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;) :lolup: Yeh! Budgie Some people can't speak anymore, can only use a keyboard & mouse. Makes me laugh as well.

If you go for the Coilovers Edd, keep your original Springs and dampers and re fit them before you sell the car.

When I was 17 my dad bought home Knackered Mini engine, found it at the side of the road on the way home from work. Over the next few months I stripped it down and rebuilt it with the help of Car Mechanics and my Dad. Learnt a lot about engines and how they work. When I finished it and got it...

Clutch gone. You are stuffed mate, call the breakdown truck, hope you are in AA, RAC.

If the car is new to you I would be checking the brakes as well and changing the brake fluid.

GFV in 4 years £3900 - £4400 I think I'll wait till then and buy one.

Now tell him how much the FK's cost.

Here we go again, That horrible word "EBC"

Take up subscription to "Car Mechanics" magazine if it is still going. I learnt a lot from them in the '60's. Just Googled it, It is still going.

This should help http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?552072-Changing-front-rear-brake-discs-sanity-check!

Nothing special, Metric sockets, one big socket 30mm.? I think, for the hub nut, torque wrench. There were lots of threads on this job last Autumn.

Well, you know where it starts, it ends up connected near to the throttle body,induction piping, air box I guess. I don't have Ph 1 so I'm not too sure, can't be that hard to find.

You'll only be able to sell such a lowered car to a few other youngsters who want to be Looooooowwwww. Your 1.2 will as a standard car will appeal to thousands of 1st. time drivers and young mums as a cheap runaround. Dealers are unlikely to give you anything.

Yeh, 40mm. is about the limit just changing springs. You'll be able change to a more sportycar for the cost of coilovers and set up. Not forgetting they will de value your car when you come to sell it.

So boys do cooking and needlework now, such a shame, must be because more female teachers in schools now.

Welcome kid. Your 1st. car great, the wheels will slow it down a bit and use more fuel but if you like them what can I say. Good luck on your test.

Just buy some Eibach Sporline springs, look out for decent used ones for £60 -£80, they will be ok with standard dampers and will sop the roly, poly feel on corners. Coilover route is expensive and no, you can't set them up yourself properly, roughly, yes. On a 1,2 is there need for them.

^^^^I go with this^^^^^ On my Fabia this is exactly what I done, Same pads and calipers but larger discs and longer carriers adds up to Strugglers summary. The VAG group parts bin comes in very handy.

There should be a bit grease in there already. When you take the pads and sliders apart give them a good clean up and see if all parts are moving as they should.

You should have either 1. joined the 2 pipes together or 2. plug the pipe thats goes to the inlet/plenum chamber and route the the fuel tank breather pipe away from the exhausts and left it open to the atmosphere someone safe.

No, burns off very quickly.

Headwork--- changing, repairing or uprating Valves, springs, camshafts, gas flowing (means reaming out inlet/outlet ports to improve gas flow in & out of the engine) So anything to do with the Cylinder head and bits attached to it. Bottomend---- Changing, repairing or uprating pistons...

It's the auxiliary belt, runs the power steering, alternator, and A/C if fitted. Your right, it's slipping or a noisy idler bearing, change the complete kit and you will be alright again, You should be ok to diy it if you are handy with basic car maintainance.

Euro Car Parts, and GSF do some genuine parts. You need to ask them if they are OE parts and they will come in the manufacturers boxes not Renault boxes.

As much as they can get out of you!

You can buy new pair of Renault rear discs with the bearings in for less. Do them yerself! otherwise motoring for you will be very expensive.

Yep! Ask the other suppliers if they do a deal on the Brembo discs and DS pads together.

No problems with 172 engines, they are generally strong and put together ok, cam belts have to be changed by a specialist in RS engines, not too expensive though. However the the other stuff that the car is made off, is tin foil and cheese so you can always find something that needs doing (...

Should be able to repair that, as long as you haven't driven on the flat tyre. Try Larkins up by the Church.

For Ds pads try Camskill, Northwest performance, Prices are always changing.