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Theres a Megane 225 turbo for sale in the orange colour for around 16k with 5k miles on the clock. I own a mint mk 172 which has clocked up 40k miles and am just wondering whether it would be a good decision to change or just run mine to the ground. I love my Clio to bits but soon I can see...

Dont really know that much about the ICE side of things so could do with a little advice. What size subs do you think would be best ?? 2 10" or go for 2 12" subs ?? And what is the lightest best quality Sub on the market ?? Was looking at a Kenwood 12" sub today and that was pretty...

Im getting the piss ripped out of me from a few of my mates who reckon that my mk1 172 will get blown away by a mate who is about to buy a Nissan 200SX turbo thingy. My car at the moment has a viper and magnex on and is booked in to get a Dastek fitted in 2 weeks time. So first up how...

Does anyone know what wheels are fitted to the yellow mk1 172 in the KW suspensions ad thats been in a few PGTI mags

Just bought a Magnex and before I get it bolted on I was thinking of adding a de-cat pipe aswell. Will the de-cat make much of a difference to the noise levels ??? Also my Clio is a Y plated mk1 172 will it have the twin sencor thingys on ??? The guy at Janspeed reckoned the twin sencors...

When is the rev limiter ment to kick in on a mk1 172 ??? Its just that mine used to come in at about 6500 and now I can hit 7000rpm and then I bottle it and change up.....this all happen after my 36k service ......have i still got the limiter there ??? or is 7000rpm + normal for a mk1 172 ...

Just rang my insurance company up and they want me to pay £104 on top of my premium for the fitment of lowered suspension and a stainless zorst . Does this sound reasonable ??? Apparently they class spring and shocks as 2 separate mods!!!! :confused:

How much extra would I be expected to pay on my insurance for lowered suspension ? Is the sportsline kit, I think thats what they call it its the lowest one anyway, is ok for every day use or is it a bit too hard ?? Someone told me that you cant get the tracking set to factory...

Right then I want to make my mk1 172 a little quicker with out telling the insurance company. When all said and done theyd only find out if I totaled the car anyway. Im thinking of these bolt on style mods, as I live in the sticks I need to take my car to a local garage and cant be hassled...

Ive noticed that the speedo needle on my mk1 172 sits about 5mm from the bottom line when the cars idling is this normal ? Its just that if the needles sitting at 30mph the speed Im doing might be higher ...... not good in todays camera happy world. On the plus side my car might be even...

Ive got the standard 15" OZ rims on at the mow 195 / 50 tyres [ mk1 172 ] Would like to upgrade to 16" rims but Im a bit worried that Ill lose some performance due to the bigger wheels/ tyres having a slightly larger rolling radius. [ about 5mm ] Has anyone gone from a 15 to 16" rims and...

Does anybody know how the turbo kit for the 172 is coming along ? Is it out yet ? If not when ? Just that theres this Cavalier turbo knocking about my local cruise thats the it car at the moment meant to be really quick, not sure what bhp but Id guess about 250bhp ,so Id love to get a...

Went for a MOT today at the local Reno dealer. They tested the headlights like they do and found that when you put main beam on [ full lights ] the normal lights, the outer lights on the twin headlight set up, go out they didnt know if this was nornal or not as mine is the first mk1 172 to be...

Never here much on here about GT TUNING have they got any engine mods etc out for the 172s yet ?.........there web sites sh*t !!

Does anybody know when the last of the mk1s were registered ?....when i went for mine i was told by the dealer there was only mine, Iceberg silver and a yellow one being built at the time. My car was registered on the 30/3/01 can anyone beat this ? How many mk1s were built ? [ bit of a long...

WHICH SINGLE ENGINE MOD HAVE YOU GUYS FOUND MAKES THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT TO THE PERFORMANCE OF A MK1 172? CHEERS