Haha, bet they would eat you on insurance on an Evo
Luckily my area isn't too bad, as i'm just outside of Peterborough in a village full of farmer types.
My quote is added onto a telematic insurance policy which is why it's so cheap, will probably boost to 2.5k-3.5k if i wasn't
£22k for me to insure an EVO right now...aye i want to live in a quite farmer/country side type of area nice and peaceful
no idea what telematic insurance is lol
Decided to replace the broken spring today, removed the shocker and was going to take it to a garage to remove the spring as i dont have any spring compressors...removed it within minutes, took it to a garage was told the shocker top is too rusty and siezed to remove
had a look and the nut and threads were just one big rusted piece of metal so much corrosion, vauxhall astra H top mounts are stupid the nuts for the threads sit deep inside the top mount so there is loads of room for water to gather and rust away the thread
So i tryed with an airgun no luck, tryed molegrips on the shocker no luck, warmed it glowing red destroying the top mount still wont open, took it to another garage they said it wont open lol
In end i had to go to dealers and buy a brand new shocker, top mount, bearing and retaining clips cost me £134 for all of them when only the spring was at fault and the spring it self only cost around £30
No bump stops or dust covers in stock, so i got a grinder out and cut the old spring off the shocker and cut the shocker in half to remove the old bump stop and dust cover which were in good useable condition and i need the vehicle tomorrow
Now its all refitted i filled the new top mount (where the nut for the shocker goes) with grease right to the top to try stop future rust, check other side shocker same story
will have fun when that side spring also breaks lol
