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18-06-2013, 05:31 PM
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You are only an hour and a half away from me. I cant do this weekend, but if you can wait and come to mine with a second hand set of shocks we can get them fitted and everything done in a day 
Sure some of the guys will wanna help.
Your only 1.5 hours from me.
Shocks, see his other items for other one...
Driveshaft
And I have 2 front tyres you can have for a tenner each
£100, job done!
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18-06-2013, 05:33 PM
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Thanks for the offer Grant, but it has to be done before Sunday (Katie has to use the car for work)
Plus, due to the tyres, its not legal.
Waiting on Dum Dums reply re. shocks
Found a guide, looks like a proper ball ache, but do able!
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18-06-2013, 05:36 PM
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Pftt, £15 plus fuel?
How far is leighton buzzard. PM me your postcode
Infact just worked it out
£20 delivered.
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do they come with springs?
LB is about 20 minutes. Postcode is LU7 4AY
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yeah with springs and top mounts
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(18-06-2013, 05:33 PM)cpikey316_ Wrote: Thanks for the offer Grant, but it has to be done before Sunday (Katie has to use the car for work)
Plus, due to the tyres, its not legal.
Waiting on Dum Dums reply re. shocks
Found a guide, looks like a proper ball ache, but do able!
Shocks are easy mate, just soak everything in penetrating spray (on the car that is (inb4giggedy)) well before you start to make everything easy. Take our time, follow the guides, double check all your torques, then check again.
Its really easy when you know how
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(18-06-2013, 05:39 PM)Dum-Dum Wrote: yeah with springs and top mounts
Cool, ill pop out now and get some cash! ill have them!
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cool, ill leave in 2mins coming from HP21 9--
PM'd you my number
Do you want wheels to borrow so you can take it to a tyre place or even just to get it through an MOT
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(18-06-2013, 05:24 PM)cpikey316_ Wrote: Tigerstyle, they are more expensive than the place I went to, for the tyres they quoted me (Avon ZV3)
Fair enough, have come up well for me in 15" sizes, mobile fitting would help with lack of mot. Sounds like you've got most things sorted now!
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18-06-2013, 07:47 PM
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will be going for MOT with rough tyres, so hopefully any police will lenient. the car shouldnt alert any police in car checks anyway.
Thank you Dum Dum you are a life saver!!!!
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(18-06-2013, 07:47 PM)cpikey316_ Wrote: will be going for MOT with rough tyres, so hopefully any police will lenient.
Umm, I assume they didn't wear out overnight, so you/your missus has been driving on them anyway! 
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i hold my hands up and say i havent checked them enough!
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HELP. one of the nuts wont undo. its the upper most one. which attaches to the strut to an odd shaped vertical piece of something. i turn the nut and the thread turns as well. i soaked it in wd40 before i tried it. dum dums replacement struts have this nut totally undone :-(
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Sounds like the nut on the drop link, might be able to get a thin spanner behind it to stop it turning or a set of molegrips...
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19-06-2013, 04:03 PM
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theres no nut behind it to hold. just something smooth and round.
there is an allen key shaped hole but none of mine fit in it
dont have molegrips :-(
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Sure its not a torx bit?
But in my vast experience in removing struts........ If they are the original drop links you are going to have to cut them off and replace them, 90 of the time I cant get them off with mole grips and an impact gun. so youv got pretty much 0% chance, even if you find an allen key to fit chances are it will just round out so go down the factors get a couple new ones £8 a side ish, then cut them off
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what jamie said, drop links are so cheap it's really not worth fannying about
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f*ck it! CBA
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Really? For the sake of a few quid at ECP and using a hacksaw you'll pay their extortionate prices?
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The thread title is even more appropriate now
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(19-06-2013, 06:16 PM)Curt Wrote: The thread title is even more appropriate now
too true
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yep! i fail.
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Would of helped with drop links if had seen this, done mine the other day and only live
Down road, always in leighton. What garage you use?
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Linslade tyres! Mrs likes the place, I usually use Mann motors for my MOT.
Any suggestions Kris?
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Wouldnt go near linslade tyres personally they tried to say I needed both front arms n droplinks
When all I needed was one arm and a droplink tightened.
Dont know about mann motors though, I normally use f1 tyres and exhaust
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21-06-2013, 10:09 PM
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That is expensive tbf, seriously £34.88 plus vat for toe correction (tracking)? Thats a half hour job tops, maybe 45 mins if the whole car is seized.
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