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any big tips on cleaning engine bay, as in what gives best results- products. obviously keep water away from air intake and all that stuff. anything else i should consider?

i was just wondering, is it possible to swap the heater dials with the headunit in a mark 1. basically just cause i cant get a flip out dvd player in the place it is in now. thanks

im changing the calipers on my mark1 phase 3 cause i have some new discs which are vented and grooved by my current calipers arent compatible with vented discs. i was just wondering can someone show me a guide of how to change the calipers, im fine with the discs and pads, they're quite easy...

Started work on my car today at around 11am, firstly i thought i'd lower the back end by adjusting the torsion bar as i've just bought some 55mm spax springs and some 15"alloys off a friend. So to sum up i was expecting to have a nice lowered car by the end of the afternoon/day. Earlier i went...

nice Dark red (couldn't see exactly as it was dark), lowered, angel eyes, multispoke alloys. tints on rear. looked nice and sounds very beefy

my mate just photo-shoped my car, he took the bumpstrips off, and smoothed front bumper down, just wondering if anyones got any hints or tips on smoothing bumpstrips. i know how to remove them as i already colour coded them, just wondering what to do for best results on smoothing. cheers

anyone give me any hints and tips on stripping my car. obviously theres the usual back seats and the two rear door cards. any other nice ideas anyone?

arite people, just bought my timing belt and water pump ready to be fitted, the garage told me its advisory to change the tensioner for the timing belt. i've looked everywhere and can't find one anywhere, can someone direct me to a website where i can oder one, or anything for that matter. its a...

i want to replace the whole of my dash clocks cause i tried to fit some dial backrounds but i messed up a few of my needles and my friend snapped one, so i was wondering if any other clio dials and everything are compatible with mine. its a 96 1.4 rt, thanks

my water pump has been broken for a few weeks but i got told as long as i kept on top of the coolant level it should run okay. pulled up at some traffic lights today and a sh*t load of steam came out the bonnet, filled my coolant back up asap and 2 litres of coolant escaped through the water...

whats everyones views/ideas on cutting the front springs to lower it, just for a short time till i buy a lowering kit. i'll be adjusting the rear torsion bar to lower the back and a friend said cut the front springs. just curious...

how the hell do you change it, ive had to bodge mine with some bloody glue and bolts and stuff, a link to a complete guide how to do it would be great, or just a detailed explanation and pictures. thanks

Some pics of my car about a week after i got it, was off for the 2 week shutdown so managed to get some colour coding done and also went to town on the interior lol some comments wouldn't go a miss as i've never actually had any yet.. thanks

i have no idea how to read these colour table things. all i know is its a mk1 clio and its silver. i colour coded the bumpstrips with iceberg silver from halfords. but it isnt an exact match. im not sure if its the wrong paint or just the fact that the coulour might have slightly faded due to...

Cant anyone give me a nice quote on how much it would be to remove my bump strips on my MK1 RT and have the indents smoothed off. also have the back wiper removed and smoothed as well, and maybe the 3rd brake light if thats legal. thanks guys

i've noticed i have two pieces of plastic or whatever the hell they are on both of the front doors, just where the door's start to arch. they've been bugging me ever since i took notice of them. i cant find out what they are on the internet cause i don't even know what to search for. I would be...

Hi there, just curious, what would be the best sized alloys to put on a mark1 rt. cause obviously i dont want the wheels rubbing on full lock, and nothing that looks too big. would 16" be okay or stay with 15"?

just been wandering the site and havent found many mk1 clio's. maybe i'm just not good at looking for them, but if you could direct me to some pics or something that would be canny, just joined so i'm looking for some nice ideas :D

Just put a deposit down for my clio RT 1.4 (1996) and thought i'd sign up to see what the cracks like with these nifty little cars. from what i've seen you lads are pretty clever and inventive. Looking good :approve: