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yeah this is what i was worried about!, looks like i might have to find a DB killer and slap it in the tail pipe. well i said to the mot tester about DB readings and how dose he know what i normal 172 sound like, he just came back saying sitting in the car gave him an ear ache lol, i did...

I'm afraid i don't have any DB readings for the exhaust, would be nice to find out what the DB readings are. yeah that's what I've always thought if its stupidly loud. I wouldn't say this system is that loud to be honest, I'm down in Hastings East Sussex.

Hi all has anyone had any issues when it comes to MOT time with their K-tec exhaust systems on their 172's ? long story short mines failed because its "too loud" says the tester, so i took the vehicle to another mot station and same again " too loud". on the failure sheet it says, "exhaust...

MOT day on the cup this morning! :unsure:

Managed to get it sorted now, realise that the piston wasn’t fully wound in and also the sliders were stuck so the caliper wasn’t sliding lol, i was trying to rush it ended up having some lunch and came back with a fresh head and realised my error lol Thanks guys :)

Yeah piston fully wound in, cheers Jon-r87 just done that worked perfectly stopped for lunch and figured what I was doing wrong lol Cheers Greg

Hi all just changing the rear discs and pads on my 172 cup using genuine discs and Brembo pads piston is all away back in, spacer on the correct way and hub nut tighten to 175nm but my carrier is not ligning up with the caliper bolt holes the outer pad and carrier is near enough touching the...

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Looking good dude

RPD sell them, https://www.renaultpartsdirect.co.uk/parts/exterior-parts/renault-clio-172-cup-door-pillar-badge/

Has anyone tried to join the parts.renault site at all ? I've been trying but having no joy

Brilliant thanks @Mbeau Yeah ill get all 4 replaced, awesome ill get some ordered up on renparts :) thanks again .

Good Morning all, know this has been covered so many times in the pass, the other day i done a 400 mile + trip to Belgium in my 172 cup all was fine until 30 miles from home, i went round a roundabout and the car started to miss fire then was running on 3 cylinders for a mile or so, flashing...

Just awesome!! :)

Keeping an eye on this as a fellow cup owner as well :)

Looking good so far dude!, makes such a difference swapping out them scratched soft touch trims for the non soft touch ones, really need to do the same to mine at some point lol

Tell me about it, they do look strange lol though i shouldn't complain as the car is still mobile while i get the turinis refurbished. Just hope it wont take to long!

Cheers buddy :), yeah the turinis will be done oem silver, yeah this one will be getting some love and keeping it mostly oem

Finally got round fitting the new cup shocks and cooksport springs over the weekend, all was going well until the drivers side front suspension top nut holding the plate and spring in was rounded off! Spent a best part of an hour getting the nut off! Turns out why the front end was so pissed...

Looking Good dude, ill be following this one :)

Well not much has been going on with the cup, been having to sort out my girlfriend Proton Satria GTI getting through its mot. The cup shocks and cooksport springs have arrived, I've ordered genuine topmounts and front shock dust covers so waiting on them to arrived hoping to get these all on...

Car looks great dude

Cheers guys, yeah the front dose sit rather high and I noticed it's got possibly a normal 172 spring or a standard Clio springs, but looking forward to having some new cup shocks and some cooksport springs fitted should transform for handing as it's shocking at the moment! Mintno1 I'm down in...

After selling my Monaco blue 172 back to its old owner, I’ve been on a look out for a racing blue 182 but then after waiting for a lift home one night after work I had a quick look on gumtree and found a standard 172 cup. After a quick phone call to the seller I was on my way to Cambridge to...

Thought i seen that Exocet before, been reading the project up on the mx5nutz forum ( fellow mx5 owner ) lovely clio dude nice to see you keeping it going :blush:

Cheers dude :up: been reading up on your project awesome car btw :cool:

Haven’t posted for a while been hunting around locating bits of trim for the Clio I’m 90% there now. Managed to get both the new door looms fitted as well as some door cards, replacement head lining plus all the pillar trims fitted I noticed just before fitting the rear cards that the...

Just finished reading this thread been an awesome read and you're local aswell :), hope you manage to get the power steering issue sorted and hopefully it turns out to be something silly and not serious.

Thanks Steve.m :) I’ll see how much a new screen is as this one is chipped lol I’ll look around for a cover someone might sell one with a sensor

Hi all, Bit of an odd one this, ive just taken the top half of my dash off to fit a new interior light wiring loom as I thought mine was missing ( car was stripped ready for track use ) turns out the last owner just tucked it all out of the way, me thinking it was just a basic light loom i have...