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Here are a few pics. When I polished the lenses I did it with wet and dry working down a couple of grades, then polished with Meguiars PlastX with a drill buffer. They came up well, except for these cloudy patches. When I run my finger over the plastic it feels the same on and off these bits...

There is clouding of the plastic on the inside of the lenses, I've polished the outside until my arms were ready to drop off!

The headlights on my 172 have been looking a bit worse for wear for a while. I recently polished them up with some fine wet and dry and they are shed loads better than they were. There are still marks/discolouration on the clear plastic, on the inside where I can't get at them to polish them up...

Hi, I went to Rodgman and Williams and they wanted £10 for a quote. Its not like I arrived with the front end hanging off the car, it just needs a bit of filler and a panel painting. The bloke just kept telling me it was £10 for an estimate (which I wasn't willing to pay) so I left without a...

Hi, I need to get the N/S rear quarter panel re-sprayed on my 172 (and front bumper if the price is right). Can anyone recommend a bodyshop in the South West that will do a neat job, I am a perfectionist!

Bearings went in fine, a direct replacement for the originals. The knocking is still there ... annoying! I am going to head back to the main dealer and find out about the shim they recommended. I heard from a chap on a local CS meet a while back about putting a washer in to stop the knocking...

Finally got round to fixing this problem. I went to the local Euro Car Parts place (the one I went to was actually called GSF Car Parts). I got the guy to look the top mount bearings up, he came up with a part number and had 2 in stock. Came to £22.80p for both. It's not the part I linked to...

Update to the cambelt thread; I got three quotes from the specialists nearest to me (Plymouth). They were all within about £30 of each other to supply and fit a genuine cambelt kit and aux belt kit. In the end I decided to go with Nick at Pure Motorsport in Padstow. Had the work done today, very...

Thanks for the replies, I have bashed out a couple of emails to get quotes for the work.

Thanks Steve, I will drop ClarkieV6 a PM.

I need to get the cambelt and aux belt done, are there any specialists near Plymouth? Would K-TEC Racing be the closest or does anyone know of somewhere closer to where I live?

Just phoned the Ren' dealer as a little comparison. They want £37.58 for a kit for each side which has the top cup and bearing plate, also the guy said I will need a shim for each side at £4.21 each. Can anyone else confirm the part I posted a link to is the only bit I will need or will I need...

Is this the part I need to fix the knocking suspension top mounts on my 172? http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/Renault_Clio_2.0_2002/p/car-parts/suspension-and-steering/suspension/suspension-bushes/?609745090&1&628cd127b0681419f74463c1c52924c02f2ee8ce&FLXM

My top rubber had moved, lifted both corner trims and could see the plastic bits below the outer rubber were more to one side than the other. Bit of a shove with my thumb moved it back to centre.

Think I have this sorted now. The long top and side trims slide left/right up/down with a little force. The top trim was way over to one side so got it central with a bit of a shove. The corner trims now sit more naturally, but still not entirely flush. Bought a tube of Sikaflex 291 marine...

I need a drivers side front suspension top mount .. mine is knocking.

Just got home, nice meet tonight. Loved the food at the pub, definitely hit the spot. Awesome photo location too (thanks Lee). My camera phone took some bad grainy images, waiting for some uploads from the guys with proper cameras!! Nice to meet you guys, some for the second time.

The plastic corner trims on the top, outside of the windscreen don't sit very neatly, one is sticking up quite a bit. Tried to stick it down with silicone but it only lasted a few days. Anyone else had the same problem, what did you stick it down with?

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Erm... might have done a full claybar and wax on my Clio last week...

I got my last tyres from http://www.blackcircles.com/ had them delivered to my house then took them and the car to the local tyre place and the guy fitted and balanced them for £5 a corner.

The car park outside Home Park would be good to meet in (not sure if there are any barriers, would need to go on a recon and find out). For eating I would go with the China House http://www.vintageinn.co.uk/thechinahouseplymouth/. Nice food, good prices and a large car park. Only problem is a...

I figured it would be top mounts. Sounds like the drivers side one. It passed an MOT 6 weeks ago so there would have been no ball joint/anti roll bar link issues, its not a CV joint for sure and I was a bit suspect about an engine mount, the symptoms seemed wrong. So what's the deal with top...

Got a noise coming from under the bonnet when manoeuvring or steering on a hard lock and pulling away. More of a clunk than a knock. Thinking either an engine mount or I did read the suspension top mounts do this? Clio 172 PH2.

Is it necessary to replace the inlet manifold gaskets when changing sparkplugs on a PH2 172?

Used engine oil smells a bit like soot, gearbox oil smells like cats p*ss (should help you work out where it came from if it builds up again).

haha, wikid!

It's a great bit of road, especially the drag up the hill from Marsh Mills roundabout :cool:

Girl driving a red non sport PH1 with twin exit zaust and alloys, about 6pm today. Fair play to you for having a tussle with my 172!

South Devon is how we roll.