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you will get a bit of water dripping as the cats fitted turn the gases watery and this evaporates. Youll notice when following another car first thing on a cold morning after the cars been sat overnight

just imagine the problem replacing 1 wheel if you buckle it - youd have to look for a full second hand set and have 3 spares :cry:

what the heck are those 2 turds at the side? :confused:

i have a magnex for sale with the twin 3.5" tails - £80 :)

check your tyre pressures

better acceleration with 16s, higher top end speed with 17s

well the creak seems to be getting worse, it happens when doing a u-turn on full lock (slow speeds) and sounds to be the shock. had it in the dealers today to be told " oh its only on full lock when at its extreme" - i flipping know that :@ - anyone else had this prob sorted?

What exhaust have you got on the 172? - looks good with a single pipe

i had the prob with the alarm beep, sometimes it beeped 3 times when i locked it and sometimes it didnt. According to the handbook if it beeps 3 times the interior sensors are disabled? i had the car in the dealers and was told the alarm was wired up wrong???? they sorted it and its been fine since

you can get some J D Weld from most accessory shops. This comes in 2 tubes, 1 is the weld and the other is a hardner which set it. Ive used this on many things inc r/c cars plastic parts and it does set solid.

Has anyone else had a problem with their 172 creaking and groaning on full lock? sounds like suspension but also like a wheel bearing at times :(

how much are they Paul?

hmm when i worked at a dealers a while back we sold this to customers buying new cars. it cost the dealer £25 for the kit and the valaters were paid £10 to apply it. I have an unopened kit of diamond brite which is supposed to be the best available, i used these kits on previous cars and it did...

Hilly - £850 for an exhaust !!!!!!!!!!!!!!:confused:

shame renault dont do any mudflaps to stop this happening - small ones would do

The services are at 12k intervals but in the service book theres a place for interval stamps. Im gonna go for 12k services and oil/ filter changes at 6k breaks

when i caught the guy up we were doing about 45ish, it is a steep hill up the snake pass and we could only get to about 70-75ish as its quite twisty. 3rd gear was too low so i was in 4th most of the way

you can loosen the screws on the striker plate (u shaped fixed onto sill part) and adjust it slightly. Have you tried moving the exhaust about as this might be catching

went out for a bit of a blast in my 172 today, decided to go up snake pass as its nice and bumpy / bendy not just a boring flat road. I got near the bottom (manchester side) and caught up with a peugeot estate (406?), this car was 2 up and as soon as he saw me he put his foot down. Hmm i thought...

he probably meant he fitted a universal cone filter, these can be bought from k+n, pipercross, etc for cars which arent listed in the applications. You do need to know the inlet diameter size for the cone then use some ducting for the airflow

lowering, fogs and colour coding would be good :) - are those 17s?

ask a bodyshop for some bonding stuff, thisll stop it moving about and rattling as the screws get a bit loose. It will also stop anyone pinching it like the scooby spoilers

Use a bit of petrol on a rag, this dissolves the tar and off it comes - use some polish afterwards to put the shine back :)

i had an A4T sport (same 150bhp engine as A3), this car wasnt very quick off the line but on the motorway it pulled like a train - better top end acceleration

yep :)

i bought some meguliars trye dressing about 6 months ago, still havent opened it yet - maybe next week :) If you want the look for a few days and the weathers fine then use washing up liquid

im leaving the sidelights just changing the indicaters to the silver ones

proper name for it is a "spectacle frame" also known as a "one man tow frame" so not everyones like those on the ad when the van stops to see if the guy needs help "well join the aa then" :D years ago i had a blow out, no spare either. pulled to the roadside and a car stopped with 2 girls in...

mine is a 172 :( doesnt look to be any room to move near the o/s light

brake fluid is supposed to last upto 5 years or so, might be worthwile doing a fluid change and bleed though