History of RK55WTZ please? plus big hello from new guy!

[dave3141]

Would first like to say hello!





Second, anyone know the history of the above trophy?

cheers!

 

[hoolio]

Hi there.
Do you know the number?

 

[dave3141]

Yes, just found a thread on here. It is number 52 , strike's old car.

Shame about losing it after only a week.

 

[hoolio]

That was a long time ago, how come you're trying to find out more now? If that's not being too nosey.

 

[dave3141]

Looking to buy the car, the current owners say it had light frontal damage.

 

[hoolio]

Ah, well you read the thread. How much is it going for? Have you tried allvehicles He has sold a good many and he has a couple available at the moment.

www.allvehicles.co.uk

Good luck

 

[dave3141]

The car is going for alot cheaper than those prices, looking to spend no more than 8k.

Just trying to figure out if it had any chassis damage, or it was just a straight forward repair, apart from the dampers.

 

[hoolio]

Tricky one, it looks as if they wrote off a week old £15k car, dampers £3k, wheels etc £1.5-£2k then labour, think may have been more damage than "slight frontal" could be wrong, hopefully someone on here will know better.

 

[OliS]

Welcome to the forum!

Other than looking at the car and seeing how it drives, is there any other way of checking how straight this car is?

 

[dave3141]

The current owners are a renault specalist breakers, and they are pretty shit hot at repairing chassis damage, so there may be no indication of any bent bits.

I currently have a 172 ph2 on H+R coilovers, so I am guessing if it is ok, it should be on par with what i have now.

 

[FunkyMunky]

welcome to the site Dave.... have you had a drive of a Trophy that you know has had no damage? i know no two cars drive the same but it'd definitely be worth taking this one on an extended test drive.

other than getting the car on a ramp and having a look underneath it i'm not sure what else you can check either.... being specialist Renault breakers i'd be more encouraged that they know what they are doing though

 

[g40steve]

Save your money Dave until you get at least 10 or 11K.

You will be buying 'long term' trouble.

You used this forum to find history & 9/10 wouldn't bother with it, after seeing the post.

The car is all about the handling so why by a written off one.

Wait, it will be worth it (tup)

 

[dave3141]

true, I have pretty much made my mind up. But paid for a days insurance already, so still going for a test drive, just for the recaros.

 

[Cue]

my experience of cars that have major repair work of any nature is that they are cheaper to buy but more expensive to run and sell for less. I'd stay clear.

 

[oliie]

£8k for a Trophy is a false sense of economy. Insurance companies know what they are doing so if they have not bothered to repair it...

 

[duffer987]

Its simply a case of trying to stretch farther/further than your finances say you should. If you can't or don't want to spend the going rate than wait till the cars come down to your financial level or you rise up to it's.
As others have been saying I wouldn't wanna take the risk for the sake of a few grand.

Edit: Oops, pardon my poor manners, welcome to the forum