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Old 12-04-2008, 01:04 PM
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Just took my rst for its mot and surprise surprise it failed
headlight pattern incorrect, fog light not working and emissions too high
handbrake not adjusted correctly and brakes need an overhaul
the garage is going to get back to me with a quote, what sort of prices should i be looking at for the above repairs? also if he adjusts the co will it need to be set up on a rolling road again.
Old 12-04-2008, 02:29 PM
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be carefull about them adjusting the co as when a garage done mine they didnt know what they were doing and made it run way to rich and it ran worse!
Old 12-04-2008, 02:32 PM
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adjust it on the metering unit and then adjust it back, will need a set up after though
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they failed it on emmisions, you need a rs friendly tester matey
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Originally Posted by gaz s1
you need a rs friendly tester matey

Old 12-04-2008, 05:22 PM
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Mines never failed on emissions

It jus fails on rust
Old 12-04-2008, 06:32 PM
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back to your question the hand brake is a 5 minute job as they,ll have a ramp, headlight swap is 30 minutes for a trainee and lastly brake overhaul is a blackhole of cash depending on just how much needs doing but i persume he just means new pads/shoes and possibly recon calipers and rear cylinders which would take a couple of hours and parts around the 150 depending on if you start going into fast road stuff and on co matter i'm like some above never failed on them and as the one that controls co tick over and the on boost/load co are seperate not sure whether you would need to have it re set up on rolling road but best to phone one of the tuners jamsport/msd and get some proper advice so 3 hours labour and 200 for bits
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