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How sure are you about the shock absorbers? Only ask as I'm having extreme difficulty finding pattern part shocks for normal 172 atm

Took a gamble as I managed to find a single KYB shock on eBay for £22 delivered Good news is that the info on all the listings for these are wrong, they all say they're 52mm bolt spacing but I can say with absolute certainty they are 54mm 😀 The bad news is that the bolt holes are M12 and...

There's a plug connection on the bit the column attaches to the rack so I'm guessing they think that's the sensor 🤷‍♂️ The power steering has been removed so they can't test for something that isn't there (that's my thinking anyways)

The Dunlop Bluresponse are are garbage so wouldn't bother with those. Nothing wrong with the Hankook or Falken's though Although my personal preference these days is Avon ZV7 and I only really choose the PS3's over them if they're cheaper than the Avon's because from my own experiences of both...

£500 for full respray isn't it? :unsure:

Ah nice, I knew they were for Mk1's just didn't know they carried onto the Mk2's KYB 633707 = 52mm KYB 333743 = 58mm Part numbers from KYB just in case they're useful to anyone else

Does anyone have any experience with pattern part front shock absorbers for the 172? Specifically, which ones are actually correct & fit? Genuine ones are basically unavailable at the minute so they're a no go hence looking for pattern parts. I've found plenty of them but digging deeper into...

In Japan it's called Lutecia because Honda own the copyright to the name Clio - I'm not 100% sure if the Honda thing is true but the Lutecia bit is. In some other countries they're called a Thalia or Symbol - those names pop up quite often when searching for parts on ebay etc, could be where...

They were almost double that price when I looked a few weeks ago 😲

The diff might alter things a bit as some of them need to have a shorter shaft in them to work - I've only got experience of this in Mk1's so no idea if the same applies to the Mk2's

Not really, I've not had to buy 1 for god knows how many years so a bit out of the loop but if I was looking to buy 1 I'd deffo measure what's currently on the car and just search for ones that match those dimensions because there's quite a few variations of shaft and cup diameters just the same...

Are you sure about that though? I had a new J&R passenger side shaft for my Cup - admittedly it was the seller that told me it was Cup specific - and it was a different length to an original one I had to compare it with. I can't remember the measurements off the top of my head but I know that...

172 Cup shaft is different and the ones you get from J&R are no good for a Cup I think what you've been reading is more about the inner boot/seal on the passenger side as they are a t**t to do and have a bearing in them that has 2 or 3 different sizes and it's quite easy to get the wrong one as...

My 1st choice these days is Avon ZV7 unless I find PS3's that are cheaper It's a shame the Ginetta juniors stopped using PS3's as they were a bargain with the guy selling them after they'd been used for just 1 race weekend ☹️

Although saying that, because it's a Cup without ABS you can use rear discs from any other MK1 or MK2 Clio as the discs & bearings are the exact same parts and the part numbers are only different because of what abs rings are fitted to them. I managed to find a set of genuine discs for a 2006...