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Ok so after my last c**k up with alloys from ebay (now sat round the side of my house along with 4 tyres which weren't meant to arrive) Will 205/50/15 fit on 6.5J rims? I've got 185's on them at the mo but they look to be the smallest that will fit on a 6.5J rim... so could I get 205s on there...

Hm ok so after being outside till 11pm changing the rubber bush on the anti-roll bar I discovered that Id some how made a small 5mm tear in the CV boot nearest the wheel only little bit of grease had come out so I wiped it off and dabbed superglue over it and a lil around it, seemed to do the...

Brake disc on my valver?!?! Last muppet who owned the car must have superglued it on because no way is it coming off, been bashing it from behind with a rubber mallet and it isn't budging :( Just to check, wheel off, 2 holding screws for disc off, driveshaft nut off, 2 caliper bolts and...

I just bought some alloys from ebay which were multi-fit but only two of the stud holes line up! Is there anything I can buy or do to get them to fit? If not I'll have to ebay them again :(

Replaced a hose yesterday and flushed the system through the bottom radiator hose, took out the thermostat gave it a gd clean... Put everything back go to fill it up I get about 1.5L of coolant in and the expansion tank starts overflowing?? Thought it took 7L but anyway ran the engine let...

Not lowered standard height, will these rub? :S

Ok 16inch rims, whats the widest tyres I can fit? I stupidly just bought some alloys on ebay without checking the width, they are 8j which is 235 I think? Will these fit :S

Doesn't look *that* difficult but thats from looking @ haynes and having a poke around while i had the headlight out? Anyone done it and tell me how long it takes etc

Hubs fucked, along with my nice new bearing :( only place I know to get a 16v hub are right c*cks and will probs charge me £50 because quote "its a specialist part innit, cost u more from renault innit" Anyway I know a place I can get a non 16v huib cheaper but will it fit my valver...

More and more frequently it isn't going into 1st gear I've got to take the clutch up and put it back down or push really hard to get it in, same with going into 4th think 3rd and 2nd are ok though? Reverse is being awkward as well :( Seems to have got worse since the rubber gaitor came off...

I had a look today but couldn't find anywhere for the oil to go, isn't there meant to be a hose somewhere like on the RT's? If anyone has a pic tht wud really help!

One of mine has fallen off and I couldnt get it back on think its bent a bit so was going to get a new one, how do they come off/ re-attach?

Last week found out my n/s/r brake disc was cracked, twice! So I got some replacement discs + pads and went to a local garage so they could be fitted. They said it would cost me £70+vat for fitting (both sides). So first of all I forgot about the bearings being in the discs so the garage...

Saw a williams parked up in the centre of northampton last night, M reg possibly? Looked very tidy!

Ok I've got the discs but I don't have the tools here to fit them myself and I can't drive home cause one of the discs is cracked (twice!) so how much should I expect to pay to have a pair of rear discs fitted?

Just noticed it today but when I turned the blower onto '3' the lights dimmed slightly, when I turned it off they got brighter again! Is this normal or does it mean something is broken :S

Sometimes when I turn my heater control to a different speed it causes my radio to turn itself off and on? :S anyone know what could cause this?

Bulb recently blew on one side, took it out but I have no idea what make it is?! So now one side of my car shines yellow, the other whiteish :( Anyone know what bulb make this is? Images probably aren't much help but Im hoping someone will recognise it! Has 12v 60/55W written on...

Tappets have started to get louder and louder and the noise is occuring nearly everytime i start the car from cold now and even when im driving with the engine warm! Already tried forte top end treatment which reduced the noise for a while but now getting worse :( Anyone fixed this before...

Something has never been quite right about my alarm, sometimes it beeps more times than it does other times when locking, or it doesn't beep at all! But now it has started going off randomly, I leave it on the drive, all windows and boot shut, arm it, and it will just go off randomly! No cats or...

Anything I can do to get the screw off? Never going to get a pair of mole grips in there and the screw head is pretty stripped :(

Argh!! After spending about 30mins trying to the darn thing off, i spent at least that trying to get it back on after I flushed the coolant! Gave up in the end because I was getting too frustrated, i just couldn't pull it back enough to get it on the radiator pipe, I even tried unbolting the top...

I swear I've seen a few threads on this over time but now I need them I can't find them so sorry if this has been answer a few times! Basically car was running fine, was driving around for a couple of hours then all of a sudden came to a set of lights and the revs dropped and it stalled...

Did a search but all I could find is that its under a cover near the handbrake? :S Anyone know how to do it?

My passenger side electric window is getting slower and slower to go back up again, drivers one isn't too bad though. Any one know what causes this?

Battery first died about a month ago, had it jumped started charged for about 60mins soon as i turned it off it died again... Got a new battery, month down the line same thing happens again! I heard this might be something to do with the immobiliser? Any ideas?

I've seen estate cars with better turning circles than my valver :'( Anyone elses this bad or just me?

Power steering is extremely loud can hear it outside the car like 10m away! This is when its not moving and you turn the wheels! Is the pump on the way out or should I just drain the steering fluid, use some forte and renew it?

My mid sections seems to be hanging quite low, been checked by a couple of garages who say it seems to be ok, although one said the cat might possible be fitted upside-down which could cause the pipe to be angled down instead of up? Anyone got any side pics of standard 16v where you can see the...

Valver totally died the other day! Went to start it up, no lights, no dash lights, not a sausage! Not even the immobliser light was flashing :( The negative from the battery is fine but I did find a cable loose, it goes straight from the bulkhead to down near the starter motor, I could pull...