Recent content by marco_polo

I'm with Loony ^ . It's rare to find a car that can't do 70 on the motorway, no matter how slowly it gets there. How would you feel if you couldn't stop when you needed to, and accidentally injured someone? Get yourself some new Michelins all round, and change them at 3mm.

Exalto PE2's, 33Psi F, 29 Psi R. Sorted. I tried a set of Toyo's once, first time it rained I ended up in the weeds.

By fitting a standard paper element, you will have increased the 'pumping losses', ie the amount of energy required to suck air through it. The extra energy comes right out of your fuel tank. I doubt it would make much difference in normal daily driving though, more likely to be the cold snap.

Your windscreen is fine, don't worry!

I've just done front Brembo Max discs and Green Stuff pads, both from fleaBay. I was dead happy with mine, got the lot for £130.60 from a shop called Amtex. They delivered by courier the next day too, and the brakes are ace. (My only pointer would be to make sure the pads are a nice...

Yup, sorry. Renault stiched us up with particularly poor gearboxes I'm afraid. They often won't help you if the car's still in warranty period either. The expensive bit won't be having the 'box done (about £350), it will be removing and refitting it (£ouch). Consider sticking a new Renault...

Just changed my front stoppers myself. My tip would be to make sure the new pads aren't too tight in the caliper. They shouldn't be too rattley, but should slide in nicely without any effort/tapping. My old inner pads were stuck solid, and not making contact with the discs at all. My new EBC...

Cos Renault only make top quality stuff??!! Tell that to my plasticine gearbox. Lol.

Thank God you're on here, finally some sense.

Elf Excelium LDX is just hydrocracked mineral oil. Not very clever. If you want to protect your engine properly, go for an ester based oil imo.

Yeah, that's the shite stuff my Mum has.

Indeed. I never argue when they put standard stuff in my Mum's car, as you say, fit for purpose.

A lighter flywheel won't give you any more power, but may make your car 'faster'. A flywheel is there to smooth the nasty vibrating 4 pot we've got stuck under our bonnets. A flywheel resists rpm changes basically. By putting a lighter one on, it resists change less easily, ie; it will rev...

Motul / Silkoline only for me. Why risk wear/permanent loss of performance? Most stealer/high street 'fully synthetics' are total rubbish imo. Good quality oil is only about £20 extra per change! I do mine every 6K to be on the safe side too...

Craig, The damping rate of a 'shock absorber' is factory matched to a cars' weight, although they will have made some 'average' assumptions (ie: 1 driver, 2 passengers, a piece of luggage and have a tank of juice). Have you significantly altered your cars mass? Are you going for reduced...