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White plug in the fuse box got damp?

This, however, do yourself a favour and tape the socket to the extension. As if this falls off, youll have a royal pain in the arse fishing it out of the subframe. Also make sure you keep the rack nice and level as it helps get the new bushes in. They can be done in about an hour by someone...

Such a cracking looking little car :)

I owned mine from 8k miles to 84k miles. Sold it for a Mini GP1 (Absolute H.O.S!!) #fail Took me 4.5 years to get the car back, bought it back on 111k miles and have thrown everything at it to get it back to as it was before. Like many of us, i dare say im fortunate enough to be able to have a...

Spend the money, get the belts done and get it painted. Another car could be a few grand as it appears lovely on the outside and then need a good few grand on getting unseen issues sorted. 159k is sod all if the cars been cared and maintained. just enjoy it. :)

I've got a set of Northloop hubs to go on mine, (actually dropped them at the electroplaters today). I'm hoping these with the track rod cones will all but eliminate that and make the road manners even better. Josh Cook spec'd the ASTs especially for road at 70kg/40kg so should be interesting to...

Without doubt the Grams items with honeycomb core. Used both and the reduction of reverberation through the boot floor is significantly noticeable when going from the solid Powerflex item to the Grams.

Entirely fair comments Kev, given the budget allowed. Slightly off topic for the OPs usage. I've purchased a set of ASTs purely for the road as i believe this is arguably where higher end dampers come into their own. Its all well and good running super hard spring rates when you're driving on...

High end dampers will literally transform a car, so well worth what they cost IME. ASTs at £500 a corner for 5100s are the very entry level of decent quality items too when you're talking good quality dampers. Very much a "you get what you pay for" item.

Brass bushes in the bottom of the shifter rod and renewing the plastic bush gearbox pivot bush. The pivot arm wears to so that's worth a look too. Failing that, it will be wear on the selector forks etc inside the box. Tiny movement at these areas is amplified quite significantly by time it...

Seen loads of these in Essex over the last few weeks now. Personally think they look pretty funky in ST line guise and agree they're very colour sensitive. Grey or white with the contrasting black accents looks pukka as does the all black. Major slagging off by most of the non motoring press...

Wipers are just the cheap OEM ones from RPD. Not as nice as Bosch or PIAA but for £12 they’re fine. Will buy nice ones next time. Struts are ebay and absolutely superb quality for the money. From memory you had a Trophy wing so may want slightly shorter struts mate...

Few more parts arrived. New wipers, boot struts, ARB brackets, 197 RS badge and a cheeky keyring. Although still no time to spend on the car, I did at least fit the boot struts which make the tailgate feel like brand new. Well worth it.

Good stuff Rob. 👌🏼

Just to keep this updated. Hubs when they arrived, now stripped blasted ready for plating/coating. New SNR bearings on the way with new bottom ball joints and rod ends.

Tuition, tyres and brakes. Items that build confidence in the car and you. Tuition is the most improvement you'll see and you can take that to and from any car.

Where do you find the car lacking?

Wow some amazing progress on this. Makes you wonder how some people are let loose near a car! Some of that stuff was truly awful. You've done a great job at tidying what initially looked like a right dogs dinner. Looking forward to more progress :)

Lovely job on this. Nice one :)

Looks tidy :)

Less Nob, more Knob! https://cliosport.net/threads/renaultsport-clio-gear-knob-swap-how-to.827560/

Excellent update as usual. You’ll love the BTM I think mate. I bought mine new from Fred back in the day, and although it was significantly more expensive than the other offerings at the time, I think it was well worth it. Looks like that one has a resonator in too, which will help keeping the...

Hubs progressing. All parts that required glass blast have been blasted. I was let to believe the bearings in them were almost new, and they probably were. However due to the corrosion i decided to replace them anyway. Glad i did as they were stuck in pretty damn tight and took a good 16 ton...

Not a peep mate. Just hear them click when going in reverse as you apply the brakes and they move in the carriers. Generally in my experience, if brakes squeal, they're not being used hard enough.

Wouldn't worry Stu, Just make sure you leave the shims out to allow the pads some room to move under expansion.

Blue point is Laser/Sealey quality though so not comparible to Snap On IME. Even some of the Draper expert stuff is nicer IMO, especially their impact range.

I would suggest you haven't bought anything from Snap On recently. The Halfords stuff is superb quality for the money. Go price up the same things from Snap On and see how much more expensive it is. Ive been buying Snap On for over 25 years now and if i was starting again, id have no...

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt! Bro that's mega, please can i have a set :D

Working I’m afraid guys but thanks for the tag @MrBlonde

Needs to be lower Rob. 😅👌🏼