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I have a trolley jack that fits under the sills and axle stands. The reason why I hate jacking the Clio up is due to the soft sills, I use a slotted hockey puck but they still get bent. Whereabouts do you put the jack on the chassis rail? And then where do you put the axle stands?

I just got back from holiday and my ‘Car ramps’ had finally arrived in a huge box. I get one out and unravelled it from the 200 metres of packing paper then went to remove the other one…oh. So yes, the price is for one, which explains why they’re cheaper than Halfords. Currently £22 though so...

Thought I would chuck this on this old thread, rather than make a new one. I just ordered these ramps from Autodoc, they are currently £28.29 on the app, which I thought was pretty cheap: www.autodoc.co.uk/yato/16371451 Will need extension ramps (or bits of wood) to work with the Clio, or...

I’ve owned my 172 Cup for 10 years. I’m in a very similar position, it’s a second car, and doesn’t really do anything my other car doesn’t, but I just can’t seem to part with it. I had mine plugged in to a permanent Norco trickle charger, which seemed to be doing a great job of keeping the...

I have installed the Autodoc app, and added my Clio 172 Cup as a vehicle. It says that the Magneti Marelli injectors (805001446001) aren’t compatible with my vehicle. I guess this is a mistake as you aren’t all ordering the wrong ones?

Calliper leak on that side. Two separate circuits. Handbrake is cable operated so still works.

This looks amazing. I now know what seats I want to put in my Cup. I’ve owned mine since 2014 and always intended to put Recaro Trendlines in there, but these look even better. I’m considering the Bilsteins too. I think the shocks are a bit tired and wouldn’t mind something a bit firmer in the...

I beat my whippet once. He ran after my car and I didn’t want him to get run over so I booted it. He’s got the legs on the little French shitbox from 0-38 mph, but after that I smoked the skinny little c**t.

Sorry yes I was being silly. I obviously didn’t put it on the discs and pads. But I do sometimes find it hard to know where grease should be applied, I remember there being long running and often fierce debates on LotusElan.net about how greasing bolt threads affects the torque settings. And...

Cheers. All done. I put copper grease everywhere just to be sure. The pads should scrub the excess off the discs I would have thought. Need to find some other lockdown Clio jobs now.

I’m doing my rear discs now, callipers and discs came off fine with the breaker bar. I've got the old spacer washers off and cleaned them up, along with the callipers with a wire brush drill attachment. My question is where should I be applying copper grease before putting the wheel...

Welcome Cads, I think you've got a good'un there, it certainly looks like it's been well looked after. George up there ^ will sort you out with the parts you need. I'm not sure who the best supplier is for the auxiliary belt, but someone can recommend a decent specialist in Bedfordshire area I'm...

No, you can't sell it! It's looking great, I'm pretty much copying everything you've done to yours. I've ordered my rear discs and pads, exhaust has just been fitted and I'm replacing dampers and springs next. Already have a Snappy wheel, but I've just got some De-Solv-it sticky stuff remover...

Same as yours! I'll post some pics and a video up if you are thinking of one. As they're custom made I imagine each one is different. They do offer a remap with the exhaust but I'm too tight to pay £500 or whatever for a dubious 4bhp...

No, dead easy. Just pull the spring clips off the original ones, and push them off, just mind the hatch doesn't come down on your head when you do it (it's a lot heavier than it looks). Then clean up and grease the mount points and the new ones just push on. My hatch wasn't opening all the way...

Finally got around to replacing the boot struts, they'd got to the point where they'd only hold the boot open if the car was facing downhill. Couldn't quite stomach the rip-off price for OE replacements, and I'm glad I didn't as these £13.95 jobbies seem much nicer quality than the originals...

I'm not sure if I'm happy about this. Not only will my OCD have to cope with an Elf sticker on the rear windscreen, and Castrol in the engine, but Castrol GTX just makes me think of Alan at a funeral...

Renault Citroen Peugeot Venturi Bugatti Alpine Panhard s**t, you're onto something there...

Well mine is on 69,500ish and had a full major service inc. gearbox and all belts at Rentech 3,000 miles ago, the day after I bought it. But, it would never get £3K as it needs the front and rear bumpers respraying (no cracks just scuffs), wheels refurbishing and the bonnet looks like an...

That's good to know. I realise that there are better options out there than the Sachs, they were developed over 10 years ago after all, but they just nailed the set up for road driving so perfectly with the Trophy. I had an ITR afterwards that was better in many respects but it just didn't...

I love my 172 Cup, I have owned it for 2 years now and I'm considering having the wheels refurbished and other cosmetic bits done as even though I bought it to be a fun trackday car, I don't want to sell it anytime soon. Although, I have to say, the only things about the Cup I prefer over the...

I went there for my stag in 2009, I had a DC2 Integra at the time. I knew the layout quite well from practising on GT5, I even set up an Integra Type-R and took the power down to 187bhp and put on the realistic tyres so it would be comparable in corner entry speeds and grip etc. What the game...

Ah cool, I lived in Findon Valley for 25 years! Frankland Arms was a good pub.

Preston Park Avenue?

Which way are you? Worthing, Newhaven or Haywards Heath?

I'm up for this, always good to have an excuse to take the car for a spin on a Sunday morning now the Goodwood Breakfast clubs are over until March. I'm in Brighton, there are loads of great pubs in mid Sussex for breakfast, or cafes for a good coffee and cake. I see quite a few 172/182s in...

I bought and sold my Trophy to him (Steve Coulter), he knows Trophys better than any dealer out there. He knows what he's doing. If anyone else was selling a Trophy for £7.5k I'd think they were mad, but that one will be perfect.

I didn't want to send off my wheel so it cost me £215.00 in total. This was £150 for the retrim, £20 P&P and £45 surcharge for the wheel which I'm getting back as I'm sending him my old one. The normal cost is £120 for the retrim but I paid £30 extra - £20 for the embroidered logo and £10 for...

Just got mine back, I'm in love with it. Got to get another one done now to drive my car as I just want to look at it (and hold it) all day. Andy (snappy) is a great guy and a pleasure to do business with. Now I just need to take my wheel off without setting off the airbag...

Yeah, thanks. Luckily it only took me 10 minutes and I now have a CAD QR Code for future use (like a bag of tungsten tipped screws I imagine).