Been having terrible luck with parts for the sol still
New wheels...
After having them in storage for months after buying them, I open them and realise the tyres have way less tread than stated and one needs flipping over, fine, i got it flipped, next I needed spigot rings, done, put them on finally annnnnnd a huge rumbling noise can be heard. All four tyres were mis-shapen
and one buckled alloy, fuming with peoples descriptions on eBay! as I had stored them for so long I'm outside of eBay guarantee, I did open one when I got them to check quality but obviously I couldn't tell about the tyres. Currently being "sorted" by customer service though its been a week and I've not heard anything.
Second, fitting new exhaust
Brand new, for a del sol, from america, didn't fit... came up about 4 inches too short in the centre pipe, luckily I still had the scrap exhaust from earlier, so managed to sleeve some of that down the flange to get it to fit and not leak. The seller has said he will pay for a section to be welded in, but I will have to wait until after MOT, when the decat is back on, because the flange wouldn't mate up to the cat anyway
exhaust done;
Also got a 4-2-1 manifold
And there are more issues... I asked the seller what the diameter of the collector was and I was told 2.25" but I got it and it was 1.9"
however I got it for £90 new and got a further £20 knocked off for the issue, I can't complain about the manifold too much, It's made the car more drivable around 2-4k revs, just it scrapes on almost everything!
Oh I also have a steering wheel and boss kit fitted, put it on what we thought was straight, nope... slightly off but the boss kit is well and truly stuck on! tried everything from pullers to slide hammers!
So she's turning into a real money pit, nothing but problems with after market parts! Feel bad to just be complaining on my thread haha, but I still love it