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When I said “like the ones above” I meant that the fact the the rods were retracted into the body meant that they needed a refurb, in good order they are always extended. If you are able to easily bounce a front corner, the damper has failed in some way. Rik would be a better person to answer...

I forgot to quote Dibois Yannick in then above post, he basically asked if it was possible to check the condition of the front dampers at any time.

If they look like the ones above, they will need a refurb. No real hard and fast rules and short of them being put on a test jig there is no well to tell how healthy they are. Generally if you can push down the front corner of the car they have failed, it should be absolutely solid. The same can...

Anthony, Audrey has replied on the thread you started there with a faircomment and to be fair the op had been banned, hopefully for being a racist little scroat. But he did seem to be there for one reason only, to sell his overpriced plate.

I think you get a better sense of community from a forum as well.

I was wondering if that little spat would make it’s way over here. When the “For Sale” thread appeared I guessed it was only going to go one way, the price offered was going to attract ‘well meaning‘ comments that he was being unrealistic and then degenerate into what it became. I didn’t...

It’s possibly too late but it would be really useful to see any pictures of the work progress? Also when you say “entire rear end stripped and underside fully cleaned“ do you mean you have stripped off the underseal?

All jacking points will need checking, the void between the front wheel arch liner and the front doors, the metal work underneath front and rear bumpers - these areas only seem to have thin layers of paint etc, rear subframe, the join where they welded in the panel where the spare wheel would...

Well done, I emailed them a while back and heard nothing back. I actually don’t understand why have not produced one as they already produce a lot of fairly niche versions of various Renault models. I’ll copy and paste that though and email it over. it would be nice to have a limited edition...

When I get around to it the set of Mark Fish springs will be going on all round on 307.

No longer available and as rare as hens teeth second hand. I would always be a little wary of refurbing a rusty spring but your choice Based on condition.

Now you can call me a pellet counter and they do look fine, but what happened to the colour?

Squinting, that works well. Or just go full Trump, ignore all the evidence, say it’s a Trophy and go and play a round of golf. ?

Well I expected a little more to and froing before the theory was debunked?

So is it or not a Trophy driving out of the drive through in the new Flying without wings Maccy D ad?

The rear cup dampers are as close as and as you say probably the next best ( I believe Rik did a Dino test on both) after revalved Koni from Mark Fish (does he even still do these?) The cup are not exactly the same spec as the original Sachs but if your Sachs have been on there for 15 years they...

I think you’re wrong here Cue, the rear spring used on the Trophy was always the same as that used on the Cup. Ie there was never a separate part number.

I was quite excited when I saw this thread revived (yep, sad) and much as I applaud the effort, a 1:43 for €45 will be a hard sell. For example below is my Otto 1:12 5 GTT and a 1:43 Corgi Whizz Wheels MG get and a pound for scale. I will probably go for smaller as there is no other option but...

You have arguably a grands worth of spare parts there which would value the car at £7k, waaay too cheap, if that doesn’t go in a day or so I’ll be surprised it looks a good example.

My bad, Koni come with this little lot but not the dust covers.

You are polishing the paint layers so the plastic panels need no extra care other than the usual care you take when using machine polishers. Also a DA is a safer option in itself.

Lower front grill Fog light surrounds

I quite like Trendlines but they are too big for me, they still hold me well whilst the car gets thrown around but the seats in the new Fiesta ST are pretty snug.

He doesn’t actually say a great deal but always good to see more positive praise.

Look out for the grey inner surround rather than black if you want full OE.

There should be plenty of straight answers confirming the original fit rears were Sachs so bit odd that. Unfortunately they have not been available for a while now and best replacements seem to be the Cup version from Renault or the Koni supplied by Mark Fish amongst others.

I guess we should all be pretty happy that our cars are selling for good money but personally for that money I would have wanted to see a cleaner car, engine bay bit of a mess and I would have wanted to see underneath (I would want to see it in person before parting with that amount full stop)...

No, all others Yozza included are a similar design to the Orbisoud.

I've also been pondering this and looking on with bemusement. People not taking holidays so have more cash for a big ticket bit of fun?