QV Fi 87 HLA12144 Full Restoration

The spare parts manual states only one type of spring for the rear suspension. In reality there are two different lengths.

Does anybody know the correct original length of the springs?
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Hi Johnny, thank you for your offer. I have already bought an euro front spoiler from Emilio.

 

Rear inside panels after repair before installation.
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Reinforcement part against the air intake cracks before welding in place.
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Some small parts from the FI system after bead blasting before plating.
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soundproofing
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Dan, I do not exactly understand what you mean with "labor rate". Do you want to know how much Czech restoration shops are charging for one hour of work or do you want to know how much the full restoration is going to cost?

 

Vic, thank you for the information. The length of the two springs on the rear suspension is not the same. Which of the two springs you were measuring?

 

On the left side the original distributor housing. On the right side the first raw casting part for the distributor remake.
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Raymond, thank you. I am interested.

 

I have three full sets of springs in my workshop. One set is NOS, the other two sets are used. The burned springs were well beyond being usable. By all sets the rear springs have different lengths and are accordingly marked. I will measure them when they are back from the powder coating.

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You are right. I have changed my mind and we have removed the soundproofing.

 

The average labor rate in the Czech Republic is indeed lower than in western Europe. This is the reason why here are located so many production plants producing components and products for all kinds of industries.

Of course from the same reason are here also many professional car restoration shops located. But the range of the skills, quality, reliability and communication ability is also very wide. I personally do not know about a local shop with Lamborghini experience.

Many of the better shops are belonging to German, Austrian or other western owners. Of course many shops tend to use value-based pricing rather than invoicing only the worked hours and the consumed materials.

If you want to perform here a cheap but high quality restoration you have probably to spend a lot of time on the restoration site and also the risk of damaging or "disappearing" of expensive parts might be a problem.

I was in the past working with many local restoration shops but even spending a lot of time checking and advising them I was almost always disappointed . This was the reason why I started with my own restoration shop...