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The nostalgia of the 1*2’s just isn’t there for me unfortunately. I am fond of it so whether it sells or not is much of a muchness sort of thing!
@Cookson its not about those fkin SWT’s..
Not much of an update but more financial demolition…
So turns out the grumbling on the o/s of the Clio turned out to be a wheel bearing and not a swivel hub as i initially thought, when the lad that works on my motor inspected it he found that the front of the motor was wearing two different...
Interesting to see something like that being repainted a different colour, stuff like this you’d imagine would be kept as original as possible for residuals!
Went from an EP3 direct to a 200, the 200 handles far better, unsure how they’d fair side by side, the Honda would probably edge it as the K20’s generally make the quoted power, unlike this blue b*****d of mine.🫠
So the car was in the garage this morning, turns out some mechanical spastic has put two different front coil springs on it, the rears look factory, coloured orange and blue as you can see - would the fronts be colour coded the same?
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Ah brilliant mate, i seen you had bought the 370z - tremendous cars ageing beautifully into the bargain!
Arsehole is firmly puckered my guy - looking at £250 a side? (Perhaps more?!)🙄
Taking a trip to a camping pod in Wigtown with the missus - highly recommended! The big rock in the first picture is the Ailsa Craig on the Firth of Clyde. Weather is absolutely amazing! - highly recommend! This is the third camping pod we’ve done, they are mega, very well kitted out!
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As above, the 200 makes a strange noise after accelerating fairly hard, sounds like its coming from the offside front, with every rotation of the wheel like a metallic sound (sorry for how vague that sounds!) Seems to go away after a few minutes which is even stranger!
I’ll get the car booked...
Theres a rattle coming from underneath, the heat shield just above the diffuser/beam is missing one of those weird clips they use - the thread is exposed so i’m thinking i may be able to get a nut and washer on it? Anyone any idea what nut size is required?