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Just been on the phone to my insurers HIC to see about putting my housemate on the insurance for our Euro road trip in the summer, fully expecting it to cost me somewhere in the region of £500 more than it does now. He's got no NCB due to a crash at the start of the year, 3 years driving...

Got woken up this morning at 8 by my housemates to tell me my car had been trashed. Had a look out the window and it was covered in all sorts of s**t right over the roof, down the side of the car and all over the bonnet. Dragged myself out of bed and had a closer look outside to see that...

Not brilliant quality, taken from my pants cam phone, it wouldnt let me turn the flash off either! 30-60 60-90 Hoping for decat to arrive at some point but not sure if thats ever going to materialze (see the group buy thread) Cheers Tom

I know i've been photo whoring recently but had to get some first pictures of the cups on in the sun. i promise i wont put any more up for a while!!! Cheers Tom

Spacers finally turned up today so the cups were finally fished back out the garage. Going to see how i like them on the car for a while, if i decide against them they will be up for sale. Daylight pictures coming tomorrow Tom

Went for a play today after getting the car serviced yesterday, and changing the plugs myself this morning as well as cleaning the filter inside the simota. Not brilliant quality but gives you an idea. lT60JcPQAh4 Couple of pictures to go with it: Cheers Tom

Started building my new system today. nothing fancy, just family use, but i've run into a brick wall. Installed everything onto the motherboard, made all the connections, turn the key, everything fires up but theres nothing coming up on the screen. Not even BIOS. I've tried with another HDD...

The drivers side arch on my ph1 172 has a wee bit of rust bubbling up behind the paint. Its only noticable up close and never really bothered me. My housemate now wants a ph1 172 as well though, and when looking through ads for him i noticed one of the standard features listed was a 12 years...

Gave the car a first run out after i had sorted the height on the coilovers. It was a lovely day up in the dales so took some piccies near menwith hill. Got a bit carried away as usual. Cheers Tom

Well yesterday i decided to pop on my short shifter, but when i got underneath the car could see that the bolts holding the cat on to the rest of the exhaust were rusted solid. They didnt even have much in the way of edges to get a socket on, i tried a few different sizes and they all just spun...

Fit my vmaxx coilovers yesterday when they turned up, ended up finsihing them in the dark due to starting the job at about 4. Therefore the height is all wrong, and its ended up looking like its trying to snort the white lines up off the road. Going to have a play with the settings tomorrow...

The valver is all but gone, but the cups will be left. I can either sell them, or invest yet more monies into some serious spacers and get them on the 172. I had a play in photoshop - dropped the ride height to reflect what i want out of the coilies that are on their way and banged the cups...

Having had the simota for a few weeks i finally got round to getting some videos. This first one is SERIOUSLY loud. Be warned. I decided to put the microphone actually in the engine bay right next to the simota. This is the result. And a couple of more normal in car videos including a...

Bought some of the bosch flat wipers from josh hatton off here a wee while back. After a bit of a wait they turned up, and being an unfortunate halfords employee i do my fair share of wiper fits, so straight away i couldnt see how they would go on the right way round. Just like standard blades...

Well i've finished colour coding the car, having done the side strips and handles myself. Really pleased with the outcome. I got hold of some ph2 side strips a while back and repainted them from iceburg to titanium. Was bored a few days back though so painted up my old ph1 strips i had taken...

My housemate is looking for a 172 and came across this little number. He thinks the wheels look fantastic - in his words just like those on an SLR or Lambo Reventon. I've told him they look piss poor. Also worth noting is the 'bold' exhaust choice, ph1 lights on a ph2 and the seamless...

Loaded the group n map on my ph1 today. Really impressed with the difference. So much more driveable, you dont need to rev the nuts off it anymore to get it moving, however if you do theres now a big old shove up the top end of the rev range. By no means am i claiming the numbers to be...

Just got hold of my RS Tuner, just plugged it into the car and got it running, was looking at the live graph, blipped the throttle pedal and it just went to the floor. Cable has snapped clean off where it joins the pedal. Is there anyone in the Leeds area that can help? Have no idea about how...

Ever since ive had the car the airbag + serv lights have been on. I'm well aware this is an issue with the connectors under the seat. Today i had a punt at sorting the passenger side out to see if that remedied things. Now the guide says that you need to cut the blue and brown wires on the...

Got hold of some ph2 rear lights and both have some fairly noticable scratchs/swirl marks on them. One is noticably bad around the indicator/reverse light area, to the point where it clearly obstructs the light being emitted. Christ knows how they have managed to do it. Anyway, whats the best...

Will be looking at changing my wheels sometime in the distant future and have no idea what to go for. We've all seen the 16" F1's and Turinis, so i want to see something different. ph1's only please, perferably 172s. Ta very much.

just want a bit of advice really. Had my first go at painting anything a few days back by doing my side strips and really enjoyed it. Didnt look too bad in the end either. I want to do my door handles and boot button now but arent sure how far to go with the button. Would you just spray the...

Finished spraying up my side strips today. Really proud of myself as ive never sprayed anything before in my life and whilst they are far from perfect they dont look bad. Anyway decided to head out for some night shots. Messed with some HDR pics as well. Car needs a wash but its forecast a...

First proper pics of my car with an actual camera rather than the joke that is my phone. Just threw some water over it earlier, im saving a proper clay/polish and t-cut day for when it stops pissing it down every other day. Ta Tom

Needs to go to someone who is actually going to use it as its currently sat at the top of my drive looking sad. Sensible offers considered http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/816638.htm

at about 1:15 only noticed at the last second or would have given a wave, think you were the same!

Prima are doing a mental offer of 4 of their oz f1 rep's in 17" for £125. I'm sorely tempted, even if tyres will be £200 on top. Never seen them in 17" but they look awesome in 16" so dont know what to expect. Im planning on lowering the car on coilies so will i have many issues? Show me you...

I'm in need of a new drivers side engine mount as mine is fubar'd. rang gsf and they dont do them k-tec is £79.35 with delivery renault is £71.78 anyone know of anywhere else? on a side note, does anyone have a picture of where the gearbox speedo sensor actually is on the box, couldnt see it...

Now that i've actually got the gasket and other little bits I will need, im going to be having another crack at this at some point in the week so i can finally get my exchange manifold back to Mark at jamsport. I'm fine with getting the top plenum off, but ran into problems with the manifold...

Just a quick one, i think i know the answer is no but i just wanted to clarify. Did ph2 172's ever come in titanium? I will be after a ph2 rear and some sidestrips in the future but arent sure if they will need to be resprayed or not. Cheers Tom