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White 197,cup or with cup spoiler. About half four today, reg was **08 FLX I think,looked tidy!

not looking too shabby really, gave it a quick jetwash and clean up. yet to hit it with the autosol and polish, i hear thunder, but theres no rain. this type of thunder.....it breaks walls and window panes ;) pic and the recovery period, lol!!

but i couldnt find it and the forum search seems to just bomb out?? oh well,bead it up :)

nice day = clean clios and then phone camera pic fail! one day i will get out and get some decent snaps.....pinkie promise :p Coops

for my birthday i partook in the RTOC national day at Blyton park. I used this as an opportunity to test my poverty spec engine build :p The car had done about 300 miles on the rebuilt engine, which in case anyone wants to know went against pretty much every rule in the book. I reused my 14k...

ripped up the suspension first and cleaned it all, reset ride height and sorted rattle :-) then gave it a rub over with a rag, came up okay! 8) Coops

for those interested...................... power = pain ;) :p Right, update! Finally decided to crack on and get the car apart and see whats causing the over-pressurizing issue i've been seeing this season on track. So this is how the car is stood currently, looking a bit forlorn on the...

MOT today, flying colours, so shiny wheels to celebrate ;-) pimptastic :-) Coops

wheres the best and quickest way to get hold of a mark 2 pahse 1 clio accelerator cable? doesn't need to be immacualte, anything will do just to get me rolling again?? presume for a new one its renault only?? cheers Ben

caged up one on anthracite ultraleggera's. saw you about 16:45, you turned right past the pub. gave the thumbs up and ur missus giggled at me, oops!lol!

I have a 2000 plate mk 2 phase 1, stock brakes etc, will a set of mk 1 phase 1 clio turbine wheels fit? straight bolt on? cheers Ben

Anyone know whats the best cheapish car cover? i already have a covercraft noah taylored job but its taken a beating last winter and i was going to cover it with a cover, so double cover the car i need one that fits okay but isnt crazy expensive cheers Ben

not bowled over by them yet, but not had a chance to spank it through the twisties so no review as such just yet! dialed them in for a mix of some more neg camber and a bit of pos castor :-) main reason for lack of fun times was my brakes fell apart!looooool! to be sorted this week :-)...

Got my arm twisted into going to santa pod today, Dan el turbo man has been pestering me for weeks to go and i eventually caved in initial plan was to run his car and i'd just passenger down, but in end i took the turbo..........couldn't resist!!! had a cracking day and laid down my best...

Finally grabbed a proper spin out between rain showers, so went and knocked on for dan and went for some twin turbo action, 1 per car ;-) spotted an old fuel stop and decided to hammer on the anchors and grab a few snaps :-) enough blether...... lets rock the pictures...

Ran over the cat to the parents place and took a few snaps over the weekend, then decided to have a play with photoshop! no everyone cuppa but i like contrasty and colour enhanced images so these are my paltry efforts after taking the photos on my samsung 8002.................cough wave...

looking at getting our lass new cam for her birthday as her old kodak is shot. any favourites out there? looking at around the 100 quid margin tops but less is better as more cash for dinner out then ;-) cheers Ben

couple of quickies about my phase 1 172 spark plugs probably been covered a million times, hence a nightmare to search or in the search tab! but is it really a £60 parts job?!!! either way wheres best for plugs? secondly, my headlights are atrocious, simply shocking, make the mark 1 clio's...

Well had it on road for few weeks now and other week got to stretch her legs for the first time, trip to girlfriends fatherland, Norfolk good trip and car performed faultlessly and returned 47mpg average as well so more than happy on the long runs, and that was mostly A and B roads, no...

two niggles on my 2000 x plate 172 phase 1 boot light doesnt come on when you open the boot, but if you open door it does so presuming switch is gone, is this part of the boot lock? can it be earth issue or new latch assembly required? rear washer doesnt work, when i press the switch it...

Right, random issue on a phase 2 172 full fat, so ABS pickup for the speedo. the speedo needle is not working at all, doesnt move no matter what ABS has been checked and is fine, working no problems and light comes on and goes out as it should also have also done diagnostic check on the...

Old girl shines up okay still, gave her a clean to pop up for sale and found a decent spot for a couple of snaps 8) and the controversial replacement, dun der derrrrrrrrr :lol: Coops

right i have an idle issue on my phase 1 172, engines from a different car and i used the engine/sensors on engine and loom off the donor car but everything else off the original car, ecu etc etc it runs perfectly when cold, idles at 800-900rpm or whatever they idle at!lol! runs fine all...

as Daniel knows,all the best things come in 3's ;-) as such, with a 1. a 2. and just for dave88, a 3. lol!! anyone else so embedded in a clio household they have a brace,a trio, or more...... ? :-)

removing engine from my phase 1 172, no idea if theres any gas in the air con circuit but presuming there is whats the best practice to empty it prior to removing the lump? any constructive advice, bar 'take it to a garage' or similar comments, much appreciated :-) thanks in advance Ben

is there a thread/forum on CS for insurance questions etc? i've tried search with little success! if not then questions are: 1. what group is a phase 1 172? 2. who do people find best for quote as i was shocked to find lookin to insure the 172 that its much more expensive than my...

can i use a complete 182 engine, head and block, and bolt all the parts off my phase 1 172 engine to it to get it to run in the car? likely to be any issues with mapping etc of be fine on 172 management? are all the sensors same etc? any input much appreciated cheers Ben

couple of quick questions! easy one first, will et 37 offset 15" wheels (7J) fit a phase 1 172 okay thats been lowered around 40 odd mm? i.e. won't sit out too far and rub on the arches? secondly whats involved in putting a phase 2 172 lump from say an 03 plate car into a 2000 reg phase...

mwuhahahahaha just need to grab another tyre as i put one on the spare in the boot and they're good to go, R888's are staying on the white ones for track as they are getting past road legal :twisted: Coops

after a decent enough 5.1 surround kit for my telly. i'm a bit of a geek when it comes to matching stuff so needs to be samsung ideally only needs to be DVD, i have blu ray already, but i want wireless rear speakers, is there anything on the market that can forfill this dream without having...