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race.it
Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Hopefully at a race track.
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I am hopefully going to pick up my d3 tomorrow, been told this is delayed due to them having issues with bolts in arms.
Is it normal for a 5 year old vehicle to have these bushes replaced?
What else should i look for when they have done this, can anything be broken, damaged when this is done?
Thanks in advance
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Ent
Member Since: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Gt Eccleston
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I had my bushes done 3 times in 100k so it's not uncommon. As long as they are doing them properly then all should be  . Hope you enjoy it  Club Exped trailer
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| Thu Oct 27 2011 6:36pm |
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cdsymons
Member Since: 12 Oct 2009
Location: Oldham
Posts: 646
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Just had mine done at 5.5 yrs and 60k miles, drives like a new car now Proud owner of a true 'One in a Million' Discovery!
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| Thu Oct 27 2011 7:21pm |
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uktivo
Member Since: 13 Oct 2011
Location: Staffs
Posts: 139
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Just picked up my 5 year old, with 34k miles on the clock and I've had my bushes done today..
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| Thu Oct 27 2011 10:22pm |
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maplecottage
Member Since: 01 Feb 2011
Location: Cambridgeshire
Posts: 586
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race.it wrote:
Is it normal for a 5 year old vehicle to have these bushes replaced?
Yup - unfortunately so 
Welcome to the club - enjoy your ride '55 D3 HSE Java black, Alpaca interior, DVD player
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| Thu Oct 27 2011 10:35pm |
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Landy_Mad_Foreigner
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Somewhere between a rock and a hard place
Posts: 404
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Hi race.it,
I hope you've got your D3 and have many happy miles driving it......enjoy the permagrin One Wife.......Livid
BAS Remap, RLD Sumpguard Side Steps, A-Bar and LR Driving Lights - Just a start but more to come
1984 Series III SWB on the mend and getting better
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| Sat Oct 29 2011 9:45pm |
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StaticMotion
Member Since: 16 Jan 2010
Location: Has left the building
Posts: 507
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race.it wrote:I am hopefully going to pick up my d3 tomorrow, been told this is delayed due to them having issues with bolts in arms
Yeah I have to admit having bolts in your arms must be really sore and make the mechanics work very very difficult 
Sorry I simply couldn't resist, welcome to the forum and I hope you have many many great journeys in your D3
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| Sun Oct 30 2011 11:31am |
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race.it
Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Hopefully at a race track.
Posts: 350
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Thanks, got it on Friday early evening, and it was packed and ready to go to Brands hatch as a tow vehicle for the race car, it pulled the trailer and car no probs, but did notice excessive black smoke on any slight incline, so I guess the EGR valves need looking at, also realised one key fob does not seam to work  and when I got home, unloaded the car/trailer and parked up the disco, and noticed a new symbol on the dash, the one thats amber and stating my suspension is faulty, so at some time it will be back to the dealer for a snag list.
Lovely to drive though 
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| Mon Oct 31 2011 12:37am |
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Landy_Mad_Foreigner
Member Since: 26 Aug 2010
Location: Somewhere between a rock and a hard place
Posts: 404
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Now just for you to post some photos.
Welcome to the troublesome world of D3 ownership. One Wife.......Livid
BAS Remap, RLD Sumpguard Side Steps, A-Bar and LR Driving Lights - Just a start but more to come
1984 Series III SWB on the mend and getting better
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| Mon Oct 31 2011 1:59pm |
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race.it
Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Hopefully at a race track.
Posts: 350
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When i manage to see it in the daylight ill get some snaps, only seen it in the dark so far, 
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| Mon Oct 31 2011 11:03pm |
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hensoni
Member Since: 01 Oct 2007
Location: Sleepy Somerset
Posts: 534
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Don't forget, when you get all the niggles sorted out by your dealer, you'll have to learn to wash it yourself. For the first 9 months of ownership, I never washed mine as it was continually in and out of the dealers and always came back clean (on one occasion, I was so embarrassed by the state of the interior that they cleaned nicely, I took the valeting guys a big pack of biscuits...) .
It's only been washed a few times since then. Club ATR
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| Tue Nov 01 2011 10:21pm |
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race.it
Member Since: 15 Oct 2011
Location: Hopefully at a race track.
Posts: 350
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well just to update, did another 100 or so miles in it yesterday (the suspension fault light is gone, no ideas if the bulb has blown or the pixies fixed the issue overnight.)
Got a foglight kit to fit this weekend 
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| Wed Nov 02 2011 9:42am |
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