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Old 06-03-2010
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Default second hand nightmares

Whats your opinions on buying second hand, any horror stories looked good but when it arrived didnt look so hot, I have had some good but also some bad second hand buys, also sold a fair few bits as well which i havent had much come back on so maybe a good seller .

my most recent purchase was for a TC looked really nice told by the seller it was a spare car ready to go hardly raced, what a load of bull it was a spare car but it was full of the bits which were worn out from his race car, no grub screws in the rear cvd's so when i turned the wheels the pins fell out, suspension arms were all worn and sloppy, rear diff was so worn i fitted new 1/8th diff balls in and when i got round to buying a new pulley found they wouldnt fit cause the original diff uses 3mm balls , the diff outdrives front and rear were badly grooved and needed replacing, there were a few other gripes but wont mention them, I still wonder if it would of actually been cheaper to buy new.

no names please its not for getting revenge just to make people aware of whats out there.

cheers
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