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I used my standard brake set up @ Spa last year and they were spot on
No brake fade at-all
I have my bits now for my upgrade
will be doing
BFGoodrich stainless hoses
Ferodo DS2500 front pads
5.1 fluid
New standard rear discs and pads
so this should be better and reliable for peace of...
Get ur mate to hold on to the rack arms and to tell you the (feel) feed back when you rock the steering, if the movement feels one too one then the play would be in the ends.
If it does'nt feel one too one when rocking the steering the play is in the rack and quite poss the axial ball joints...
Whats 2mm between mounts , ive seen the ARB wear down over time by poss 1mm or so and that leave's a 1mm bit tight squeeze me in job if using the 23mm ones. give it a go fitting them if you already bought em , if you cant get em to fit its not the end of the world, a loss of £20 or so, and then...
I guess the dealer bloke is blind aswell who dont know his products, i can tell you a B57!!! is a 5door clio, and a 1.8 valver is a 3 door as we all know which is type C57D and a williams is a C57M dozy sod:lolup:
i have done one of these back in the day , with parts and labour being expensive nowadays approx £1200-£1500 all inc as suggested you prob be better off with a second hand engine and fit a new belt and kit on that.
everybody likes cheap at some point in there lives and that time is now here
if you got a poor contact at the starter motor big wire that will be a poor contact point for the power to the alternator aswell ie poor contact = high resistance = low voltage. volt drop the wire at 3 points. too be tested with a fully charged battery
1st posotive terminal too starter...
ive seen the spare wheel full of water on my clio i got no sunroof so i recon it was coming thru the rear lamps into the spare wheel.also it runs along under the rear seat and into the rear footwell, also yes as mentioned the centre drainage tube gets blocked as mine did last year, came back...
i have a Ph1 also and recently i had a rattle when pulling away, i located it to be the left rear head rest rattling in the guides, i adjusted it higher and the noise went.
Hope this helps
i had anthracite first and when i went too get them refurb'd it was difficult to match the colour, so i chose black from there on as black is alot easier to match in the future
see here http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk281/barnesautos/DSCF0989.jpg
anthracite
got no pics yet of the black...
with reguards to the cutting out i am sure on the left front suspension leg under bonnet there is a inertia cut-out switch which just need resetting , it cuts out the fuel pump circuit , just a ball bearing on a spring loaded seat , pust it downwards start the engine and hey presto it should run.