Recent content by LiamH

And a little under bonnet cleaning, I know they didn't come with the engine cover I just prefer the looks tbh, fuel rail cover is off as the paint is drying 👍

It has also now had a new alternator as the old one was goosed! Done using the jubilee clip method of compressing the tensioner, which I must say made things much easier!

It's been a good while... And I'm currently in the progress of putting the trophy back on the road after a 3 year break. I've stripped all the arch liners out and given everything a clean. Currently fitting new discs and pads and getting my spare set of Sachs dampers ready for fitting so the...

Been a while since I updated 338, Just been looking after the general maintenance of it, a Today it's had a full service and while I was in there I investigated a problem of the car not getting up to temperature, I found this to be a failed Thermostat housing gasket, also the source of a...

I may just got OE then to be fair as new OE should still be an improvement over 90k old bushes Also just put a brand new set of PS3 on the front as during the driveshaft work I noticed they needing doing too!

Still loving the trophy, I've put another 10k on it or there abouts. Today's I have changed the Nearside driveshaft for a new unit as it had become notchy on full lock... I noticed the outer ARB bushed need changing while I was doing this so my question is should I go for powerflex or OE?

Been a while since I've last updated, I still haven't got round to fitting the brembos! However I have done a few little interior bit to tidy the car up: I've fitted the leather pretensioner covers on the seats as I hated the way it looked with them exposed. Also today I removed the original...

Brembos are good to go, just gotta throw the new seals in and make some link pipes up. Can't wait to get them on now

Seems like it must be fairly common then, pretty glad it didn't get quite as bad as that and very glad I didn't ask Renault to do it as I nearly did.

Frightening amount really, just glad I had it done before any real hard was done

Yeah I'm sure Renault wanted nearly £500 to do it, over all I'm glad I had it done as he pulled some nasty bits of sealer out the oil strainer in the sump so pretty relieved it was caught.

Got the sump gasket sorted today, I can definitely recommend RPM Automotive in scunthorpe, Tom there seems to know his Clio/Renault stuff. They cleaned the little mess it had made underneath from where it had been leaking too. For reference it cost £162 all in but that was all genuine parts...

I've heard mixed reviews on them, I had a set on my mini and I couldn't complain about them, but having read conflicting reports about the Clio with them I opted for something else, On another note my caliper adapter for the brembo brakes arrived today, so I can retain standard 280mm discs...

I pressed the originals out in a vice with and a few sockets, they came out surprisingly easily to be honest. Getting them in as they are 1 piece bushes was interesting, I ended up using an old BMW mini control arm bush tool I had at the back of the garage (had a JCW r53), they went in a treat...

Treated the trophy to poly bush dog bone mounts today, a nice simple upgrade and I have to be honest I went for the Flo-flex mount kit and I was sceptical. However they are slightly firmer than the originals without giving awful vibration through the cabin / gear leaver with a nice difference...