Recent content by Kirk172

Thanks for the photos Jon and to Fred for confirming. I'll get the mounts ordered tomorrow. The steering isn't as direct as it should be and on inspection the rack is moving a few mm, so i'm looking forward to getting the new mounts on and get the car driving as it should again. This is a...

Thanks for quick replies. It hasn't got a sticker, but I guess that probably would have come off years ago. Jon, have you got any more photos of the SMI rack please? If you have it would be good to see them and see if it looks the same as the one on my car. If not I'll just go for the SMI...

Hi All, I need to order new steering rack mounting rubbers, but when i phoned the local renault dealers they said there are three different rack manufacturers and I need to tell them which type it is as they are different. I've got the car up on ramps now, but can't see any manufacturer...

Sounds good, nice roads and nice views. There should be plenty of opportunity for lining the cars up in sceanic places. 1. Scott 2. ladybock 3. pete 4. Kirk

Some really nice pics there. The ones in the multi-story car park with the lights on a particulary good. Have you got a link to the one with 'CUP' written in light? That looked good on the camera screen. I think I'm going to have to invest in a better camera and a tripod at some point...

It was good to meet everyone and have a good chat. It was a nice line up of cars as well. I took a few on my compact digital camera, but only a couple came out okish: I'm looking forward to seeing the proper meet pics. Kirk :cool:

Just to clarify the clips don't open as such, the plastic cover just pulls off, but the plastic clips that fasten it are quite tight, so I prised them apart slightly, so I didn't have to pull on the plastic bit too hard. I've not explained very well, but if you look inside at the clips you...

There are plastic clips around the inside of the interior light housing (the grey plastic bit in the photo above). Look inside more and you should see them. Carefully prise the clips open and it just pulls away. The sensor with the fan is further forward, mounted in the plastic trim. I need...

I'm going to give a clay bar ago soon then. The paint work does look pretty good anyway, but I'm eager to try it out. I used an autoglym wax, but I've almost run out of it. What wax would people recommend, or should I stick to the Autoglym wax as well? THe standard ride hieght does look...

Thanks again for the comments :cool:. I had an early morning drive this morning which was grear, but it didn't take long before the car was covered in dust. Mines standard hieght. How much is yours dropped by ? The wheels look cool on yours. What polish would people recomend I...

Thanks for the constructive and positive comments guys :cool: . The sun shining on it really brings out the depth of the colour. A lot of that time was polishing around places that are usually missed, like the door hinges, boot hinges, taking the rear lights out and polishing and waxing...

Yep, I did go most of the plastic bits, but missed the lower grill. I was getting a bit tired by that point. I've never used tyre shine, are there any recomendations? I spent a lot of the time getting in to areas that don't usually get cleaned. Its the first proper session I've had on the...

I'll put that on the to do list for next time :o

Well I didn't have anything better to do today so I had decent polishing session on the 172. I ended up spending 5 hours on it and I didn't even start on the interior. I mainly used autoglym products, Super resin polish, wax and 03b on the wheels and head lights. I polished all the bodywork...

I fitted a new cable yesterday. It took about 45minutes, but now I know how to do it I could do the next one much quicker. Its quite a simple job to do, but is a bit fiddley. I took some photos and could put a guide together if it would be useful? A few pics: This is looking up the seat...