Hi Paul, good luck withteh scrapper!!
Mallory = done!
Goodwood = on my list to do
Donington = done!
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The club is holding a new rear set for £220 plus postage for any member who is desperate. :)
Hi Paul, we have a set available through the club shop - be quick as I may need them myself
Get your questionnaire and MGOC number through to Tim and you'll have access to the whole site and a wealth of info on these great cars - as well as the great stuff I have in the shop;)
Have some s/h ones. Found them at thr factory a couple of weeks ago.
Hi Gang,
Good news- The MGOC will supply and fit the springs - £380 fitted so booked it in on Friday- sorry Tim but I didn't see your post until afterwards.
Told these are being made to order so fingers crossed they work.
The odd thing is that I have never broken srings before- is this a design fault?
I have towed with my car- caravan to Goodwood- with no problem other than 16MPG, but collected my kit car on a trailer in the summer so wonder if thats what did it
Either way we should have another 260 on the road shortly!
In passing - rear tyres- I am getting through Contis and Bridgestones in around 5k miles- is this my lead foot, (or frightening the local hot hatch), or is this normal? i note Paul's 520 looks to be hard on its rears
Regards
Paul
Springs are a common fault on the earlier type of spring and 5000 miles for rear tyres is not uncommon so it all seems perfectly normal to me.
Wise Ones,
see my previous pleas for help, just bought a rear pair from Rimmers (Feb) for my pride and joy (54 plate with 45k miles) on cllock for £198 + Vat for the pair. If you want pricey, ask them about rear discs !,
regards
Yep - their disc prices are crazy, thats one advantage of being a full member on here, you get access to the club shop where we have discs available at 50% of Rimmers prices
Good news!
The rear spring were replaced at the MGOC workshop on Thursday for £474 including pre check and MOT. Only difference I can feel is that the rear end now feels slightly softer, but not by much. With the car now legal I can enjoy it on the road
Paul