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Old 7th January 2021, 10:17   #21
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I did ask Rimmers about Genuine. The answer was a shock and to be honest, enraged me.

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There is no definitive answer to ‘genuine’ regarding our cars anymore I’m afraid.

Some parts will be made using the same machines, tooling and materials, others won’t! Unless you are part of the production process then you can only speculate what I’d ‘genuine’ and what isn’t.

I have moulded plastic parts for various automotive manufacturers over the years, as an example the old rubber bumpered tvr used the same moulds, materials (and the guy doing the job) in the mid 2000s as it did when production first began.

One of the Nissan models has the spec of the plastic changed to a ‘cheaper’ version 3 years after launch...


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Old 19th January 2021, 19:31   #22
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Parts now ordered:

Track rod end
Rear spring
Front shock
Front wheel bearing

Should hopefully be back on the road within the next two weeks.
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Old 19th January 2021, 20:44   #23
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well done that man

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Old 19th January 2021, 21:43   #24
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Too good of a car and in the most beautiful colour. 😍


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This vehicle was the 50,481st 75 to run off the production line, out of 112,381
This vehicle was the 2,238th 75 CDT Connoisseur SE to be made out of 3,775
This vehicle was the 5,002nd 75 in Royal Blue (code: JFM) to be made out of 14,420 Royal Blue 75s
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Old 19th January 2021, 21:50   #25
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Too good of a car and in the most beautiful colour. 😍


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Out with it Rav, who’s in the passenger seat?
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Old 19th January 2021, 22:31   #26
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Out with it Rav, who’s in the passenger seat?

My beautiful other half. 😍


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Old 20th January 2021, 00:08   #27
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You better remove your add in your post before you are looking for the other half. Lol
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Old 20th January 2021, 10:19   #28
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Excellent! Would have been a shame to chop that one, like you say Arab lovely colour and that list as others have said can be done in manageable chunks. Subframe could be just surface rust so rub down treat and paint sorts that for example
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Old 25th January 2021, 11:51   #29
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Car failed MOT recently. Cracking car, drives lovely. It’s been the daily for the last eighteen months since purchase.

MOT has failed on -

- Offside rear broken spring
- Nearside front wheel bearing rough when rotated
- Offside front shock absorber has serious leak
- Offside front track rod end ball joint has excessive play

Advisories are -

- Offside front wheel bearing slightly noisy
- Nearside rear upper suspension arm corroded
- Offside rear upper suspension arm corroded
- Rear sub frame corroded
- Nearside front tyre 3mm in places

So, what do I do? Car drives well, nice and smooth but has failed on the above issues with a few serious advisories, too. I was advised previous owner had done the rear arms not that long ago so I’m surprised this has come up in the MOT.

The bodywork of the car is OK. There is a couple of small patches of rust. The biggest damage on the bodywork is on the passenger side rear where I caught a high curb and it has put a dent near the sill area so this ideally needs fixed and treated to prevent rust issues.

Ideally, timing belt needs doing as no history of timing belt being done on the car.

I also have three other 75s!

I called up Rimmers today. They don’t have the correct spec rear springs for my car apparently but have another genuine paid but I don’t know of which engine variant. The cost of this is £111 plus VAT and postage.
Front shock is about £95.
Plus wheel bearing, ball joints etc.
I can’t do the work myself and would have to get a garage to do it. I fear this will cost an arm and a leg.

Just looking for some advise as I really don’t know what to do!

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I feel for you. My tourer failed a couple of weeks ago and I got quoted £660 to get through test, but it developed a gearbox problem which has proved impossible to get fixed locally, so it's going to the big scrapper in the sky....a car that looks immaculate and has all the extras. I would have spent the money but nearest gearbox specialists closed due to corona and everywhere else acted like I wanted a flying saucer repaired.
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Old 25th January 2021, 22:51   #30
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Have to say Firefrost is a lovely colour, as mine is.
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