Celica Import Viewing

[Dangerous]

Im viewing an imporeted celica 2.0 GT today. What do I have to look out for.

He said 1 of the bushes is squueking but on the toyota garage inspection they said it would only cosat £10 to sort. About right?

Any advice would be good also whos a good 4 insurance as my firm at the mo wont let me change cars.

Cheers

[Tom.B]

I got my insurance for a 2l GTI from elephant.co.uk. Fully comp its £349 which is pretty sweet. Also try Norwich union,the Co-op and Churchill. All of these game me quite good low prices too.

[Dangerous]

cheers will do

[Paul-R]

If he had an inspection and they said it would cost £10 then why didnt he get it done there and then? Changing one of the bushes wouldnt cost much tho so the price is about right.

[djdna2000]

Is it the superstrut model? If so then the sqeaking bush will possibly cost about £500 if it is the track control arm :o

[Dangerous]

how can you tell if its a super strut model?

[GT4 BOOSTER]

THE FRONT STRUT HAS LIKE 5 LINK ARMS COMING OFF IT , STANDARD STRUTS HAVE ONLY 1. ALSO ITS NOT A MCPHERESON STRUT , MY DEALER SAID TO STAY WELL CLEAR , ANY OR ALL LINK ARMS ARE DEALER ONLY AND LIKE £ 100 to £ 200 each.

[chocka]

HAVE U TRIED THE TOC INSURANCE LINK? CHRIS KNOTT INSURANCE CAME BACK WITH THE BEST QUOTE FOR MY 1993 GTI.... £375 FULLY COMP. PROTECTED (WITH 1 CRASH & 3 POINTS) ALSO "MORE THAN" ARE QUITE COMPETETIVE.

[pete2bram]

Found Eagle Star beat em all on Insurance.

[Dangerous]

Maleborn1967

Sorry to be ask a stupid question.

Superstrut good or bad

superstrut 1 0r 5 struts

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[GT4 BOOSTER]

its a much stronger suspension , for thrashing the car , but also expensive to maintain on mot tests if it fails on anything. personnally i'd opt for standard struts.

it kinda looks like an eagles claw at the bottom , with 3 to 5 little link arms running off it. standard is a mcpherson strut with only 1 link arm

try to locate a uk model , less bother for parts and insurance.

[Dangerous]

good advice always welcome

thanx