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Very odd that they are such a tight fit. I tried someone elses from this group buy on a brand new FK strut and it was a 'perfect' fit into the spring, so im guessing 1mm difference in size would make it tight!

Just got your PM's on C16v dude. And yes, they should sit inside, mine do, it seems your springs are slightly smaller in diameter. My car went alot lower too after fitting, so I just wound it up to compensate :)

Standard OE Spring Top Hat --------> AST Bearing ---------> AST Black Top Bit -----------> AST Mount -------------> Through The Strut, Then The Top Ring?

Possibly, who knows, this is Renault after all lol.

Pull the trim off and there is a nut holding the reel in at the bottom near the door-shut. Then undo the nut higher up on the sliding adjustable bit. Last one is to remove the bar down on the side that the belt is looped round, which is one nut again then twists to come out.

I removed my O/S shaft from a 172 Cup (53 plate) and it was one piece?

My 172 engine runs 5-6bar cold idle, then around 1bar hot idle as RSPORT-andy said

Another thing that I just remembered when I was driving home then... You said your Magnex pops/bangs with the 172 engine etc, and did in the past too? As mine has never done it (apart from once or twice on track when its been red hot). I have straight through, no cat no silencers just the...

You need an engine first, LOL.

Ive got some pictures step by step from when I fitted mine, Il pop a post in the guides section tomorrow for anyone in the future if they need to confirm on how they go together.

Fitment was shite on mine with the bulkhead bar, damn connector on the Mk1 clocks sticks out about 4 inches for the speedo cable! Flush backing of the 172 is ideal ;) And yeah but it took alot longer to get the MPG/R19 working than it did to connect one wire on the 172 clocks lol!

Its easy, I guess I could write a guide when I get a minute though...

172 Clocks FTW tbh, no more wobbly speedo and plug and play MPG ;)

Should have left RStuner on inside the car/laptop on the run and logged it

Get an Oddysey, on its side, on the battery tray ;)

172/V6 Airbox straight onto the throttle body, it just about fits between the strut ;)

:( I doubt an air filter will drop it that much, Chris had a cheap pipercross one on his when it ran.. Ive got a feeling timing for it to be that low even though you said it was ok!

Re: Mk1 172 Hybrid Track Car Project where the hell have you been hiding? Joe was asking other day lol

Using the whole subframes/runners from the 16v? Sure they are definitely from a 16v and not a Renault 19 16v?

Have a search and see if you can find the thread on here where a lad did the same and they did acctually get sucked down the throttle body and into the engine, was a good read.

I tried an electric impact gun on mine once, wouldnt even touch it. Got an air powered one onto it and it came off in seconds. No way you can just temporarily bolt the caliper back on and press the brakes?

Mines was a Ph2, although ive put Ph1 bits on it lol. -Ph1 have the thin sidestrips, small wingmirrors and tailgate badges on the bootstrip. -Ph2 have the fat sidestrips with the model badge in them, bigger wingmirrors, different rear lights and the tailgate badges on the bootlid itself -Ph3...

All Mk1 seats are interchangable with each other. Daniel, Ph3 is the bugeye/round headlight shape

Just ask for close up pictures of the rear arches, or the rust they are on about before you leave to go and look at it.....

Mine are split/spring washers, cant tell what those are in the pics. Different top nut too

170bhp/810kg - around 210bhp/tonne :clown:

Re: F**K F**K F**K Heads gone!Valve timing unit help needed. Dephaser has gone up in price on 1st Jan and even further with the VAT increase :dapprove:

810kg on Oulton Park weighbridge

Re: F**K F**K F**K Heads gone!Valve timing unit help needed. I'm guessing they mean the timing tools to re-time the cambelt, as they are around that price.

Off to the ring a few weeks after that, aint got the monies (or time) to do both!