White_Lady_170
RMS Regular
OP
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- #26
Having dealt with the mechanical aspects of the car and decided to put the bad experience behind me I set off for Portstewart to see what was required bodywork wise. Unfortunately I was greeted with dash lights galore. EML, Traction Control, handbrake, Tyre pressure monitoring, you name it, it was lit. To make matters worse, the car was driving like a bag of *****, constantly stuttering and kicking the traction control in at very low speeds. Back to the mechanic I went thinking to myself, will there come a point in time this car doesn't have an issue? My patience was wearing thin.
It was discovered that the driveshaft sensors were at fault, rust sets in and expands the areas of contact, basically telling the car its losing traction when it isn't. The driveshafts came out and new, non-corrosive items were made to order and fitted.
Another unwanted bill paid, I finally made it to Portstewart and had "the talk".
Inspecting the car yet again, the roof was showing signs of rust, where the front windscreen meets it at the corners. The front wings were looking even worse than before, the rear arches were even showing similar signs. I had a massive stonechip on a poorly painted bonnet, and the front bumper had taken a stone badly as well. The wing mirror base plates were suffering the same rusty fate and it was eventually decided with what was essential and then what was left, the whole car was to be sprayed, including the 4 rims. A date was set and another order placed with The Country Garage, 2 brand new front wings and quite a few fixtures and fittings to leave the car as perfect as possible.
Just some of the rust bubbles and other small blemishes with much of the imperfections being difficult to photograph.
The list
So with there being a few weeks until I dropped the car off for this complete, windows out, doors off, wheels off, bumpers off, makeover... I turned my attention back to the interior.
It was discovered that the driveshaft sensors were at fault, rust sets in and expands the areas of contact, basically telling the car its losing traction when it isn't. The driveshafts came out and new, non-corrosive items were made to order and fitted.
Another unwanted bill paid, I finally made it to Portstewart and had "the talk".
Inspecting the car yet again, the roof was showing signs of rust, where the front windscreen meets it at the corners. The front wings were looking even worse than before, the rear arches were even showing similar signs. I had a massive stonechip on a poorly painted bonnet, and the front bumper had taken a stone badly as well. The wing mirror base plates were suffering the same rusty fate and it was eventually decided with what was essential and then what was left, the whole car was to be sprayed, including the 4 rims. A date was set and another order placed with The Country Garage, 2 brand new front wings and quite a few fixtures and fittings to leave the car as perfect as possible.
Just some of the rust bubbles and other small blemishes with much of the imperfections being difficult to photograph.
The list
So with there being a few weeks until I dropped the car off for this complete, windows out, doors off, wheels off, bumpers off, makeover... I turned my attention back to the interior.
