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Tinkering around today I decided to pull out the induction kit just to check the condition of the filter. Once again on this car it looks like it was fitted by Stevie Wonder. I don't know how an airbox could have so many dents in it... but its totally trashed. Held together by one bolt (its...

Good lord this is amazing. Sounds great, hopefully it sorted soon. :)

Today wasn't bad weather wise, so I decided I would have a crack at doing the door handles & some of the interior trim. Masked everything off with some dust sheets, and wiped the handles down with some alcohol. 3 coats of primer were then added. I think I ended up doing 4 coats of matt...

Got some wet & dry, paint and primer through today to paint some of the interior trim & maybe the door handles. You guys think its possible to mask the handles off and paint them while on the car? I know taking them off is probably the ideal method here, but the process of taking them off is...

Yup, & abused. Hopefully I can do her justice again! :D Thanks for the info on the wheel, £120 is defo better than £200 which I've seen. Hopefully its local? The seats are the standard Recaros you get in the R27. Don't know if you meant some proper Recaros, but I believe these were standard in...

Hey guys, first proper post on here, just want to say thanks for the help so far. :smile: I bought this R27 back in late January I believe..... turns out from a raging liar on EBay. Without getting into too much detail I've had to replace one of the ball joints, an inner rack arm & I'm...

Hey chaps, So I'm in the process of restoring my newly purchased R27 up to a nice spec, and the R27 erm.... badge? Dont know the word.... from the boot is missing. Well the R & 2 are there but have corroded somehow, and the 7 i missing completely. I'm wondering if anywhere does replacements...

Just want to say Mark at Midlands Renault was well worth the drive down. Did it for £135... compared to Renaults quoted £780. Madness.

Crap, you're based in Somerset, thats a long drive. Still probably save a few quid even with the fuel and an over night stay! :D

So, I recently took my R27 in for a health check. I've just bought the car, well about a month ago and I'm very pleased with it overall. I bought it for the long haul, so I'm prepared to have the work done on it, but I guess I kind of got a bit stiffed on this one. The steering didn't feel TOO...

oooooh that is a very nice looking car.... :) Well guys thanks for the advice. I'm hopefully going to look at it early this week so I'll let you know how I get on. Thanks for the expertise again!

I'm more tempted by the R27 to be honest, but its the riskier buy of the 2. Its the gearbox that scares me, just from reading up on 197's. If I were to privately buy it, and the greabox did go, do Renault offer any kind of service to replace it free or with a discount to new owners. Its not got...

I think I PM'd you. :)

Thanks guys will do! :)

Hi guys, new here! :D I'm looking at buying my first 197, and have researched them over the past 2 weeks or so...so not very long and I need some advice. There are 2 models I'm looking at the moment, a 197 cup & a 197 R27 F1 edition. The 197 cup is through a dealer and the R27 is private....I'm...