Update!!!!
The coilover issue was a complete fiasco. I got 3 off no problem but the front passanger required the whole hub to be removed and in doing so I destroyed a Tein rod end A big hammer was used with gusto and a very mangled bolt was removed.
"Pizzaboy" and I trecked to sunderland for JDM Allstars to hand them over to the DW lads. It was a week till they could look at them due to the damage their cars had taken.
The result of there inspection.......stuck adjusters but other than that the shocks were in "the best condition they'd seen in a while" So they sent them back up and my mate and I (he mostly stood around with his hands in his pockets) re fitted them, and the new rod ends. Then got the car home. That was a nice waste of £90 for the inspection at the garage that told me they were seized, £80 on replacement rod ends and £30 to dw for inspection and return (best customer service EVER!!!!!), then another £50 for re alignment (at a different place)
Less than 24hrs later my mum (poor thing) put the trailer hitch into the front of the car while I was at work
I wasn't angry, just resinged to my usual luck.
I got the bumper to my painter on the monday....2 weeks later and I have the car back and in rude health. I also had narrower tyres fitted to the rear to stop rubbage.
Anyway, some pics of it freshly painted and showing some new stickers and updated interior shots.
What damage?
Stickers
Interior: Cage n relocated gauges
You guys approve?
Next on the list is fitting of subframe locking collars, new rear bearings (already pressed into spare hubs), swap out stupid solid engine mounts for the nismo ones I have sitting here, get rear arches rolled n go lower.
Then if all goes to plan....new wheels....that will bankrupt me due to the need for 5 stud conversion and much,much wider arches.