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Still can't get the hang of heel and toe yet, need more practice at it. I rev match every down change though.

It may be boring, but making something "different" isn't an excuse for it looking sh*t. ;)

Leave them silver, 172 wheels don't suit bright colours.

Nothing wrong with the wheels on it IMO, unless you're going to go spending thousands on BBS & fiddling with the stance then I'd leave it.

Second vid is top notch.

Get pictures of how you've got them assembled, that will be a big help.

Re: 1.2 Track car Conversion Awesome work, impressed at all the time and effort and care put into the conversion, would love to do something similar myself. P.S On another note, I hope you're keeping the matt black front bumper, looks mean as feck!

Sounds like it's falling off.

As above.

Someone's clearly been watching the V12 Vantage vid from Top Gear!

Under the dash, passenger side, just below the glovebox lid. There's 4 relays, one of them is probably loose. Make sure they're all pushed in properly. Common problem usually caused by clumsy passengers kicking them.

You need H7 fitment for your headlights, and they'll only be for the low beam. If you want HID high beams aswell you'll need a seperate H1 HID kit but it's unnecessary. Ideally you need projector headlights or you're going to blind everybody else on the road.

Said it perfectly TBH. The Gordini is simply not aimed at the enthusiast.

You won't even notice 35mm lowering on a 1.2 btw.

Straight swap Chic, all the plugs are identical. Mine passed at 2 different stations with them in with no washers too, though pretty sure VOSA are making MOT stations get tougher on the whole aftermarket xenon stuff.

That is stunning! Absolutely love that. Spec? Never even heard of one by HKS before.

Once you have all that, you then need wheel spacers and lowering to make it look right. Costs a fair bit to make it look good if you're going down the replica route.

I'd definitely change it for an N1, hate the look of the Magnex, N1 is miles better looking. No idea what sounds better though, vids of the Magnex at all?

It'll cost you from a bodyshop, but it'll be better than anything you're going to achieve yourself with rattle tins, especially on black, which is very easy to get wrong.

Who are you getting these quotes from, out of interest?

Sack £2.8k to insure a 1.4, not a chance in hell I'd pay that. A 1.2 is fine for a 17 year old.

There is feck all noticeable difference between a 1.2 and 1.4, both are still slow as hell. The money you save insuring/running the smaller engine can go towards saving for when you can insure something with a decent bit of power, think about it.

Cleaning them.

A very VERY good 172 replica, it's a 1.2 underneath.

You still haven't seen one then, that's no 172.

Even if there was a "database" of what cars came with what options, being Renault it would most likely be wrong and I wouldn't trust it anyway.

Most likely. Phone and ask.

Depends on insurance company. My insurers (Elephant) only want to know how far it's lowered, they don't even ask how you've done it.

You can't "upgrade" them to 6000k, they'll be bluer but will give out less light than the standard 4300K.

Going to give the 200 an oil and filter change at the weekend, just want to double check first, I assume it takes the same 5w40 fully synthetic and about 5 litres as per the rest of the RS Clio range yes?