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I can appreciate that there are many of these threads present but then there is also more than one way to skin a cat ;). Whatever this thread may offer to people all the better :). How did I come to own a Clio? In all honesty it was by pure coincidence. Years ago when I drove a friend's Clio...

What brand are the coil pack and leads? With coil packs anything but an OE brand seems to be hit and miss IME and somethings terrible on older stuff ; misfiring under load at 3k anyone :lol:. Leads are very so so IME unless Beru or genuine parts ; I had many issues on my old Mondeo and...

Personally, if road noise is not an issue I would be tempted to go with Nankang NS-2Rs ; they have given the chassis more grip on the RST than I thought it could have. I am thinking about it on the Clio but it is a daily... It will probably be Michelin PS3s, Goodyear EfficientGrip Performances...

Tyre wear can make a tyre very noisy as can tyre age. A friend of mine had a strange noise from the rear of his Passat. He simply stuck with the same tyre (new of course) when he replaced the rears and this time had the geometry of the car checked (it was wearing the tyres funny). It was the...

If the ST didn't satisfy you with 170BHP then maybe the Clio is the car for you :D. They are lively for sure! If I am honest I prefer the power delivery of a stock 172 (mine has been remapped ; it is easier to drive on a daily basis and it does have a superb spread of torque but that 'kick'...

There is a difference between an everyday car and an superb hot hatch. After going in a Fiesta I'd have to agree. They're also be cheaper to run than the Clio ; no pricey cambelts if the oil changes are adhered to and the running gear seems relatively solid. They are down on power, but for...

Welcome to the forum :). I would seriously consider getting a 172/182. I am loving mine at the moment, it is a real peach of a car. However, I would not overlook some costs. Ensure that the cambelts are done by someone reputable with evidence to prove in addition to the car not being an...

When you say boot are you referring to the steering rack gaitor? If so see if it is split and leaking from elsewhere first.

You were saying about siliness? I don't think so ;). I prefer the look of it for a number of reasons and don't feel it looks out of place but I would not do it to another car for a number of reasons: 1) Cost ; The system worked out as much a Miltek system for a custom bloke to build 2) MOT...

Depends ;). MyTyres will tend to buy the tyres in bulk from the suppliers with very minimal storage costs. I would be willing to bet that the overheads for a tyre shop are considerably higher relatively speaking ; that said you can get a great deal by shopping around. £15-20 seems to be the...

Depends ; I have found Konis a little so so compared to something like KWs or Bilstein B6s. Ok, the comparison is not fair with KWs but Bilsteins certainly seem to be a superb damper in comparison.

If it were me I would go one of a few ways: Genuine Renault, or if lowering the car look at Eibachs or Cooksports.

Add potentially longer wheel bolts to that list as well. But yes, Hubcentric spacers are a great shout. For the cost it may be worth going for some RS wheels or Aftermarket 15" or 16" items. Short and simple answer is no for the reasons stated. If I was in your position I would personally...

Pattern cats can cause a host of issues. However, many people run without cats on here without an issue bar the odd error code, so I would doubt it is the potentially the cause of your issue. How do you mean that the car petrols on idle?

Ah, the good old oil question with plated LSDs. Being a plated diff you have an issue ; choosing an oil which will work best with the gearbox or best with the diff, but not necessarily for both. Of course, going to a Helical diff gets around this issue but then plated diffs tend to offer a...

That has been my experience with most French cars. Even my now sold 1989 180k Peugeot 205 GTi had very minimal rust and that was back last September.

DD talks sense :smile:. I also have most of my kit although it is a little varied! I shall save digressing for another time. As for putting them in Clio IIs are easier than many cars with the top of the dashboard coming off and the speaker grilles being accessible. I personally would not...

I was under the impression that a Quaife ATB could not be tested via conventional ways making a visual inspection the only true way to see what it is.

In an ideal world you would do the following: 2 or 3 way front components subwoofer Amplifier(s) to run the above Ample amount of processing power Sound deadening. But of course you would end up with way more wiring, less of a boot and more weight. However, that can be said to any walk of...

If you are looking to power them without an amp you are wasting your money and may even end up with the car stereo sounding worse! Like engine tuning, it is not a case of pricier is better ; certain elements have to be in place and with good components the sensitivity goes down, near enough...

I guess the issue is that it is show season with summer holidays also kicking into action. I know that my weekends are all taken care of until the start of August.

Fear not, the numbers were made up with a few other Clios in there too! I have to ask though, would you peeps be interested in a rolling road day being held in August? The condition would be that it would have to be a maximum of 10 cars to RR in one stint unless we do one week after another or...

I was going to organise a seperate one for you guys but it seems for the Retro Rides crew scary thoughts of cars blowing up on the Dyno and having only 10 spaces is a limitation. Basically I have 3-4 spaces spare for a rolling road in Heathcote, Warwick this Saturday morning and was wondering...

If you are local to Warwick I have a spark tester which may potentially remove the need to take off to inlet manifold to test for a spark :).

My car worked OK on Bosch Super 4s TBH, but they did not last anything near as long as the NGK Platinums have in previous cars. However, I have had issues with NGKs before. The issue seems to be with where they are made and this seems to be from a supplier POV. As a rule of thumb the Japanese...

I would not get too held up about the figures ; different gauges (especially cheap ones!) will say different figures. I'd aim for less than a 15% variance between the cylinders.

When people value a Clio at £1k yet a dephaser pulley swap costs half that with breakers selling for £400 of course people are going to lie :wink:. I don't condone it but the low value is never going to help maintenance. TBH IME it doesn't really help a car below £3k from the sheds of various...

It seems the Wavetrac are more for the US derived cars. A bit of a pain for us really!

I'll have to drive a 200 one of the days. Are they that much more pleasant for a daily? The dash is alot nicer I admit inside a 200.

I did try not to laugh when a local gearbox builder tried to convince me that a Gripper Diff would be great for my RST and that taking them apart is not that bad (bar in the case of the gearbox on the RST requiring you to take everything out just to get to the diff!). The 'fit and forgot'...