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i'm out in St Lucia a few times a year, keep in contact i can always fill my suitcase with parts ;)
the OMP pads aren't very good by the way, you want PF97's for the clios
behave! on a 182 you need ET45 (ie trophy turinis) the absolute max you can go to is ET40 (if lowering, otherwise you have to cut away plastic/bend bumper brackets out the way etc)
thats gospel
very common, there is no gasket, its just a silicone sealant, 7 hour job to do it fella (plus new cambelt etc) if its not bad, just leave it until cambelt time, check its not leaking out the bolts, if it is that's an easy fix, remove bolt, whack in silicone, re tighten, done
no if you think with the platform at maximum height (ie the car is as high as it will go) you have the maximum length of damper to deal with, so you may find the spring will have to be compressed slightly at max ride height to "fit" on with the damper, but at lower ride height the platform is...
the spring rate is set, you can't change that without changing the springs for different ones, you will have "pre loaded" the spring slightly (but nothing to notice a huge change) which in english means the springs are forcing the wheels down more (so you might have a better bump response), but...
was going to say LOL! its been a while since i was in composting (as i call it) i know "silver carbon" does have a trade name (as do the red and blue variants) but its just pretty fibre glass in 2x2 twill from memory