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The actual Renault graphics are important for the car, else it's just another LY 197 with recaros. It's the aftermarket ones that offend ;)

Yep, this was the Benz glory days of using offcuts of Mazda metal. Same as the SLKs, any stone chip will erupt in brown and the arches corrode violently. Which is the only downside to the awesomeness of the vehicle :(

and there have been no other tyre threads since 2005? There's one every other day!

The pinnacle of Clios, mostly because it's still got the livery and it's in THAT colour :smile: The chav stickers need to go though.

How does this thread differ from the one yesteday? Or last week? Or the 300 from last year?

At least, on balance, it's not the down-syndrome-spec Z4. The ones they did when folding hard tops were first released.

About the same as a Cooper S. and not bloody everywhere.

Not at all, they'll keep falling as the cars age. "Special" ones (as in factory specials, as opposed to 'bilt, not bort' specials) will command a bit more. And in about another 5 years the generic examples will have totally bottomed out.

The lack of rust is a pleasant surprise for that era of Benz.

Permaban in 5....4....

I'd have one, no question. But it's probably not Chris Harris enough for the typical CS user

they sure are. They were doing undersized 4-pot turbos before it was cool #hipsterbrabus also, dem wheels

Because the sticker wouldn't come off ;) Hope you didn't pour a load of money into it, you barely had the thing for 5 minutes didn't you? Just for a left-field though (watch as CS s***s itself into a hole). Smart ForFour Brabus. All the pace of a mini, but without the ubiquity and with an...

Yep, that's pretty much a "stage 2" ICE upgrade 1 - Headunit & sub 2 - speakers and amp 3 - burning money I might have to disagree with you on underseat subs though, if it's directly under your seat then you'll feel bass more than hear it...which is what most people actually want, to be fair...

Proper bit of kit, the Becker. Instead of spending on flashing lights, the money goes into sound quality and longevity, which is why you'll find them in a lot of motors as OEM kit.

@Phase1sr what's the HU in yours? Becker or something? Our OP wants OEM looks but with decent sound quality.

£200 is about right for a decent unit with some capability such as iPod in, bluetooth, stalk controls and such. I wouldn't spend much less than that anyway.

you can run the sub from Renault unit but 1) It'll sound s**t 2) you'll lose your rear speakers. Since a sub will be in the boot, what it looks like isn't massively important, but quality is. I have one of the Pioneer "pump" subs, it's a bloody eyesore but works nicely. A stealth install for...

good luck.

in fairness, if it's just fitting a sub and a stereo, most places can't actually mess that up. But buying from halfords would rape your wallet. Get the parts from the internet and either 1) see if a local CSer will help 2) get an auto-electrician to do it, between parts costs and what they'll...

No problem chap. Honestly, the 2 items I posted earlier are what I'd go for. Not top-end, but not budget. Kenwood, Alpine, Pioneer. All these are a fair shout. Sony, Fli, JVC.... no. You will need the right lead to retain your steering-wheel controls though and to keep your dash-top display...

The biggest problem is that the OEM headunit is a bit poor. Amplifying it will only make it louder, certainly not better. You could get a parott add-on system but you'll still have aftermarket things hanging off your dash, which will look 400% more pikey than a different HU. Provided you dont...

Started considering selling

Change your head unit for one with on-board HP/LP filters fit a small sub in the boot. fettle the settings on the head unit. DONE. Seriously, the OEM cones for 1*2s are actually quite decent, they just aren't up to taking bass through them. As soon as you have a sub to do that for you, then...

now if only it had a nice engine in it, that would be sweeeeeeeet

thought that might be the case

OK, so I was just about to listen to some tunes on an iPhone 5 20 seconds into a track it says "no content available, buy some through iTunes" restart, nothing restart.... it finds all my purchases on iTunes. Lo, it appears 10gb of free space just appeared, and all my tunes have been deleted...

This wont make you look any more badman as you stand in the pits, but it will help save you going nose-first into the armco. Oh, and brakes. Lots of brakes. Better to be able to stop, than to be able to go quicker

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