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    Default Ok, Se Recently I bought a VP Calais.

    Well, Yesterday i put a tyre in to be repaired. Got a call today. The rim's cracked. IF it can be fixed its going to be expencive.

    This morning put it in for a Radiator flush and replace thermo....got a call...Your water pump needs doing. $300.

    Not to mention it blew the air box apart yesterday when it backfired.

    Other than this. A fantastic car.

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    Your getting ripped, screw the rims you can get a set of 4 for less than 200 on ebay, waterpump is 120 bucks from repco, can be done with basic tools. airbox backfire issue- is it on gas?
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    water pump should be closer to 50-70

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    There a set of Simmons Rims. The radiator needed a power flush so I sent it down to the local place, there also pressure testing and everything so yea. Im getting a tube put in the other Simmons rim, hopefully can source another one or get thins one fixed. Fingers crossed...

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    227shanno: probably Harmonic Balancer or sompthing annoying like that. Yep got another airbox today, and a CAI for my granfathers Caprice.


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