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aye alan said the other night, my day off was ment to be tomorrow but it got changed and i totally forgot about the meet! f**k! fast, its not bad, about the same as my 172 really, ive got more power and more weight but more torque. it really lacks torque got proper race suspension, far to...

mate bought a civic 1.5 and put a 1.8 16v in it (not the integra engine but the civic coupe engine i beleive) 170odd bhp standard for a bit of cheap fun decided for a bit of a laugh to paint it the spoon colours! were still waiting on more stickers coming but here it is so far! Going on the...

we fitted motorbike carbs to a 1600 8v gsi nova, it made 160bhp @ the fly with headwork and a wild camshaft, made up a custom manifold for it, the advantage off running them from a cost saving point of view is you dont need a standalone ecu etc ours ran without engine management! hardly any...

sounds like a bottom ball joint. renault only sell it with the complete bottom arm but apparently some factors can get them seperate, but im not a fan of non genuine parts.

white, bright white but when turned off they are blue. so they glow the correct colour but arn't the "normal" colour when turned off, so why didnt he fail it for my diadem indicator bulbs?! they glow the correct colour but are blue when off. think he was just being a knob to be honest!

good stuff, cheers guys!

ive got PIAA platnum white sidelights in my car now their website says "E-Marked for European road use" so does this mean these are legal for road use in the UK and should pass an mot?! my car just failed on them didnt think id have to change them because they were e-marked but ohh well! re...

my 172 doesnt have the storage tray under the passengers seat and has a cable coming from the floor and just sitting there (assuming this is the fancy £75 cd changer cable?) in the back of the head unit there is 4 plugs, the big black one (speakers?) the big white one (power?) then a yellow...

matt sells the kit for £1500 (or it was at the time i was looking into it) but then remember to do the job properly, on top of that you need to add an aux belt kit, cambelt kit, oil, filter, plugs, gearbox oil, the list could be endless. as said best bet if your not buying something else is...

pish

and how is it "very obvious" :rolleyes:

For £150 theres no way he could have used genuine parts and done tensioners and imo its the tensioners that are the problem when it comes to snapped belts, not the actual belt its self, so bit of a waste of £150 tbh

i spent quite a bit on mine, ended up with 83bhp but if i was doing it again id keep engine standard and stick decent suspension on it!

looks 100x better mate, i was going to go for the yozza but the look put me off, that looks good tho

i get 32mpg out my 172 every day, thats driving nice and easy about town and when ive got my girlfriend in the car and hammering its wee nuts in when im out for a blast which is quite regularly! good thing about these cars is you get the fuel economy of your average petrol car when taking it...

dont know if you can get the brackets seperate? but you'll get them from the scrappies no problem.

my black diamond drilled and grooved front disks on my 1.2 cracked to f**k and failed an mot. dont bother upgrading rear disks, the renault ones although costing £190 odd come with the bearings presed in etc saves hastle! plus because they last forever drilled disks would crack way before they...

from manual.... over-revving warning light - indicates that you ned to change gear

theres play in the track rod ends so im replacing them the engine mounts are worn and need replacing so im replacing them the front dampers are past their best so im replacing them after 5years the suspension bushes will be starting to wear so im replacing them too might as well do the top...

yes same as if you lean into the corners you will get more traction... lol

no point upgrading unless you require the extra stoping power or want something that last longer on track

my old 1.2 16v was rr'd at 84bhp, could probably have got 1 or 2bhp more from it if i maped it. as said above mine used to pop bang and stink like f**k with the decat was brilliant lol

im doing both bottom arms, both track rod ends, both suspension top mounts, both front dampers (done rear ones last month) and all engine mounts. along with brake fluid, gearbox oil, engine oil and filter :) im 41k and 5yrs old

thats brilliant mate, get one quite well with one of the guys from the parts dept and he usually gives me a decent discount. just wanted a rough idea to see if i can afford it all this month! got my cambelt to do too!

not a fan of the stickers or wheels but easy fixed :)

the dogbone mount should go on this way with bigger bush facing up as in the picture

make sure you get genuine clear repeaters, their much much better than the after market ones that leak and let dirty water in! id slam it on coilovers and wouldn't have put the window stickers there id have put them right down the bottom of the window but thats just me :) this is the 1.6...

my old 1.2 16v used to hit 114mph gps which was 120mph on the speedo, tried time and time again to get 115mph but it just wouldnt do it hehe so it is possible! my 172 hits the limiter in 5th if you dont run out of road, but they do seem to stop pulling at around 130ish so sounds like yours...

nope needs to be brand new, cheers anyway

Needing some part numbers and prices for a 172, heres what i need, Both bottom arms 2x track rod ends 2x 172 cup front dampers 2x suspension top mounts all 4 engine mounts cheers, martin