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Ok, so this thread has no real purpose other than blowing my own trumpet if I'm honest... :cool: Basically, I ruined one of my lovely wheels AGES ago due to an idiot on the road, and a week ago I finally decided to do something about it and make an exact replica. Tonight I finished it, the...

On the way home tonight I noticed mine didn't move an inch... Nor when I turned the engine off, blinding... Is it possible to just be stuck on something? Or is it fubar'd? Oh and there's currently a power cut here, makes me sad. :-(

My friend is breaking his 106 GTI, with the intention of getting a lot of hot hatches in and doing the same. He wants to be the Budgie of the 106 world if you will. http://shop.ebay.co.uk/hothatched/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686 He has pretty much every part available at...

Well, a while back I well and truly ruined one of my pretty painted o.z f1's.... I managed to source another wheel from a loyal CS'er but had no colour code or anything to match up against. After considering a lot of different options I decided to go for it and see what I could achieve anyway...

I want to sort out a meet before the weather turns proper nasty, we've still got some sun so maybe be able to get some nice pics, and obviously, none of us will be freezing our tits off. My question to you all, where do you want to see these meets? This part of the world doesn't exactly seem...

We've all seen the ph1 gear knobs get a bit tatty, and as it seems not possible to do anything with them.... I was just wondering if it'd be possible to carbon wrap it? Any reason why not?

Ok, I'm going to need a proper clio geek for this. I've just recieved a new seat bottom, I was just going to use the cover (as I burnt mine :o) but it seems to have been removed from the top half of the seat without damaging a thing.... now, my question to you all: How do they come apart and...

My boss woke up this morning to see his daughters car covered in gloss paint, someone's pretty much thrown a whole tin at it. It's a black car and white paint, so you can imagine the mess. What's the best way to get this off the paintwork? The car's a lease car and is supposed to go back next...

I've recently bought a new tv, 42" 1080p LG, and I'm trying to output from my laptop to it. My laptop is a widescreen format Dell, 1366x768, but when I select "output to external monitor only" I can go up to full 1080p output.... When I do this, it displays on my tv beautifully, apart from...

So, I have a feeling my FK coilovers may be slightly uneven on the front with regards to the damping. Is this something I can just change myself? I was thinking just wind them both to as soft as possible, then go say three full turns tighter on both, go out and test, then repeat? Is there more...

Apologies in advance for the long read, and this could go in GC, but does feature a lot of the Clio :o So as some of you know, I set off for France on Wednesday morning, with four planned stops along the way: Lille (D) Paris (E) Epernay (Champagne) (F) Brugge (G) The car received a service...

On Wednesday morning, halfway between Calais and Lille, gave me a flash of the hazards and a wave. (CS really is everywhere)

Spotted in Sidcup, a horrendously bright red Fiesta ST, driven by a man who once had taste....

Has anyone got it? Darling Daniel off of here needs it but is unable to get online ATM. Please help, Thanks, x

The service from Demon Tweeks was unreal, got a great deal on price and somehow it even turned up less than 24 hours after I ordered it :) The wheel looks and feels great, I'm very happy with the overall quality, not to mention it's lovely to have a new wheel that only I've used. :cool: I've...

FFS, I had an OMP wheel fitted before, no problem, go to fit my new wheel, disconnect the horn and re-connect the same one (for ease) to fit the new wheel, the metal "catch" type bit of wire stuff sparks, sets fire and falls onto my drivers seat. I actually want to cry. My mint 182 interior...

There are two types available, one a lot more expensive than the other. Is this because one set come with bearings and one without? I can only guess, because as far as I can see it doesn't say in the advert? Anyone ordered to confirm: Type 1...

Just popped into kwik fit (my local one are alright blokes) on the way home, tracking was £40, came outside, saw the car was lowered and said they couldn't do it, as they're machine goes inbetween the wheel and the arch..... Came home and just looked for prices of places that have that hunter...

Ok, so at current I've got an OMP, suede, dished wheel, and I don't like how it is wearing away and I'm not overly keen on the dish.... I've narrowed it down to one of two wheels.... The OMP GP: and The OMP Trecento The GP is a bit cheaper but nothing radical. Now the differences: The...

My passenger door can no longer be opened from the outside, unless it is first opened from the inside (to disarm the lock). Danny (off here) and I ,took the doorcard off to have a look at the weekend, but got nowhere, everything seemed normal as far as we could tell? Now I was going to get a...

Seen you twice now, once Friday night when I was walking to the pub and I drove past you parked in a driveway last night. Black 182, EVO and CS sticker in the rear window, black LED style rear lights I believe?

After having an altercation with a kerb one day a few weeks ago I'm having some serious trouble finding someone to paint up my spare alloy the same as the ones already on the car... So I'm in a bit of a pickle, my options: Have all of the wheels done again, colour unknown? (Black? Silver...

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...