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I bought a Clio 172 back in 2004 and I loved it. At that time I was looking for a pure performance hot hatch and that's exactly what I got. I bought a Golf GTI DSG in 2008 because I'd gotten married and had a couple of kids. I have to say, as much as I thought I'd miss a manual transmission I...

Im from Australia and Im heading to Coventry later in the year and was wondering if there were any good workshops anywhere near the area that I could buy some parts from to take back with me.Cheers.

Im looking at getting a radar detector and was wondering how effective they are with having the athermal windscreen. I know that the little clear rectangle on the bottom of the screen should help but it seems to be mostly blocked by the winscreen wipers. Anyone with a radar detector that can...

Just concerned about warranty.

Anyone with a group n ecu fitted ever had a renault dealer notice it?

I sent him a pm a week ago asking him the same question and I still haven't had a reply!

It' the loss of low down power that you mentioned that worries me the most.Thats the thing about the clio I love the most!

Hey Paul,I sent you a pm a couple of days ago in regards to getting one of your remapped ecu's sent to OZ.Haven't had a reply.Any chance you could get back to me with a price,cheeers.

I'm going to get the inlet manifold matched as well as a remap,would you suggest sticking with the factory exhaust then.

Is it common to lose power low down when having a s/s cat back exhaust fitted?

Thanks fellas,I'll book it in with the sports cat.

Im looking at a new exhaust system for my 03 172. The system in question is a 2 1/4" system.I'm told that the clio relys on backpressure in creating it's low down talk.Has anyone felt any loss in power low down after installing a free flowing system?Would I find a greater gain from installing a...

Anyone used fastchips rs programmer for downloading group n remap?

Thanks for all the feedback.Im thinking of getting a rs programmer from fastchip in Holland.Spoke to a guy named Hank and he's been doing remaps for clios for some time.He's developed a way to remap your ecu with a group n tune using his new do it youself programmer.Seemed like he really new his...

I'm in Australia and I own a 2003 clio 172.As performance parts for such a car here in Aus are near on impossible to get,I was looking at shipping out a group n ecu. I've decided to get it from either bb performance or k-tec racing and was hoping some of you guys in the UK could help steer me in...

Im looking into getting some lower to mid range gains out of my 172.Im not expecting too much but I was wondering what the best direction would be to take.I was thinking of starting with manifold matching and then fitting a new exhaust.I've heard and read many different opinions on whether or...

The stock rims on the 172 over here were 15' and they look pretty average.I would like to go up to a 16' but having trouble finding some here.The only option with a set of 16s would be to have them sent over from the the uk.

thinking of fitting some nice 17' rims on a mk2 172 clio. i've heard that it can affect the acceleration of the car as well as the handling in a less than positive way.Is that true?Im in Western Australia and there's a lack of decent 16s available here that look any good and fit on the...

Thanks mate,look lovely!I think thats swayed my decision.

Thinking of putting some turini rims in anthracite on my silver 172.Any Pics of silver 172s with the turini's would be greatly appreciated,cheers.

Thanks mate.I've got a silver 2003 model.

Thanks for the warm welcome & appreciate the feedback.

Just wondering if anyone would know when the revlimiter should cut in during 1st to 2nd gear change on a mark 2 172.Cheers