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im doing both bottom arms, both track rod ends, both suspension top mounts, both front dampers (done rear ones last month) and all engine mounts. along with brake fluid, gearbox oil, engine oil and filter :) im 41k and 5yrs old

thats brilliant mate, get one quite well with one of the guys from the parts dept and he usually gives me a decent discount. just wanted a rough idea to see if i can afford it all this month! got my cambelt to do too!

not a fan of the stickers or wheels but easy fixed :)

the dogbone mount should go on this way with bigger bush facing up as in the picture

make sure you get genuine clear repeaters, their much much better than the after market ones that leak and let dirty water in! id slam it on coilovers and wouldn't have put the window stickers there id have put them right down the bottom of the window but thats just me :) this is the 1.6...

my old 1.2 16v used to hit 114mph gps which was 120mph on the speedo, tried time and time again to get 115mph but it just wouldnt do it hehe so it is possible! my 172 hits the limiter in 5th if you dont run out of road, but they do seem to stop pulling at around 130ish so sounds like yours...

nope needs to be brand new, cheers anyway

Needing some part numbers and prices for a 172, heres what i need, Both bottom arms 2x track rod ends 2x 172 cup front dampers 2x suspension top mounts all 4 engine mounts cheers, martin

cheers guys ill have a look thru the paperwork see what says what etc and then see if they can match the deal. thanks a lot

hi guys, just got a new contract phone with vodafone this week but after speaking to an old mate from school who works in the carphone wearhouse ive found out i can get a much better deal through him. was just wondering do i have 30 days or something like that to cancel it or do i need to...

right thats brilliant guys cheers!

im driving about in a 1.2 16v mk3 the now. the lack of power is very noticeable when pulling away, it seems to bog down, but once its rolling its not a problem about town when you get used to it. i like the light clutch the brakes are dangerous, i get paranoid when stopping at junctions if...

u paying the fine if it comes thru? haha

hi guys, well to cut a long story short my mot ran out 3 weeks ago as i cant get hold of a handbrake cable to get it through an mot, well ive managed to get a cable from the scrappies and its coming on monday morning, problem is my road tax runs out on satarday! do i need to declair the car...

the guy in the bodyshop explained it to me when my car was in for work, after a bit of reserch on the internet it appears this is the answer....

lol back to cheap motoring i wish! haha cars been off the road for a month now due to a snapped handbrake cable that renault or motor factors cant get me, got one ordered from matt today though! so should be fitted monday and mot'd and taxed tuesday!

6000073772 Front upper grille £45.68 inc VAT

says the pervert who goes to the sunbeds ;)

aye a shitty wee 1.2 16v expression, actually quite nice to drive apart from the lack of power, cumfy big croozer with air con lol surprizingly its quicker than our mk2 ph2?! tops out at 115mph lol

Well its now been a week since i swapped the 172 for my MK3 1.2 16v due to insurance, petrol and road tax prices so i thought id give it a wash. hahaha dont be stupid, me get rid of the 172 i dont think so!!!!!! thats one of the driving school cars ive been using due to the 172 having...

lambda sensor/spark plug(s)/leads/distributor cap

Media? do you want a picture of my insurance certificate with my mods declaired?

saw an inferno 182 today when i was coming back from fergusons of stirling, it was just coming off the stirling services roundabout going towards the bus depot had a private reg on it starting or ending in GAZ cant quite remember!

nope thats normal

its an R reg what ever year that is, yeah a complete mint white one just off the boat from japan

i like that

they hold their value really well apparently my mate payed around £7k for his and its 15yrs old or something lol! i payed that for a 4yr old 172!

EK9 is awesome, my mate has one, it goes handles and sounds awesome only thing i didnt like was the serious lack of torque but thats to be expected from a 1.6 that revs to 9k! lol

what about a 172 or 182

rear suspension is just renault cup setup though isn't it? only the front are Sachs?