Hello
Thought id start one of these for my cup as it needs some work to bring it back to its former glory and id like to keep track of it.
So i bought the car at the start of July after seeing it on Pistonheads. It was up for £1650 ono but needed some body work doing and didn't have service history but had only covered 64,000 miles so thought it was worth a look. Took the 1 1/2 trip up to view and managed to haggle the seller down to £1500.
After driving the car round for a few days started noticing the usual twitchy/floaty rear end. A quick search on here led me to the cause, rear shocks buggered. So got it over the ramp at work and discovered sure enough that the drivers rear was scrap so replacement items where purchased from Renault with a decent trade discount.
Also replaced the fronts and top mounts as someone had made a serious mess of the thread on the passenger side shock. Also fitted a laguna splitter i had as the original was missing.
Over the next few months a few more jobs will be getting done, including cambelt kit, aux belt and dephaser replacement. Replacing the gash front chicken wire grill with a standard item. Getting the bodywork sorted (dents, cracks in bumper) and a wheel refurb.
Pictures to follow.
Thought id start one of these for my cup as it needs some work to bring it back to its former glory and id like to keep track of it.
So i bought the car at the start of July after seeing it on Pistonheads. It was up for £1650 ono but needed some body work doing and didn't have service history but had only covered 64,000 miles so thought it was worth a look. Took the 1 1/2 trip up to view and managed to haggle the seller down to £1500.
After driving the car round for a few days started noticing the usual twitchy/floaty rear end. A quick search on here led me to the cause, rear shocks buggered. So got it over the ramp at work and discovered sure enough that the drivers rear was scrap so replacement items where purchased from Renault with a decent trade discount.
Also replaced the fronts and top mounts as someone had made a serious mess of the thread on the passenger side shock. Also fitted a laguna splitter i had as the original was missing.
Over the next few months a few more jobs will be getting done, including cambelt kit, aux belt and dephaser replacement. Replacing the gash front chicken wire grill with a standard item. Getting the bodywork sorted (dents, cracks in bumper) and a wheel refurb.
Pictures to follow.
