jamesy1990
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Registered: 15th Dec 08
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typical fife roads! council diny seem ti be in any rush ti sort them !!
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Originally posted by Shell
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Originally posted by Fad
My money is on top mount especially as its happens when you turn the wheel. I had this from a pot hole it was so bad the top of the strut actually bent upwards.
Snapped spring from a pot hole is very unlikely unless its an e46 BMW
Expensive fix? I don't think it's a snapped spring as the car isn't sitting uneven or anything like that.
Prolly around 25-30 for the part and prolly and 30 mins to 1 hr labour as the shock has to come off the car.
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lostboy
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quote:
Originally posted by Fad
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Originally posted by Shell
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Originally posted by Fad
My money is on top mount especially as its happens when you turn the wheel. I had this from a pot hole it was so bad the top of the strut actually bent upwards.
Snapped spring from a pot hole is very unlikely unless its an e46 BMW
Expensive fix? I don't think it's a snapped spring as the car isn't sitting uneven or anything like that.
Prolly around 25-30 for the part and prolly and 30 mins to 1 hr labour as the shock has to come off the car.
Prolly? What the fuck is prolly?
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Dun1eavy
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Registered: 31st Jan 10
Location: Stockport
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if its not the spring check the cv
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sand-eel
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Registered: 15th Mar 07
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
ive got the same after carrying an engine in my boot
springs are only 4 months old 
an engine doesn't weigh a considerable amount though 
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Fad
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About the same as a fat bird i reckon
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Originally posted by Shell
He's useless, doesn't know his arse from his elbow in reality.
Sounds like me when it comes to cars.
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IvIarkgraham
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
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Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
ive got the same after carrying an engine in my boot
springs are only 4 months old
an engine doesn't weigh a considerable amount though
it doesnt?
took 4 people to lift it
engine, gearbox, drive shafts
all in the boot of my corsa. with 2 people in the front
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harrisp
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Registered: 15th Dec 07
Location: Derbyshire
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quote:
Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
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Originally posted by sand-eel
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Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
ive got the same after carrying an engine in my boot
springs are only 4 months old
an engine doesn't weigh a considerable amount though
it doesnt?
took 4 people to lift it
engine, gearbox, drive shafts
all in the boot of my corsa. with 2 people in the front
What engine?
Must be something huge to take four people to lift.
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Shell
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Registered: 14th Oct 08
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The man says it's a big engine, it's a big engine!
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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i'd like to see 1 man lift it! nevermind lifting it into the back of a corsa
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Shell
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Registered: 14th Oct 08
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UPDATE:
Turns out the anti-roll bar links had broken and needed replaced apparently. Roughly how much should that cost to repair?
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Kano
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
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An hours labour tops plus the parts.
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Shell
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Are the parts relatively cheap? It's the garage Eck always goes to but they're charging £80 and I've got a sneaky suspicion they're charging £60 for an hours labour and for a wee garage, that's obscene. Could well be wrong though
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Kano
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Registered: 29th Aug 04
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To be honest £80 probably isn't that bad. Not sure how much yaris drop links would be but could be £15 each easily. Ask them to break down the bill for you, small local places in your area are usually around the £30 per hour mark. If they say its going to be more than an hour there having you on.
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Kano
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£10 each on ebay for the links. So £80 maybe isn't that cheap. £50 and a cup of tea and I could be tempted.
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Shell
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They went ahead and repaired it without asking my consent first so i guess I'll be paying £80! Yaris t-sport parts are ridiculously over priced though.
Can someone maybe explain why this thread has been moved though? It's got sod all to do with mods or ice? It's getting a part replaced, I'm not "pimping" it!
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am4nf
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Registered: 27th Jul 08
Location: South Ayrshire Drives: Corsa Sport
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You were asking for help
et voila, the help zone
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Shell
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Yeah, I saw the nature of the threads in here after saying that. I figured it meant help with mods etc.
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am4nf
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90% of the general chat thread should be in here tbh
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