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Yes vags have 2 bleed nipples at the matter cylinder u need to bleed them first then the caliper

Cheers mate, trip to Stockton to find out what bhp I'm putting out![emoji1]

If your polishing it you can probably get away with leaving it on. It only takes five mins to remove so it's no biggy. It was cleaning the grime off it that took the time

Painted my inlet and fuel guard

Lettering now sorted on the manifold. Engine cover though now could do with a repaint

Had today off work today and as it was nice this morning I decided to paint my inlet and fuel guard. I'm not certain though whether this is too much black with the engine cover on Or off

All this about don't spend more on the car than what it's worth as being an argument not to boost a Clio I don't understand as all cars depreciate. In 2-3 years you may have lost 3-4k off the replacement car anyway. The reliability issue would be the major one for me if I wanted to boost the...

I too would be interested in this. It's our just a car of turn up and pay?

When I had my bora I had to carry my c spanner with me just to get over the speed bumps

No scene points I'm afraid it sits too high. No chassis notch I take it. If it's not scrubbing your not dubbing and all that!

Never owned a 200 but do a 172. I used to think the 172 was noisy on long journeys however having driven a brand new astra gtc for a four hundred miles trip I take it back. 172 is fast handles well good on fuel and embarrasses allot of more expensive cars. The downside is you get no respect for...

So with the hot weather which has now disappeared I decided to regass my aircon with one of those DIY halfrauds kits. As I was gassing it one of the pipes burst. The bolt holding the pipe to the compressor was missing. Here is the offending pipe. I sourced a replacement off here. Big thank...

No hate for the corsa just those skirts lol. Wheels do look good though

In silver they don't look like the same wheel. I like them in the dark colour though

It's plastidip. The colour is more in ya face than I had expected! It doesn't look bad but I gave to say up close it's no substitute for a fresh set from the powder coaters. Will more than do though until I get the second set off. They're all prepped and ready to go!

Well I'm still waiting for my father in law to powder coat my spare set of wheels. In the mean time I bought these And did this Which turned out like this

Been awhile since I've updated this thread. The 172 dog began to make a raspy blowy sound. On closer inspection I noticed that my centre section was blowing right where the pipe is welded into the centre silencer. A bodge of gun gum and some resistant tape was put in place however this made no...

Mate what did u use to make the mount on the other side? Where did u get the exhaust strap from?

Well it did turn out to be a bad centre section. My bodge repair of heat proof tape and gun gum didn't hold. As you can see from the pics it had blown a full corner of my bodge away. New klarius centre now fitted. I have to say these are the worst fitting exhausts I have ever experienced I...

I like a bit if spanner welding but having to deal with things like that on my main commute could become tedious

When u say tinker what do you mean? Are u going through drive shafts?

Well been back under it tonight and these a slight blow on the centre pipe. I've gun gummed it but this has made lite difference. I've replaced the rear poly flex bush from the rear mount for a standard one as I wondered whether it was down to the exhaust vibrating. A little quieter but not by...

New centre section then. Like I say it sounds like a blow but there isn't one which leads me to believe it's the baffles

It's a standard system from Ecp, klarius I believe

Hello fellas having a strange one with my 172. As the car gets hotter the exhaust gets louder & raspier to the point where I presumed there must be a leak or a blow in the system. I've been under the car from front to back and there is no leak I can find. It seems to be coming from either the...

Perhaps shagged centre mount has meant excessive movement which has been accentuated by the stiffer rear. Either way I'll not know until I get under it today

Had mine on for a short period however the welds on my centre section have cracked. I don't know wether I can attribute this to the mount but I do wonder if it's too stiff and so has contributed to the welds going

Not a problem. Keep us posted

Yes & yes however good practice would recommend you disconnect the battery

There is a large white connector plug in the fuse box next to the battery. The pins get corrosion and can cause limp mode. A bit of sand paper and wd on them may solve your problem