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Never said it wouldn't pass, in all probability I think it would. McGherkin does the beam adjustment wheel work with xenons then?

Sure I've seen this for sale on eBay

May do.

No, it's an auto leveler working off the suspension compression at the rear. Xenons have to be auto leveling in addition to needing washers.

When retrofitted to a cup?..

Not much, round £100 I imagine. eBay or someone breaking a car on here is the best shout.

Yeah they are. Your current Cup units can be adjusted using the wheel in the car. The xenons can't as they're self levelling taking a reading from the rear axle of the car on a FF version. Could always swap them over come MOT time but will probably be fine anyway.

Headlight washers (although cars built with xenons should have them) not being present aren't an MOT fail. If they're there though and don't work they are a fail. Asked my MOT tester friend a while back on this. You might have issues with levelling them though.

Re: mintys 172 turbo Very nice

75k judging by the picture

Although my experience is in front wheels drive for a comparison, the supercharger kept more of the NA feel just more powerful. Turbo is a little harder to control wheelspin due to the way the torque comes in. The T5 in my Focus was particularly torquey though. Sure you'll have fun with either.

It was a Tiger Avon I had to Google earlier. Looking forward to seeing your progress either way you go with boost.

Don't think I'd even heard of Tiger before today but this is the second one I've read about tonight strangely enough. A friend (formerly of this forum) raves about his supercharged MX-5, sure it'd be a riot in something of this weight.

Yeah it was there this afternoon

Thanks for the offers guys I'll bear it in mind.

Well that's good to know, been down there today dropping my Brembo's off to get them ready for fitting.

Makes sense I suppose

Didn't on ours. Easiest way is getting a specialist like Dan on the case though if you're unsure, sure he'll sort it.

I rarely venture into this section and today reminded me why. Just taken the Gordini stripes off the wife's 182 and wanted some advice on removing the glue. From doing a search some useful info came up and it made the job slightly easier. Thanks guys. However, I now have a rekindled hatred for...

I've driven past it today, it's on the car wash forecourt. With how long it's been stood it'll need belts and more, reckon it's worth about £1,000 depending on overall condition.

That looks lovely. Mine's due down to SC for some work on the brakes, wish it was for a turbo conversion lol.

Worked for Peugeot selling these a few years ago. Not a bad car, nowhere near as focussed as the RenaultSport offerings but I like them. Engine performs well despite being susceptible to a few niggles. Would like a drive of one with the handling tweaked, bet it could be a weapon properly set up...

Last 1*2 I had that had these symptoms had a dodgy lambda. More likely to be this seen as it's already had coils etc changed.

That is low miles, nice find. Hope you enjoy it.

I was going to go try and buy it off him but hadn't got round to going. I saw it had moved and been cleaned a few weeks ago after being stood for years but isn't there now. He wasn't after much for it I heard. It didn't have Cup suspension either and looked to have non-standard front grills.

In addition to the stripes going from the 182 this weekend, I've now fitted the spacers to the 172 ready for the bigger brakes. Stance looks much better although the car still rides pretty high. Shocks are due changing so will probably look at the springs around a similar time. I'd go for...

Looks very nice. Got any track time booked in it?

Not much done since my last update. Still waiting for parts (and more money) to sort the Brembos on the 172, spacers arrive today, pads and pins need ordering, then it's a case of getting the stuff to SC Autos in Bolton. The 182 has had a slight change. The wife caved in to the majority...

Yeah where abouts are you?

Lubricated the clutch pedal so it feels less like an off/on switch.