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Thought I'd let everybody know that my 172 is now with a new owner! He's a top guy who I know will look after her! He got a bloody bargain and I kinda hoped that he'd not turn up:o He's to a new era!! Basically what I did was buy the car from Danny, spend nearly 2k and sell it!!! Oh...

Saw you and waved at you today;) I felt so ambaressed about the state of my car that I went home and washed it:o Can't keep being spotted in a filthy car:D

Was thinking of getting some centre caps for my Speedline 2118's and was wondering if anybody knew off the top of their head what diameter they are? I think they my well be 60mm! I'm not near the car at the moment otherwise I'd go and measure them;)

First I saw a silver 172 cup pulling out of deer park, I waved by got a confused look back, maybe somebody who thought I was some kind of nutter:D I then saw a nice Racing Blue 182 parked on church green with a pair of bucket and a aftermarket steering wheel! They're everywhere around...

After shaking off a hangover I decided to give the car a clean and take some decent pics of it with my new Speedlines fitted. I'm over my initial doubts and really love the way they look. After a brief drive I have noticed that there's not quite as much grip as with my 205 Yoko Paradas but the...

Got my new Speedlines today! Rushed home from work and popped them on as I was really keen on seeing what they looked like. After a lot of rushing around I just beat the light and got them on. They look good and I'm pleased with them. The Turini's maybe(did:( ) look a bit better IMO but hey:o...

Having sold my Turini's I'm just about to order some Speedline 2118's. I know the norm is to fit 15" versions (as on the cup racers) but I'm a little worried they may look too small! Has anybody fitted 16's and if so, are there any pics about;) I think 15's are the best bet but I was just...

I've been playing around with the ride height on my 172 for a while now and I'm still not 100% sure if the relationship between fr and rr is perfect. Having seen 'Performance French car' had an article about ride height I went and bought the mag today. Having read the article they helpfully...

Not that there's anything that wrong with it, it's not chavvy and the wheels are cool, it's just so high! It's kind of what my car would look like if I raised it by 80mm! It just made me smile:D

At work the other day I noticed a couple of traffic wardens hanging around my car so I quickly ran over, hopped in and drove off to the car park. I'd previously driven in 15 miles to work and the car was still a bit warm. On the way to the car park I noticed that the power delivery was very...

When I bought my 172 off of Danny it had been treated to some racing blue badges and dash strips and I have never been 100% sure about them. They looked a little strange and it seemed most people either loved them or hated them. They did seem to draw a lot of extra attention to the car and I was...

I was just wondering what the expected lifespan of a 172 clutch is? My car's on 76K now and as I have a bit of spare cash next month I was thinking of having it done. It still seems to bite fine albiet pretty high!

When I was checking my dads 172 out today he mentioned that his makes a funny noise which he thought was the fan coming on before start-up. I asked him to show me and when he turned the ignition on (to the point before the engine fires) there was a weired noise coming from the engine bay. I...

Please Please can sombody give me the part number for the standard Valeo clutch for the 172 ph2:D I really want to order one today and GSF have quoted me two codes, two different clutches and two different prices. They are both Valeo ones too!

I was wondering where the cheapest place to buy an OE replacement clutch was? It's a Valeo one isn't it? I've tried Euro car parts and GSF and can't find a Valeo one on there!

As I've mentioned in a previous post, my 172 idles a bit unevenly and the exhaust gasses are a bit 'chuggy' and 'spitty'. I was told be my local garage that the car is fine and there's nothing wrong with it! I was wondering if anybody else's 172 does this? :S

As a few of you know I recently bought a 172 phase two and have set about doing a few 'upgrades' to it. The first two things were the suspension and exhaust system. A few PPl wanted me to do a little review of these and I was planning on posting a few vid clips but the car is covered in 4 inches...

I'm gonna remove the K+N gen2 kit that came fitted on my car and I have a new standard airbox and filter! The only problem is that the accoustic valve it's fittings have been removed! I'm guessing that the airbox and filter will fit on but will have no 'proper' place to draw air from and will...

I have bought a replacement lamda sensor for my ph2 172 and have just discovered that the 172 has 2 lamdas!! Are they both the same part just fitted in two places or are they 2 different sensors? If they are different does anybody have the two part numbers??:D

The saga continues:S The car has stopped doing the funny rev jump thing that it did on the rubbish petrol I was using but I can't help noticing that the idle is really lumpy and rough. The needle sits at just below 1K but it's just rubbish! It's jumpy and chuggy! I have a sports cat and sports...

I got my FK coil-overs fitted last week and when setting the camber I lined the edge of the strut (the plate part with the holes in it) with the edge of the hub (if that makes any sense!). This gave me a decent guide allowed me to set them the same either side. Having set the ride height and...

As a few of you know I now own another clio:D Having sold my lovely 182 last year I missed it loads and it was only a matter of time before I bought another RS clio! When I saw Dannys balck 172 for sale I couldn't resist and I've now had it over a week. It didn't get off to a good start with...

Right, here's the story so far;) When I collected my car last week (from Dannyboy172) we knew there was a bit of a problem with the idle speed and the emmisions light was lit on the dash. Danny had popped the car down to Renault and they claimed it was a lamda problem but as I was collecting...

Hi guys, I got some coil-overs popped on yesterday and I'm trying to get the ride height set up correctly. I first set them really low and had problem with the tyres catching the on arches so raised them a little. I'm still getting a bit of rub and the zorst catches on a slopes/speed bumps a...

I'm just about to get a set of coil-overs fitted and now I've got the them in front of me I'm a little confused as to how the height adjustment works! I know that if you wind to lower spring seat down then this lowers the car, then you lock the lock-ring against it! The thing I don't understand...

Just got a good priced set of FK's through from rimstyle today and I have a bit of a fitmant question. I'm under the impression that all RS cars are 52mm bolt spacing but FK only do two sizes, I've got the smaller spacing which appears to be 54mm(the other is 58mm!) The chap at rimstyle assures...

Does anybody know where I can get a decent sports cat from on a next day delivery??? I really need to get a replacement sorted asap! Second hand is fine a long as it can be posted out special delivery! Any sugestions would be great, even a few de-cat options (as long as they can get to me by weds!)

Just heard from Danny(dannyboy172) about the 172 that I'm buying from him tomorrow and it turns out that he has encountered a bit of a problem! He washed the car for me today and when he started it up the toxic warning light came on! It started to idle a bit irratically and doen't sit at the...

I'm in the process of buying another rs clio and the first two things I have on my list are coil-overs (which I think I'm pretty clear on) and some nice buckets. The question I have is do do with side mount seats. If I buy a pair of decent side mount buckets is there any way of fitting sliders...

I need a set of fronts for the cup fairly soon, they're not worn out but I like my tyres to be pretty mint!. I was thinking of another set of Exaltos but I've had Toyo T1 R and s tyres on other cars and I liked them. Might stick a whole set of T1R's on the car to see how they perform(and sell...