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PBS front pads are the weak link.

I’m 5’9” but probably have a similar length upper body to you (my inside leg is 28”). If you fit buckets there’s loads of headroom.

Tough crowd! Some might applaud him for taking initiative and doing something entrepreneurial, even if his asking price is a tad optimistic. It's not like it's a pure flip for profit - he has clearly put some time into the car.

Trophy sold for £11,350...buyer pays £12,031.

Ah you replied before my edit. I’ll have to make sure I’m right then!

Think number of owners is becoming less of an issue than it used to be. People are realising that enthusiasts change cars quickly and that more owners could just as likely mean people lavishing money on a car as it could mean uncared for.

Agreed... +1. Unless you specifically want Powerflex (note they will add NVH) then replacing ball joints and removing/fitting bushes seems like a lot of aggro for a few quid saving.

The ball-joint pinch bolts are notoriously difficult. Might as well buy the wishbones with ball joints already installed.

£78 each for OEM from RPD which doesn’t seem too bad as they also include bushes and ball joints. If you go with pattern parts, make sure they have the extra caster on the ball-joint mounting holes.

48k miles Trophy: https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2005-renaultsport-clio-182-trophy-1

It always strikes me as incredibly odd how low-effort some people's advertisements can be. I suppose we're all different though. The same people who write rubbish adverts are probably quite good at things that I'm rubbish at. I'll go further to observe that people who can't write usually love...

Looks normal.

I’ve been using BC front and AST 4100 rears which is what my car came with when I bought it. For the road I keep the BCs up front, but swap out the rear for softer springs and standard Cup shocks. If you buy the full BC set they come with 8 kg/mm rears which is good for track and double the...

TBH any gains from NA tuning are fairly marginal and will never make the car feel anything like a turbo. Best to learn to enjoy it for what it is - a high-revving NA experience.

You could try lowering springs first before investing in coilovers, if only to trace the cause of the oversteer issue. On standard or even lowered shocks/springs you should be mostly understeering. Bilsteins great on road, not so good on track. For track you need a much stiffer rear spring...

A rear ARB will make the back end more mobile, not less. Does sound odd, though and points to a problem, perhaps worn shocks and/or bushes.

£6.360 inc. buyer’s fee.

Could be mistaken...but don’t think Eibach made yellow springs for the Clio. They look like Apex items.

Zone 2 here (northwest). I am part of an active group that organises early-morning Sunday drives all over, including in Surrey and Hants. If that’s of interest feel free to drop me a PM.

We're at a tipping point in the makeup of the owners' community. When people who only bought old Clios because they were cheap, and who consider them inferior to modern metal will move on, fuelled by the easy availability of affordable leases. In their place will come others who are...

23k miles BG 182 on Collecting Cars: https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2004-renaultsport-clio-182-cup Advertised as having Cup suspension, but lacks the Cup rear spoiler.

I too remember when Imprezas were properly cheap! I bought a v1 RA in 2012 for £2,100 and a v5 RA in 2014 for £2,500. IMO the best of the newages are DCCD-equipped blobs. DCCD blobs along with classics came with a 33F/66R torque bias compared with 45F/55R on the (very rare) DCCD bugs, 41F/59R...

Classics are appreciating for sure, but are still relatively cheap for what they are. Evos are far more pricey these days than Imprezas, for example. If you’re used to paying £3-4k for cars then of course £15k seems like a lot, but £15k doesn’t buy that much these days when comes to ‘90s...

Every keen driver should experience Lotus. No-one does steering and brakes, and the feeling of a car being light on its feet and up on tiptoes better than Lotus. And the boys from Hethel have also mastered the art of combining ride comfort and pin-sharp handling. I personally have more fun...

I went from a Lotus Evora S to a Clio 182. I have more fun in the Clio. If you have space then keep the Clio. You’ve put so much work into it and it will cost you next to nothing. Rotate your toys each month so that you only pay tax on one and SORN the other. You will appreciate each car...

By this point it's no longer comparable to a car in any practical sense. It's more like a painting, a sculpture, or a piece of jewellery.

Good info, thanks! I did do my research and there seems to be conflicting views on this...we need a driveshaft “sticky”

Driveshafts as well. Though seems like a lot of effort for not much reward tbh.

Sold! Ordered these in yellow. Seems good value compared to other options.

The underlying plastic is pretty tough. It looks just about ok naked but for best results give it a coat of satin black from a rattlecan.