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I've no idea what they were tightened up too but to get the passenger side to undo I had to stand on the breaker bar, and I'm not small lol. I replaced all the bolts in all wheels and checked the hubs for any damage, all seemed fine and tightened them up by hand how I've done wheels on every...

The last thing I heard from him was that he'd never seen that happen on Pure Motorsport stud conversions. Heard nothing since. Thanks Dave, it's more of a hobby than a profession but I enjoy it, but still learning. :)

This was the one that caused the accident... All 4 studs sheered clean off but if you look at the metal where it's snapped you can see where it was stressed.

It wasn't a car sales place - and was conducted as a private sale, it's fixed now anyway so although I'm out of pocket, I can at least hopefully, start to enjoy the car as planned. We swapped cars with cash my way, so it'd be a lot of hassle to travel, swap back etc - especially as without...

I'd advertised the Megane on a few forums and facebook groups and had a fair bit of interest, one of the cars I was offered without me travelling up the country to possibly be greeted with a shed of a car, was the Clio 172 below. The car is fairly well known amongst Cliosport members as was...

Thanks Dave :) I've also ordered some spacers to bring the wheels out a touch, however no stud kits will be used this time. Longer high strength bolts will do the job fine lol.

Well managed to fix the damage, and the car is now back on the road again... Had the local wheel alignment specialists check all the alignment, which was then adjusted but nothing has bent or broken which was lucky. Also replaced the exhaust mount as the backbox was cable tied on as the rubber...

The Twingo has moved on but isn't mine you've seen if it's recently bud, Would be good if you can pop along to a meet Chris

I'm not one to name and shame, as the guy did seem decent when we did the deal and he had driven to me from 2 hours away so I doubt he was aware of the issue that was literally minutes from happening, as that would of meant risking his own life by driving the car, what I am a bit upset by is...

Who? Our meets?

Hope no one minds, but figured we are all Renault Sport / Clio fans so if anyone's interested there is a group of us that hold a monthly Plymouth meet in Plymouth. Last few meets have been quite popular, nice friendly bunch no chavs just car talk and coffee/hot chocolate/whatever you fancy...

If anyone's interested there is a group of us that hold a monthly Plymouth meet. This is the facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1757931594494609/ Last Sunday of every month at Costa, Marsh Mills. All event details are on the facebook group each month in case of a change of venue...

I am still active :)

I was going to add myself to the list.... then realised I'm on it from when it first started lol.

It was swapped with cash my way, however I just hope that it's a one off and his customers aren't leaving with over tightened wheel nuts/bolts. The passenger side was on the verge of snapping too as you could see hairline cracks forming on the stud itself. Needless to say they've been junked...

Well the car was acquired from a specialist, who assured me the wheels were torqued correctly however the metal left from the pure motorsport studs show otherwise. All 4 broke away as I had literally pulled off a fast moving A road and was just pulling away from the exit junction on a...

Having only got the car last night... I attempted to drive the car to work. This was the result... Not the best start to Clio ownership! :(

We cancelled ours via the online chat thing they have... Then within a week they sent me a letter offering 50% off for 12 months. I'd already signed up to BT TV at that point, which for the channels we watch (Discovery, CI, ID, History etc) it was only £13 a month for 12 months which was still a...

Forget HD wax, it is good however not for the money it sells at retail. I used to run my own detailing/valeting business, for anyone wanting a long lasting, easy to use, deep gloss wax then look no further than Collinite Marques de'ellegence. You can buy it on ebay or from online detailing...

What colour is the headlining? As Dave suggested thinners should do the job, however don't use anything too abrasive. Use something soft, smooth and just keep going over it.

Alternatively, Three offer unlimited data sim only packages that aren't that expensive, at least mine isn't. Unlimited data, unlimited texts and tons of calls for £12 a month! Not 100% they still do it, but they might... EDIT - Just checked and it has gone up... 1 month rolling contract (so can...

Refurbed the wheels on the Mrs' 197... Really works well against the nimbus grey paintwork! And for anyone thinking of painting wheels at home, make sure you use PU lacquer - that stuff is amazing at bringing out the gloss finish, looks as good as a bodyshop job!

Sweet, glad you managed to sort it and it wasn't anything too tricky.

Try shooting in f5.6 or even 7.1 to help the camera out when there's lots of light. Regardless of what settings your using, I would say NEVER let the camera choose the ISO. :)

What settings did you/do you have the camera on? List down ISO / Metering and to make it easier what "F" number you have it on? Should be displayed as f5 f5.6 f4.2 etc...

Shoot in a low ISO if using a tripod, if not choose 400 if lighting is decent - the blurry element is from the slight movement of the camera between pressing the button to shoot the photo, and the shutter closing. Lower ISO's tend to generally work with a slower shutter speed to draw in more...

Make sure (as already asked) that your lens itself is on Auto. If your shooting in aperture mode, then you need to control the ISO setting, do not leave it on Auto. If you have a tripod (if you don't, get one) then your best of using the lowest ISO which would be 100. This will take longer to...

OSRAM LED cannot be beaten IMO. They work without fiddling around with the connectors / they don't blow (and come with a 3 or 5 year guarantee!) and are only £10 a pair.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/161629831750 Got these fitted in both our 197 and Twingo RS - and they give off plenty of light for LED (and cheap).