well thought id put up a thread to show whats needed on a higher mileage 172
i bought her last march for just over 2k from a chap in Bristol,this was the night i picked her up:
the paint was terrible,looked as it hadnt been washed in months,wheels had brake dust caked on,n/s window reg broke and had just turned on 98,000 miles
on closer inspection the exhaust was also looking suspect but it had full renault history,and was originally a company car,so i had all reciepts and invoices for its life
on looking through the history it seems to have behaved itself,only needing a new alternator and 2 rear shockers throughout its life
fist job was fixing the window reg,which i got from ECP for about £65
next came the first wash and polish
she came up alot better than expected as bearing in mind i only use basic polish,no pc,clay etc
this pic has gone into the 172 buying guide on this forum
i noticed the door pulls were flaking and dirty so i temp sprayed them black
then the expected happened and the middle section snapped,so needing an exhaust next day i bought a 3 month old blueflame system from a chap off here
verdict on exhaust is it takes a lil time to get it lined up right but i think it looks nice and is perfect sound wise
sound:
as the months passed and the miles piled on,it still performed far better than a french car has any right to,with only rear pads and new tires required towards the end of last year
i gave her a good polish end of the year and got some arty(ish) shots :
then the 1st real problem started- the idle would not settle then it would rev its self from idle up to 3000 revs the nback down,then hold it at 3k,so every one who sat next to me at the lights must have thought i was a right chav
lucky richmc off here came to the rescue and sold me a new icv he had lying about and thank god no more looking like a chav!
as me and my better half are saving for a house (should be in in 2 weeks!) we couldnt afford to go anywhere flash on holiday so we both took a week off and went down to see my cousin in devon for a few days,the nheading down to boscastle in cornwall as we often venture there on short breaks
Cornwall:
this is the temporary car park in boscastle as they are still rebuilding after the flooding
and a shot looking back up boscastle harbour
the car behaved through all this,never getting tiresome to drive
i found a 'modified' cup
then stopped into my uncles to see his new toy
this is leaving devon on our way home
upon reaching home and having done over 1000 miles in 6 days the clio was brilliant and returned 35.8 mpg even with some slightly faster drivng,(including a 39 mile trip trying to outpace a leon cupra r)
by now miles were adding up
but still behaving untill.........
i broke it
well actually it wasnt my fault i left her at work for 3 days and upon starting a bad missfire was felt,after alot of searching it turned out to be a spark plug at fault,which was strange as they were what reanult had recommended and should have had 30k left in them
anyhoo i bought genuine plugs from sparkplugs.co.uk and a set of magecore leads from nick at hill power which improved starting and curred the missfire lol
all was well untill 2 months ago when turning onto 112k i started to feel play in the steering,and on looking found play in my tie rods
after being scared by my local dealer trying to fob me off with 'oh they dont come seperate mate,you have to buy a new steering rack' i went to another local dealer who supplied me the tie rods and new ends too
going to fit i realised they had supplied me the wrong ones
so onto 3 weeks of trying to get the right ones (they had to phone renault uk in the end,turns out it was the thread on the end of the rods where they screw into the rack) we got them fitted,which then highlighted a few more problems,namely knocking from top mounts,so these were done in due course (note to take is i get the common koncking from the top mounts,this went away for about a week after the new ones were fitted so i think solid mounts is only cure)
and just when you think all is well.........
a cv joint falls apart on me lol
i managed to nurse her home,but on closer inspection a ball bearing dropped out :S
off to gsf for a new shaft which for reference looks indentical to the renault one,had a few fun and games fitting it (many thanks to benp for the help and advise!) and to top it all off my torque bit snapped off in the tie rod as i undid it
so once this was all sorted i had made the desision to refurb my wheels (pics will be up)
so thanks to doug (drhouser) i borrowed his spare set of very nice wheels and put my tyres on so i could take my time refurbing my f1's.
which then highlighted my o/s/f wheel was buckled :S
so off i went and met burp who sold me his spare,which will go in place of my buckled one
and to add the icing on the cake when i fitted these spare wheels i found a snapped rear spring!
and this is how far we have got to today
my wheels are at work,i am just finishing off the sanding down,and will spray them next week
springs will be sorted this week as its quite dangerous
miles are now 115,160 to date
future definate mods will be:
new front shocks with uprated springs of some kind
inner handles sprayed pearl black
tracking and wheel alighnment done on our lazer machine at work
looking at uprating the brakes
making my own cold feed system (currently in the making)
i will keep this thread up to date,with anything needing replacing and also hopefully some basic up coming mods to see how the old girl copes and hopefully prove you can run a higher miles 172 without worrying its going to brake every 5 mins!
i bought her last march for just over 2k from a chap in Bristol,this was the night i picked her up:
the paint was terrible,looked as it hadnt been washed in months,wheels had brake dust caked on,n/s window reg broke and had just turned on 98,000 miles
on closer inspection the exhaust was also looking suspect but it had full renault history,and was originally a company car,so i had all reciepts and invoices for its life
on looking through the history it seems to have behaved itself,only needing a new alternator and 2 rear shockers throughout its life
fist job was fixing the window reg,which i got from ECP for about £65
next came the first wash and polish
she came up alot better than expected as bearing in mind i only use basic polish,no pc,clay etc
this pic has gone into the 172 buying guide on this forum
i noticed the door pulls were flaking and dirty so i temp sprayed them black
then the expected happened and the middle section snapped,so needing an exhaust next day i bought a 3 month old blueflame system from a chap off here
verdict on exhaust is it takes a lil time to get it lined up right but i think it looks nice and is perfect sound wise
sound:
as the months passed and the miles piled on,it still performed far better than a french car has any right to,with only rear pads and new tires required towards the end of last year
i gave her a good polish end of the year and got some arty(ish) shots :
then the 1st real problem started- the idle would not settle then it would rev its self from idle up to 3000 revs the nback down,then hold it at 3k,so every one who sat next to me at the lights must have thought i was a right chav
lucky richmc off here came to the rescue and sold me a new icv he had lying about and thank god no more looking like a chav!
as me and my better half are saving for a house (should be in in 2 weeks!) we couldnt afford to go anywhere flash on holiday so we both took a week off and went down to see my cousin in devon for a few days,the nheading down to boscastle in cornwall as we often venture there on short breaks
Cornwall:
this is the temporary car park in boscastle as they are still rebuilding after the flooding
and a shot looking back up boscastle harbour
the car behaved through all this,never getting tiresome to drive
i found a 'modified' cup
then stopped into my uncles to see his new toy
this is leaving devon on our way home
upon reaching home and having done over 1000 miles in 6 days the clio was brilliant and returned 35.8 mpg even with some slightly faster drivng,(including a 39 mile trip trying to outpace a leon cupra r)
by now miles were adding up
but still behaving untill.........
i broke it
well actually it wasnt my fault i left her at work for 3 days and upon starting a bad missfire was felt,after alot of searching it turned out to be a spark plug at fault,which was strange as they were what reanult had recommended and should have had 30k left in them
anyhoo i bought genuine plugs from sparkplugs.co.uk and a set of magecore leads from nick at hill power which improved starting and curred the missfire lol
all was well untill 2 months ago when turning onto 112k i started to feel play in the steering,and on looking found play in my tie rods
after being scared by my local dealer trying to fob me off with 'oh they dont come seperate mate,you have to buy a new steering rack' i went to another local dealer who supplied me the tie rods and new ends too
going to fit i realised they had supplied me the wrong ones
so onto 3 weeks of trying to get the right ones (they had to phone renault uk in the end,turns out it was the thread on the end of the rods where they screw into the rack) we got them fitted,which then highlighted a few more problems,namely knocking from top mounts,so these were done in due course (note to take is i get the common koncking from the top mounts,this went away for about a week after the new ones were fitted so i think solid mounts is only cure)
and just when you think all is well.........
a cv joint falls apart on me lol
i managed to nurse her home,but on closer inspection a ball bearing dropped out :S
off to gsf for a new shaft which for reference looks indentical to the renault one,had a few fun and games fitting it (many thanks to benp for the help and advise!) and to top it all off my torque bit snapped off in the tie rod as i undid it
so once this was all sorted i had made the desision to refurb my wheels (pics will be up)
so thanks to doug (drhouser) i borrowed his spare set of very nice wheels and put my tyres on so i could take my time refurbing my f1's.
which then highlighted my o/s/f wheel was buckled :S
so off i went and met burp who sold me his spare,which will go in place of my buckled one
and to add the icing on the cake when i fitted these spare wheels i found a snapped rear spring!
and this is how far we have got to today
my wheels are at work,i am just finishing off the sanding down,and will spray them next week
springs will be sorted this week as its quite dangerous
miles are now 115,160 to date
future definate mods will be:
new front shocks with uprated springs of some kind
inner handles sprayed pearl black
tracking and wheel alighnment done on our lazer machine at work
looking at uprating the brakes
making my own cold feed system (currently in the making)
i will keep this thread up to date,with anything needing replacing and also hopefully some basic up coming mods to see how the old girl copes and hopefully prove you can run a higher miles 172 without worrying its going to brake every 5 mins!
