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Great tip. I shall look at getting a set of these. @imprezaworks you can be the Skoda guinea pig and come back with a price/part number :D Mind you - it's almost worth the extra 20% additional cost to not have SKODA branding. Should keep this quiet and sell them for £60 like VAG splitters lol!

If you want to start a collection: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=251857872553

Loving the club spirit within this thread :)

I've a good Monaco blue bonnet here Lukas ;)

A mid 80's base model 205 isn't worth squat today 30 years on, so if you live on a suburban estate with limited garage space, I wouldn't be storing that for a decade the hope it will be worth a ridiculous amount. Granted the mileage will still be low as I gather you don't intend on using it...

I bought a cheap backbox from ECP and one or their mounting brackets. The backbox was too tall so knocked on the heatshield. The fact the mount was horse s**t was a blessing because it soon failed and gave me the required clearance to stop the knocking. Cashback.

I'm one of the tightest people you'll meet and I actually chose to pay a little bit extra to go with Greenlight over one of the mainstream companies because Greenlight are so so easy to deal with. I've never needed to claim, but I have confidence that Greenlight would retain the competence and...

What was your reason for purchase?

Too many doors, wrong engine, wrong gearbox. It just isnt desirable. A collector probably wouldn't be interested, and a new driver wouldn't want to pay much at all for it.

POV video of you operating the clutch pedal repeatedly whilst wearing leggings please.

Writing in pink with a female symbol avatar. Prepare to be inundated by members insisting they come and have a look for you.

Who said anything in here about buying one as an investment?

Does the value generally differ from a 197 to a 197 cup? Having looked around (not in depth over a period), you get high priced and bargain examples of each, so it's difficult to gauge. Spec must count for something also I suppose. I'm just a sucker for the cup decals.

I'd advise you get someone to help you move it into the garage and whip the box out. The car would break for 4 times what you'd sell it for currently, so perhaps use this as an opportunity to learn how it all comes apart.

You've done a nice job, but as a detailer - wouldn't it be an idea to at least give it a quick wash every now and then?

Found an invoice under the boot carpet from longlife for a replacable cat section. Also noticed that the backbox isn't original and there was remnants of a longlife sticker so it looks like they've done the whole thing at another point.

On my 5 points I drilled two holes in the transmission tunnel and put spreader plates behind with M10 eye bolts and used the existing sill points for the outside fixing. Lap wise - a hole beneath, again with a spreader plate underneath.

I've a small Makita one that takes LXT series batteries. It came with 2 batteries and a charger. It's small enough to get into tighter spaces and is light enough. Bonus is - £50 gets you a bare drill body and you just use your existing batteries/charger. You can get bare grinders, light...

I've a frame/ARB etc here if required. In fact the ARB is still attached so can compare the bushes to that.

I'd find another garage!

That spoiler is different.

I read it's fairly common for the white piece of plastic that holds the light internals which adjusts with an Allen key, to snap. Do Renault sell then singly? I notice eBay is littered for the same part on BMWs.

Don't you have a man who sells phone cases and scarves from a stall on wheels in your local shopping centre or a similar shop you can pop in to?

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An assesor friend of mine was telling me a couple of years back that some insurers were only paying around £15 an hour labour rates!

I wouldn't worry about it ending up as a Cat D. It I'll take a £1500 cars value down slightly come resale, that's all.

Thanks Dan. @Diagro yeah it is for sale. I need to find out how long a 182 decat pipe is.

Yeah that could be an option. I wonder if a 182 decat pipe would fit. When it's off I shall measure and see.

I'm wondering if anyone could help me identify a cat. It's fitted to a 2003 172, and has one flange where the bulkhead meets the floor, and removable cat section with the flange to the centre section of the exhaust. A picture speaks a thousand words: It's fitted to a standard 172 manifold...

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