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if its a 2001 then it should be a ph2, which means it should have climate control, xenons, headlight washers and half leather.

depends what you want the car for, I don't like the uprated stuff on the road although I don't have massive experience with it, the cars when new/fresh were/are epic down a backroad so for that reason I went standard everything, bar springs which I went eibach. 406 brembo conversion...

you sure that's a 172 you bought? lol any pics??

when new the 172 brakes were brilliant as standard so the chances are yours just needs a fluid change and possibly a fresh set of discs and pads. you can use the clio 197/200 and megane 225/230 callipers with some adaptor brackets and certain discs, there is a guide on here somewhere. Or the...

flamers look best on standard 16" 172 wheels I think, im running OZ F1s at the moment as I sold my ph2 wheels that needed a refurb as they had brand new budget tyres all round (no good to me!!) so it was best to sell them on and buy another set, just not found any yet!

Save a second off 0-60 time, sounds legit. Why not fit 7 and see if you can have a zero, 0-60 time! Instant acceleration

Yes there is only 2 sets of sportlines for mk2 clio, one for 1.2 models then one for 1.4, 1.6, 1.5 dci, 1.9 dti and 2.0 16v

Go renault for the proper spec, bushes etc. The change over date is 09/2002 im sure anything built before that date has less caster, anything after that date has extra castor, apparently so all 182s, all 172 cups and some 172s have extra castor, and only ph1 and early ph2 172s have less castor...

I see! its coming apart tomorrow anyway so ill have a look and see how they fit

Good stuff mate, managed to source a set today so ill sort it tomorrow! As above i never thought they would roll that much!

I dry mine by taking it a 145mph blast down the M9!

ive just blew cola out my nose cheers!!!

id drive it with one nut if I was going local lol as long as it was a new one I knew hadn't been over tightened

seems insurance has got even worse than it was when I was young, was paying £2600 3rd party on a 172 when I was 17, which at the time was crazy but now it doesn't seem too bad!!

mk2 ktec stealth, made by janspeed

bag of chocolate coins for this man!!! no bump stops fitted, there was none on the spax kit that came off so in my mad frenzy to get it all fitted ive never noticed!

Yeah its driving brilliant now except both driveshafts are shot and it has a bent hub as was running 2 degree neg camber on the o/s so its running a camber bolt temporary to sort that and i need to make a tool to fit the inner track rods as i ran out of time! Swede, im using the standard...

now theres a thought, ill check today when im at the car

keep your hair on dear! it is rubbing on the metal brackets as I marked them up and when I took it a blast it removed all the marker off them!

done a good bit of reading up on here over the last hour and found out that cup arms leave you with a lot less room when lowered due to extra castor as mentioned above, looked back through my paperwork and found out that although the change over date for cup arms was 09/2002, my 03 plate car was...

heres a pic of mine, you will see the outer ball joint hole sits off centre away from the ARB side of the bottom arm

rubber on the brackets too so its definatey touching them, I cant get my head round it. going to check the part numbers on my eibachs to make sure ive got the correct 2.0 ones and not the 1.2 ones, my invoice says 2.0 ones but you never know!

also worth noting it sits at "normal" sportline height

its definitely rubbing on the brackets, ive ran this exact setup on all 3 of my 172s and never had any issues on the other 2, even with 16s but yet on this im having bother, even during 5-10mph cornering on full or nearly full lock (although just on the liners when doing that) but when pushing...

im running cup arms too so that makes sence with the extra castor I assume? are you guys getting rubbing on the bumper brackets too though as I am!

got an issue where my 172's front tyres are rubbing on the bumper brackets, after rubbing through the arch liners! this is happening both on 16" 172 wheels (was doing it really badly) and on 15" OZ F1's with 195/50/15. the car is running cup dampers, eibach sportlines, a combo ive used many...

epic, id love one. a friend of a friend has one and put it into audi for a service, it needed brakes all round and was several thousand pounds lol

ill get some tomorrow :)

was running a bit funny so popped the plugs out for a look, Bosch super 4's or what ever you call them, and only hand tight too!!!! stuck a set of the proper NGK's in, all torqued up to 25nm to stop it blowing them out the head! standard 16s were in ok condition but not mint, and had a...