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mines now coming up to 116k and gets warmed up,cooled down,serviced and thrashed regullarly (just how a 172 should be) and mines still running lovely,and after racing a ph2 172 two days go and pulling past him it still shows they can last if looked after :)

s**t doesnt look good!

sounds good mate,bout same as mine,i paid 2k for mine last march with 98k and full history,good buy

a mate has these on his saxo buddy,very good,but seem to scratch,only from his lil slide window in the side windows

yes it should be covered as the n/s driveshaft runs wet,so that leak you have is you loosing gearbox oil,so get it sorted and you really dont want low/no gearbox oil

im 5 miles from this bloke who is going to smuggle me on the boat so i can spend the summer on a prive yacht :rasp: :D

you got a before epic to compare mate?

Re: My Ph1 172 track sl*g Progress Thread Also yesterday i noticed that the knock sensor was broken. This could be a part cause of the power loss. got this replaced yet matey?

i would hazard a guess at a possible shock problem mate? iv had this in the past with a previous clio where i would get this vibration through the wheel,upon replacing the front shocks i found they were badly worn and you could feel the movement in them just by pushing by hand :s

Re: The story of a high mileage 172 il admit it looks a bit big in that pic,doesnt quite look that big in person,still with 320bhp every lil helps lol latest iv done is suspension is being sorted,nothing special but i will have pics up soon

wow sounds great mate!

looking sweet!

nice mate like the colour coding

lol looking good,im still deciding what colour to do my f1's

im guessing jamie as he is the only 1 i can think of who has a willy on here lol

lol do i get a prize for being sad?

now all you have to do ben is make yours as fast as my black one!! no wait maybe thats the other way round........

ha lol what was the sticker on? looks like a clio screen

woohoo black ones the best lol

Re: The story of a high mileage 172 thanks for all the kind comments guys :) on the rear end subject,to be honest i prefere the all red rear lights,and the bumper on the ph2's are nice,but i kinda think it defys(sp) the point of a ph1 really only imo of course :)

fair play mate!!

fair play bud,looking good

my personal opinion is there great cars,a mates got one and has had from 22k and its done 67k now,admitedly its had 2 headgaskets in that,but that is from uneaven liners,as he had had his cylinder liners measured to find the problem,anyway bk on track,up to 100 its not too far off prob 5-7 car...

Re: The story of a high mileage 172 nope,get them to ring renault uk,they do 3 types iirc,ones TRW, cant remeber the other one,its the size of the treads that screw into the rack,measure yours mate

Re: The story of a high mileage 172 nope,get them to ring renault uk,they do 3 types iirc,ones TRW, cant remeber the other one,its the size

Re: The story of a high mileage 172 nope,get them to ring renault uk,they do 3 types iirc,ones TRW, cant remeber

mines on 115k and is great,thought for around 3k id want fully comprihensive(sp) history,and a full check over,id sell mine for 3k lol

cheer mate,just need to get the front looking as good as the back lol

can anyone do mine pls? :)

lol tell me bout it matey,the rears are on spacers,the fronts are not because i didnt have wheel nuts long enough lol