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Old 21st March 2017, 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by awolfinsheepsclothes View Post
The recon route worries me as i can't see what I'm getting for my money and i have to take somebody else word (i have a friend who recons boxes and I've seen what he does, just fixes the problem with second hand parts and sprays them silver).
Mackies do a full strip-down and refurbish (see photos in this thread), backed by a 3 year warranty (100,000 miles too, I think). It's evident when you visit their workshop (which they like to invite customers to take a tour of) that it's a rebuild production line not just a repair shop.
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