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hi guys asking this on behalf of a mate who has a MK2 PH1 1.2 8v clio and the bottom ends gone.
hes looking for something a bit different and probably lower millage, so hes thinking about a 1.2 16v.
i assume this is just a straight swap (mk2 ph2 engine into a mk2 ph1) with same mounts etc...
you want front bumper, wings and sideskirts (think the rear bumper is the same on a MK1 172 as a normal 1.2) and you want the rear bumper colourcoded.
everything will fit no problem.
if you want to go for the Standard 172 look then lower your car about 40mm like giles car! if you want a more...
no one buys a cup packed 182 for the "better" suspension lol to be honest you wont notice any difference in ride height, you might feel a difference on track if your a good driver, dont know tho never drove a cuped or non cuped
ive heard of troley jacks coming down to i always use stands if im going under.
my trolley jack fuked my sills at the front its ok at the back tho, so far!
only mod ive declaired is suspension, as its pretty obvious, both my sets of wheels have renault badges, standard looking to me! how was i to know they seats and spoiler didnt come standard! uprated brake pads and engine mount bushes, what are they?!
i was ment to be getting mine from yozza but fred decided not to reply to my 2 emails i sent even after he gave me the address to email him for prices! lol
i removed the gearbox mount and engine mount under the battery and dropped the subframe down on a trolley jack, isnt the easiest to get access to but its doable!
ive got standard disks with EBC greenstuff pads and it works well, tho it tends to fade quite early, so if they were paired with some good disks would be a really nice combo! but fast road use they are perfect, just on a tight road where your going from 80+mph to 30-40mph they can fade quite quick
watch at 7 seconds, like said above does feel much faster in life than it looks in a video, im just compairing it to my car on roundabouts (watching that video i would say i go into roundabouts faster, but because it feels faster than it looks im probably not going as fast as it seems, if im...