1996 Black Legnum vr4 - manual - £1,200

[Wodjno]

How come you have the price so low ? From the looks of the car, it deserves a far higher price than £1200

[spm01]

How come you have the price so low ? From the looks of the car, it deserves a far higher price than £1200

there has been the resent issue of rust of the front struts, which is not looking that good at the mo. i may be should have added this to the earlier part of the thread, it is in the later part thou.
i also really need this gone asap as it is taking up room i do not have so i hoping for a really quick sale now.

i am gutted by hey ho.

[Wodjno]

Ah yes i see now.. Thats a shame though

Sure it won't hang around to much longer.. Good luck with shifting it ASAP

Cheers

Wodj

[spm01]

Ah yes i see now.. Thats a shame though

Sure it won't hang around to much longer.. Good luck with shifting it ASAP

Cheers

Wodj

yeah a huge shame dude, i am gutted to f***.
thanks for your support.

[davcom1]

Simon - just had a read through the thread and despite the rust, am shocked that you're having trouble selling, damn shame.

Surely its worth more in parts than 1200? I'm guessing this is the future of VR4 ownership (and other similar vehicles)

Good luck anyway.

[spm01]

can anyone help me out, i am trying to modify the title of this thread to now include the price but i cant seem to do it for some reason. is it possible, and if so how?

[Rixarena]

Hi,
I know this might seem like a silly question but i thought i would ask, do you think there is anything that it would fail on if it was taken for an MOT? would the rust have to be redone before then? also is the milage a straight 150km in miles? or what was the milage at import/conversion? Thank you

Regards Sam

[Humpty's Revenge]

can anyone help me out, i am trying to modify the title of this thread to now include the price but i cant seem to do it for some reason. is it possible, and if so how?

Simon I have added the price to the thread title for you.

[elnevio]

Hi,
I know this might seem like a silly question but i thought i would ask, do you think there is anything that it would fail on if it was taken for an MOT? would the rust have to be redone before then? also is the milage a straight 150km in miles? or what was the milage at import/conversion? Thank you

Regards Sam

I wouldn't have thought that that rust is an MoT failure at present. Potentially a few years before that, too!

As for the mileage question - Simon has already answered it here!

if it helps the speedo was converted to MPH at 137,800KM, so around 13,000 miles done since and it was imported into the UK in 2007. if you count the importers i am the 3rd owner.
really hope this helps people more.

[Wodjno]

If this was closer to me and i wasn't in the process of moving house.. I would snap it up like there was no tomorrow
But it's not! And i am

Wodj

[spm01]

Glenn/Nev thanks for your help, much appreciated.

[VR4Kaos]

if only i was closer i'd snap this up too

[ljc100]

I wouldn't have thought that that rust is an MoT failure at present. Potentially a few years before that, too!

As for the mileage question - Simon has already answered it here!

Hi,i thought that any rust within a certain distance of a suspension componant is a failure?

[aboo]

My car past its MOT with this last year

[spm01]

My car past its MOT with this last year

thanks for the info Andy, hope this helps people who are intersted.. i have never had any advisory's on the rust problem in previous MOT's either.

[Nick Mann]

Hi,i thought that any rust within a certain distance of a suspension componant is a failure?

It can't be that simple. Springs themselves show surface rust quite quickly on some cars. I'd guess that there is a rule along the lines of what you suggest, but there must beguidance on acceptable levels of rust.

I'd also consider this car if I was in a position to buy. The manual conversion parts alone are worth most of the asking price, so even if it did fail to be roadworthy in the next year or two, most of it's value would be retained.

[Louis]

MOT wise, they can poke at rusted sections to check for rust damage. They have an actual tool supplied for this. Any holes on or near suspension locating body parts, strut mount tops is a fail, heavy rust is an advisory. The rusted parts that go on the legnum strut tops are usually on the joins on the inner wing to strut part, if they can push their mot pokey stick through the rust then it's a fail. and will require welding.

[aboo]

MOT wise, they can poke at rusted sections to check for rust damage. They have an actual tool supplied for this. Any holes on or near suspension locating body parts, strut mount tops is a fail, heavy rust is an advisory. The rusted parts that go on the legnum strut tops are usually on the joins on the inner wing to strut part, if they can push their mot pokey stick through the rust then it's a fail. and will require welding.

So what your saying is if you cant put a screw driver through it then its a pass?

[Louis]

as far as I am aware yes, If they scrape at the bubbled paint and see perforation, i.e. small holes, then they can fail it. If it is badly rusted but no perforation then it's an advisory.

A lot of VR4's have this prob due to age and the 3 seam thing, but if it is caught in time it can be treated, if it is rusting through from below, by the time you see the bubbled paint and rust it is too late. Just depends how bad it is.

[Humpty's Revenge]

Just to let you guys know on the law of rust around structural areas is, if there is rust & it goes through to a hole within 12"inches of any structural areas that is a fail & yes there is a tool they use for checking:-http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Corrosi...d-Sealey-H1MOT great little tool it is too.