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Good point!

Ah I see, thanks. The problem with the paint is that although its dried its still very soft and easily marked just by lightly catching with a fingernail. It sems like it needs to be cured/baked/heat-treated to harden it up a bit. I was hoping that say 30 mins at say 80c would harden the paint...

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Thanks Philip, 80c is pretty hot and I would hope would bake the paint. Does it matter how long I 'cook' them for or is that irrelevant? 30 mins??

Great thanks Philip, so what in your opinion would be a perfectly safe temperate to use and for how long? Its just to cure/bake the paint....

Any thoughts on this before I ruin my ABS ring? Thanks

I fitted the Zorstworx ebay silencer delete pipe at t'weekend, fairly easy to fit, just involved one cut in the old silencer pipe 2.5" behind the box itself. The front of the new pipe has an identical flange to the standard pipe which joins (uses original v-clamp) to the downpipe and then the...

I spoke with Renault in the end and good job I did because the rear disc-hub nut needs to be tightened to 220NM (not 175NM!) The calliper-carrier bolts F&R are 80NM And the caliper-caliper bolts F&R are 20-25NM (no definitive setting) Plus wheels 130NM

Agreed, although they must be able to withstand a certain amount of heat – just how much and for who long? We’ve all seen discs glowing red-hot therefore the bearing must be able to withstand a certain amount of heat… The ABS ring is definitely plastic or hard rubber, with as far as I...

I’m fitting new discs & pads all round and have sprayed the ‘bell’ part of the rear discs with high-temperature paint (the fronts are already painted/coated). Its recommended to heat treat the paint once applied therefore ordinarily I would stick the disc in the oven for say 30 mins at 200c...

Thanks, can you elaborate….

I just typed into Google "220 trophy center silencer removal" and it brought up this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-Clio-RS220-Trophy-Centre-resonator-mid-silencer-delete-pipe-deres-pipe-/323437401368

Thanks mate. I’ve since come across a ready-made kit on eBay, so rather than going to an exhaust garage I could just do it myself. It’s only a piece of flanged stainless steel pipe & clamps so won’t be any different than taking it somewhere. I could do with finding out though what sound...

The underside of my facelift 220 is completely covered but as far as I am aware it has a centre-silencer as well as the rears. One thing I’ve done on previous cars where I haven’t wanted to do a new full exhaust change, and also risk changing the type of sound, but just wanted to make it a tad...

I'm not sure my torque wrench reads in ugga duggas, obviously I need a new wrench!