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Thanks Dan Will do - got it booked into a local place (HiQ) on friday - they might not be brill but they're all I've got and can get to given the other things I've got on on the mo - they'll at least be able to put some numbers on it. :)

Thanks Fred - no printout - it was a "while you've got the car (they were fitting a new driveshaft for me) can you spend 5 and straighten the steering wheel?"... so they couldn't spend too much time on it - but they had a quick look at the fronts and are certain they're bob-on I suppose a...

Chaps - very quick question: are the rear axles on 172 (non-cup) align-able? I've got a ever so slight counter-steer thing going on (left about 5-10 degrees to go straight) - my normal garage tells me the front tracking is spot on, however they suspect that the rear's "out" and is the cause...

Struggler: yeah - agree completely - just wondered if the extra bit of tension would take that 2-3mm play out and save me from the rub, however the universal opinion says similar to yourself on this (I just remember putting a brace on the front of my leon a couple of years ago and it...

blimey - that'd just be typical of this fking car - nothing but trouble so far. thanks for the reply!

Hi chaps - quick straw poll, any advice or thoughts more than welcome. I've got a 172 (non-cup) with boy racer 205/40/17 wheels on - (the guy who owned this before me was a right clown) - the rear left (UK passenger side) fouls eeeeever so slightly the inside wall of the wheel well with it's...

Done and done - I ended up buying the aforementioned 172 after a bit of to-ing and fro-ing the dealer had the brakes checked and it ends up the pads were "incorrect" in some way (suspect that the prev owner had put on something rubbish) - he's replaced them with proper pads and it's like night...

Will do - thanks

That's a cracking idea rhys - I've been meaning to learn that side of things for a while anyway ;)

Great comments - thanks guys! So - am taking away from this that a) they don't sound too outlandishly different from the rest out there (which is good, was concerned that I was looking @ a pup) and b) there are options around hoses, discs, pads, fluid that will change the characteristics that...

Hi everyone - first post for me - please be gentle ;) Long story short - I took a 172 for a test drive yesterday and whilst the car was a great example (quick!) I was v. disappointed in the brake performance. On closer inspection it looks like there's drilled and grooved all round with...