I was originally going to order both the damper and the perf kit together from Fanatec - but a forumite has kindly sold me a damper at a good price last night, so ordering the damper kit (I'm assuming the fanatec postage will still be a bit 'stiff') might need to wait a while. I'll definitely get it tho, as the bumpers currently in my pedal look a bit 'jaded'...
Ta for info though - it's curious. The pedal is *much* better after it's service, though so clearly regular TLC is going to be the order of the day. Technical vaseline FTW ! ahem.