I am currently going crazy trying to decide what to do for the best here.Sent my car to the garage Saturday, and the first thing the guy said when he rang me was that smoke was pouring out of the wiring loom in the engine bay, and that a chunk of it had totally melted.
I know I am going to spend hundreds in fault diagnosis on this. Money which I could buy a new shell with.I also noticed for the first time, a bunch of parking dings down the rear wing, and rough paint over where the original spoiler bits would have been.
Add to this the fact that the front wings, bumper, bonnet and headlight covers are red and have been covered in a coat of yellow without primer or anything underneath.
I was about to spend £160 on some replacement factory yellow parts to correct this. And then, after all that, it has had some kind of repair along the front of the spare wheel well, and the paint has gone soft and squishy in places, and has cracked in others.I think I'm going to be throwing money away trying to save this one, and that I will never get it really how I want it.
In light of this, I am considering a new shell and need to know if I am doing the right thing, and also what I should be looking to pay for a Turbo shell in good condition.Do people normally sell them with wiring looms intact or would I still need to buy replacements? And how hard a job is it? I can get to work on public transport, so it's no bother if it takes a month or so.
It's annoying, but it's doable.It would be the biggest thing I have ever taken on but I am pretty good at getting things done when I put my mind to it.
Sorting the wiring was a bit much for me, but anything mechanical that can be bolted/unbolted into place is usually OK.May even try and get a T-Bar shell, but the main thing is it's solid and has decent paint.
If I've learned anything from this, it's been that straying from Red, White or Black puts you in a world of pain trying to source body parts!Thanks guys.
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