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well good news and a bit more done over the past week - got a new dogbone from Renault and fitted it with the polybushes fitted quick picture of the upper engine mount fitted too - the solid mounts have made such a difference to how the car drives - best investment i have ever made on a...

cheers russ - one bolt snapped - last one obviously! how irritating!

As above - what is the torque settings for the upper inlet manifold bolts?? tried searching but no joy :( Ross

its for a ph1 172!

and if so will any clio wishbone fit?

Hi guys, fitting a powerflex polybush kit to the front of the clio and was wondering is it worth me replacing the front wishbones while doing this process? Thanks Ross

left hand it is bad news again - while pressing the old dogbone bushes out the mount itself :( looking at it looks like its been battered previously new one coming asap!

by the way its for a ph1 172

^^ whats it under on fleabay? unless the prat [riced the rong mount but i had it with me :S

Pushing out old bushes from the dogbone mount and it snapped :( had clearly been battered previously so was nothing we could do! Renault have quoted £144+vat for a new mount anyone else know where to get one? or will one from other model work? Ross

dogbone being done as we speak and going to do polybush kit when coilovers arrived :) booked onto the 23rd at kirki so ill see ya there? do you get wild vibrations through the ktec mounts? also seem to have a squeek coming from clutch when resting foot on it and goes away when pushed in -...

yea i did pablo :) just thought i would check!

looks like that - it tightened down onto it fine just seemed to turn the whole bush from there. so it is tight enough?

Fitted my ktec upper gearbox mount and i couldnt get it tightened past the top thread on the spindle. Should it tighten more and if so how do i go about it? Impact wrench? Thanks Ross

todays job was to do upper engine mount: out with the old - gone :) got carried away and started removing for gearbox mount - and new one in place - ran into problems here - when i went to tighten the top bolt down in the upper gearbox mount i got it tight to just on the...

great job as usual pete :) car looking great Trev :)

few small updates arrived today in the post new purchases include:- Uprated KTEC engine mount and upper gearbox mount Full Powerflex Bush Kit OMP 330mm steering wheel and boss car is stinkin at the minute as i love driving it too much!

^^ it will be keeping the ph1 lights and rear end - thinking about ph2 rub strips though... wheels may be going black with a coloured lip ;) either that or one of these in 15x8 or in 15/16 x 8? any ideas?

^^ thanks very much for the kind words :) its got a long way to come but im glad i managed to get a well looked after one with lowish miles that was most importantly standard! means i can work away and have it exactly how i want :)

fog light was smashed when i got it :( either replacing them or going to put twin CAFs in? opinions? Ross

quick update with the finished pictures for the tidy up session - ran round with Menz 85 to create some extra gloss then put down a couple of layers of Supernatural Next in line are clear repeaters, dent removal then some type of suspension! Ross

Re: The story of a high mileage 172 what wheel is it russ? need one for my ph1! cars a real credit to ya!

13th July - Week 1 Front bumper was resprayed by Terry Henry at KKRC, fantastic job as always! Car received 4 Toyo T1R's from StreetRacer, loved them on the 182 so had to have a set as Toyo have recently lowered their prices! :eek: So with the fresh paint on the front bumper - the...

After selling the 197 and trying to settle down into a sensible car - i soon realised what a massive mistake i had made! As great a car as the BMW was, it just didnt deliver the 'fun' factor that the RS Clios had given. So when my dad mentioned he was thinking of changing to an M3 i convinced...

lol i also wanted this one - gotta get a shoot organised - where abouts in belfast ya from?

i had V1s on the 197 and highly rated them! health to drive!

so your the bandit who stole it off PH - you got in good and quick! wanted this car myself! health to drive mate!

Does anyone know any history on this black ph1 172 in SureClean cars in essex? Any locals help me out by going and having a look at it? Thanks a bunch Ross

looking at a set of Borbet A's for a 2001 clio, they are 16x7.5's wandering would these fit? or Ats Cups but the offest is 20, would these look good with 13mm hubcentric spacers?

Re: someph-ing different........... just read through the whole thread - fantastic this car is the reason im coming back to RS ownership!