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Thom's thread is the business when it comes to those motors. Might even find the answer to your first question in there somewhere too.

Glad it seems to be getting somewhere finally [emoji41][emoji106]

Yeah I prefer not to use most of the resto parts available, just no quality control involved. The kombi parts I got were good but I made him buy the specific brand which is oem quality. Those flares just about killed me to make, cost me a fortune in time on them and in the end I heard nothing back whatsoever so I have no idea how close they were for actual fit on the car. One can only assume they were either acceptable or considered trash by the installer.... Who knows...

I have only used repair panels supplied for jobs and some trim bits. I have no experience with hardware parts. There's a raft of places that RS and resto country gets their stuff from too, so it's hard to say that one retailers parts are good or bad. Once it was suggested that resto country took a bit of care picking out the better stock to sell but i have no knowledge if that's still a thing. Panels I got tended to be slightly better but it could have been the luck of the draw.

They get some of their stock from rare spares suppliers but not sure on the mechanical parts.

I got ya covered [emoji16]

Steering wobbles at 80-100k.... Sounds familiar. I've just had the front upper/lower control arms, sway bar bushes, links and brakes/rotors all round plus alignment, so here's hoping I've solved my issues. Although I think I'll be asking them to reassess the alignment as it wants to pull left if you let go of the wheel now. Might just be a little tight from new stuff but might be not quite right either. Brakes feel better and no thumps going over bumps and gutters now, but didn't get to do over 80 on the way home in traffic so not sure yet. Man I hope you get yours sorted. Been forever and the poor thing still doesn't run at 100%. I know how frustrating that is.

Images and videos need to be hosted elsewhere and linked into your posts to show here. This is the same policy for everyone and has been from the beginning. It keeps our footprint down and therefore the costs involved in hosting the forum to a minimum. For mobile use, the tapatalk app is the easiest way to upload photos. I use an old version of the app which has no daily limits on posting etc, downside is I get no notifications but that doesn't matter much to me. For video, use YouTube to upload then post the link in your thread to share. You can also use other sites like imgur to host photos. There is a thread showing how to do this on the forum (look at Dean's signature for link)

We haven't had any made for a long time. If you are lucky, SPArKy_Dave might have one left but I think they might have gone a while back.

If it's easy enough to set up, then I'd say the three generations in their own sections would make searching/finding easier. There could be a rolling Q&A thread for people to use then copy paste into the relevant pages if desired.

Worth all the effort I'd say (by which I mean everything) [emoji108]

Bit of nice aluminium for a heat shield maybe?

If it's "just" touching when you close it, then it's probably getting more than a touch while running. The vibration would crack the filler over time. Many ways to join a scoop, some better than others.

You haven't taken out the upright portion of the ribs so there would still be some strength there, maybe a bit reduced on the one side. Just go round and deburr the edges so you don't run the risk of slicing yourself open later. If it shows any signs of fatigue down the road, just add a plate across the rear section so it can't bend in the middle. [emoji106]

I'd be inclined to cut and splice them to alter the angle they meet the rear edge. So you get the wider space between them but still have solid support. I don't know if that's an option within your skill set, it's just how I'd go about the problem.