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I don't seem to have much luck with this car in general it seems: Today, whilst going along my merry way, on a dual lane road (with bus lane), the nice fellow next to me decides he likes my lane better. With his music obviously too loud (could not hear me beep) he continues to move towards me...

Ok, so confusion has now been overtaken by flat out anger. The car has BRAND NEW top mounts and is on FK coilovers, (the topmounts dont seem to fit overly well) See picture below. I am getting an insane amount of knocking now... When pulling away, it knocks, and the steering wheel jolts...

Just now Followed you from old bexley to Sidcup, pulled up at the lights and gave you a wave/nod, you followed suit, so I assumed you're on here? lol!

I've changed my top mounts out from compbrake, back to renault, but glimpsing at a few pictures, where I can't quite see properly, I'm 99% sure my setup is missing something. Has anyone got a pic of the full suspension setup for the 172??? My compression nut is sitting down far inside the...

Swapped out the exhaust this weekend, having gone from my hilariously loud longlife system, unsilenced centre section to a very nicely built, silenced powerflow, the Clio feels slow, looking at the speedo, it definately isn't slow. Anyone else swapped out their noisy exhaust for something quiet...

Excuse my n00bness, but what is this bit for? It's sold as part of the NWP mount kit... Is it something I'll need tomorrow to fit my de-cat back?

Is the best thing in the world to do to your Clio. Since owning the 172, it's had these horrible compbrake things fitted, I thought the car felt fine/great, tonight, Danny_172, TheEvilGiraffe and I changed the mounts out for standard items. After quite some fettling, Danny and I figured out...

Ok, so this may sound like a silly question, but how have I done this? Basically, I changed a ball joint with MikeB off here, got back in the car, and the steering wheel was about 15 degrees off centre? Have I bent something (track rod)? Or just knocked something out? i.e the tracking or...

Basically, I need to know what I need to change. Went to qwikfit in the hope of having my aircon topped up today, only to find it had a leak, before putting dye through, to check where the leak was, the bloke and I had a quick feel around the engine to see if we could locate it. We did. Air...

The two nuts that go ontop of the top mounts? & The two "skinny nuts" that hold everything together whilst you try to put the strut back in? I've been informed they don't come with the top mount kit, so need to get these ASAP! Cheers.

I did ask before but got no real answer... I never fitted these so I'm pretty clueless. Do you have to undo the top large nut, then undo the "body" with a cspanner? Also, what can I expect to find underneath? Anyone got a pic not fitted? Pic:

Yesterday, you were hanging out of your window in traffic dying, I was going to wave but failed.

Anyone know off hand what gas a MK2 PH1 172 takes? Is it 134A or R22?? The air con engineer at work is going to top it up for me, but has asked if I know what gas it takes.... :o

Who has one already? At the moment I've just cut the taps of the plastic that comes on it, so it sits flush it I can't catch it, but the buttons are a b**ch to press and I can't hear much... lol! Anyways, my question, where can I get screenprotectors for both front and back? As obviously the...

I currently have Compbrake top mounts and they're guff, these are all I've ever had on the car so I don't know what I'll need to replace them... Part numbers etc would be brilliant... I'm guessing I just need: Top Mounts (is there more than one part to this? (I know I'm retarded)) :o Top...

Ok, so how the fudge do I tighten these up? I have a SRS single knock when I brake/sometimes accelerate and I found play in the passenger wheel, I changed the ball joint and this play went away, but alas this knock didn't. I'm now thinking top mounts? I have compbrake items, but they don't...

I basically want to paint my caliper a very bright green, similar to what I'm rockin' on the rims of my oz f1's, but I can't seem to find anything appropriate for the job? Hammerite only comes in dark green according to halfords and I'm not sure there will be a wide variety of colours at B&Q...

Ok, so I took a grand total of 0 pics at FCS, was hangin' and just generally not in the mood, however I did take some shots at the campsite with the KustomClio's boys... So something a bit different for you all: Mikes car on the way there (shooting and driving is hard): The "Cliosport...

Me, MikeB and Tunst are all here, chilling with custom Clio's. Come find us :-)

Ok so if the ball joints were dead I'm sure there'd be play in the wheel yes? Me and mike checked it tonight (only on a jack) but there was nothing obvious wrong... As per my other thread I'm getting an intermittent single "clunk" at low speeds when braking, this "clunk" also moves the...

Ok, so I just went on a mega "Search and Read" about ball joint replacement etc and feel I know enough, so I just phoned my motorfactor to get a replacement (SC Motorfactors), and the bloke on the other end of the blowa' said there are two sizes for my model... At this point I blurted out "I...

Ok so one of my rear wheel bearings has gone I think, but tbh I could also do with new rear discs anyways. I remember reading somewhere that discs come with bearings in already or something? Or am I talking crap? If not, is it something I can do myself? Or something worth paying to get done...

Only a small change but a definate "must have". It ties together the pedals and foot rest nicely, looking very OEM. I can't commend Davo172's work enough, fast delivery, good quality, lovely. Before: After: Sorry about the poor pics :o

Having just fixed my engine mount after a small disaster, it seems most of my problems with that car are now fixed.... Except for the "clunk" under light braking, which today I got a bit more information on, I was driving in the blackwall tunnel at about 15mph and the traffic stopped, I slowed...

Two questions for you: Where did you book? How much did it cost? I'm trying to sort it out today, but may aswell stay somewhere a few other CS'ers are! (This is for the Saturday) EDIT: Ok so after a quick search, some are camping at Billing Aquadrom Holiday Park, which is about 24 miles...

As title really, i've currently got a longlife stainless system with ktec decat, which I guess will be 2.5"?? But I am totally unsure of this tbh. Now I've been offered a really nice powerflow stealth, but it's 2.25" so am I going to have problems fitting it? Or will it go on somehow? (I...

Can it be done? Whilst drilling a snapped bolt from the cambelt cover, a drill bit snapped, a tiny bit (1.5mm) and a tiny part of it (probably 3mm long at worst). Now this little bit of drill disappeared as it snapped, and may or may not have made its way towards the cambelt.... :S Is it...

So... in relation to this thread: The worst thing ever After A LOT of swearing etc, me and a couple of mates finally managed to get the two snapped bolts out of my engine today, leaving me with a car like this: On two axle stands and with a trolley jack holding the engine up as no mount is...

Ok, so driving along last night, went over a small bump, and bang, whole car shakes on idle like a nutter, stops a bit when pulling away. Couldn't see what was up in the dark, but upon closer inspection I've snapped something big, the bit that connects to the engine mount. Two bolts have...

I want something different in the Ph1.5.... I currently have an OMP dished wheel, its quite large though IMO, 330mm at a guess and its suede :dead:? Now would any OMP wheel fit onto my OMP boss or are they wheel independant? I'd like to see examples of something smaller and leather preferably??