of the employees looked out and screamed I think that's a Delorean. I told him it was mine and he followed me out. When he saw the guy taking a picture he asked also. So I raised the doors and took pictures of them standing buy the car with their cell phones.

[MML]

I spent this afternoon removing the old foam under the parcel shelf - it smelled really bad. Discovered a mouse nest behind the rear bulkhead panel!! They had chewed quite a bit of foam. They had almost chewed through some wires but only removed the black wrapping... the little farkers...
The shelf foam was really tough to remove, it broke up as I pulled it away. Some of it was practically welded to the fibreglass and had to be taken off with a paint scraper.

[jawn101]

I spent this afternoon removing the old foam under the parcel shelf - it smelled really bad. Discovered a mouse nest behind the rear bulkhead panel!! They had chewed quite a bit of foam. They had almost chewed through some wires but only removed the black wrapping... the little farkers...
The shelf foam was really tough to remove, it broke up as I pulled it away. Some of it was practically welded to the fibreglass and had to be taken off with a paint scraper.

Some Scrubbing Bubbles or Kaboom foaming cleaner (or your local equivalent, this is the stuff I mean http://www.amazon.com/Church-Kaboom-...ds=kaboom+foam) will melt that foam right off the fiberglass, along with any dirt, etc. And as a bonus the fiberglass will be gleaming black and so sterile you can eat off it (smells nice too, which is a bonus if you had mold or mice, etc). Spray it on, wait til it turns white, then wipe up all the old foam residue and glue and such in one pass. When I did my car I didn't even scrape up the old carpet pad. I just sprayed this stuff all over everything and came back in a half hour.

As a bonus, it also works wonders on any other exposed fiberglass in the car - the boot, engine bay, wheel wells, undercarriage... you name it.

[MML]

Some Scrubbing Bubbles or Kaboom foaming cleaner (or your local equivalent, this is the stuff I mean http://www.amazon.com/Church-Kaboom-...ds=kaboom+foam) will melt that foam right off the fiberglass, along with any dirt, etc. And as a bonus the fiberglass will be gleaming black and so sterile you can eat off it (smells nice too, which is a bonus if you had mold or mice, etc). Spray it on, wait til it turns white, then wipe up all the old foam residue and glue and such in one pass. When I did my car I didn't even scrape up the old carpet pad. I just sprayed this stuff all over everything and came back in a half hour.

As a bonus, it also works wonders on any other exposed fiberglass in the car - the boot, engine bay, wheel wells, undercarriage... you name it.

Well I'll be damned. I wonder if we can get that over here. I'll have a look for it!

[dmc6960]

Installed a new radio. Pioneer DEH-X9500BHS which is one of their higher-end 2013 CD receivers. Has a built in HD radio tuner, "satellite ready" with tuner which I also bought, direct iPhone compatibility, and my favorite: custom color illumination. I have that now set at a matching green to the AC decal. Sounds way way better then the cheap low-end Sony radio I installed in 2001.

[Domi]

I've worked on my hot start problem.
So, I've changed those two seal without any problem.
Now, the fuel accumulator is another story
To unscrew the four bolt wasn't easy, but finally I made it.
I spend the all afternoon on those two big bolt to unscrew them and change the two hoses, but it was impossible.
I'll try later, as a friend on the French forum advice me to unbolt them from the inside of the car.

[pezzonovante88]

Installed a new radio. Pioneer DEH-X9500BHS which is one of their higher-end 2013 CD receivers. Has a built in HD radio tuner, "satellite ready" with tuner which I also bought, direct iPhone compatibility, and my favorite: custom color illumination. I have that now set at a matching green to the AC decal. Sounds way way better then the cheap low-end Sony radio I installed in 2001.

I just bought a new Pioneer for my D as well!. Mines not as nice as yours, but it does have the custom color option, which is what I wanted. It looks fairly inconspicuous.

[jawn101]

Showed it at the UBSCC Sacramento British Car Show. Was pleased to take 2nd in the DeLorean class, losing out only to Stephen and #3130, a loss in which there is definitely no shame.