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The steering wheel still works without the airbag. As we know all the airbag does is protect the head if involved in a accident. If someone chooses to remove this then that is surely their risk and choice rather than being a modification which impedes any driving of the vehicle or the safety of...

What's the logic behind this new airbag law? What difference is it going to make? You might injure your head if involved in a accident?. OK but surely that is a personal choice not a vehicle roadworthy or distraction one :S Fine if its a road legal track car but if its a road legal road car...

Guessing you didnt read my post mate?

£300 ebay special? Sounds like you've just bought a neglected example needing work done. Cam Belts are a bit of a hit but otherwise these are cheap cars to run and maintain.

Strip the engine down and take the crank and pistons to a machine shop to be measured. They will tell you what size of shells you need with in factory tolerance or if the crack etc is too far gone

I had mine lightened years ago and couldn't tell the difference although it was in conjunction with cams etc. I wouldn't bother tbh

Thanks mate :cool: Still not arrived yet tho lol

Number 78 is currently being broken up going by ebay

Not yet Gaz its just on order but i'll post it up once it arrives

Cam belt changes used to be a fair bit cheaper although not sure what the exact difference in price is these days. Auxiliary belt will be cheaper on the Cup. Just a belt needed no tensioner kit plus reduced labour times on this and cambelt work. Or to sum it up, there is more advantage to...

Removing air con: Advantage: Weight loss Possibly a small performance gain / less belt drag More engine bay space Cheaper aux / cam belt change costs Disadvantage Might get sweaty on a summer day

Yeah got a email to say you'd tried. I deleted a few messages to make space as well. Must be to do with membership going from full to non member. I'll delete more. Went to Renault and luckily they do sell these brackets so ordered them. 14 odd quid a pop for the pair but at least its hassle...

No car in the UK needs air con. We only get one day of summer a year

Could you send me it again mate?. I'v emptied the inbox

I'm picking up a few parts from Renault tomorrow anyway so will ask if they do this on the parts. Just hope its not one of these jobs where it comes with a bumper only rather than as a separate.

I thought the same but Haynes says the bumper is held on by screws at the front. Searched on here and it appears the base models don't have the bracket riveted on as per below pic. Maybe just depends on the bumper configuration.

Yeah its just riveted on. The bracket is fine its just the bolt has snapped inside it on the passenger side and the drivers side someone has drilled it out totally and fastened it by a nut at the rear (a bit pikey). New bracket would be the easiest option. Don't suppose anyone knows if this...

The front brackets which hold the bumper on (ph1 172): Does anyone know if you can buy these?. Also are they common place on all ph1 Clio's or just exclusive to 172's ?

Brave man to track a decent car like that. Brave or stupid?, its a tough call

That would look better than a bonnet bra

Failed as in the fitting rusted or the pipe split ?

Top it back up and see how you get on. If it continues to drink oil then try and get a leak down test to see where its exactly losing from. You don't want to go to the trouble of pulling the bottom end apart if its only the head which needs a freshen up. I don't buy into the Renault acceptable...

Basically just do a full rebuild on it lol

I bought a blue door handle off someone which arrived grey and a set of 4 wheels which was assured they were 100% straight, 2 were anything but. One purchase was from a established member too

Ooops, totally missed it :o lol Hope to re-fit my old Pipers sometime this year so will have a hunt in the washer box and see if there is anything similar sized. Not that they rattled anyway but might help preserve wear?

Ah so thats how those shims go. You don't happen to have a caliper handy to measure the thickness of the shims? ;)

Cheers for the info mate :cool:

Noticed over the last couple of weeks when turning the ignition on in the ph1 there is a 1 second delay in starting until it fires up, basically a slow cranking blip. As i suspected would end up happening eventually it now won't start until repeat trying / leaving it and trying again...

Cup racers were 2020's made from magnesium

Clio 1*2's only look good on about 3 sets of wheels lol They are awesome for road use being very strong.