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When you look at what's happening in the market now, 20 years on, simply driving your vehicle without fretting over its depreciation seems far more sensible. If you were to purchase a brand-new 172 CUP, stash it away, and refrain from ever taking it out on the road, would you truly recoup your...

As above. I bought some Silver and Black VHT tins from Halfords to get a nice titanium grey finish. I think they do Black, Red, Yellow, Blue, Silver. Engine paint works fine also.

They’re £137 each brand new at Demon Tweeks. I picked up a really clean set for £300 in Gloss Black (I got lucky I think). What’s a typical refurb these days, £50 a wheel? For someone doing trackdays a few chips and scrapes wouldn’t bother them as long as they’re straight. If they’re really...

Contemplating getting one myself. Mine's mint but the Track car one's been hollowed out and weighs all of 3 grams now. I'll know better after Croft next week.

Pre-painted or just in primer?

Pricey?

Yeah difficult to tell from pictures. Black - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156110092347 - collection from Essex. Silver - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266477043231 - delivery.

Canny few on eBay.

Sorry, I just realised which thread it was, i've done that many now. I don't think I'd do another project as you can't get a lot of the genuine parts new now, so I've taken to finding second-hand stuff and restoring those. You just have to strip everything back (if you have the room to work on...

I'll drop you some images of it later today. I appreciate the feedback on my 2 threads. Those were my first two projects. So learning as I went along. Since then I've started two new ones based on learned knowledge and experience. If you want your mind blown, check out my RB thread :ROFLMAO...

I bought it off eBay. No it was a mess. I restore my own. Powder coating doesn’t last that long. Are you looking for a rear beam? I have a beauty sitting in my garage.

Might need some work on my track car after Croft - tailgate etc.....

Cheap? Good?

Pure guesswork. Let me know if i'm wrong or right 😁

Looking at the clip, it looks like the top part of the clip pushes against the collar of the bolt to stop it sliding off. So you'd just need to prize forward the top part of the clip over the bolt head so it's clear, then pull down on the clip and then forward. Long nose pliers perhaps? Hard...

Can’t help I’m afraid as I did mine at the same time as my rear beam, so everything was stripped off. Brakes > Lines > Beam > Tank then reverse.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126039107536?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=h2tuoluwq92&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=Unwx-nP3Rjy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Come down in price. I paid £22 for mine ☹️ Might as well buy another one at that price.

I found most of the NVH came from the uprated engine and dog bone mounts. I had really hard Strongflex WB and ARB bushes (Black series equivalents) on my road going 182 and it was nice to drive. I put the stock mounts back on and it had minimum NVH.

if it’s not rotten underneath and only needs the paint doing, couldn’t you just do it over time? Just get the important mechanical stuff done first. My first BG took me 4 years to get it up to a decent level, I just enjoyed the car during the process.

Yeah that would be polished and cleaned ready to go. It would cost somebody who didn’t work in a garage more. Had my RB done last year. Bonnet, 2 wings, front bumper, passenger door into rear quarter plus the 2 side skirts and it was £900 complete. Subsequently my wife’s Tucson got a scrape...

It would cost me £1,500 - £1,800 for a full respray, which is what it needs. I’m in the trade though, so you’d be looking at least another £500-£1,000 more.

Previous owners work, nice and solid. Slicks scare me. I was at Cadwell with a chap who was running a similar Clio. Decent dry day around 20c. I’m on Yokohama 52s and he’s on a Dunlop Full Slick. He’s not quite set-up properly so I’m able to stick with him but he’s clearly got more grip and is...

Any ESP lights? With a steering angle sensor fault you’d usually get SERV, ABS and ESP lights together. SERV and ABS only could mean: 1. faulty ABS sensors - front or rear 2. Dirt on the sensor lense 3. Cracked or malformed ABS rings (I assume it has the right ones on?) 4. Connectors pushed...

I've never driven a turbo Clio before. Is the power manageable, i.e., torque steer? What is the boost like? Are they hard on driveshafts, etc.? I've attended plenty of track days where turbo cars were present, and they certainly leave us N/A (naturally aspirated) guys for dead. However, they...

Haha the old toffee hammer. When I worked at RS Ford my Mk1 was playing up. I’m at the petrol station and our RS techie walks out. “Nick, I think the turbos gone on this” “Pull the bonnet lad”. Toffee hammer out, tip tap. “There you go”. I’m like

I recently did my Auxiliary belt as I was changing the power steering pump and couldn’t get away with the Jubilee method. I’ve done loads on my track cars but my 182 has all the original brackets. In the end I bought the proper tool which made it a doddle. But have a go and see how you get...

So nice to find a car that I don’t have to do months of rectification work. The previous owner has done an incredible job. A few more tweaks and it’ll be my ‘perfect’ track car.