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Looks like an import, and it doesnt have cruise control where as all the 04 plate 172's i have seen have had cruise control. Id have a closer look. There are loads of things to look out for on these cars. this 172 will need a semi major service at 3years or 36k costing around £250(ish) We have...

Its rmccardal 's

If its on 04 plate it wont suffer from the wire rubbing problem, they come with a different ECU mounted behind the battery.

Didnt you have to replace the rear axel on your car? how bad are these roads?

Use the Gear from a TL4 001 gearbox (megane and laguna DCI)

It just pulls off get some wd40 on there to loosen it a little

it'll say piper on it, mine say piper 270 on them

mine did this but it set on fire in the process

NGK PFRE-10 are the plugs to buy they are usually £10+vat ish from motor factors or £20 each from the stealer

the accoustic valve keeps induction noise down and aids cold running of the engine. By removing it you get a louder induction noise and 2 always on cold air feeds to the airbox, lots of people have removed it and said how much better the car responds.

What will it be used for ?

Well you dont get the main power until 5k rpm they like to be driven hard, the engines are very good and as long as you dont rush the gearbox it'll last ages.

Removing the valve allows more cold air to enter the airbox, you could run a straight caf if you wanted to the grill.

ITG panel is the best - the airbox has 2 caf's as standard, you dont need to upgrade it just remove the valve at the bottom of it

Its strong enough to take 7200RPM mines limmited at 8k rpm and its only a matter of time before it goes bang

You should have trimmed the rear calipers, i had to do this as my toora's catch the calipers.

Its the AC controller unit lives behind the dash

what year is your 1.2? Do you want increase in performance or just sound?

You will need to update the DVLA with the engine size, MOT has gone computerised now and the tester will input the engine size as being 1998cc if you change it to an F4R. The engine size doesnt affect the emissions test it just needs to be under a certain percentage of CO and HO for it to pass...

Check the live cable going to the alternator usually it corrodes at the fixing. Also check the alternator signal cable it may be loose.

Dont buy the spax i had them and the rear shocks kept bursting i had 4 pairs and finally gave up on them. The same thing happened to edde, in spax's defence they could have sorted the issue out by now as this was some 2 years ago.

Fit an electric rack and column i will wire it up for you no problem

All DCI's ive worked on have the same thickness ARB as the other non sports. I have never worked on a DCI100 though.

The 1.2 16v doesnt have the "spring" kit that the 172 has its just a flange bolted to a cast iron manifold. Just past the down pipe it has a piece of flexipipe this is integrated into the whole cat. I think they have replaced the flexipipe but it had come loose.

The 23mm inner anti roll bar bushes from powerflex are impossible to fit, i tried and failed. Ktec didnt want to know as they had fitted some to their super turbo 172 with no problems. i ended up not fitting them. The 172 front anti roll bar is 28mm, lesser clios have a 23mm.

offer your car to pipercross k&n or itg for the day to develop then you'll get one for free

Does the earth nearest to the UCH have a good connection? Also check the injectors fuse its in the engine bay fuse box.

Hi The top clocks are off a phase 2 clio the bottom are phase1. As your car is a phase 1 the phase 2 clocks will not work. You cannot even chop the wires due to the phase 2 having multiplexed wiring.

The momo boss kit fits all after market wheels and comes with a resistor to switch the light off. You wont fail an MOT for an airbag light. Does your car have traction control?

I am with bethere on fastpath i did see speeds of 20mbits but i am afraid that 128k is common at peak times most days and all weekend.