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i used to have a 5 turbo with about 180bhp and that was quick! this must be right off it - body work etc on a 5 turbo is easy to get hold of and cheap so any exterior work or interior would be cheap and simple to fix - If I had £5000/£6000 to spend on a track day/hill climb car this would be a...
The bloke thats supplying and fitting my coilovers suggested getting new screws and cups that go at the top of the front struts - apparently they are one piece - he said may as well change them to be safe - any one agree? rather not spend more money unnecesarily
made by a company in America called ADR - would have to be imported as none over here at the moment but think they look good pluss also lighter weight than average TSW etc
the ESP is a different story though - back end has stepped out twice and before I knew what was happening the car had sorted itself out - well worth having in my opinion!
why does everyone go on about the brakes on the cup - I have a full fat 172 and drive relatively hard and dont think the abs has cut in once in the 2 years I have owned it. I owned 9 cars before the clio none of which had ABS and I never crashed any of those - ABS is a relatively recent thing...
when fitting coilovers to the front of a Mk 2 172 do you have to compensate for different weight either side of the engine bay to get the car the same height either side.
Dont want it sitting higher one side than the other
speedlines,rota or oz are all good wheels - lightweight etc but far too common on here now - I know I will get shot for saying it but I am not a fan of Turini's, I love superleggera's but too many around now plus I want a black wheel with polished rim and none of those makes make any that I know...
some more pictures of the BSA wheels
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/7x17-BSA-341-Alloy-Wheels-and-205-40-17-Tyres_W0QQitemZ8026198527QQcategoryZ72254QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-BSA-341-BLACK-17-ALLOY-WHEELS-TYRES-RENAULT-CLIO_W0QQitemZ8026239268QQcategoryZ72254QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
i like another set as well but as far as I can tell the set I have found are the only ones in the uk and are supposed to be £1295 but I can get them for £395 - cant copy their photo though - think i will go for them