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helmet or no helmet... loved it that was a brilliant video, guy clearly passionate and good at his job... plastic dip here we come !! now where to buy some kit..

ha ha.. £50 per month or pay me in a couple of months... you seem trustworthy they would look the luverly in the RB...

this going to turn into on those famous landmark must have bucket list photos.... feel a road trip coming on....

plastic coat dip as its a feature colour strip.... peel when wet that makes sense.... if you stop and start say did one side, peeled, then attachd the other side, does it bond/overlay with the previous section?? also whats a decent product to buy... need a grey/anthracite thanks for the help!

righto lads would like to add a band 50mm wide of peel coat along the body work edged up with some pinstripe tape.. basically would mark up my band, mask up car, and spray... peel back the masking tape, that would have overspray on it, so i assume i would have to cut the peel coat? then using...

jack, educate me on hiding the wires, did you manage to get the lot to the side of the seats in the cill channels?

great update... love that paddock hill view on last picture:)

Graham, thank you for part numbers will speak to renault parts to cross check and get them on order...... those top mounts certainly were mot hand tight when removed them ! will slaken them off a touch... got a fair bit interior stripped tonight and found £2.12p wedged under the multi cd box...

im in two minds wait until its all done (about 4 weeks) as seats and roll bar on order...or might do a shakedown on the 12th or 18th... may.. just ordered a whiteline arb.. so got that to fit with my brakes....

great stuff lads... will leave the clutch then... geabox oil good call.. track rod ends too will check movement.. found the renfort on ebay will have a read up on here to see whats involved..ive read only to use high tensile bolts and loctite the buggers in...

going to be replacing my clutch 62k miles 2002 mk 2 172 as preventative maintenance... spoke to a local mechanic and hes said sometimes the bolts turn within the chassis members which require cutting to get on the end of.. is there anything i can do to help this situation... keep soaking in...

nice ring pictures on flickr Fletcher....

just fitted new cooksport springs and cup shocks on my 172 ph2 .. details in my project thread.. straightforward enough... satisfying job...

The car sits super ace, and drives really smooth... with minimal roll.. i could live with this set up easy on the road every day.... will see how wit goes on the track.. will be adding a rear arb at some point... didnt think the existing shocks and springs were in bad nick for 60k miles either...

I should have ordered some new bolts, rubber boots, shock caps... just to keep my ocd happy... if any one can advise on what exactly i should be asking for when i phone renault it would be appreciated.. im thinking i need to ask for.. x 2 top mounts complete x 2 shock top spring locator plates...

Have been thinking hard about what colour to introduce, as i think the iceberg is a bit boring as is.. so roll cage wheels, and interior metal work... had a eureka moment when i unboxed the cooksports... they have been powder coated in what i can describe as a gloss lead. anthracite and the...

Front... soaked the two lower shock arm bolts the night before, but still need a 400mm breaker bar to free them up.. quick trip to machine mart and it did the job just perfect.. cleaned up the arches a bit aswell.. quite a straightforward job, luckily i had read on here about being care full...

monday.. first l tackled the rear shocks and springs.. cooksport springs and renault cup shops... cleaned up the arches as i went along... real easy job... although you do need a reasonable socket breaker bar to crack the lower nut free before After

Weekend over... update.. had a great productive satisfying weekend, didnt manage to get everything completed, but think that was a little ambitious, plus i had more family duties, cycling, and the motor racing and superbikes to watch.. didnt manage to get the spanners out at all on sunday spent...

wheels look fantastic.... just had a quick spin through the last pages, but couldnt find what they are? size

trouble sleeping m8?

where did you get the insert for the exhaust mount?

bit of an update the list of goodies we now have has been growing brembo disks, ferrodo 2500 pads cooksport springs 330mm oreca steering wheel cup shocks x 2 sparco evo seats seat mounts on order 1/2 cage on order still to order.. seat base x 2 harnesses.. big weekend with lots planned...

i stand corrected... never to old to learn.. be interested to know what additives destroy the syncros... is it because they are plastic?

oil is oil. all the rest is marketing.. drink some orange squash, ribena, or lemon.. all does the same thing.. providing you get the same viscosity as recommended all will be good

hope the track day went well jack.... looking forward to the report... i will be replacing my rear & front shocks with cup versions this weekend... apparently its really easy... ive not looked at the condition of the existing ones.. but its just gone through the mot and has 60k on the clock...

Jon foz u have pm

i quite like the stickers.. id leave em on for a while.....

hi thanks mark, yes it was done last year, 10k miles ago... stamped in the book and receipt.. along with a sticker under the bonnet from the belt manufacture....the depahser was not listed tho... but the engine sounds real nice to me.. i will give the belts a good look over...

good spot!... be funny to try... best underated car ever imo... blows the clio 172 out the water for fun and handling..