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Renaut pices forgte get one from a breakers or bend your back to shape.
£600 last time I looked at Renalt thats for the flat floored 182 one) so a normal one will be a bit less but no cheaper then £200.
got a mate with a 4 post lift he said he'd give it a shot but wanted to know exactly what to do and how hard! so form the manifold to the cat you have to make a new piece of pipe?? have any phot's of 182 manifolds on 172's??
Do a serch for posts by Andyman he put a picture up some time ago...
The 172 Cups were the same as the normal ones but the amopunt of claims on them (one company had a 20% claim rate on them) they are sometimes given huge premiums.
Value for money depends what you want the 172 Cup is a great car realy cheapest usually but you can get normal 172 with all the...
172 Cups are usualy the cheapest for the same milage as its winter time and people don't want car with no ABS over winter plus they are the basic spec
The 182 Cup has the same basic interier realy it has the ABS though.
Some places differ the 172 Cup has had a load of claims due to no...
2 bolts plus one earth stray its not impossible its just when you do it the car has to be quite high idealy so you can remove the manifold. Thats whay a garage with a 4 post ligft will be able to do the job much easier and quicker.
The 182 has some advanatages the 172 has others.
Only the 172 has the spare wheel well (the 172 cup has the well but no wheel) and has wheels which let the brakes cool more the 182 has the better suspension setup but there more expensive. There other things as well.
172 CUp are often called...
Bit of a bugger got to lower the subframe so idealy uoi want it on a lift.
Then you've got to make up a cat pipe to make it fit your exhaust system as the 172 exhaust after the cat sits in a different place than the 182 one and neither 172 or 182 cats fits.
Bolts about my only guess on a car that new.
As for the seats I'm trying to figure somehting out at the moment. best guess to firt look is to mody the seats cushions.
You can buy a tester from any motorplace Halfords etc.
Climate system can sometime need a refill the gas leaks out.
The polen filter nder the scuttle panel on the drivers side needs changing ever 12k/2 years but check what yours is like there £12 or so new.
Probably, the air con is...
As you said second hand engienand box arn't that much drop them in and see whats up with your old one might just need new gasgets so fix it cheap and kep it for/if the other engine has a problem.
if it is the seat then yep easy way to check fiddle with the wires does the light go out.
I'd suspect its another problem with the car if the airbags light isn't on with the SERV light.
If it is the seatbelts then yep covered under warentl so will other problems be.
Tunning the 1.8 engine isn't as efficient as the 2.0 bottom end you'll always be chasing power which is easy to get on a 2.0 bottom end.
Why not get a whole second engine drop it in and when you come to sell them swop back.
There a lot you can do throttle bodies head work cams but even...
Its normally more than just the serv light flshing check oil level if its just the serv light otherwsie get it to a dealership to find out the fault.
If it were the seats then the seatbelt warning would also be on the fix for the wiring is posted...
That was what the old 300SL Mer gullwing was each car is different. It was the first and possibly only car even with proper performace manual sold with the car graphing efficiency. The 300SL was a racer of sorts so had a very earodynamic body plus was geared for suck a CLio and most cars are...