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Black mirrors have nothing to do with it.

As above, either just needs topped up or your brake pads need replaced making the car think it's got low on brake fluid.

Hatchet in the boot IIRC?

Red calipers and grey wheels, if it has standard wheels. If it has speedlines on it then only way to tell is red calipers.

If you want K-tec coilovers go to K-tec's website for them.

I reckon on your bonnet it's more a case of there being not much lacquer on it, not that they haven't actually painted it. If so my 172 bonnet was the same.

What are you on about? The bonnets are held up by stands whilst painting, which obviously make it a bit difficult to get into that area to paint properly. How hard is it to understand?

Wheels are Raiders, you can spec them on the 200, though why you would is beyond me as they're rank.

Do you think bonnets float in mid air? It'll be from however they hang them up to paint them, obviously the machine/whoever is painting it can't get it all perfect as theres a stand in the way. They don't have time to go back and re-do a bit that's covered up anyway.

That, tbh.

Never seen a wardrobe tripod before!

EDIT: Ouch, unlucky mate. Hope you're all OK.

Shape doesn't matter, V-Maxx springs are a funny shape compared to standard, those look a bit tall though as said.

Registering a re-shelled written off car that wasn't supposed to be returned to the road, using the logbook from another possibly not written off car that's the wrong model? Sounds complicated and illegal to me lol

Decat.

Would help if you found out what CAT it actually was.

Like that, those wheels look a lot better all in one colour. Surely wee bit of tinkering with a map and the likes will see it just as quick in a straight line as the Focus, no? I wish my Recaros were leather!

On the deck with some stance then maybe it would suit. On 40mm springs and standard wheels, no.

Mine was fully painted on both my MK2s. Could be worse, a lot of Korean/Jap motors these days they aren't even painting the bay at all, leaving the entire thing finished in a nice shade of beige.

That is a weird one. Why is it being registered as a converted 1.2? Did he give a reason for this? Oh I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole BTW.

It's not exactly wasting money if it's to get the job done right. If alloy refurb places are telling you it'll need done, it'll need done.

I payed £2k for a 172 so to me that's cheap! LOL

The humming is probably from the climate control fan above your head where the interior light is. Waste of time trying to fix it as it'll just come back. The clicking as said is normal aswell and won't go away. Only thing you can do is try to get used to the noises. If you've never had a Clio...

Mine went down by £300 this year. Elephant actually had the cheek to send me a renewal letter saying they could insure me for the year for £2800. I LOL'd, phoned them and told them to stick it and they matched the internet price of £1700. Would have been less but I have an "incident" logged...

If the actual tilting/sliding mechanism still works then it's obviously come away from the handle. Find a way of taking the handle out and have a look to see if somethings snapped etc.

^It's you lol Awesome work and write up as always. Your threads are about the only detailing ones I'll actually bother reading start to finish.

Someone used to sell them on here, pretty sure F0xy had one in his 1.2.

Well obviously at the top of the coilover there are edges and lips and stuff below the thread to stop the top mounts going down any further than they should. When I fitted V-Maxx coilovers with standard top mounts I had to wind them right down (off the car obviously) put the top mounts on until...

How did you fit those topmounts btw? Did you wind the coilover right down as low as possible, build it all up then put it on the car and raise it up again?

Surely that top mount is nowhere near tight enough? If it's only one side like that then it must be incorrectly fitted somewhere surely?