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aww bumber man i thought i'd got onto one hell of a deal there :( i think i'll wait maybe try and pick up a brand new box, is the jc5 the ph-quick model box? as that what i wanna go for and replace all bearing and uprate clutch at the same time

just make sure your car is spotlessly clean eveywhere i even took the wheels off and gave round my arches and suspension a god clean i just want to make my car last for years which is why my gearbox p*sses me off!

or you could just get yourself a new tyre and know its perfect or just go cheap and get it repaired

id get a house and wait, tis what i'm doing i have my 172 waiting for gf to finish uni in 3 years buy a house then go out and get a beast of a car together everyting doesnt have to come at once

i replaced 3 of mine there dead easy to do! pull the engine towards you b4 you tighten and it will prevent anymore knocks!

do what i did rip the whole lot out and wire a horn up to where little panel is at the headlight level changer is and wallah no hassle and plus weight loss from removing the air bag :)

well think about my clio mines a i bought a clio 1.2 and decided i cudnt be bothered to sell and rebuy a 172 172 cuppage! lmao mint resale value

quite a few miles mines on a 53 plate and its ony got 13500 miles on ner ner

does this include taking the box out and putting it back in?as i may come down your way for that

no aircon, no foglights and i've changed to the fluid power steering i saved some weight from the aircon and fog lights though va va voom

yup i even argued with the dvla! i was saying the emmisions cant be the same its a 2.0 litre for christ sake and other 172 owners pay around 200 a year so i been worrying about the emmisions at MOT time thinking it would go way over but it sailed through! so i'm saving 100 quid a year! thats...

ahh ok i'll just leave that as is but i still need to find out where the wire goes as its my main worry!

where is the acousitc valve? what does it look like? and any ideas on the other cable?

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Right guys (and gals) bit of help here! firstly where does this connect? i have no idea and cant spot anywhere for it to go! http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/blackmask2003/Photo-0003-1.jpg http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a297/blackmask2003/Photo-0001.jpg and no i'm not a hand...

so i roughly save £20 a year on road tax from doing the conversion score i guess over the years it will give me money back i spent converting it lol

haha yea your right just i cudnt remeber how much you saved getting 12 months as i got 6 months a fortnight ago, so how much is it for the 172? i guess its a saving :)

i think io may deliberate on a v6 version running 300bhp rwd that wud be awesome

yes my 2.0 converted just had its first ever MOT and passed with no hassles the guy doing the test said he was pleased how nicely modified it was and how well looked after the car was :) i was well chuffed as i'm paying £105 tax a year for a 172! and it sailed through emmisions! yes i'm well...

i got told they were 500 brand new from renault

just some tips mate, i'm a tattoo artist but i do plenty of drawing, you missed out the light clouds on the window and where the indicator is you've did the surround in a sharp edge surround 90 degree corner if you look closely its curved, but that a real good drawing for just starting your...

god thats ridiculous! 2k you could get a brand new box off matt for 400 plus other bits your looking at around just over 1k! my box went last year i got another one and fitted for 600!

i cudnt even get a tyre for that never mind 4 with wheels! atleast you dont have to care whether you kerb them to bits

k-tec told me the same obvisoudly there pushing the limits of the lsd but they say they havent to been able to break it since they replaced the broken part

ok ok i will! gf wont be best pleased but meh i'm sure money could buy another one :)

lol well i've just offered the guy 140 for the lot and i've opened up a halifax web saver and put a tenner into it so we'll see what the outcome is, if he takes 140 then i'll get it if not then i'll wait it out and pay off the card :)

this is cool i'm just looking to not spend loads on tuning at the mo so was gonna go for 182 manifold and decat, group n ecu and then strip it out and get a short shifter (which is also lighter!) and then go for suspension/brake.tyre upgrades

ok hows about i pay another 50 off on thursday that way its only going upto 500 so i still dont feel toooo bad on myself

ok people trying to pay 700 off my credit card and got it down to 398.00 in just over 2 weeks but i've been offered a B&M short shifter and a set of magnecor leads (red ones) for £150 squids i'm tempted but i dunno if i should do it what ya think?

i'm wanting to get to some meets just some are out of the way just waiting for one round the darlo/teeside/durham area really driving a clio dynamique 172 conversion there's some pics somewhere in the forum lol