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The irony is, after everyone tells you that EBC stuff is crap and you'll have no stopping power, Redstuff and DS2500s both have the same nominal coefficient of 0.5.

There is no need for insults. You can list what you've supposedly done all day long, but if your tyres were rubbing the arch then there was something wrong. This "little island" I live on has many roads perfectly capable of bottoming out standard suspension and I've never experienced rubbing on...

While the top mounts may not be 100% right, I do not think they are the source of the knocking. I took the cap of the top mount off and rocked the engine hard (by hand) and once each way I'll get a cracking sound coming from the engine mount. This is a brand new pattern part. I've since...

Yes, every idler and tensioner supplied in the Renault auxbelt kit and Gates/SKF cambelt kit was replaced. I will consider the whine normal for now, and just keep a keen ear in case it gets worse. Thanks for your help :)

PAS pump sounds likely, it was run very low (but not empty) when my PAS pipe split, and the noise was almost like a louder/courser version of what I'm hearing now. The whine isn't that loud, and if someone told me that they all do that I'd believe them. It is not audible with the engine idling...

The work was done between myself and a friend, there is no where to take it back to. Unfortunately, he did the tensioning, as I was too busy trying to source an engine mount while the cambelt was being done, and holding the tension on a little ratchet when the auxbelt was done :P But I'm...

That green stuff looks like the dye many places put in with an aircon regas, have you checked to see if the whine goes away with the aircon switched off?

As above, I've observed a whine since fitting new belts, tensioners and idlers. Now I've no idea if it was there before as the noise of the duff de-phaser pulley probably would have covered it up. Pitch changes with RPM and it is not audible at idle. Is it easy to put too much tension on the...

Perhaps you should have fitted wheels with the correct offset / correct tyres or sorted out the geometry then? On my E36, it was not possible for the rear tyres to rub the arches, as with the correct offset and tyres fitted they simply cleared the arch.

From my research something like 1.5 deg camber, a little bit of toe out and as much caster as you can get if you fancy going for solid top mounts. The rear is pretty decent as it is, although a little more negative camber wouldn't hurt.

Wheels are straight.

Btt, no more suggestions?

This got me slightly - I had to go looking for where the rear braided lines went, but I'm guessing because it's all connected to the rear beam, this hose does not need to flex as much, and thus is a stiffer, high pressure job as Fred says.

Some pics: Now, I don't know if I was being a little bit too dramatic when I mentioned 10 and 20mm or whether it's gone back together better this time, but it's closer to around 8 and 3mm now.

Fred, what experience do you have with AST top mounts and the like? I'm concerned that where the old top mount as been knocking the turret and deformed it slightly (and it is very slightly, tbh), that something like the AST mount may be able to move around as well?

Now I know the top mounts do not sit flush on the turret, but one side should be, shouldn't it? My offside top mount is actually sat 10mm about the turret at it's lowest side, and around 20mm on it's highest. I've pulled it apart, and found the top nut underneath was lose, and evident of...

I wouldn't do it unless you can get the discs and pads together, or if the discs are in very good condition, with some new pads. As you know where they've come from, I'm sure you feel that you can trust them.

I guess it's an option, but by the time I've bought hubs, bearings and fitted them, I may as well have just opted for a more expensive suspension setup available for my existing hubs.

Yes, mine is cup packed, although I should probably double check the hub spacing just in case, I guess.

Well, not as focussed as I'd like, the car still needs to be compliant on the road. What I mean by Focused is, I couldn't give rats arse about ride height or "stance", and thus coilovers may not be what I need, assuming someone like Koni sells some dampers that are valved correctly and I can...

I was waiting to come out of Puckpool, I did wave but was perhaps a little too late :) As a side note, I'm completely gutted I missed that wheel yesterday - I've been waiting for something cheap to pop up, then I miss something local :(

The cambelt, auxbelt, tensioners, oil, filter and de-phaser pulley was done today - pretty uneventful, other than rounding the corroded torx bolt that plugs the crank pin hole - still managed without the pin though and it's all timed up perfectly :) I'm not sure I understand why people say it...

Had the alignment check this afternoon; Everything was in spec, apart from the toe (which was done quickly with micky mouse laser stuff when I first got the car - it's straight, just a little too much toe out), the caster on one side and the rear thrust angle. There isn't much I can do about...

Little update: Got my numberplate through, a huge improvement for such little cost! Some more goodies arrived, too. For a bargain price of £29 inc. delivery! Camber bolts have been ordered and I'm hoping they'll arrive tomorrow, as it's booked in to Advanced Automotive to have the...

Any suggestions on the cheapest place for Camber bolts? Preferably someone that'll do next day delivery? What about rear shims? I assume this is fixed, and there is no fine adjustment beyond the shims? I'd imagine toe out would suit my needs better, as I'm led to believe that this will result...

Yeah, I figured one of these panels would not be expensive or hard to source with the number of cars breaking on here :P (the switches are removable).

Re: ***How much is my car worth?*** Most people pay the going price for their car. I'd be very surprised if a near-mint 182 with everything done would only be worth £2500, whatever the mileage. To give you an idea, I looked at three others at half the mileage and none were even close to the...

Re: ***How much is my car worth?*** £2.5k would still be an absolute steal, but it actually owes me more than this after all the bits I've done, and all I've paid for is parts at trade price. Was that in response to mine? This is around the figure I would have hoped for, certainly no higher...

What's it worth? I'm considering ending my Clio ownership early, whilst I love the drive of the car "on the boil" so to speak, I misjudged my need to simply get around, and for that it is slightly tedious compared to what I'm used to. I've no idea how to price it, however, as there aren't...