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Removing it is a pain and they're quite fragile, I replaced mine because the lining material was sagging off

The headlining would look good in that colour

That's pretty good, mine was a bit worse but mostly inside the arch area. Good save

Debobbled my replacement seats for my 172, 180 grit sandpaper does an amazing job if brushed over it carefully followed by a bic razor

I think I'd need it on a drip!

My gearbox did the same as yours, fill it up and it pisses out until of the selector until its happy with the 1.5 litres left. Cant decide whether to keep topping up or let it go bang

Great project, I've been doing similar rust treatment around the sills and filler area with my flame red. Be careful with rust tracking under the underseal behind the filler, mine looked superficial until I stripped the the underseal back to find it went further than I initially thought. I deox...

Aren't they bonded into the fibreglass ?

When I fitted my cup spoiler the one red clip broke but I think they just said alignment, no foam pads on mine either which means the holes in the boot lid are exposed. Hopefully this doesnt mean I will get water ingress

Yeah that's the bad boy! I'll look again in the morning in better light.

The red bit?

How the hell do these little buggers come apart? Fiddled around for ages while trying to swap my seats over, any tips?

24k and they used hammer on balancing weights!😫

Christ I remember replacing a clutch cable on my Valver, first time i didn't have the foresight to use the old one to pull the new cable through. That was a nasty copy part which failed pretty quick so I fitted the new genuine cable much more easily. Still a bugger though.

Totally mind boggling attention to detail! I want to take my beam off to remove some bubbling around the mounting points to the shell, why the hell did Renault use round headed captive bolts?! Hope the rust hasn't crept under the mounts too much

If you've got the bumper off it clips into it, from memory it's the passenger side

That's from behind the front bumper, it delects air to the rad

I dont like saying it when people ask how old I am, it sounds wrong

Fair enough, have they cracked or developed flat spots from standing so long? Big 4 0 next year then, I often wonder how many on here are my age or older

Tidy but am I right in saying your rear tyres are 8 years old?

Removed the bottle and dropped one in with some hot water and a swirl. Did a great job

I cleaned mine out with a dishwasher tablet

Oh I want!

If it's not documented where is the engine number to match it to the chassis?

I'd like to lose the standard bus steering wheel for a 330mm, I quite like the RS sabelt or sparco but not sure the suede will stand up to my usage. Not keen on the idea of a polyurethane one really although the OMP GP looks ok, any other recommendations?

Always thought this too, they weren't limited colours as far as I'm aware, just less popular with the punters. Also what I enjoy more is driving my 172 not looking at it, the more miles on it the better value for money I've had.

Not so much for detailing but I'd live to be able to rent a garage with a four post lift to tidy up the underside of mine

I must have got lucky every time I've changed them, spanner on, good smack with a big hammer, job done! Plugging the plug in is probably the awkwardness part on the floor

Another thing I've been thinking of doing is a smaller steering wheel, is that also a fail then?

I'd like to blank mine but not sure it's worth the hassle in that case