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That depends on how fast they corrode!

Right, I was going to ask this but assumed it was happening all of the time. When does the misfiring happen and how long does it last. If it only misfires at 2.5k for a couple of minutes when cold this is meant to be normal, but a remap can take care of it. How long does it take for your...

I too am interested. Some will say you do not need a torque wrench but personally I'd want one on the Hub nut. From what I remember the procedure is as follows from what I have read. Undo driveshaft but with the wheel on the ground Jack the car up Remove the road wheel Remove two strut bolts...

Precisely. In comparison to a tired setup where at best most may only change part of the issue a PMS will appear amazing since it will also change the entire gear linkage! I have to ask, how tricky is it to change the gear linkage bushes on the lever? I am debating the following: Getting...

From that I am tempted to keep the Bosch pads on until they wear out and then consider my options, probably the RC5s depending on the dust but I have sealed my wheels with Collinite 476S for now :D. TBH anything was better than this shot setup!

If it were me I'd do the following: Dogbone mount of choice after research Small lever and bush off the gear linkage that goes to the bottom of the gearbox (mine is not great and many are not here; the PMS replaces these bits which may be why people notice such a difference...) New gear stick...

Now that is good news. Are the RC5s any good from cold however compared to the competition. I take the Pagids you are referring to are the stock items and not the Blues. The friend in the above post (I think he is on CS) used to swear by M1144s for almost a decade until recently. Like you I...

A couple of years ago I would have agreed with you, no questions asked. Another Clio friend would have too but recently his experience with M1144s has not been great, like @bristolnate. On another car the Pagids were OK to be fair, albeit not lasting long, but for £20 I doubt anyone could get...

I don't know what plate I have on front but I do like the stock sized font over the smaller font. I do wonder if it has been trimmed. The cut however does look pretty decent to whoever has made them. However, the plate is beginning to go a little yellow and going by the mods on the car I...

If they were cheapo bits they could cause you more grief. It has for me in the past.

As said, return the HT leads. The Beru ones are top notch compared to the cheap rubbish. Even outside of Renault the BERUs are not a cheap lead, but with good reason ; they fit very well and last ages. You pay peanuts and you'll get monkeys :smile:. As said, I reckon it will be an injector...

Id look at both and decide, people's definition of "mint" condition does vary with "even more immaculate" coming into it!. Both look worth a punt. However @coverman makes a good point about the Sat Nav.

I'm based in Warwick. However, I was in Gosport that week and driving around there and Portsmouth :).

Now you are kind! I hope the same can be said for the car being on the new wheels! It's not a bad car at all really :).

It's all a learning curve. At least you were having fun :).

Some of you may have noticed a minor detail on my car changing. As much as I love Turinis the car is a daily, and I hate kerbed wheels, not helped on a car with appaling steering lock. I am not a kerb hunter by a long shot but the lack of rim protection on my current tyres (Contis and Toyos)...

It's been a while but there is a few little things to update on. Like many Clios it has character. When I say Character what I mean to say is now again some things do break on it. Like many the washer pump died. I have heard rumours of how tricky it was to remove. I did not envisage the...

That I will not disagree with!:)

From what I've been told the injectors are a pain to replace. As in putting the injectors back onto the rail and then into the car!

It's a tricky one. CLIP may help but it's hard to say.

If it is to go open breather I wouldn't bother either on a road car. It's one thing I hate about the Escort ; smelling of L'eau de crankcase fumes!

In typical Multiquote style... IMO the Iceberg colour of the 172s is a lovely colour :). And yes, the power is not massively different. In some ways I prefer the power delivery of the 172. With a remap you will barely be able to tell the difference, unless you enjoy a willy waving contest...

IMO after having different paint codes but the same colour paint on a car you will be able to tell (I am referring to Rover Flame Red and Flame Red '89; Both look identical in pics and on the shelf but do not match in the slightest if painted with one another). My Diablo Red Pug 106 GTi was...

Ignore me, I mistook your location for where you saw the cars. I was in Gosport/Portsmouth for a week on a work.

You may spot me. I have a 172 that looks like a 182 (it has twin rear pipes) but it is on dark grey Turbines.

I was wondering if it were me but I didn't get into Portsmouth/Gosport until 7:30pm!

Can you get them as just a bottom stick on bit of plastic for the plate, like some of the VAG plates? Like many I have clean plates and a shorty plate up front with me quite liking the latter but there is something for me about dealer plates on a car. Maybe it's because most of the iffy cars I...

Wannabe track car I reckon. The cage only had spreader places for two of its 6 feet! The cage has now long gone along with evidence of it ever being there. The history of the car is something like the following. It was stripped to a shell where it was previously converted this way and then...

I've had a few Fords over the years. Some were OK, some not so great but then some did cost as much as a night out these days! I started off behind the wheel after getting a driving licence in a Ford Ka Sun Collection. I ended up converting this to close to Ford Racing spec. Well, apart from...

I do pop into the boulder room now and again. If you go lead roping let me know :). The wheels on the car were painted by Pristine wheels almost 5 years ago. Last Friday I had them redone by City Powdercoating in Anthracite but I will update the thread soon...