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my friend pressure washes his engine bay, he is a clean freak and his car has been perfectly fine since new, it's a 54reg dci... Make sure it's on medium setting to be safe...

light shade of anthracite on wheels and wing mirrors... white lettering on bullet, clear side repeaters. thoughts please?

thanks :) (side repeaters on order)

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http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=2469 there mena b the best ride spring wise but herd they dont lower the car 30m legit.. more like 20-25-mm :S id advise to get coilovers!

no its dropped 30-mm on http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=1152 by the previous owner, bit on the rough side of life :( need to get proper ones... coilovers :D

again thanks for all the positive feedback! silver/white lettering is being seriously considered!

i did it (from a 1.4 16v) and wouldnt look back! i love my upgrade to my 172! looks far better, feels far better, and inside looks way nicer since it half leather etc :D goes like stink also! im currently on 40mpg also !!! :D

thanks for all the great feedback lads! chuffed you all like :D i think i will buy clear side repeaters and front/rear silver-visions before i ***** on with painting the numbers, see how i feel about it in a week or 2. i quite like the "gleaming clean and subtle" look atm (dont worry i plan to...

hey, just painted my bullets in flame red to blend in with the car. hope you like? might paint over the lettering/numbers in white at a later date... thoughts please...

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so there is no better oils, sparkplugs etc to go for which could improve the running of the car?

replacing parts from standard to good quality running.. -engines oil? -gearbox oil? -sparkplugs? -etc etc... by doing these would they make the car run healthier/quicker?

lol thanks, looks complicated :S so you use alot of Autoglym and Meguiars products. is this just due to a personal taste?

yea i seen i left a comment also. thats were i seen that autoglym gives a good quality looking finish.. looks stunning your car m8!

lol thanks for the advice :) it is addictive i must say! i can see it getting expensive also! well i have a flame red 172 and using by hand at the mo but wouldnt say no to getting a machine for polishing :D lol not to fussed on a budget atm... what i think i need at the mo is one of the...

i didn't relise how heavy the standard clio bonnets actualy are! they weigh a fair bit for the size!

not exactly carbon but im tired and cudnt b arsed tbh sorry. but you get the idea. i think it looks good! go for it!

as title says. im running out of gear and i have just got into serious car cleaning since i got my flamer! :D

1. rinsed it down with hose. 2. hand washed using sponge and bucket of hot water mixed with "simoniz wash & wax". 3. went over it twice 4. rinsed off with hose. 5. dried off with shammy 6. waxed it using soft cloth and a bottle of Meguiars wax 7. rubbed wax off using another soft cloth...

again thanks for all the gr8 comments! :D chuffed! for the record.. shes at work lol :D

dont worry m8 i am going to. tis the least i can do since u faffed on with my xenons! lol when u next off of work? btw aint spoke to my uncle today :(

i like it alot! defo needs what ur planning to fit to it tho. then it will look the sex!

again thanks guys. and lol i dont want to drive it haha just look!

i currently have a stealth exhaust on my 172. now i might look into buying a new better quality sounding and performance one. what do you guys recommend to look into. i would rather have a beautiful noise than performance tbh but dont want it chavy wat so ever. i just want an amazing deep puuur...

thanks guys makes it all the more worth while when you receive positive comments :D yea keeping it this way is very hard but i had nothing else to do she was crying out for a good spanking good clean!

mine do mist up like, could be to do with that. my ballast unit is dodgy i think because that is what we narrowed it down to yesterday :S just funny how it decided to work again today. unfortunately its gone out again now tho :(

B E A U TIFUL! love the tax disc also! were did u get it from? that was the 182 i was thinking on buying last year! i so wish i had bought that off that guy before u bought it lol! :( i envy u!

yea it works does the magical dial dance! haha thats mint! :D

gave my 172 flamer a f**king awesome clean inside an out! :D