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I bought a £1500 cup about 2 years ago. Not too dissimilar condition. I’ve spent £2k on it so far and all that’s left to do now is a front end respray. And that doesn’t include the parts I had already waiting in the garage. Will owe me £4K once finished. They’re not cheap to do! But I will...

Both are only good for breaking. Sadly.

My one was rotten. And the previous owner had paid good money to have it all repaired but they’d just filed it all with mastic and filler and painted it. It looked mint from the outside! But I was t in a position to fit new inert and outer sills etc and it wasn’t a ‘special’ car, just a...

Have you considered finding a new mechanic? One that Can actually Fix stuff?

No idea mate, I just do them up finger tight then 1/2 a turn with a ratchet. If you start the car up and it idles at 4,000 rpm, you’ve got a leak! And don’t forget to make sure you don’t crush the plug leads. That’s another favourite.

The last two Clio’s I‘ve bought, some absolute pellet has done this and rammed some wanky random bolt in there ruining the threads. It’s infuriating. It’s the simplest of tasks to remove and refit one of these bolts but the ham fisted “diy mechanics” can’t seem to grasp it.

That is all fixable and if you do it yourself, will cost you peanuts. I’d advise you to buy either a scrap car or some scrap panels and practice your welding. Do plenty of reading. Then go for it.

No need to delete social media, just avoid groups with loads of t***s in. 👍

£100-ish I’d imagine. Liquid yellow is a nause to paint and expensive. Cheapest way would be to find someone having a liquid yellow car painted and try to get your strut brace done at the same time. Will save you loads.

The Back seats only need to go forward a couple of inches and the tyres will stand up side by side in the boot, loads of room.

Standard OZ F1’s are 15x7 aren’t they? And they fit 195/50/15’s on them lovely. Which are A cheaper tyre than 205/50/15’s. That alone would (and does!) persuade me to have 7 inch wide wheels. My wets (Uniroyals) are £180 fitted for 4.

Sell me one, Help save a 172 cup!!

There’s a bloke on the CS.net Facebook page that pays £450/500 for a Ph2 172 Cat.

Under the glovebox is the UCH. Remove the wiring plug and put it back on. Do that 10-15 times minimum. They get damp and play havoc with internal electrics.

Just fit an isolation switch?? Cost about £4 and it gives the bonus of an added immobiliser.

Tow of my mates run it on their track cars. 172 and an MX5. No idea why. But They’ve never had an issue. It’s very odd being able to undo the lid after 30 minutes on track! 😂

You can, but it’s a bodge To get them to fit and looks terrible.

@Russ_16v

This is a sinfully boring program. Which is a shame because I quite like drew, he’s a really knowledgeable man. And that ‘restoration’ on the Williams couldn’t have been more poorly shown. Rubbish.

eBay is your friend. as an idea; https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F392192692792

Didn’t you do a load of bodywork one this already?? Why does it need welding so soon?

I put a Warlbro 255 pump in the valver housing on mine.

432 Monaco Blue came on the Non RenaultSport Mk2 Ph1. Oddysey blue came on the Ph1-172.

We have a dewalt impact gun (with the biggest battery they do) at work for taking wheels on and off and to be honest, it’s way too powerful for that. Can snap a wheel bolt off piece of piss, We tried it on a scrapper.

I’ll drop you a PM now

@Arnie I have performed a V Check on one of my cars and have uncovered a world of pain. Do you have a contact number please?

So, all the parts loaded in the boot (loom, clocks, rad, coolant pipes, heater box etc etc) and car put back together. She’s now just waiting to go to a wiring specialist to get all of that work done. Just a waiting game now.

Hi! 👋 I have two;

posting pictures properly on social media is so far down my list of “stuff to care about” it’s unreal. It’s even further down than Strictly Come Dancing. HTH.

I’ve had some cars in storage 10 years and I just put the battery on charge the night before starting it up! 😂 (I then drive them very gently to be serviced and MOT’d)