[petet16]

Thanks for the heads up on that, I've been using the set up for 3+ years and it is still as good as the day it was fitted, Rob and Si went to a lot of trouble to spec the parts of the kit to be as durable and robust as the oe items.

One of the problems of buying used gear is knowing if it was fitted properly in the first place, and also if it is still as originally manufactured, as an example your mention of the mounting plates being warped suggests to me that someone fitted them with washers between the upright and mounting bracket, this was one of the things which Rob mentioned specifically not to do.