dunmanifestin

Yeah, the mount twisting, and that big bend in the axle, (in line with where the jack is pointing, where the paint has flaked off) give it some rear wheel steer! there are impact marks on the inner arch liner where it got pushed further but rebounded back a little when it didn't have a (non) mini stuffed in it. I don't think the insurance company will think so; all 4 wheels have been marked, 1 is bent. 1 new rear axle 1 new front wing 1 wing mirror then paint the entire side (there are marks on both doors) and a little pull to get everything back into shape. (our bodyshop friends had a look on our ramp, all doable.) but for me, if I can call in some favours and do some work in trade, it'd be totally viable.

OK, so here we go with the pictures... Where it ended - Rear movement - Front - Looks OK from here - Wibbly Wobbly wing - Umm, something looks wrong - Wing Mirror - Definitely looks wrong - Squiffy - Good side - That'll need a pull - Good side spring - Tension on impact side spring - Bend popped the paint off! - Bent the rim - popped the tyre.

not my best day, everyone else in the house has covid, paid £10 to watch a live stream of my local team in the fa trophy, only ended up seeing 10 minutes as the crash happened at kick off ( car was parked outside) and first thing I saw was the opponents going 1-0 up. we lost 5-1! Let's hope today is a better day, going to see how far up the road he pushed it, and maybe get it in the air a little and see how bent the rear axle is.

Well, I have loved this car, but today some old man, ran down the side of it, and my offside rear now has a 30 degree tow in angle, so I'm pretty sure that's done. It has not been a good day.

"Oil chan." means Oil Change. it's just wanting an oil service, nothing to do with a chain. What engine does it have? It might not even have a chain!

Eep! splitting up! does that mean the car is going back stock, or just what's left goes?

For future reference, (esp if you ever have to replace the lower arm,) Normally, we undo the rear stabilizer mount (gearbox to subframe) and that gives us enough swing in the engine to release that bolt!

So, a quick update, I've had a little time to look at some of the issues with 348, and I've had a little success. The previous owner had recently changed the nearside track rod end, but seemingly not re-tracked the car. It still feels a little out, but far far better, so I may have a deeper look next week. the fuel flap would not close, so I popped behind the boot trim and saw that the end of the cable had come out of the tube that goes into the flap, all still looked intact, so I reattached it, tested t a dozen times, and so far, so good! The rear end rattle was just where they hadn't reattached the tool kit and wheel to the floor, a lovely simple fix. Next up, I thought I'd have a look at the cruise control, a quick diagnostic scan picked up no reported issues with any part of the system, but I do get the odd bulb warning about the near side brake light, after inspection, it just wasn't in correctly, so I took it for a spin, and held the slider to on, and lo and behold, it works, it would seem that it was just user error on the cruise control not working, as the bulb fault wasn't on every trip. our aircon guy is due around in a fortnight, and the aircon currently makes wheezing noise, so that all looks prime for just a re-gas hopefully. Next up to tackle (Other than the slightest track issue) Is a tear on the seat bolster, but as of yet, I don't know any local upholsterers/re-trimmers to look at it. Then we're getting minor things like the rear wiper spindle cover, and a parcel shelf, and probably the headlamps, even after a buff they look tainted. Sadly after that, is a bunch of paint issues, and that I'm looking forward to much less! But all in all, so far, so cheap!

Nothing in particular, paintwork is a bit sketchy in places, makes you think, well, a respray and a set of seats from a scrapped se... how hard would it be to fake? But, the paint code is 9463 on the option sticker, so I'm happy it's legit. (I'm a mechanic, work for myself and my father, but the building next door has a so called mechanic and panel beater who is well shifty, so I'm often caught thinking, "what would he do to stitch someone up?" when I'm doing my usual pessimist thing!) I'll get it in the workshop next week and how big my list of repairs will be, but so far, (apart from the radio) the car looks totally stock!

Hi all, I've just bought what would appear to be #348, (race blue, tint on rear windows, numbered leather seats...) But just to check, is there any other way I can check on the car that it is an SE? A plate or sticker or specific something somewhere? Car seems legit, I just get twitchy over these things.

Just picked up #348 needs a little TLC.

HI, Is the power steering rack still available please? and can it be posted?