Got my car booked in at Peddars on Monday, so see what they find and ill let yous know
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Got my car booked in at Peddars on Monday, so see what they find and ill let yous know
Booking mine into WA Suspension soon also. Brand new tyres wore out in 3-4 months. I mean i get wheel spin but not that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ally Angel
OK results.. Peddars found $2000 worth of stuff to fix on it :(
I can give u a full list later on when i get the time if u like. Its shit from Suspension to steering wheel being off centre to the left...theres heaps of shit. they reckon all can be the cause of it. cant remember from the top of my head
Did you get them to do one of there 1 million point checks? or did you tell them your issue and get them to try and find the source of the problem?
Maybe i should go to pedders also? I kinda just found them a little Generic, for the run of the mill daily cars etc, Not for full custom setups.
hmm not sure what a 1 million point check is.. but they gave me a full list, suspension check as well, gave me their print out of it. Only cost $14 for them to do it and they found a fair bit.. Ill try and type out the list for ya when i get home.
Yeh thats the check i meant about...."1 million point check" is just an exaggeration dude. I meant that they do a Huge check on the complete suspension setup.
I would like to know what they check so that would be great if you cos scan it or type it out if you can be bothered.
Ok the list
Front
Shocks - Failed shock test poor control
Radias Rod and bushes on front - Excess movement under brakes, NA LH oil soaked
Steering Damper - Steering gear off centre -Rectify at time of wheel alignment
CV Joints - LH Outer corner boot split
Engine mounts - LH torn, front and RH mount excess moevment
Bump Stops - not visable inspect when apart
Upper control arm & inner bushes - May require alignment kits, re-check after repairs
Rear
Fail Shock test very poor control
Bumps Stops - not visable - inspect when apart
and my back tyres need replacing which i already knew that
i'm no expert on the matter but that doesn;t sound like $2000 worth of gear. But then again a place like that would only use brand new and genuine OEM parts
sorry but just noticed your name and wondered if you are female? get your boyfriend or dad or someone who knows cars to take care of it for you if you are. not trying to come across sexist or anything but if the workshop thinks you have no idea what they're talking about and will give them money saying "just fix it" then they will milk it for all it's worth. Even if you are male..
Yes i am female and im definetly not just giving them the money to fix it cos one i dont have the money and two, i always look at different prices first and get parts from somewhere else sometimes if its cheaper... im concidering selling the car, not sure what to do with it... both my dad and bf are helping me out with that.. but i am slowly learning about things
I'm thinking about getting the same check done...how long did it take?
sounds pretty extensive. I wonder how they test it
It was only $14 to do i dropped my car off at 10 and they rang me at like 12 so roughly 2 hours, he said they were busy thats why i left it there
So i couldnt get my car onto the tester at pedders, car was to low. its actually not that low atm you just need to be a truck to get onto it.
The guy did a manual check of my car though and his conclusion was that even tho some of my bushing maybe looks ok on the outside they could have crapped themselves where you cant see it and he said because it being the age of the car and had done 270,000kms on the chassis the bushing that havent been replace with most defiantly need replacing. He suggested a urethane complete kit, i almost bought one a while back but bailed on it, should of got it.
Soo im gonna buy the energy polyurethane kit and install what i can myself and the parts that i cant im gonna take it to a suspension joint to install...
He also said there could be some play in my tearing rack. I had the joints replace not long ago but he said that actual rack might be stuffed.