Recent content by Chris71

A very good point. Although in my case I'll have to swap the Clio for something more family-friendly within six months. Was so tempted to try and persuade my other half that the best solution to our problem was a WRX PPP estate.

My local garage was competitive with Black Circles etc. for PS3s so booked in for a full set of those. Slightly scary to think that at £100ish a corner they will be almost a quarter of the value of the car!

Facing a similar dilemma at the moment. I'm debating whether to go the whole hog and fit winter tyres - we don't tend to get a huge amount of snow around here, but my 172 Cup is our main car and my wife is having a baby in the middle of January! Michelins or Goodyears seem to be the way...

Okay, so they are held separately. Do you need to remove the bumper to get the lamps in?

Hi all, My Clio Cup has clearly been on the track in the past and it currently some DIY brake ducts in place of the fog lamps, but I'd like to put it back to standard. Can anyone explain in idiot-proof terms how I do this? The car came with what appeared to be the original fog lamp units in a...

Thanks. Whereabouts do I find it?

Hi, I've got a PAS leak on my 172 Cup. I tried topping the fluid up this morning (which appears to have temporarily cured the problem) but I couldn't make out the liquid level on the reservoir at all. Are they actually supposed to be see-through so you can see the fluid level from outside...

My 172 Cup understeers really badly at the moment. I had a basic tracking adjustment done by a local garage, and if anything that made matters worse. The front tyres are fairly worn, but not to anything like the extent I would image you'd need to generate that much understeer. So, before I shell...

My local garage - which is normally quite good value - quoted me £19 apiece to get the tyres fitted. That means that Black Circles works out at almost exactly the same as Tyre Universe (which is £20 a corner cheaper but doesn't include fitting). ETA Thanks to the mods for moving this to the...

Sorry, I meant delivery only as in you have to organise fitting separately? I've bought tyres from Black Circles and E-Tyres before, but I've always gone for the inclusive fitting so I don't honestly know how much it costs.

Sport Contact 3s at £64 too. I presume that's delivery only, though? Never actually bought tyres without fitting before - looks like around £10 a wheel is the going rate for fitting and balancing? So £84 for PS3s or £74 for SC3s in real terms. ETA Anyone tried both the Sport Contact 3s and...

Sport Contact rings a bell... So Sport Contact 3s seem to be the favoured option.

I'm pretty sure it's on Contis at the moment. They went through the MOT without so much as an advisory, but the fronts are looking a bit worn and the car understeers quite dramatically at the moment. I had the tracking adjusted and that hasn't solved issues, pressures are correct too, so I'm...

Are there any particular tyres people would recommend for daily use on a 172 Cup? I'm looking for some decent all-weather road tyres rather than anything too track-biased. It's running 195 45 R16s with I plan to stick with unless there's any compelling reason to change. Prices were a bit of a...

I had a good chat with the guy at Greenlight (not Neil who posted above but one of his colleagues). Quote was reasonably competitive and they were good to deal with, but still some way off Tesco. He basically said they tend to come into their own with modified cars or low mileage second car...