Pics of the 172

[-Leigh-]

Well thought I'd put up some pics of the new motor. I'm crap with a camera though so apoligies for that.

Have given it a wax, but it needs a proper polish, and pc'ing somewhen, as the swirls are quite bad. So if anyone wants to do it for me for some cash in the spring let me know lol.

Excellent condition, and immaculate inside. Only thing I hate about it is the Renault gearthrow. It's about a metre lol. And the clutch biting up high, but they all seemed like that. Apart from those two things, I seem to be getting on with it so far.

It has switchable traction control fitted, which other 02 plates cars I looked at did not. Was it an option?

Had a recent cambelt change, and oil and filter change, and has 4 new tyres, but may change them soon, as not keen on yoko's.

 

[DrR]

Cool get some silversions though.

 

[JR]

a359's by the look of the tread i think , mint looking car, how many miles has it done ? how much did you pay if you dont mind me asking ?

 

[Fletcher]

irrc ESP wasn't a option, so yours must have been one of the later 02 plate 172's

 

[-Leigh-]

Yeah, will get silvervisions, only had it 4 days though, all in time lol.

Indeed they are a359's, quite good in the dry, but ain't happy with them in the wet.
It's done 41k, managed to get it for £5800 trade in the end. There's no dings or anything in it, though the bonnet has a few stonechips that need touching up. Apart from the swirls, bloody black cars.

 

[fUbAr]

looks nice, where abouts in Dorset are you from?

 

[JR]

well if you are ever up this way , its worth sending a pm to Rich as he will be able to make some suggestions with regards to your paint and maybe do some work on it with regards to the pc.

 

[-Leigh-]

looks nice, where abouts in Dorset are you from?

About 10 mins from Blandford. Pics were taken at the top of ZigZag.

Justin, I'll keep that in mind. His car shines, I'm sure he can help lol.

 

[Lee-182]

looks nice

I will be getting a359's when i need to change

 

[-Leigh-]

looks nice

I will be getting a359's when i need to change

I had them on my 106 GTi, and on a warm dry day, nothing can touch them for grip, but in the wet, they are a little twitchy, not that we should be doing any speed in the wet.
I may leave them on, but may change em for Michy's.

 

[Lee-182]

ive found them for £40.42 each. I think its a good price for a trye of that quality

 

[Simpson]

Lovely, ive just bought some Speedline Chronos for my Saxo VTS that have come with A539, apparently brilliant in the dry but so-so in the wet, will have to wait and see!

 

[Ian_182]

nice looking car mate

ian

 

[Neil G]

Looks nice

 

[DebV6]

Looks very nice

 

[-Leigh-]

Cheers for the comments, really happy with it so far. Still can't get used to that clutch though, and the bus steering wheel lol.

Got some Philips Blue vision bulbs to go in the main beam and sidelights at the weekend, to help kill the yellowish vision, and may well get round to putting silver indicator bulbs in. May also get some clear side repeaters to finish the look.

 

[Mikey]

very smart X! like people say silver visions etc and it will look oh so tidy !!

 

[JoelDee]

Nice car

 

[Giles]

very nice

 

[Silverfox]

Looks very nice mate. Just got an 02 plate black 172 myself on 41k too funnily enough! Mine doesn't have traction control and mine was an august 2002 car. Paid £6k for mine from a dealer. Is yours pure black or that black gold colour?

 

[-Leigh-]

Looks very nice mate. Just got an 02 plate black 172 myself on 41k too funnily enough! Mine doesn't have traction control and mine was an august 2002 car. Paid £6k for mine from a dealer. Is yours pure black or that black gold colour?

Think mine is a July 2002 car. Work that one out

It's pearl black. It's metallic, looks similar to black gold, but not as gold lol.

Hows your clutch? A pain to get used to aswell?

 

[chrisg3110]

looks well...nice car, good example.

 

[Leeshez]

Hey looks nice .

 

[Christopher]

Looks very nice mate. Just got an 02 plate black 172 myself on 41k too funnily enough! Mine doesn't have traction control and mine was an august 2002 car. Paid £6k for mine from a dealer. Is yours pure black or that black gold colour?

Think mine is a July 2002 car. Work that one out

It's pearl black. It's metallic, looks similar to black gold, but not as gold lol.

Hows your clutch? A pain to get used to aswell?

all 172's only came in one black. D476 'Pearl Black'

the 'Black Gold' was on the 182's

very nice car all the same matey!!

chris

 

[izibizi]

mine looked exactly that, ...once
mint