So i went to get the alignment sorted to address the "pulls to the left" and outer tyre wear issue. The guy had a look and said , may need to get you to replace the outer tie rod first, adjuster looks pretty rusted up. He asked one of the other mechanics to have a look and he grabbed the adjuster and said - ye, that shouldn't wobble like that. It had a LOT of movement on the inner tie rod. He said probably best not to carry on driving it.
So i've just ordered inner and outer tie rods for both sides, centre link, idler arm and adjuster sleeves from rockauto (probably may not need centre link and idler arm, but whilst it's all apart, may as well change it all out at once, plus with the cost of extra shipping getting it later, may as well bundle it into 1.)
Also got a centre link for the 2nd gen and also managed to break the system - shipping was going to be £90, and i thought i should add an intake gasket set from fel pro, as it wouldn't add any extra shipping cost due to the size and weight, and it actually brought the shipping down to £75
the kit was £15 so kind of got a free intake kit. So that was weird, but won't argue with it. Debating whether to drive the car any longer until changing out the tie rods. It's been driving like this for over a year...
Aren't you supposed to get money during birthday month? Oh ye and then i'll still need to pay £30 - £40 for the alignment on the weekend once it's installed. 