I have never really tried it to be honest.
The gearbox isn't happy if I try to change quickly into 2nd when it's cold, you need to make a steady gear change. If that makes sense .
I use atf oil in the gearbox.
I set off in 1st gear and straight away I change into 2nd gear. I don't know what speed it is, barely much faster than walking speed. Basically I have found 1st gear is only for setting off after coming to a stand still
You can buy textured paint in a spray can to replicate plastic parts.
You could try heating them up gently with a heat gun.
Or a good quality plastic reviving gel.
Britpart 200tdi radiator will fit and has been fine on ours. You will need to reuse the original adapters where the oil cooler pipes attach to the rad, most likely.
That is actually a good idea, even better if we had some wheel nuts for steel wheels. Besides sod's law dictates 5 miles down the road we would get a puncture on the way to collect them.
Why do you have HD springs anyway unless you carry a lot of extra weight.
Son has Britpart stock rated springs, cellular dynamic shocks on the back and TF shocks on the front which are still fine over 10 years later.
Four wheels Wolf wheels fitted with 255 85 r16 tyres and a bare wheel.
Should we take a 90 or D2 to collect them, which will be the better option?
Had four steel wheels with 750x16s in the Focus once, that was a tight squeeze!