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Previous owner is talking utter bull****. I've just had a look at the wiring on mine and there's no way that's possible. Even Andre the giant wouldn't have feet long enough to kick the connectors.

The 1.6 isn't a particularly rare engine, as it was a straightforward carry over from the first generation Auris to the second generation - as were the 1.33 petrol, 1.4D4D and the 1.8 hybrid engines. The second generation Auris is just a re-worked first generation rather than all-new, and the hatchback kept the same Type Approval. Agreed that one doesn't know how the car was treated by the first owner, and this could had have a 'bearing' on clutch wear.

58k is not that small of a mileage, especially in a city. Combine that with constant traffic jams, and plenty of clutch/bearing usage, i would just call it normal wear. As mentioned before, you dont know how previous owner drove it, some people can trash the clutch in relatively short time, and the bearing takes some of the beating too. Weirdly, if you look at American videos, they change clutches at relatively low mileage compared to Europe, where some people drive the original one for the life of the car, and consider it normal.

Does sound like the thrust bearing. What you probably dont know is how was the first 26k miles managed. Was the clutch abused by someone resting their foot on it (assuming thats not how you drive). Thrust bearing wont be too much to buy, getting at it takes time, time=labour charges. What you may find when stripped down is that the clutch is heavily worn as well, so you may have to factor in a clutch change as well, and seeing you already paid strip down labour it might be a good idea at 58k to change the clutch anyway. Edit - mrpj and myself must have been typing at the same time.

It could depend on the type of mileage you do Matthew. Or even the 26k miles before you bought it. Lots of town/city driving = lots of gear changes and consequently, clutch operation.

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Wow, that looks awesome! Happy driving

Have you told your insurers you've modified your car. I expect they'd be interested if something hit you at night.

Why would anyone want to reduce the light output of their tail lights and make themselves less visible? I suspect it's a 'flag' to plod to pull them over and give the car the third degree. Maybe an MOT fail?

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***********, I havnt told my insurance. Mod edit - derogatory term deleted