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is this the one before the cat or after? as mine needs replacing. also is it a dealers only part or can i get it from somwhere like gsf or euro parts? cheers

finally got it done as i heard a few horror stories about them going and doing a fair bit of damage. mine had needed doing for about a year and in that year it had taken me to and from work nearly every day, done all my erons for me of a weekend, gone to devon and back and got a 15.8 time down...

i usually use a autoglym flexy blade and an autoglym leather but its a bit of a pain having to keep ringing out the shammy. are these better for soaking up more of the water before needing a good sqeeze out or is there not really that much difference.

ive just been looking on the k tec website and had a quick brouse at the cams. it says that the cams are used without the vvt. is this a standard thing to lose the vvt when camming or can you buy cams to use with the vvt as well. also what affect does losing the vvt have if you do go down that...

just started doing it this morning. was going down a road and the car felt like it just didnt want to go but when i slowed down to turn, when i accelarated to go into the road it was fine. there was no dash lights on or anything so i thought nothing of it then after work some 8 hrs later it...

just thought id have a rant as im pi$$ed off because ive kirbed my wheels. all because a dosey bint in the petrol station would move over enough for me to get past. now im ganna havto re do them again. my ocd is kicking in already.

just a quick one. is the hand break cables on the drivers side for a 172 the same as the ones fitted to the 1.6 16v ? ta.

this is a bit weird. if i am going down the road in a strait line and the steering wheel is strait then i take a sharpish left turn. when i get back on a strait, my steeing wheel is still as if i am turning left. but the same happens if turning right too:S. what the hell would that be:dead:

:S this is a bit weird. if i am going down the road in a strait line and the steering wheel is strait then i take a sharpish left turn. when i get back on a strait, my steeing wheel is still as if i am turning left. but the same happens if turning right too:S. what the hell would that be:dead:

is it simply that 10mm bolt and out it comes, in goes the new, one bolt back up and jobs a guddn?

if you have the inlets matched, do you have them matched with the head as well? if so how would it make a difference if you bought a set of ready matched inlets as your head would not have been matched with them. or have i got it compleatly wrong.

as above, i need a new one making up and a mate of mine`s mom and dad do graphics. but as i dont have the old one to show them i need the dimensions cheers

i have a varied varity of products but im not sure which combination would give me the best finish overall so was woundering if you guys could help in time for the fcs. heres the list of stuff. meguires nxt shampoo mer polish ferecla wax polish meguires carnuba wax auto glym liquid wax selant a...

first was a 172 in cala d ho`rt on wed and a 197 in sant eulalia on thursday

bored s**tless so i thought id have a play with some pics i`d previously taken. any pointers on what else i could to make them look better. here they are what do you think b&w b&w back drop blur b&w again plyed with the blur on this one and a few negative ones

any ideas what i could do to stop this happening. the thing is, is that i want to be able to take it out easy so i can get to my spare if needs be. was thinking of putting a massive slab of velcro under it but cant find anywhere that sell big sheets of the stuff. can only find the heavy duty...

when i got my 172 it was missing the service book but as he still had a load of recepts from all the services. i recently decided to get a new blank service book as i didnt want the next person who buys the car to think it has not been looked after whilst in my care. but now i have the blank...

was having a disscusion with a mate and he turned around and said "why dont you get nos on your 172" and i said that i though you had to play about with the internals of the engine so it didnt go bang and in the end probly wouldnt be worth it for the money anyway. then he said that you dont...

was waiting to pull out of a side road. i was in the black 172 with white wheels. howdy if your on here:D

saw it on the ramp in the kwickfit on litchfield industrial estate at about 12.00 today

was a sivler ph1 172 (might have been a rep as it didnt have standard rear bumper and front bumper didnt look fitted properly) parked just past kingsbury school then a bit ferther on a ph 2 silver 172 parked up both on the same side as the school.

sorry to be a pain again but is it ?

as above

have anthracite turinis on. was parked up by the pub carpark next to some other cars all beebing your horns. i was in the black 172 with white wheels that was with the orange astra and the blue corsa.

as above?

my car makes a diesel type noise once warmed up on idle then goes away once it has some revs but then comes back when the revs drop back down to idle. i had a mate of a mate look at it today and he said that he thinks it could be the variable valve controller pulley but said to come on here and...

im sure some of the midlands crew that have seen donnys car, noticed that the paint was flakeing off his car like crazy and his front bumper looked like some one had been practising their artexing skills on it (no offence donny lol). so when he came to me, i was only to happy to get it sorted...

i have a 51 plate 172 and althow i have all recipts for sevices, i have no service book but want one, is this the right one im after...

at about 4:15. you were a few cars in front of me but i didnt get through the traffic lights with you so i doubt you saw me.

gave the 172 a good clean on the week end so i thought id gat some newer pics of it as ive done a few bits since i last put some nice pics on here. hav a butchers what do you think. not bad for an 105000 miler is it. oh and that nasty eco tec valve has gone too so dont go...