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Ok ive had a word with a friend about changing the front bearings and a lower sus ball joint, and i need some opinions. I can get 2 new front bearings and a new lower sus ball joint for £43. The thing i cant decide about though is if i try get the hubs off myself and just have a garage press...

Well my front bearings have gone AGAIN. My front left has been steadily grinding for a while now although its fairly quiet, on the drivers side however everything was fine until i went on a fairly lengthy 70mph drive to pick the grandpaprents up on xmas day and all of a sudden theres this very...

The video is pants frankly, but im still impressed by the fact that my car now spits flames.:D I think i need a remap as it must be overfueling - its a standard exhaust with a decat and backbox so i dont think it should really be popping. Still, it sounds awesome on the overrun, and even...

Just when i get one thing sorted with the car - another thing arses up. Went out for a run tonight with the new de-cat on (vids to follow) and it was pretty wet all round - my sunroof leaks like a b*****d, but it has never affected anything other than my dryness before now. It started when my...

Fit my new decat this weekend, and after letting the exhaust paste harden, began to gradually wind the revs up a bit - cant belive what a diffenece it has made to the sound! Its a standard exhaust system just with an aftermarket backbox (fitted by prevous owner), which before now made a crap...

When i bought my car it came fitted with a Sparkrite alarm from the previous owner. It never workd however and i bought it in the knowledge it was just defunct. Having got my car back on the road after a few months and a trip to a local garage or two, the alarm has grown a mind of its own. It...

If only i could afford the vast quantity of brown bags to put over my head... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Modified-Sparkly-Renault-Clio-Mk1_W0QQitemZ200045615340QQihZ010QQcategoryZ9861QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

Well my cars been sat on my drive for almosy 2 months now. It failed its MOT just before went to uni and since ive been away ive not had chance to sort it. Came back home this weekend, got the front pads changed over and today and found that the battery was dead, whilst putting that on charge...

A black dynamique with a personalised numberplate which i now cant remember as its late and im drunk. You sir are in the carpark, i saw your sticker. Im in Block E by the way!

As part of a photoshop competition on an other forum i hang around, this is my progress so far. I'll probably end up doing a colour change and mabe some more extreme stuff but for now it looks like a nice example of what the 197 could have looked like if Renault had the balls. Click for big.

Well my cars just had its mot today and failed spectacularly. 1 Offside headlamp not ina clean condition afecting light output. 2 Front drivers seat insecure 3 nearside fronnt cv joint gaiter insecurely mounted 4 offside front cv joint gaiter split 5 front brake pad less than 1.5mm thick...

Puting these up on behalf of my friend. They're brand new. Taking up space so need to go. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=014&item=330021485814&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1

My wheel bearing is knacked and im going for a new hub and bearing but ive got stuck trying to get the hub off. Ive taken the wheel off, the brake assembly, the disc and the hub nut, but now what? do i just need to whack off the bit thats exposed or undo all those other bolts that connect with...

My cars developed an unhealthy taste for wheel bearings, the one thing majorly wrong with my car when i bought it (other than the sunroof) was the passenger side front wheel bearing which was completely shot, it drowned out the exhaust and stereo. I had it replaced first thing in May, yet...

Spent a little bit of time cleaning my car up today - used a few products as well which isnt something i normally do. Only a couple of hours work here - no where near the stanard of most people but she scrubs up alright for an old Frenchy, especially liking the shiiiiiny wheels! Cr*p picture i...

Ive done the age old thing of breaking out the torx bits and dismateling something with no consideration of how it should go back togeather. On my Mk1 Ph3 i thought id have a look at the dash speakers (the ones underneath the air vent on the drivers side) all it took was 3 torx screws and the...

Well being the birthday boy that i am today, ive just had a new head unit put in, and ive discovered that the speakers my brother gave me (which i thought were useless as they were only 10cm) have gone in the back nicely and are certainly an improvement over the standard rubbish. Now im not...

Ok this is a majorly n00b post here. Ive never known anything about ICE, but its my 18th tommorrow and aside from a new head unit going in (fitment courtesy of Halfrauds) my brothers also given me a set of speakers he had lieing around as a sort of added bonus, they are Pioneer TS-G1046's and...

Ive started to notice the fronts on my car look pretty flat so i thought about setting off down to get them back up to pressure, but then ive realised ive no idea what pressures they should be at. The car had the non-stanard wheels on when i got it, and obviously the pressures in the handbook...

Well ive thought for a while now that my car drank like a fish but simply put it down to my heavy right foot. However after going for a 160mile round trip most of which on motorways and a few other places ive used an entire tank of fuel. I made a point of driving everywhere conservatively on...

Well i bought my car with the sunroof pre-sealed albeit very poorly, the chap who had it before me did it with bathroom sealent that was abviosuly pretty crap as it isnt hard at all more like sponge with gaps, and recently my car has started taking on vast amounts of water, sahowering me in the...

Well i got a bit bored so fired up the trusty photoshop. Havent done much really - alloys, lights, some grille fettling and colour change Done it in a few colour schemes:

I'm after some new bulbs as the light output on my standard mk1 ph3 is s**t, and to put it bluntly, not only is it s**t, its also an orangey s**t. Ive had a look round and think im going to go for some philips bluevisions. If i order from power bulbs i get a free set of bluevision sidelight...

No supercars here, just the rest of the pics from my night photo shoot.

Well ive just come back from a photoshoot drive - me and my mates went looking for a nice spot to take some pictures and found this cracking place down a back street. Had a play around with some angles and what not and all the photos lok great This has to be the best one out of the entire...

Well finally folks ive got off my arse and got some pictures. But first heres a bit of a write up and mini review. I passed my test on the 8th feb, and searched for a car for ages, i knew what i was after but finding it was another matter. After about a month of searching i found her about 40...

Bit of a quickie really. Im thinking of getting a new panel filter and have been told ITG are the best, but on their website it doesnt say weather their filter for 1.4 clios is for a specific year. I just wondered if it might mean the newer 16v models. Does anyone know if it will fit a mk1...

Hi there, this is my first post so im really sorry if i make a complete arse of myself or get the technical names for stuff wrong. Anyway i have just (last friday) bought and picked up my first ever car. Im 17 so the insurance group had to be fairly low. Im making excuses here but ive got a...