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Finally have my RB 182 on the road after 2 months, still needs a couple of tweeks but love driving it, love going past the big shop windows to see the reflection of it :o :D

If the speedo sensor is in the same location as the phase 1 then i changed it from above by reaching down past the exhaust manifold. Unclip the sensor connector, pull the sensor out, fit new.... 5 minute job

Mine did this too, turned out due to water ingress the connector and pins were corroded on the bulb holder. Unclipped the connector off the bulb holder, cleaned the terminals then cleaned the pins on the holder........ Job done, what happened was the loom to the rear light was trapped in the...

What an awesome colour, suits the Clio well... Wow

Will definitely enjoy it, it's going over to the French National Day next month for the weekend so a nice opportunity to stretch it's legs properly :)

Hell that was a nightmare! But yes almost forgotten :D It will most certainly be looked after, i'll just need a list of products used that keep it nice and shiney :o I'd also like to say i bought this RB without looking at it, as soon as i saw the ad go up i knew i had to buy it. I felt...

From little of what i know is that it takes the reading from both sensors, the pre cat sensor works fine but with the post cat sensor not plugged in it cant read anything. The data showed a flat line and IIRC left on an open loop, when the car warms up there's no reading and throws up a...

A long story to this but will cut short, i bought the RB off Christopher back in March with 2nd gear synchro gone and a missfire. A 500 mile round trip to Bolton with a stop at BTM to pick up another gearbox and it's back at home. A good friend of mine Matt who rns Codered Motorsport was 1st...

Might be worth taking it to Mick at Diamond

Thought so, anyway if that kettle's going on next week i can pop over if thats ok :)

Whereabouts are you located?

I'll have to pop round when the RB's on the road next week....... Lower Billericay... CM postcode? :D

Doesn't the 172 Cup box work with the speedo drive in the box? I guess it depends how much you love the car to have it fixed. I smashed all the teeth off 5th gear and cracked the gearbox casing on my phase 1 clio 172, i bought another gearbox from Cit-Ren and paid someone £250 to swap them over

I'd pressurise the cooling system to check for any leaks from the hoses and radiator.

I always filled my old 172 with V Power 99 and have started using it in the 182. I never use anything else, IIRC the ECU self reads (someone will come along soon to correct me) but didn't think it would make a difference between 95 and 98RON

Stunning Clio. Crash helmets not compulsory on trackdays over there?

Im resisting the temptation took go down the carbon road (in a big way) I don't want to go OTT. Maybe a carbon rear bumper insert and bullets... That's about it, hopefully in the next 2-3 weeks there'll be some nice changes exterior wise that should look good when done.

Well that didnt work out well :o Clamps holding it in place pics 005 by Ricard o1, on Flickr

The OE plastic fronter splitter had a section snapped off by some janky recovery company, luckily enough a 2nd carbon hand carbon splitter came up on the classifieds so i drove round to jtn 11 M25 to pick it up from Budgie (Mike) Today's been the first day in a while where the sun is out and...

Dashtop does have to come out but only a 10-15 minute job There's about 6 Torx screws to take out and pretty sure the plastic column shrouds has to be removed too so you can unscrew the Torx screws that hold the dash clocks in place. Theres 3 or 4 Torx screws in the vents where the air comes...

I've always bought genuine service items, just the way I am :D

That'll be why it didn't fit properly, new stat from Renault is about £13. Pretty sure there's a rubber seal that comes with it too. I bought 1 from Renault as well as a coolant temp sensor but havent got round to fitting the thermostat yet

Did you fit a genuine Renault stat? Grill looks spot on :)

I'd be interested in a set of front discs :)

Cool, that's what I'll do. Thanks for the reply :)

Mine sits lower on GAZ coilovers, the wheels i've been looking at are an ET37 (can ask if they do ET43) Only asking about potential scrubbing as the wheels are nearly £800 and obviously don't want to buy them only for them to scrape :o I could raise the back i suppose

So based on this info if i were to order 16" aftermarket alloy wheels for my lowered 182 i'd have to make sure they were also ET43?? I then assume that the OE anthracite 182 alloys are also ET43??

A chap called Rick used to work for BB Tuning set up his own place years ago in Upminster. He's doing my gearbox and is decent on prices. I'm having my 182 recovered on a trailer to him tomorrow and get it back Saturday, if you want his number I can PM it to you

Wow... Looks immaculate :)

Aaah ok, cheers :o i'm on the lookout for some that are a close match to the xenon bulbs and thought i'd found some :D