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did the door handle break too? i cant remember hahaha
EDIT: ohh f**k aye it locked me out at a CS meet didnt it and i had to get in the passengers side! i knew there was a reason i got colour coded ones!
bonet catch, just make sure bonnet is closed properly and get it done under recal if it looks suspect.
check boot floor for signs of rear impact.
dci wise....
make sure there is no warning lights on
should idle smoothly and not jump about, even if its stone cold, its not like a petrol clio...
as above make sure its on the ground when your undoing both top bolts (the last thread we told the guy about 20 times but he wasnt willing to listen)
sometimes they are just a nightmare to get off and impact gun is your best bet!, i leave them on with just a couple of threads to support the...
i bought the best one i could, completely mint, full history, all belts done etc. was awesome for 6 months until both handbrake cables snapped, window regulator failed, alternator failed, aux belt idler failed and then the battery!!
its all well saying buy the best, but its still 10yr old!
its...
when i was buying, i was set for buying a sunflower, couldnt view it till the end of the week though, guy phoned me mid week to say it was gone! was a minter too. although my black one is awesome!
we went overkill and used 4 just so they had a decent coat on them, had a bit of each can left, but used a new can for each wheel to get a nice even coat. could have got away with 3 really. was the big tins of halfords bright silver or something it was called, didnt even do the centre caps they...
as joe says and as i said above, you wont save money, you will spend more. ive never been so well off as i was when i first got my dci, the most expensive car ive ever bought, purely because i wasnt modding, was just driving it and enjoying a new car, when you get something old like a 172 you...
sometimes they arnt as good as you remember when it comes to old cars, i remember my little 1.2 16v being brilliant and not really that slow, until i get back in a 1.2 and realise they are dangerous!
cheers dude, what does the gasket set include? head, inlet mani, exhaust mani? anything else?
is it required to use new headbolts on these engines or is it just good practice?
depends how bad you get the modding bug, i recon at a rough guess, cars cost me £1000 a month, thats everything from buying, fuel, servicing and modding!
im really happy with the ph1, its running spot on, ive only done 500 miles in 10 months, getting mot'd on thursday ready for a months use before it goes in for a full respray :)
couldnt be happier with the GT, well i could, a bigger set of wheels and some stance but that can wait, does...
ive never done it but id imagine easy enough, depends how confident you are.
personally id buy the turbo if the TCE, get a custom manifold made with a decat to mount the turbo, run the TCE inlet manifold if it fits, id imagine it does. along with the TCE intercooler and pipework.
have it...
great fun! cheers matey!
ill likely work it all out ive done heads before on cars just never on a renault, just fancied going in with a bit of knowledge behind me!
my ph1 is a complete minter with full history, last winter the alternator died, then the aux belt tensioner then the battery then the window regulator all within 2 months. great summer toy, not an all round runabout, thats why i went in and ordered the GT