@@vp5 I dont know whether you're more upset by his haircut or the possibility of it being a ringer. On the contrary, I reckon he would fess up if it turned out to be a dud. He doesnt seem to do bull. V straight up.
you think this is bad, try owning a car made by GM, I was on a first name basis with my mechanic for years, and at the very least at the end of this he gets a supercar out of it, me it was a pile of junk and a trip to the dealership of a different brand
That was very entertaining, can't wait to see the car again! Out of curiosity, have you matched all the VIN numbers from the various locations on the car? I assume there are areas in the car where the VIN has been stamped that should match the VIN plate behind the windshield.
Surely then 6thGear would be able to explain why the clips holding the engine wiring to the shell have been sprayed to match the bodywork? No offence, but you seem to be trying to convince yourself, more than anyone else, that the car is kosher. As for “no-one would repair a badly rolled Lambo”, that’s a tad on the naive side, that’s *exactly* the sort of thing that goes on, all the time. The only thing that will really confirm the veracity of the car is whether all 3 VIN are in place and there’s no signs of them being tampered with....
My thoughts exactly. Those cable clips would be fitted after the body was painted and would never have been blue from the factory. The red paint under the bracket looks to be gloss, not matt as you would expect an undercoat/primer to be. No one, never mind Lamborghini would use gloss paint as an undercoat. I notice the rear bulkhead in front of the engine behind the aluminium heat shield looks like it is red too. Why would that be? In addition, the red on the front chassis is also suspect. If the calipers were sprayed in situ, surely there would be overspray and not individual runs? Also at 13.20 you can see the chassis topcoat at the front drive shaft has been worn away with road grime, spray etc and it shows the primer underneath as grey/beige as you would expect. Could the car have had a heavy rear end shunt early in its life that was not claimed on the insurance and therefore not showing on the check you did? The bodyshop should be able to explain why things things are the way they are. If it was me I'd be lifting carpets, boot liners wheel splash guards etc and lightly scratching the top coat of paint to see what the colour is underneath. I'll wager grey/beige at the front and red at the rear. Why that might be is anybody's guess but you have to ask yourself why did the dealer take such a multi £1000 hit when selling this car to you? Is it possible he discovered something that made him want to get rid at any cost?
The dealer is a stand up guy, and was vouched for by people I know. When the car gets painted we will have it investigated to find out the truth to this mad mystery
That red at the front looks like where brake fluid has taken the blue paint off to me.. There's nothing illegal about a car that's had parts off another car welded to it and if done correctly is safe it so hopefully that's all this is
*As Emperor Palpatine: Only now, at the end, do you understand. Your feeble supercar buying skills are no match for the power of how much they cost to bloody maintain!
I restore classic motorcycles and often make bushes, grommets, mounts etc. because parts are not available. It's actually fairly easy to do but you do need to know a bit of material science to understand what you're looking. 🙂
It would be interesting to purchase a paint thickness device and work out what areas of the car are likely to have the extra thickness of red paint underneath (assuming it's not primer obviously). This would paint (pun intended) a larger picture of what areas have been resprayed due to accident damage.
Used to see it regular on the car transporter, as i live near elvington airfield, the damage will have been like you say, the odd cone and unloading off the transporter, used to call in to see the cars lap, they were treated hard but you know that ! i'm guessing it never had an mot for a number of years?
Assuming a home haircut as English hairdressers didn't open until after this was filmed. Unless got done in Wales, they opened a few weeks back. I'm not brave enough to attempt cutting mine, hopefully this week get the first cut for about four months!
With the airbox damage, I've seen on RUclips (and done this myself frankly) mechanics use them to kinda crawl partway on top of the motor to get to some of the less reach-able areas at the front of the engine bay on a coupe (Roadster's rear clam is a bit friendlier). If you didn't use a pad to spread your weight and you were a little to thicc of a boi, you would definitely risk denting the airbox covers with your knees. I think one of Hoovie's Gallardo videos is where I saw it and managed to replicate without damaging anything to get to some impossible fuel fitting.
The arms look fantastic. I've known of brand new cars being sold to customers from a certain executive german brand, being filled and painted after sustaining damage in the dealership's car park. Some dodgy stuff happens at dealerships that the customer will mostly never know about
@@JayEmmOnCars at Teesside where they unload the Renaults they actually have a body shop on site just to repair brand new cars that are damaged while being moved from the ship.....those 4 miles on your brand new car.....most of them were done freezing cold bouncing off the rev limiter.
Good effort for staying committed to the repair! Certainly starts to add up and I can say that on much cheaper cars I’ve worked on over the years that seem “cheap” at the time of purchase 😅 Look forward to seeing how it turns out 👍
Fascinating detective work and it will be really interesting to find the answer. I visited Lamborghini back in 2005 and was given a tour of the works. I was told that the Gallardo shells came pre-painted from Austria IIRC and I distinctly remember going behind the factory and seeing this big stack of crates with soft sided coverings each containing a Gallardo shell. A number of them had the sides removed and you would see all these bright shells that looked like candy.
Keep going with the great / regular updates Jay. Really look forward to watching each new video with a beer to unwind. With Covid Groundhog Day still in full effect its a highlight of the day. And yes, I would get out more but, er, pandemic etc.
Hope you get the car back to its former glory. Beautiful future classics are Gallardo's, shame about the previous owners could of taken better care but atleast it's a straight car with no twisted chassis, hopefully you can get to enjoy it this year and enjoy supercar ownership 👍
I feel like it should be unecassery to send your suspension parts to Slovenia to get them rebuilt. You would think there would be a UK company that could do this. I guess not though.
I'd have thought SOMEBODY in the uk could have made them. I recently bought a custom made lightweight chrome molly flywheel for an audi RR Engined ur quattro from a UK fabrication company.
That’s definitely a good point.....I personally think something sketchy went on when the experience day people had it to keep insurance premiums down......all because a company has insurance in no way means they want to use it every time they could use it because their premiums would go through the roof!!
The first RHD Miura at the '67 London motor show was blue. Thomas Cook bought it, but wanted it red, so it returned to the factory to be refinished. I doubt this happened to a mass produced Gallardo, but it shows they were once prepared to do such things.
Hi, Are you sure a replacement rear chassis has not been used, its not too hard to do, you can get them on ebay for £5 k Check the arm mounting points, are they modified or replaced to suit the later arm mountings, a later rear chasis may already have the correct mounts, they are not the same.. May also explain why your rear wing is missing its internal parts as they get destroyed if car is rear ended, the bits are expensive.
Are you from GB? You are 100x worst thieves then we are, ex-colonial wanna be someone, glad to see you out of EU. He will see this parts again 10000000%.
@@kalinicd I don't think its anything to do with Slovenia, I think its more to do with sending a few £1000 worth of Lamborghini parts over seas at the recommendation of some random guy on eBay.
You mention scratches on rear lights. Maybe polywatch could be used to sort them? It's been used a fair bit to polish scratches out of VR headset lenses.
I really love the colour of this car. Good to see you are putting all your money into the car rather than in a haircut. It is great that things get refurbed, they look great. It should be so satisfying to see them coming back looking that great.
I think your best bet for nailing the history is actually the car/supercar community itself. Someone somewhere will have that info snippet that fills in the gaps..
The previously replaced wishbones, along with the red paint and missing under trays still make me feel as if it's had some front and rear damage that was severe enough to perhaps have both front and rear subframes, and body panels replaced. As you said, if it wasn't reported to the insurance company, then there's no way of knowing. Still, it doesn't mean it's a bad car. You had it inspected, and the repairs that were done, were done well enough to keep the essentials straight. And you paid below market value, so in the end, you'll have a decent Lambo. Albeit with some curious history...
This is why one needs to be obsessed with a car. I've had my time with neurotic supermodels and their bespoke parts addictions that make a cocaine habit seem cheap and would have just torched it...
On second checking dealers, I had a 3y old G12 730Ld, sold as approved used from a BMW dealer. Told it is in top condition, no accident, with all fancy options, about 25k miles for just over 30k. Sale tried to have me transfer all money and get ready to drive away. Sound too good, right? After 5h drive, upon seeing it in person, found overspray inside all four door surrounds, scratch marks particularly on one side of front bumper and side, front bumper is slightly off to one side. Oil level too high came up in test drive and scruff marks are all over white leather around driver seat. Apparently car was sent to paint repair by the dealer but they claimed otherwise initially. For all these, they offered 200 quid off the asking price lmao.
Glued air vents could be because your engineer flagged that some air flow fairings/ guides were missing at the front of the car. This could mean too much air being forced into the cabin and always snapping the vents fully open. Solution: glue the vents shut!
Could be an acid etching primer. They are usually green and you use it on aluminum or paint won't stick, but I have seen red as well. I wouldn't dismiss it being a factory paint, Italian hand made-ish cars sometimes have odd things, maybe the standard green etching primer ran out and the only thing they could get was Ferrari seconds, hence red....
A comment on the sponsor carvertical, I checked my car (via VIN), the report duplicated the MOT comments, but only listed 1 plate change when it has had 8 plate changes, so it's incomplete. I'll go with an another car history checker in future.
I had a car written off and I bought it back off the insurance company, the DVLA should have marked it as having been written off but they never did, it went unrecorded, so you can't always be 100% sure unfortunately....
@@paul1978g Yes quite, I sold mine to a small local garage and made it quite clear to them, but I could easily have kept my mouth shut. Whether they informed the person they sold it on to is a different matter entirely!
Happened to a mate of mine, he left his car in to get fixed, told the garage he was going away for a month. He came back to collect and they had his car sitting in the showroom with a big sold sign on it. They had taken his V5 out of the glovebox and forged his signature. They claimed they had sold it to claim what he owed them even though he told them he was going away for a month. Police didn't seem interested and said it was a civil matter.
AS interesting as this video was JayEmm...don't feel the need to answer to any haters! However, if you're ever heading to South Wales and feel like doing the A4069 (2miles from my house, The "black mountain pass") ... the famous Top gear filming road, please let me know, would be please to meet up with you and meet you in person. ATB! Over the years I have bumped into a Tiff Nedell, VBH and Johnny Smith there, and would be great to see you there at some point! Bring the S2k! Keep on trucking fella! And if LMM was with you, that'd also be great!
I wonder if possibly it was resprayed red and then at some point a later owner wanted the original factory colour so had it painted a again back to standard colour
Maybe it’s red underneath when the dodgey shops where taking the engine out and took some paint of and covered it up in the only paint they had which was red maybe
The red paint (assuming it's not red oxide primer) is the killer here. This could well have been shunted & reshelled/significantly repaired, maybe even sent abroad to eastern Europe & repaired using (maybe unknown) stolen parts/donor car. Insurance records/car check are near useless & 6th gear owning it doesn't count for much IMO, unless there is good independent evidence that this car was consistently part of their experience fleet for all those years?
That red looks like red oxide but that wouldn’t make any sense on aluminium. By chance is it near any welds at all as that may be a path to investigate? Still, got a good few vids out of it so far and hopefully plenty yet to come!
@@JayEmmOnCars he also.had a 458 with over a 100k on it aswell I think. I remember when he first got the murcie , I seen him on the m62 stuck in a huge traffic jam. Back.then it was like seeing a spaceship.
@@JayEmmOnCars so.is Simon George the guy heading 6th gear? I wonder what happened to the 458? And the murcie story would make a great video, it had 270k on it back in 2017. I think the idea was have the highest mile murcie ever and maybe get some acknowledgement from St.agata.
Did blue ones come with the option of red callipers from the factory? Still possible they crunched the original blue car, but transferred all the parts to a red shell and swapped the VIN plate. I assume they must have multiple stamps across the chassis though?
I definitely think it’s factory paint as you said the blue is everywhere and that would only be done at Lamborghini. Have you looked at the body colour inside like behind the dash or glovebox. If it’s blue then it’s factory. Unlike aftermarket spray shops would paint inside the car
The car does look to of had a lot of donor parts off other cars Online history is great if any incidents went through insurance , any repair work just done you cannot trace , but as you can see there has been a lot of transfer that is not standard, Legitimate all wishbone transfer as you noticed from dealer would be very costly, make your own mind up what might be the history
Not sure if 100% reliable but most painted parts made by manufacturers such as VW etc not only have a part number on but also have date and paint code either as part of part no or separate. If take off a painted part such as wing or spoiler this should show that number. Would be interesting if part number has same year as car and what colour code is on. The red you show in pictures does not look like an undercoat more top coat painted over. Maybe painted parts of car have been replaced and then painted blue?
I reckon it was supposed to be red but was changed to blue from factory last minute as you say.. You say you're unsure if they'd do that, however it is still a VW after all..
It's had a colourful life for sure (excuse the pun). Whilst you might dismiss the lengths people would go to (or where you think they would stop) when rescuing a damaged car of value, you'd be amazed at how far some will go. Possibly hence red paint in strange places. I do hope you get right to the bottom of it all. In the 90's I witnessed some very creative repair shops, you would need DNA to work out what the car was.....and yet several months later it would be a complete car again and up for sale.
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This is beginning to sound like a very good 'VinWiki' story.
Not sure if Jay is a shrewd negotiator
@@danielrobinson2861 I think he knows what hes doing. Hes sought advice from the right places. These vids are just a bit of drama for the storyline.
@Richard HarroldIts going to be interesting to see. I wish him all the best.
If its only the rear wing near the engine, could it just have been replaced with a resprayed red wing panel on the cheap?
@@vp5 I dont know whether you're more upset by his haircut or the possibility of it being a ringer.
On the contrary, I reckon he would fess up if it turned out to be a dud. He doesnt seem to do bull. V straight up.
The colour is correct to the vin plate. Did the vin plate start out on that shell.
So it begins. The curse of this Lambo continues now draining yet another wallet. Good luck.
I loved his man maths, he bought a lemon lol
@@strictlyyoutube6881 but thank fuck he got a hair cut.
you think this is bad, try owning a car made by GM, I was on a first name basis with my mechanic for years, and at the very least at the end of this he gets a supercar out of it, me it was a pile of junk and a trip to the dealership of a different brand
@@kavinskysmith4094 I owned european car made by GM, apart from some rust it was invincible.
@@8draco8 oh you mean an opel, yeah they imported some of those to the US, not knocking GM europe, but america, MY GOD IN HIMIL!
I really did not expect Slovenia to be mentioned in a video about a Lambo! Nice, I hope they do a good job for you😉
(I'm a Slovene)
Well we are making some parts for the lambos so...
And they look amazing too. Wonder if they do control arms for a Porsche Boxster 986?
@@danwilliamson1991 Their website has a whole raft of cars www.vps-eu.com/shop and they also do custom work, so the answer is likely yes...
Alas they don't do Porsche parts but someone will.
Before you rush off and buy a rear light I may be able to fix the one you have 🙌
This video contains one of the best placements I've seen on yt. Very well judged
Thanks - I try!
And thankfully no intrusive ads every 5 mins. But I get that a guys gotta pay the bills.
To quote Top Gear, "You can buy a cheap supercar, but should you?"
We all know the correct answer to this.
The distance Jeremy's big end went is really all you need to know
That was very entertaining, can't wait to see the car again! Out of curiosity, have you matched all the VIN numbers from the various locations on the car? I assume there are areas in the car where the VIN has been stamped that should match the VIN plate behind the windshield.
Surely then 6thGear would be able to explain why the clips holding the engine wiring to the shell have been sprayed to match the bodywork?
No offence, but you seem to be trying to convince yourself, more than anyone else, that the car is kosher.
As for “no-one would repair a badly rolled Lambo”, that’s a tad on the naive side, that’s *exactly* the sort of thing that goes on, all the time.
The only thing that will really confirm the veracity of the car is whether all 3 VIN are in place and there’s no signs of them being tampered with....
My thoughts exactly. Those cable clips would be fitted after the body was painted and would never have been blue from the factory.
The red paint under the bracket looks to be gloss, not matt as you would expect an undercoat/primer to be. No one, never mind Lamborghini would use gloss paint as an undercoat. I notice the rear bulkhead in front of the engine behind the aluminium heat shield looks like it is red too. Why would that be?
In addition, the red on the front chassis is also suspect. If the calipers were sprayed in situ, surely there would be overspray and not individual runs?
Also at 13.20 you can see the chassis topcoat at the front drive shaft has been worn away with road grime, spray etc and it shows the primer underneath as grey/beige as you would expect. Could the car have had a heavy rear end shunt early in its life that was not claimed on the insurance and therefore not showing on the check you did?
The bodyshop should be able to explain why things things are the way they are. If it was me I'd be lifting carpets, boot liners wheel splash guards etc and lightly scratching the top coat of paint to see what the colour is underneath. I'll wager grey/beige at the front and red at the rear.
Why that might be is anybody's guess but you have to ask yourself why did the dealer take such a multi £1000 hit when selling this car to you? Is it possible he discovered something that made him want to get rid at any cost?
The dealer is a stand up guy, and was vouched for by people I know. When the car gets painted we will have it investigated to find out the truth to this mad mystery
That red at the front looks like where brake fluid has taken the blue paint off to me..
There's nothing illegal about a car that's had parts off another car welded to it and if done correctly is safe it so hopefully that's all this is
@@geek9642 That depends a) where the parts came from, b) the quality of the repair, and c) whether the repairs were disclosed
The workmanship on those suspension arms is top notch!
*As Emperor Palpatine: Only now, at the end, do you understand. Your feeble supercar buying skills are no match for the power of how much they cost to bloody maintain!
I restore classic motorcycles and often make bushes, grommets, mounts etc. because parts are not available. It's actually fairly easy to do but you do need to know a bit of material science to understand what you're looking. 🙂
Those arms look like a great job
It would be interesting to purchase a paint thickness device and work out what areas of the car are likely to have the extra thickness of red paint underneath (assuming it's not primer obviously).
This would paint (pun intended) a larger picture of what areas have been resprayed due to accident damage.
Is all the red paint in the engine bay? Is it possible its had an engine fire at some point and the whole bay was repainted using a red primer?
That was my first thought.
Yes Yes Yes! Cassiopea wheels are definitely the way to go!
Used to see it regular on the car transporter, as i live near elvington airfield, the damage will have been like you say, the odd cone and unloading off the transporter, used to call in to see the cars lap, they were treated hard but you know that ! i'm guessing it never had an mot for a number of years?
Is that you? You look 10 years younger with a hair cut.
Assuming a home haircut as English hairdressers didn't open until after this was filmed. Unless got done in Wales, they opened a few weeks back. I'm not brave enough to attempt cutting mine, hopefully this week get the first cut for about four months!
Cheeky diet and he’s gonna look like stone cold Steve Austin with a syrup on his head
@@sparky4878 Basically he's not as fat. Also clickbait. Spoiler alert, he is still a fat fcuk!
Just needs a diet now
I MISS THE LONGER, SHAGGY HAIRED JAYEMM!!! hahahaha was loving the retro look you had going on mate!
With the airbox damage, I've seen on RUclips (and done this myself frankly) mechanics use them to kinda crawl partway on top of the motor to get to some of the less reach-able areas at the front of the engine bay on a coupe (Roadster's rear clam is a bit friendlier). If you didn't use a pad to spread your weight and you were a little to thicc of a boi, you would definitely risk denting the airbox covers with your knees. I think one of Hoovie's Gallardo videos is where I saw it and managed to replicate without damaging anything to get to some impossible fuel fitting.
10 years younger in 10 days. Bravo for your new look👏👏👏 Great video .
Really enjoying following this story as it unfolds. The red paint is a mystery... a colourful history indeed!
The arms look fantastic. I've known of brand new cars being sold to customers from a certain executive german brand, being filled and painted after sustaining damage in the dealership's car park. Some dodgy stuff happens at dealerships that the customer will mostly never know about
All brands have been known to repair cars when they are still "new"
@@JayEmmOnCars at Teesside where they unload the Renaults they actually have a body shop on site just to repair brand new cars that are damaged while being moved from the ship.....those 4 miles on your brand new car.....most of them were done freezing cold bouncing off the rev limiter.
This red paint has certainly given you more opportunities for more vids . Seems like a silver lining 😎
It does!
More like a red lining...
There’s a Bentley RT on youtube where the first owner changed the colour even before they took delivery.
Good effort for staying committed to the repair! Certainly starts to add up and I can say that on much cheaper cars I’ve worked on over the years that seem “cheap” at the time of purchase 😅
Look forward to seeing how it turns out 👍
Very interesting. James, your videos just keep getting better and better. Nice work!
Fascinating detective work and it will be really interesting to find the answer. I visited Lamborghini back in 2005 and was given a tour of the works. I was told that the Gallardo shells came pre-painted from Austria IIRC and I distinctly remember going behind the factory and seeing this big stack of crates with soft sided coverings each containing a Gallardo shell. A number of them had the sides removed and you would see all these bright shells that looked like candy.
Interesting as always. See that Gino from "It's a Snip" has worked his magic. ☮️
Congrats for the gear lever and the Slovenes suspension arms👍
Wahey! Haircut is in I’m bloody jealous mate still got my mop 🤣😂
Keep going with the great / regular updates Jay. Really look forward to watching each new video with a beer to unwind. With Covid Groundhog Day still in full effect its a highlight of the day. And yes, I would get out more but, er, pandemic etc.
Hope you get the car back to its former glory. Beautiful future classics are Gallardo's, shame about the previous owners could of taken better care but atleast it's a straight car with no twisted chassis, hopefully you can get to enjoy it this year and enjoy supercar ownership 👍
I feel like it should be unecassery to send your suspension parts to Slovenia to get them rebuilt. You would think there would be a UK company that could do this. I guess not though.
I'd have thought SOMEBODY in the uk could have made them.
I recently bought a custom made lightweight chrome molly flywheel for an audi RR Engined ur quattro from a UK fabrication company.
You can follow ownership ALMOST back to brand- new? That seems to be the most critical part of her history.
That’s definitely a good point.....I personally think something sketchy went on when the experience day people had it to keep insurance premiums down......all because a company has insurance in no way means they want to use it every time they could use it because their premiums would go through the roof!!
Love your Lambo videos James. I have followed the story of Simons Lambo in Evo since the beginning.
The first RHD Miura at the '67 London motor show was blue. Thomas Cook bought it, but wanted it red, so it returned to the factory to be refinished. I doubt this happened to a mass produced Gallardo, but it shows they were once prepared to do such things.
Ooop, haircut! (Sorry, couldn’t resist 😂)
Air boxes are damaged from someone putting their knees and hence body weight on them to lean over the engine and work on it....
Hi, Are you sure a replacement rear chassis has not been used, its not too hard to do, you can get them on ebay for £5 k Check the arm mounting points, are they modified or replaced to suit the later arm mountings, a later rear chasis may already have the correct mounts, they are not the same.. May also explain why your rear wing is missing its internal parts as they get destroyed if car is rear ended, the bits are expensive.
~~ I like the clip of the Lexus SC 430 in the thumbnail...
~~ Lowered on coilovers with wider wheels and a muffler delete, it's a V8 monster...
Despite you being in the UK, my head went straight to CNC Motors.
funny you say that: the next video I have lined up after this one is "The wheel just fell of my Ferrari"/My CNC Motors story Pt3
@@adeyf7842 I saw that one yesterday. CNC really screwed that guy over.
Send parts to a bloke, then got told he can’t do them, and he introduce you to some company in Slovenia.
Emmmm. Hope you will see those parts again.
why wouldnt he?
Are you from GB? You are 100x worst thieves then we are, ex-colonial wanna be someone, glad to see you out of EU. He will see this parts again 10000000%.
@@kalinicd lol, triggered much?
@@kalinicd I don't think its anything to do with Slovenia, I think its more to do with sending a few £1000 worth of Lamborghini parts over seas at the recommendation of some random guy on eBay.
@@kalinicd I feel like this is a personal issue
You mention scratches on rear lights. Maybe polywatch could be used to sort them? It's been used a fair bit to polish scratches out of VR headset lenses.
I really love the colour of this car.
Good to see you are putting all your money into the car rather than in a haircut.
It is great that things get refurbed, they look great. It should be so satisfying to see them coming back looking that great.
I think your best bet for nailing the history is actually the car/supercar community itself. Someone somewhere will have that info snippet that fills in the gaps..
Happy hair cut 😊 I so want to know the history of this car now. Keep us posted.
How many miles were on the car ?
The previously replaced wishbones, along with the red paint and missing under trays still make me feel as if it's had some front and rear damage that was severe enough to perhaps have both front and rear subframes, and body panels replaced. As you said, if it wasn't reported to the insurance company, then there's no way of knowing. Still, it doesn't mean it's a bad car. You had it inspected, and the repairs that were done, were done well enough to keep the essentials straight. And you paid below market value, so in the end, you'll have a decent Lambo. Albeit with some curious history...
Looking forward to seeing how this 'project' comes together
This is why one needs to be obsessed with a car. I've had my time with neurotic supermodels and their bespoke parts addictions that make a cocaine habit seem cheap and would have just torched it...
You look 10 years younger here, you look really well 👍
Can't wait to see you out in the Gallardo! Excited 😆
Aluminium may not rust, but it certainly can corrode so using an etch primer/anti corrosion is a must
Use Vcheck - Also see salvage and auctions which is how 99% of ppl get around HPI insurance shite.
Knowing Lamborghini it is likely to be a cancelled order that got resprayed a different colour for a new order. I've heard that happened before.
white powder coat looks very very nice 👌🏻
On second checking dealers, I had a 3y old G12 730Ld, sold as approved used from a BMW dealer. Told it is in top condition, no accident, with all fancy options, about 25k miles for just over 30k. Sale tried to have me transfer all money and get ready to drive away.
Sound too good, right?
After 5h drive, upon seeing it in person, found overspray inside all four door surrounds, scratch marks particularly on one side of front bumper and side, front bumper is slightly off to one side. Oil level too high came up in test drive and scruff marks are all over white leather around driver seat.
Apparently car was sent to paint repair by the dealer but they claimed otherwise initially.
For all these, they offered 200 quid off the asking price lmao.
Glued air vents could be because your engineer flagged that some air flow fairings/ guides were missing at the front of the car. This could mean too much air being forced into the cabin and always snapping the vents fully open. Solution: glue the vents shut!
Could be an acid etching primer. They are usually green and you use it on aluminum or paint won't stick, but I have seen red as well.
I wouldn't dismiss it being a factory paint, Italian hand made-ish cars sometimes have odd things, maybe the standard green etching primer ran out and the only thing they could get was Ferrari seconds, hence red....
A comment on the sponsor carvertical, I checked my car (via VIN), the report duplicated the MOT comments, but only listed 1 plate change when it has had 8 plate changes, so it's incomplete. I'll go with an another car history checker in future.
I had a car written off and I bought it back off the insurance company, the DVLA should have marked it as having been written off but they never did, it went unrecorded, so you can't always be 100% sure unfortunately....
Absolutely. The whole system only works if the person carrying out the repair is honest and tells anyone it's been done.
@@paul1978g Yes quite, I sold mine to a small local garage and made it quite clear to them, but I could easily have kept my mouth shut. Whether they informed the person they sold it on to is a different matter entirely!
You uploaded/released this video early. Does it mean you already have your car back?
No but the car is coming back in the next two weeks and I didn't want to have too many Lambo videos together
Thanks J, nice update!
Can you share the name of the company that did the refurbishing? Thanks
Engine out damage maybe and the bodyshop used red primer?
Have you scratched below the red to see a beige primer?
This is the theory I have. When it goes to my bodyshop I will have half the car resprayed so we will then find out how much red there really is
Happy new haircut 😎.
Aren’t the ball joints and bushings a standard VaG part number?!?! R8 parts are fairly readily available
excellent video, hearing these stories is what I love most about RUclips....
Happened to a mate of mine, he left his car in to get fixed, told the garage he was going away for a month. He came back to collect and they had his car sitting in the showroom with a big sold sign on it. They had taken his V5 out of the glovebox and forged his signature. They claimed they had sold it to claim what he owed them even though he told them he was going away for a month. Police didn't seem interested and said it was a civil matter.
So what happened then
Wait... you've got to replace the suspension arms when the ball-joints go? That's INSANE!
Also true on Skodas like my Octavia. Might be a VAG thing.
Two thousand pounds for control arm bushings and ball joints. You have to R&R the arms, plus ship them to Slovenia and back. Totally reasonable.
Does it drive straight let's hope the chassis is not twisted does it have strange tyre wear
AS interesting as this video was JayEmm...don't feel the need to answer to any haters! However, if you're ever heading to South Wales and feel like doing the A4069 (2miles from my house, The "black mountain pass") ... the famous Top gear filming road, please let me know, would be please to meet up with you and meet you in person. ATB! Over the years I have bumped into a Tiff Nedell, VBH and Johnny Smith there, and would be great to see you there at some point! Bring the S2k!
Keep on trucking fella! And if LMM was with you, that'd also be great!
Does this CarVertical site also work with cars delivered in the United States?
I wonder if possibly it was resprayed red and then at some point a later owner wanted the original factory colour so had it painted a again back to standard colour
Stolen?! No? Phew! Glad that you're getting it back soon. 👍
What’s the actual colour shade name underneath then image search that with gallardo and it may come up
Carvertical appear to be working with a number of automotive RUclipsrs at the moment.
It's always the way with these companies- the funny thing is I tend to have no idea until after I have shot my piece
Maybe it’s red underneath when the dodgey shops where taking the engine out and took some paint of and covered it up in the only paint they had which was red maybe
Have you broken through the red paint Jay?
The red paint (assuming it's not red oxide primer) is the killer here. This could well have been shunted & reshelled/significantly repaired, maybe even sent abroad to eastern Europe & repaired using (maybe unknown) stolen parts/donor car. Insurance records/car check are near useless & 6th gear owning it doesn't count for much IMO, unless there is good independent evidence that this car was consistently part of their experience fleet for all those years?
Newish subscriber here..Brilliant content mate, thank you.
Very kind, thankyou
The refurbed arms look great. I hope they used good components. I agree on the wheels, the original ones will be better.
China's finest 😆
I prefer the ones it had woth the recessed center
This Lamborghini has given him a nervous twitch !!!
That red looks like red oxide but that wouldn’t make any sense on aluminium. By chance is it near any welds at all as that may be a path to investigate?
Still, got a good few vids out of it so far and hopefully plenty yet to come!
The murci you mention with 250k miles etc is the owner the same guy that owns 6th gear experience?
It was the owner of evo magazine in the UK. It was bright orange. You'll probably find online
Simon George was the guy's name. Harry Metcalfe had evo
@@JayEmmOnCars he also.had a 458 with over a 100k on it aswell I think. I remember when he first got the murcie , I seen him on the m62 stuck in a huge traffic jam. Back.then it was like seeing a spaceship.
@@JayEmmOnCars so.is Simon George the guy heading 6th gear? I wonder what happened to the 458? And the murcie story would make a great video, it had 270k on it back in 2017. I think the idea was have the highest mile murcie ever and maybe get some acknowledgement from St.agata.
That product placement was as smooth as Mr Ed Bolian himself...
Did blue ones come with the option of red callipers from the factory?
Still possible they crunched the original blue car, but transferred all the parts to a red shell and swapped the VIN plate. I assume they must have multiple stamps across the chassis though?
I definitely think it’s factory paint as you said the blue is everywhere and that would only be done at Lamborghini. Have you looked at the body colour inside like behind the dash or glovebox. If it’s blue then it’s factory. Unlike aftermarket spray shops would paint inside the car
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Michelin Pilot Sport 4S is a very good tire! But... whether they have Lamborghini approvals ???
Are adjustable aftermarket arms available with spherical bearings?
Wicked! Great update. 😎👍🏻
I recognise that colour. This is a replica build around my old Ford Fiero ;)
The car does look to of had a lot of donor parts off other cars
Online history is great if any incidents went through insurance , any repair work just done you cannot trace , but as you can see there has been a lot of transfer that is not standard,
Legitimate all wishbone transfer as you noticed from dealer would be very costly, make your own mind up what might be the history
Not sure if 100% reliable but most painted parts made by manufacturers such as VW etc not only have a part number on but also have date and paint code either as part of part no or separate. If take off a painted part such as wing or spoiler this should show that number. Would be interesting if part number has same year as car and what colour code is on. The red you show in pictures does not look like an undercoat more top coat painted over. Maybe painted parts of car have been replaced and then painted blue?
I reckon it was supposed to be red but was changed to blue from factory last minute as you say.. You say you're unsure if they'd do that, however it is still a VW after all..
It's had a colourful life for sure (excuse the pun). Whilst you might dismiss the lengths people would go to (or where you think they would stop) when rescuing a damaged car of value, you'd be amazed at how far some will go. Possibly hence red paint in strange places. I do hope you get right to the bottom of it all.
In the 90's I witnessed some very creative repair shops, you would need DNA to work out what the car was.....and yet several months later it would be a complete car again and up for sale.
My theory is also that this car was originally painted red at the factory, then repainted blue for a special order.