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whats involved when changing the headlights is it just a simple bulb change? if so where from n how much? lol because i hate the standard xenons, nothing compaired to my old uprated bulbs in my 1.2 i cant see a thing with them lol
dont put coilovers on it if your going to 2.0 it as u need new coilovers to run that engine! just stick springs on it and then 2.0 coilovers along with the hubs and brakes etc when you convert it.
dont bother with engine mods to start with sort out the brakes and suspension with something decent then id go for...
Cat back exhaust with decat
inlet match
pannel filter
then remap (do it last so it takes all your mods into account!)
underneath the car it connects the back of the gearbox to the subframe, you can see it when you look underneath.
it looks like this (well this is the full gearbox mount the bushes are the black rubber inserts you can see).......
i LOVE black dynamiques miss mine so much especially the coilovers!! mine was a good bit lower but was to low for the road really! skiped about over bumps when hammering it but still handled well on smooth roads.
RS grill will finish it off, never got round to one on mine!
vts's r great wee cars i was MEGA surprized when i saw 1 go for it the first time, i was only in my 1.2 tho haha the thing was flying round the bends and i was on coilovers at the time!! looked standard height too so think it was standard
my 1.2 used to pop flames when decated but nothing huge u had to have teh exhaust temp up pretty high and look up the tail pipes and u'd see it pop flames when reving!
lower it AT LEAST -60mm on springs and dampers, if your not changing the dampers then just got 30mm on Eibach Sportlines.
looks like its got 195/55/15 tyres on it, get 195/45/15 or atleast 195/50/15 on it and it'll look much better.
my 1.2 was down about 90mm on 15" wheels with a sub and amp in boot and was fine with 1 person in the back, had 3 in the back and 2 in the front one night and it was running on the bump stops the full way home lol
Looking for new wheels for my MK2 Iceberg Silver 172, they MUST be availible in 15". looking for some pics for ideas so far ive thought about....
15" Speedline 2118's (white)
15" Turinis (been there done that tho!)
15" F1 Cups
15" Pro Race 1.2's
fancy white as that silver mk1 172 on here...
theres a air duct behind the passengers side front grill, at the side of the headlight, run it from there, through the standard hole in battery tray bit and up to the filter, eather that or from down at the lower front grill area.
i wouldnt bother with an open filter though on the 1.2 16v...
do what i done to my mk2 1.2 16v...
15" wheels, 195/45/15 eagle F1's, Coilovers, Polly bushes, big brakes, strut braces.
ull never have so much fun in ur life, mine was miles more fun than my 172 down a backroad untill i put it back to standard today :(
is it exhaust noise? if so it will probably be the Exhaust flexi pipe, i went thru 3 in 3 months due to catching the cat on the ground but heard standard height ones go to, specially if ran with a fuked dogbone mount bush for a while.
sounds mint mate, i had my old coilovered 1.2 out lastnight for the last time as it went back to standard today and its now my girlfriends.
got stoped by police for fuking it round a roundabout at stupid speeds on 3 wheels screaming like f**k. theyre so fun! lol