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Started work on the car this weekend, interior was seriously grubby and spent a total of 8 hours on it, jobs done: Wet and dryed all carpets De-bobbled alcantara and deep cleaned Cleaned and conditioned leather Deep cleaned all interior plastics Seat belts scrubbed Replaced silver trim strips...

Decided to sell my Saab 9-3 V6 as it was very heavy on fuel and just not much fun to drive. Having an M135i as a daily and a Westfield V8 for out and out performance I had decided I wanted something smaller, lighter and fun to drive without being anything silly. Was offered a straight swap on...

All resolved, replacement steering angle sensor turned up this morning, needed a bit of resetting to be recognised by the RS Tuner but for the first time since I have had the car there are no warning lights - dashboard looks quite dull now -)

Exactly the same issue I had, replaced plugs, coil pack and leads and better than it was before - the plugs were disgusting, bought new plugs but a used coil pack and ht leads

Airbag light off - RS Tuner was showing up as front right seat, cleaning the grey connector did not help, thought I would do the same with connector under passenger seat and all sorted - just the steering angle sensor and a sports cat to be sorted then it will hopefully get through MOT next week

Reset the steering angle sensor to midway point on yellow and still throwing up code so ordered a replacement as its obviously not working Pre-tensioner -I'll have a go and disconnecting and cleaning / re-connecting the wiring - I hate modern cars

Can someone decipher the fault codes in red below for me, ambers have now been cleared Car was bought with aftermarket steering wheel and now been put back to standard Thanks

Involves a bit of careful measuring and trimming but not exactly difficult Have used Jack at Royal twice before so was an easy choice for me - at £125 he is also very good value

Got my Royal Steering Wheel re-trimmed wheel back on this weekend, as ever by Jack a lovely job at a very reasonable price Yellow rev counter mod - I like it and thats all that matters As I had a Fabia splitter to fit I decided to do a proper job and take off the front bumper, good...

Injector cover painted silver now in place and looks much better

More progress today, wanted a light dut day after re-fitting the interior last weekend: Cleaned the seats and gave the leather a deep clean - fortunately not too worn at all so come up very well Fitted Silvertec front and rear indicator bulbs and LED sidelights Fitted new bootlight complete...

Changed the switch - does not work Tried a different regulator - does not work Relay clicks when switch is operated Any ideas what to try next?

I agree, my spare cover is being done in solver this weekend

No paint on the inlets at all, all de-burring and lots of polishing, not perfect but looks 100 times better than factory Expansion tank is on the Feb to-do list

Cheers, did have more than a few moments of regret on the inlets but once started you have no choice but to plough on

Done some tidying up of the engine in the last few days The plastic engine cover was always looking ripe for injecting a personal touch but really wanted to do something with the inlets - really disliked the factory finish Took a lot of work with sandpaper, wet and dry and metal polish to get...

Did some more work on my engine bay, lacquered the painted engine cover, some polishing of the inlets and painted the plenum - should be looking presentable by the weekend

Very true, discovered this morning that three Tesco bags for life fit like a glove with the rear strut bar holding everything to perfection

Have just spent an hour outside on it and it appears as if my ears were letting me down - standard diff and its not making any noise, the Milltek combined with no rear interior is obviously transmitting noise / vibration that gives impression of a grumbling diff, zero diff noise at all - amazing...

The belts are in addition to the normal seatbelts and I have no intention of using them, will be removed at the weekend Re: the diff, I have had Quaifes retrofitted into some of my other cars and am familiar with the characteristics, this feels very much the same - then again I could be...

Sending him my wheel in a few days, done wheels twice before for me and always been very impressed

"Really bad mods" - maybe not o your liking, or mine for that matter. Do things not to my taste constitute "really bad" - far from it. We actually agree

Front and rear strut braces are staying, not as if they are going to reduce rigidity are they, belts are going, towing eye was a 20 second job to unscrew, steering wheel going once original is re-trimmed. Stickers may stay or may go - after all its my car :smiley:

Like what :smile:, I really don't like the steering wheel and harnesses but they are good quality items and easily removed

I have been lucky enough to own some great cars in my time and have in the last 7 years owned what have been regarded as amongst the best VW Corrado, BMW E36 328 Sport coupe and Alfa GTV V6's in the country I like to buy cars that present a good solid base but with clear scope to make my own...

Car permitting I'll be there - four days into Clio 182 ownership

Welcome to a fellow newbie, pick my Artic Blue 182 up on Tuesday, then driving it to Manchester Airport and leaving it there for 3 days -(

Deal done on this Collecting next Tuesday evening but will be driving it home and then leaving it for 3 days whilst I go to Belgium - frustrating is not the word It was on eBay, looks like its had a decent chunk of money spent on it this year, front / rear OMP braces, Clio Cup steering wheel...

I will be there as long as I have been able to collect my Clio

If I have my 182 by then I'm definitely up for this, done it with Alfas and Porsches so seems rude not to do it with Clios