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Anyone know who this guy is? Seeing him pretty much every morning now somewhere between Earlstoke and Bratton? If he's not on clio sport, with a 172 with grey diamonds and lowered on grey 1.2's or Turinis, he should be! Lol.

Was it you following me through devizes the other day? Can't be that many carbon bonnetted clios around?

Haha! Yep! I wondered as I walked accross "I wonder if he has seen me in my car and recognises me?" Clearly you have!

Unless the new tyres are around the price of (16") Toyo T1-R's, im not interested. £450 for a set of tyres is just stupid.

Taking the light cluster out, cleaning the connections on both the wire and the cluster, WD40-ing it and putting it back together worked..... for about 2 weeks. Its now doing it again, so Im going to try the other things in here like cleaning the earthing points and taking the connectors apart...

Second time I've seen you on that same bit of road. Didn't catch the number plate, but looks lowered and has one of the custom 2 piece tow eyes in the front grill. Ill wave next time :)

Looks home made. Needs shortening, cut at a slant, raised up and recessed into the bumper

Depends on where is it and how big it is?

Yep ronin, that's me. Its a 172 with 182 style exhaust. Yeah I work in IT. I was the guy walking accross the crossing bit in the car park this morning as you drove in. Certainly looked cleaner than mine! But then mine is filthy atm. And yes, I'm always parked out the back, atleast over the...

Bound to be a CS member, Carbon Diamonds :) Staff car park at GWH Hospital, Red 172 with V888 *** numberplate. Much cleaner than mine!

Wow, excellent reply! Cheers. I will give that a go tomorrow. Any special tools needed to get the rear clusters off?

As the title days, I have a random issue. When I apply the brakes, the little fog light indicator light on the left of the dash lights up. Its not bright, its just a faint orange glow coming from it. If I jab the brakes it flashes, and if I ride the brakes at the right point it stays on, but...

Hey Does anyone know what screws are needed to hold on the plastic under tray under the engine? When I had my car jacked up the other day I noticed im missing one so the tray is being bend down by the wind. Cheers

Are the cup seats lower? Thort they were the same, just cloth? Lol. Ill get a helmet and try

...do you fit in a Clio with a helmet on? Its just struck me today, that after taking the spacers out my seat and getting a tiny bit lower, theres still probubly only a couple of inches clearance above my head... :S

Seen as I only have the money for a single set, and if I get more serious about track days ill buy a second set of wheels, I think ill get a set of Toyos and go from there.

Lost a wheel! Thats fairly extreme! lol. Yeah, My car needs some new tyres anyway, so its that, maybe some new brake pads on the front, and then a trip to Castle Combe :)

Yeah, I keep looking out for the white wheeled monster (although your selling those wheels arent you?). I dont spend much time in Westbury though. I think the potential for sinking money into an old 172 to make it road worthy is putting me off. There are things I need to do to my Ph2, but...

Cheers Chrispy. Trouble is, to free up the cash to change a number things like suspension and wheels and seats and steering wheel etc would mean selling the Ph2 for a Ph1. Keeping my Ph2 would mean cutting back on the mods. The decision between those 2 options is what spurred this thread in...

The moment I posted that I knew the type of comments i'd get back... :)

She wants to get her own helmet and come track daying with me :) Cheers Brown Bear. The Whiteline ARB gets a lot of love on here.

£400+ a set is just painfull though!

Hi Having been convinced to keep my 172 and track it for some fun every now and again I need to get the tyres replaced. PE2's are apparently good, but for 16" wheels are just to expensive. Toyo T1R's seem to get a lot of love on here, but I've seen people say they suffer a lot on a track...

Keeping the car and modding it a bit is gettin the most support here. What do people suggest in terms of suspension mods?

In not worried about wear, thats part and parcel, im just worried about the cost as I already do 75 miles a day in my Clio. Dont wanna stick a brand new set of 16" on it and then half their life in an evening. But if I do, whats a good tyre for mainly road use that isnt going to die in a...

This is a plan soon yes. I live near Castle Combe so cant complain I dont have a decent track near by (unless I end up moving). However, munching a set of 16" tyres is twice as expensive as 15" ones. Grrr, chicken, egg, cart, horse, etc etc!

It has started to cost me money. Everything has come at once :( For track use I think my biggest need is new seats. Im 6'4" and not skinny, so low fitted buckets will help, as will a smaller steering wheel. If im doing this, it makes sence to remove the rear bench. the appeal of a phase 1 is...

Yeah. The plan is change to 15" wheels for the 50% cheaper tyres, new pads/discs (on the front at least) and then some different suspension of some sort. Then strip the inside and fit buckets. Selling and buying another would free up some cash though... Although I expect I could sell my...

Hi all I have convinced myself (it didnt take much) that once my GF finds a job and we get settled, which should be soon, I want to track day a RS Clio. I just need to decide which one. Currently I have a Phase 2 172 pretty much as standard. Its probably worth about £2500 if I were to sell...

Spot on biojo, many thanks! Now just got to figure out how I get the ol mount of of its metal bracket. Cheers!