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It will be more valuable this week as my mate crashed his last week, wrapped around a lamp post.

Yeah, try a hammer yourself, nothing to loose. If it cracks then another wheel

Looks like just the lip is bent so should straighten up, a decent tyre dealer can straighten it out but the tyre will have to come off. When straightened it can be tested on the wheel balancing machine for straightness. If it is too far gone then an alloy wheel restorer will have to weld a new...

Beware some car dealers list the 172's as "Cup" but are clearly not. How about a 182 Trophy, they come in red.

They do look like the wrong ones. The HEL ones are about 2" longer than the OE's at the front and 1" longer at the rear.

I had a Golf4 TDI mapped and now a Fabia VRS mapped, At Santa Pod the The Cup was 0.6 quicker on the 1/4mile than the VRS but terminal speed was 10mph faster in the VRS. TDI's do feel quicker when they are on boost but it is short lived. The Cup is definitely a quicker all round car, the...

Whats wrong with the Renault dealer?

How old is the oil? Needs the correct grade and nice clean oil for the dephaser to work correctly.

The DS2000 s are more like OE's but Ferodo version.

The 2 rears are in the N/S wheel arch and if HEL they do fit ok but a little bit too long so don't kink them. The fronts are a straight swap for the o/e' s, remove the spring and rubber gaurd and fit them on the new HEL's, soak the rubber guard in hot water for a few mins and they just slide...

It's good to know you run a decent car care regime, it seems most of the Clios problems are now fixed so you might as well keep it and hopefully all will be well for sometime yet. I have bought a couple of cars in the past where previous owners have spent hundreds on their cars and got fed up...

VW parts I find are cheaper than Renaults. ECP and GSF parts are cheaper and OE.

You are always at the mercy of a car dealer if you p/x, you WILL always get less than selling privately. So be be patient, sell privately then you are in the bargaining seat when you find your next car. Kids these days, they are always impatient, "I want it now".

If you can repair your car yourself then cost of running a Clio 172/182 is not so bad, likewise owning another brand of car that is 7,8 or 9 years and 70-80k.miles, similar components will wear on them. Best and most reliable part of the Clio F4r's is the engine. It's always been the...

Now he offers them, bit late as I have ordered them.

I could only find Mk1 camber bolts listed by Eibach but these should fit Mk2 as they are 14mm. bolts. As Venom link above they cost £ 24 delivered, so I've ordered them.

A Ph1 must be at least 10yrs. old now, some years ago a all 10yr. old cars would be on the scrapheap. So getting a few hundred for a car of that age is good.

Louder than a cat mee-owing and not as loud as a Tornado jet at 500ft.

Re: Clio sports in bedfordshire ^^^^Yes. Danny is 519 ^^^^^ The foot operated trolley jack :approve: is a nifty piece of kit.

+ They wear very quickly.

Scotland in December may leave you snowbound so if you are coming in December then stay further south, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset are nice places to go. If you come in the summer then Scotland, Wales and the Lake Districts are a treat for the eyes and the car as well, probably best to come in...

Your Cup in it's present state will be worth next to nothing if you P/X it. Just go and buy a new car and think of the Cup as a 2nd. car project. Fix it diy and track it.

A 400mile drive in a Cup is going to be very tiring.

SC on a Cup, 255bhp, Yummy Yummy.

Why did some Cups have slotted mountings where mine has non adjustable mounting holes? its a late 2002.

As you say cambelt should be a high priority for piece of mind.

Ooops indeed, you might as well drain all the oil out now and buy fresh oil, then job done for another 70k. miles.

Could be one of the camshaft oil seals leaking, just had one of mine changed.

As long as the oil is the correct grade and sae then any brand is ok. Regular oil changes are a must though depending on your mileage.

Unfortunately wheels don't come cheap and if you are changing the size then new tyres will cost you even more. Leave it as it is and spend your spare dosh on making it reliable and changing the broken bits, which will happen---Its French!