Recent content by MAXRUNDOWN

I'm pretty sure that's a resistance welded stud, like the smaller ones that hold the fusebox in, I had one of them snapped (same one that's snapped in your pic), I wiggled it with some mole grips to break the welds and put a rivnut in it. Obviously you want something more substantial than a...

That's properly rotten, so happy it's happened to those nonces 👌

I'm surprised they're recommending that solution. Studs and bolts aren't the same. Studs also don't need to be bottomed out in a blind hole to work, I would set the stud to the correct installed length in the cam with Loctite 242 to get 2-3 threads of protrusion on the nut when fitted.

Do you just want a 172 cup, or specifically that one.. spending £5-6k on a really nice one will be significantly quicker, easier and less hassle than buying one that needs work you can't do yourself. If you do buy that one then you need to value it on the worst case scenario of needing £1k a...

Sills look pretty standard for most MK2 clios, they're definitely going to need doing before long.. can you weld/paint? You can expect £500-1000 a side to sort it out depending on the extent of the rot and the level of repair you're happy with

What cleaning process was used on the block? The deck looks very Matt/satin finish, doesn't look like it's been refaced?

Haven't touched this since before Xmas, I've just exchanged contracts on a new house so under a bit of pressure to get it sorted now so I pulled my finger out yesterday and got it off the axle stands and gave it a run down the street, all seems well which is nice.

But the seller said he's 'improved the condition ten fold' by doing an oil service and fitting ditchfinders and some new discs

As above, you need to cut a fair bit off both ends of the heater matrix bypass, you also need to cut the metal banding and remove the push fit ends for the heater matrix pipe stubs off the OEM hoses and connect the new hoses to them.

Nobody is ever paying £10k for a 172/182 unless it's a perfect 172 cup or a Trophy, even with <40k miles it's a £5k car max

Take it to an exhaust fabricator and get a sports cat welded into the exhaust. There's no point in running a decat on a road car, the power loss from running a sports cat is negligible if anything at all, you won't notice a couple of BHP anyway and it's worth having one to do away with the...

You can use isopropyl alcohol to remove the sticky residue from the interior trims, then either leave them, get them sprayed Matt black to look OEM or if they absolutely have to be carbon you could get them carbon skinned by someone like this lad...

Thanks mate, you finished yours yet? You came up in conversation the other day when I was talking cars with Pete B

Last seen 18th December, looks like he's done the shithouse shuffle out the back door.

Overall the car is really nice, I'd be more than a bit annoyed if the seller has misrepresented it, especially if you've specifically asked for pics/info of 'the bad bits' , I'm not taking the piss here, but did you collect it in the dark? Blisters in the paint looks like solvent pop, which is...