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Mine were rusted to fcuk too . I unbolted the brackets that the exhaust hangers are bolted to , to make it easier . They came out pretty easily . I'd soaked all the bolts with WD40 for a few days prior to doing this . Then i carefully , slowly undid the bolts for the exhaust hanger in a vice so...

I live in the North West of England , It rains a lot here and i wouldn't use any other tyre now than the Rainsports . They do feel quite strange to begin with and need a couple of hundred miles under their belt to scrub in , but when they do they are a fantastic tyre for gripping in the wet .

Ahhh right . There probably lies the answer to your problem if they're getting low , the ones Ive just had taken off were crap in the wet because they were very low . It's like a different car now with the new Rainsport 3's on . You'll have to have a look what else it says on the tyre ...

Tbh though , most tyres should grip the road well in the dry , It's wet roads where tyres like the Rainsport 3's are designed to come into their own .

Are they the " Rainsports " or the Budget " Rain Experts ? " I've had Rainsport 2's , currently running Rainsport 3's on my 182 and I really rate them , especially on wet roads . I've just got home now , driving on wet roads and they easily handle wet roads/ bends no problem when pushing on . I...

Having viewed the forward facing camera I'd say your braking was fine , from the rear facing camera it's a bit deceiving and it does look like you pullled up quite sharpish . The Fiestas brakes are obviously alot more capable than the Clios and driver probably wasn't concentrating as much as...

I dont know how you guys work out the garage did a piss poor job What do you mean by carriers need rebuilding exactly ? The rears are a different ball game compared to the fronts . With the fronts it's usually just the sliders on the carrier that need freeing/cleaning up and regreasing . On...

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t means injector . Try pressing the reset button in the middle of the odometer . Iirc that should clear it , but it might come back .

If it's that bad you can feel it with your finger you've no chance of polishing it out , not even using specialised glass polishes like jewelers rouge , cerium oxide etc .... I've tried , and it made little impact on the scratch .

I have PE2's on the rear too , still plenty of tread left though . But when it comes time to replace I'll be going for the Rainsport 3's . The only thing i can say about them is , alot of people seem to think they have soft sidewalls .I'm not so sure about that , I think it's more to do with the...

Have you tried cracking open the bleed nipple and pressing to brake pedal to see if any fluid is getting through ?

Can't comment on the Hankooks as I've never used them . I'm currently running Rainsport 3's , been on the front for about 300 miles now and I rate them highly , in the wet they feel so planted when pushing on .

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Ahhhhh . So you're a detailing guru too ? I beg my pardon . I'd never have guessed as your lack of useful information wasn't forthcoming , unlike some other people who have actually tried to explain a few things in this post . To which I am grateful , you truly can learn something new everyday ...

Thanks for your constructive criticism , even though you actually contributed nothing useful to this post for me , the OP or anybody else that might be interested . At least my posts were inquisitive , if nothing else . Like i said before in a previous post . The only way to learn is to ask .

Is that remark aiimed at me ? I'm asking genuine , pertinent questions here that people with less knowledge might learn from as well as myself .

So why spend say £100 for a pot that only adds 5% to finish ? To me that sounds like even less reason to shell out silly money for a product that does the least ? I'm assuming that the first stages i.e. polish , sealants are the products that give the best final result ? If so , why don't people...

The only way to learn , is to ask questions . Mine beads nicely , not sure at what angle though lol , they're more curved . I guess I must be doing something right with my cheapo £30 pot :smile:

You lost me with contact angle . Care to explain ? I'm genuinely interested . I understand the longevity , gloss etc .... not really the warmth part though . Having a blue car , it's a cold colour so i don't understand how that works either ? I wouldn't dream of spending 3 figures on a pot of...

I always thought it was called beading myself . Or maybe I'm just not in touch with these newer detailing terms like " water behaviour. " Any product , be it a £15 pot of Nattys or a £100 pot of Glasur will bead . Is there water different behaviour from different waxes ? Do more expensive waxes...

Dobry wieczor . Czesc Piotr . Your Iceberg looks very nice , very clean .

+1 lol . I can think of a few things that can be described as a " pleasurable experience. " Dining in a nice restaurant , drinking cold beer on a hot sunny beach , someone giving you a fantastic blowjob . Now they are what i would call pleasurable experiences . :smile: 2 weeks ago , the first...

Just make sure it's clean and grease free . No need to prime , any aerosol spray will do to be honest , but as you're going for silver , you might as well use a can of high temp spray as it usually comes in silver as a standard colour . Nice Flamer by the way :smile:

If yours is an import , it wouldn't have had an alarm fitted as standard as well as no CD changer . How is yours newer than a 53 plate ? Baring in mind they stopped manufacturing 172's in Dec 2003 . Maybe yours was manufactured earlier than the flamer , but not registered until later ? I was...

They're only " bad brakes " as you say , if they don't stop your car . Is your car stopping ok ? If so , there's no problem with your pads , they just need a little bit of grease on the back of the pads . Some brake pads do squeal more than others though , it's down to the the compound they are...

Big can of worms . So many choices and so many different opinions , and you'll get so many people recommending that what they're running are the best thing since sliced bred . I was running Uniroyal Rainsport 2's . I thought they were a really good tyre in the dry and really come into their own...

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Welcome to the Forum . I've been to Joburg ( Hyde Park ) a few times, loved your city and the outdoors lifestyle , never really saw any Renaults though . I saw lots of mint Mk1 Golf Citis though which i found kind of strange lol . Your cars looking good mate .

I've used that before on plastic and It's fine . You'll also need something to degrease all the plastics like IPA , this on ebay is just an example , maybe also varying grades of wet n dry . Keeping the plastic clean and grease free is very important ...