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The JC5 130 I got from a breakers is smooth as silk,
it's a good stop gap while you save for a refurb, cost me £275 but it's 20k miles newer than my car.
If it makes you feel better I don't have the money for a second box and refurb,
so i'm just gambling that mine will last a few years while I...
Get another one from a breakers or the for sale section, £150-£250 depending on mileage.
Then send your knackered one to Agency Transmissions for a full refurb,
he'll take it apart and tell you what it'll cost before he does anything.
If he can't sort it, or reckons it's too knackered he won't...
Any new aftermarket exhaust is going to sound like a loud chav box untill it gets coked up,
I got mild tinnitus when my Piper stealth was fitted, took a month or two to quieten down.
I found insuring mods on my 172 with a specialist, was cheaper than insuring it standard with a normal insurer. :S
It might not be as bad as you think declaring springs.
I went to a well respected MOT station where I live and they told me it failed because my headlights were f*cked,
one pointed down and one pointed up, they said 'we'll have to book it in to get it looked at'.
I opened the bonnet and saw that the bulb was just loose, I clipped it back in and...
Time to upgrade to Eibachs I think.
Kwik-Fit are just brainless monkeys with spanners,
in fact a shaved chimp with a socket set could probably sort your car out better than they can.