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54mm probably but measure to be sure, your meassuring the spacing of the 2 bots on the bottom of the damper.
meassure to and from the same point on each bolt (bottom of the top bolt to the bottom of the bottom bolt or centre of the top to the centre of the bottom if you know what i mean.)
id go for the above idea by buying a 2.0 16v coupe and you have everything needed.
but if you fancy a challenge an F4R from a 172/182 clio would be ideal but not sure how much hastle it is? although it has been done before.
the chassis will be fine! decent suspension and brakes and you'll be...
ok so my centre sections gone, but im not planning on keeping the car that long so was going to stick a new standard one on it but the thing i was wondering is, would painting the welds (or full centre section if needed) with high temp paint help stop the rust going through the welds and...
sorry guys didnt see this thread! thats the video in the link above that philthy posted, only cars in the video are the RS models i got videos off, ive got some more ill get up one day!! lol working too much these days! no time!
to do proper replica you need front bumper, front wings, sideskirts, front grille, headlights, arch liners, rear bumper, colourcoded spoiler and bumpstrips, colourcoded door handles and wing mirror caps.
then the only giveaway really would be the badges and sunroof to look at it!
you can do...
when i read the title i thought this was gonna be a story about some guy removing his engine cover from his 172 like they did with the cup and noticeing a performance gain due to less weight lol
looks the way it should have looked from the factory not to high not to low but its not hella low lol
you got the paintwork fixxed yet? did you get my video btw?
actually fancied having the calipers polished at a polishers like we do with the inlet manifolds, think that could look pretty cool but dont know how long it will last.
was going to paint over the top but wasnt sure if it would go over ok, although i did do that on my 1.2!
thinking of going for plain old silver this time lol