Best insurance for engine mods

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Best insurance for engine mods

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At 34 with 11ncb I ain't paying the £1800 performance direct offered on a classic policy.

Will be my daily around 300 bhp
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Re: Best insurance for engine mods

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Huh?

Your engine mods are virtually nothing!

Phone around!
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Have you tried the IMOC Affiliates?
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Tried sky I think it was and weren't impressed.

Really struggle when try to add Mrs.
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That's what I thought peter. Only talking intercooler boost controller and a few tweeks to ct26

Last time was paying £460 and was forged and sleeved lol.
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gerbil1028 wrote:Tried sky I think it was and weren't impressed.


There is more than one insurance Affiliate.
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Just requested call back from AIB

Other half 27 had licence 2 years. Shame insurance companies can't take into account she won't ever be let loose in it on her own and I will slap her if she does anything dangerous lol.
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I went with AIB as they were cheapest for me, and included everything I wanted. All mods declared. £1100, limited mileage. Im only 24 so you shouldn't have any issues. Awesome customer service too :thumleft:
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£685 with AIB but £1700 ish with Mrs on.

Ouch guess I will do all the driving for leman
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£1800!

I'm paying less than £400 on the Mazda on a no-NCB limited mileage policy. Unlimited mods(no cages) up to 320hp. This is with need2insure
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31, 9 years NCB, reasonable mod list... <£200 with Flux Direct. (Car is in a nice part of Berkshire, always on a driveway and declared less than 5000 miles a year)
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I went with adrian flux again. The lived up to their claim of beating any other quote.

Performance direct came out close to £300 dearer :shock:
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£685 is more than I wanted to pay. But the 1700 with Mrs is silly its cause she had licence 2 years 27 no fast car experience.
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that's still very steep. do you use the car in a warzone or something??? :shock:
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Nope is at new address. Suppose to be a good area lol
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street parked?
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Driveway.
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Re: Best insurance for engine mods

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AIB quoted me £2300 :lol:
Flux wouldn't quote at all.
Classicline said it had to be a second car.
Sky didn't call back.

Went with Diamond c/o Compare the meerkat - £650 fully comp, inc windscreen, £1K stereo cover & 3 months euro cover.

All mods declared. Accident declared. No NCB. Locked garage. 5K miles.
I'm 46 but have only been driving 3.5 years & only had my own car, [MR2] for 1.
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Re: Best insurance for engine mods

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Starting to feel like being robbed.

Engine mods are tiny compared to most of you.

Induction kit
Hybrid ct26
Uprated cooler
Rev3 engine and box in rev2 shell.
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Re: Best insurance for engine mods

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gerbil1028 wrote:Starting to feel like being robbed.

Engine mods are tiny compared to most of you.

Induction kit
Hybrid ct26
Uprated cooler
Rev3 engine and box in rev2 shell.


By the time you add in your seats, wheels, tyres, exhaust etc, the mods and value all add to the total.
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