Recent content by RS Charlie

If it were me I'd look at two tyres: Yokohama AD08R Nankang NS-2R As for the wet weather A ratings and other EU ratings they are rubbish. The ratings are independently given by the manufacturer themselves, meaning you cannot compare the tyres ; it is not an apples for apples comparison as...

The RE002/3s Adrenalines have taken over the RE050 in the smaller sizes.

When you say shims are you referring to the slider plates?: Alot of people bin them as they can cause the pads to seize into the carriers, but IME, given the right car they are fine and get rid of clunks and rattles as well as giving a freer surface for the pad to glide on (after all, they...

I personally wouldn't call them an OE replacement even though EBC do. I've had mixed braking on them on cars over the years ; they are on my current car (a 1990 Mazda MX-5) and with new brake lines throughout a mate of mine still reckons the pedal feels very 'wooden'. In a Mondeo previously I...

Ignore the EU ratings ; they are useless. Basically, the ratings are performed by the manufacturer, thus I could have a mediocre control tyre to pitch other tyres against. It's pretty misleading really... Await the Brexit comments LOL. I had these on my Clio 172 in 15" format and if I am...

The on board diagnostic will not always give the right info or any. I'd get a decent OBD reader for piece of mind :).

For the couple of minutes it takes to remove I'd leave it on, from a safety perspective. You don't want to leave the inlet manifold on then, that gets in the way every time you work on the ignition system. Most cars have 'something in the way' when you need to work on them. Don't work on an...

Here is an interesting video I saw on Youtube of many generations of Clio battling it out:

I only say it as I have had it happen on three occasions to me from 3 different garages! In most cases you can get away by soldering the break in the terminal. IME alot of pattern starters are barely within spec of a genuine item, but with a warranty of only a year on them... I'd repair the...

Years ago I would have agreed with you. If I am honest, if I was not fussy about the height and looks of the car I probably would go with them. I've had a couple of good out of the box setups on cars (Ford Racing kit on the Ka (Sachs dampers with Eibach springs) and Konis on springs with the...

Has the car ever had a clutch change? If so I'd be looking at the starter motor ; it may have been dropped on the floor and damaged the solenoid terminal.

Which other setups have you tried? I'm debating between the following when the time comes: -Stock suspension from Renault -Pro-Lines and Cup dampers -B14s. I am being swayed to the B14s due to their monotube technology (it is part of the reason for why they are great over speed bumps) and the...

Yup they are Cup Turinis. Just to double check, Clios came with two variants of Turinis? The 172 Cup wheels being 38.5 and the Trophys being 40 something?

Indeed, I have spotted a few Clios in the last month. Upon changing jobs I now walk past these two Clios everyday. One is a Cup and the other is a DCi with 172 wheels and interior: Friday and Saturday I came across two black 182s. One had vents where the foglight holes were and an...

Does C5 work on the tips? If so I may try Collinite on mine :). IME polishing them a few times a year does help :).