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I got that new centre section on Wednesday too, same as the one in your pics. Not fitted it yet as I'm waiting for new clamps and gaskets so everything is new again. I bought my RS 192 in 2011 and it failed this winter in two places, two cracks in the actual steel sheet at the forward end of the...

Not wishing to go too far off topic, but you see the two pad shapes below... well the shape of that ferodo pad is the same as standard pads for 306 GTi-6. Its not unique to ferodo, you can have the standard clio shape too, its just that it has been suggested that when buying the ferodo ds that...

Any reason for doing that?

very slightly different for 182's, yes. Well, there are separate part numbers for cup and non-cup if that tells you anything.

Your bluey-grey/yellow sticker is the correct cup shock. It should be part number 8200681125. The thing you say about it not compressing to the same amount as the old one is more likely to be a result of it being broken, it probably wasn't doing that when it was new. By the way, I'm on my...

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Faulty pre-cat lambda is unlikey to be a cause of missfire IMO. But fiting a new one if history is unknown makes good sense anyhow. Usual culprits for missfires are the injectors, yes. But you're saying these have been replaced so that should rule that out. Wiring/conectors to them can be an...

Sounds good. I'd be happy going for a run up the coast, or whatever the general consensus is. Perhaps a run out to Kielder water would be good? ... which on that note, the annual Pirelli rally has some stages in Kileder Forest and that is next weekend!!! anyone want a mini-meet to coincide with...

But what about us up here north of the Tyne? !!! Anyone fancy a weekend drive/photo shoot type thing... or something like that? RR days not my thing but I like driving my car, its not like we don't have good roads up here!!!

Agree, precise tracking adjustments make themselves more noticeable with regards to road handling and less so with track driving IMO. When you're just flicking the car gently between corners making slight adjustments to toe affects how stable the steering is, how it feels in load transition and...

Well if that's the case then it suggests that something is worn or incorrectly fitted. Pics with it stright might help show if a problem exists on just one side, or both, or neither. Spring or shocks themeselves won't affect how the parts (pictured) are located, its the components that form...

No quite sure what you're asking there - are you wondering what component might be worn/broken? You're showing us pics of the top mounts, is your steering straight in those pics? It looks like you've got full lock on, so its not really that clear if there's any difference side to side, but if...

what he said plus some stiff tyres such as Yoko AD08 or Federal RSR. Job jobbed.

To the OP - I think you've asked a leading question, assuming that you already know the answer. The problem as I see it is that you've made assumptions. They wern't really clear what they were and, as others have pointed out, its easy to dissagree with them anyway. the assumtion that the two...

I'd quite like an excuse to take a run out and meet some fellow owners. Quite a way for me from Otterburn to the OK diner, but if I'm free I'll try and come along... if it actually happens that is!

New pads and discs need the pistons pushed right back as far as you can get it in the caliper. Its always quite tight in that respect. However, sounds like you managed to get the caliper back over the pads and bolt it back together, so even though its grabbing it should be fine once you start...

Front pad total thickness is specified at 18mm, but that includes the backplate. Backplates tend to be around 4mm thick so roughly speaking its 14mm of friction material, I would say. The rears being 11mm mentioned above will probably be the total thickness also, so only around 7mm friction...

This is what I'm on about. (credit to Benny06 for the photo). They are refered to as anti-rattle shims. Problem with them is that dust and corrosion builds up between them and the caliper where they clip into place. This makes evrything a tighter fit than it needs to be - pads get tight in the...

If your careful taking them out then yes, you could refit them. But they are a service item that comes with new genuine/OE pads. However I very much doubt they were replaced at last pad change because you have aftremarket pads which aren't supplied with these metal bits. Certainly if the pads...

They should not be tight in the caliper/carriers. If they are tight its probably because theres too much built upo dust/corrosion under where the metal shims sit. Depends if you are happy to remove them or not, ironically they are part of the design meant to eliminate sqeal! But if not renewed...

How new are they? Is the noise from one side or both? How free are the pads in the carrier? There should be a bit of free play, if not take half a mm off each contact point on the back plate. Or remove the metal carrier shims as I have done. Whichever, you should have some free play so the...

seems to be working now.

Chip, I know you didn't ask me dirrectly but a quick google search brought up... http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?dsco=110&Cookie=froogle&details=Ordern&typ=R-235707&ranzahl=4&nichtweiter=1&pk_campaign=froogle&wt_ref=&ID=froogle&wt_t=1394224970000 EDIT (link seems to be acting up)...

As above. I have standard brembo discs with ebc yellowstuff, have done 5k miles on the setup (discs and pads at same time) and apart from the first few hundred miles, when they went through a noisey phase, they have been totally silent with nice solid feel. I really rate yellowstuff as an...

Koni's. Not much choice of decent quality uprated dampers in this price range really, but Koni sports always seem to be highly rated.

I'm not going to criticise it either. I think it was a better job than Harry Metcalfe (Ex EVO Editor) made talking about his Trophy last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTTI-aMKn60

using a laptop? well try this... position the laptop so that the screen is just pointing back slightly, a little past 90 degrees. Imagine the screen is your wheel and see that slight tilting as your camber angle. you can then imagine toe angle to be zero if you think of each side of the screen...

as the hub rotates the angles it is positioned in (the verticle and lateral planes that set the camber and toe) change their relation to each other. Its only slight, but it will alter - eg camber moves toward positive (less neg) because the toe-in angle starts to detract from the camber angle as...

On twist-beam the rear roll centre height hardly deviates at all with suspension movement. The axle height is one parameter used to locate the position of it, along with the length of the arms and the positioning of the twist-beam relative to the mountings. Altering the axle height would...

Yeah, Sorry if that's not what your wanting to hear mate. KYB only list one "Excel-G" part number for all mark 2 clios - 343289. So its a fit-all varients shock. KYB's catalogue will suggest their "gas-adjust" is the right shock for 172/182 varients, howver I've tried them and got my money back...