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As you can see I got whole wheel covered including the original grips which on this wheel were falling to bit, you can make out the outlines of them under the leather, unavoidable hence why I say some people may prefer to buy the carbon inserts and fit those with the rest of wheel being...

I have received my steering wheel back from getting re-trimmed. As i said in a previous post when looking for a rough 2nd hand steering wheel I had this done at http://www.gibsontrimming.com/ which is miles away from me so everything was done by email and phone, but I'm sure that if you're...

Nothing as your meant to discard tyres at or before they reach 5 years old (may even be MOT requirment but can't remember) as the rubber content in them will have gone off and make them hard and have nowhere near as much grip as new tyres, lethal in wet.

If you get radial mount Brembo's its not too difficult to get brackets made up to fit them so offset is correct. Later model Leon Cupra R's have redial mount. But lug mount Brembo's are much more difficult to mount as you need to space the caliper out to make a bracket fit. Think Brembo's...

You can't legally sell a car if it has finance against it as you do not own the whole car, the HP company owns there portion of it (and in some cases own it all until final payment made check your details) and have every right to take the car in event of you not paying off the finance leaving...

On modern cars running a knock sensor the car should run pretty much upto knock by advancing the ignition, by using a lower octane fuel knock happens earlier and therefore cars runs less advance and will make less power. On a N/A car the difference is small and possibly imperceivable to most...

Thanks for the feedback. To me having the very large Renault & Sport badges on one side in itself was too much and too cluttered, having the sport badge under the Renault was like an after thought and I prefer the simplicity of having one type face, and the fact Renault have since adopted R.S...

My car runs Brembo MAX discs, Pagid Blue pads and Goodridge brake lines with decent fluid and works very well. Personally for a road car I'd run Castrol Respone Super DOT4 fluid as it works very well, is compatiable with other DOT3 & 4 fluids and yet has boiling points as high if not higher...

I was never a fan of the 4 different type faces that were on the outside of the Trophy, ie Renault, Sport and Clio on the tailgate, and then Trophy on the side skirts. Emma, my g/f works for http://www.dread.cc as a designer, she has done many of the Pistonheads T-shirts, stuff for Lamborghini...

Yeah will do, I managed to get a correct 182/trophy steering wheel for £30 off ebay which is rough so once I receive it I'll send it off to get done with my gear gaitor and show the results. The wheel doesn't have the Renault Sport badge on it as its been removed, can these be bought new, can't...

One thing you have to remember is this, when a car manufacturer homologates an engine it is done so at a specific power and torque. They then are allowed a 10% rule which states that all cars sold with that homolgated engine have to be within 10% of the declared outputs. Many manufacturers...

Having owned 2 R5GTT's, I find it crazy that the steering wheel was so well made on those cars, yet the steering wheels are so poor on the Clio's. I actually found a R5GTT steering wheel last Christmas in the loft of my flat in Glasgow when I was home which i forgot I had, sold it on ebay to a...

As per subject, I'm interested in any standard steering wheel that is no longer being used due to it being burst, rough, falling apart etc as I've had a quote to get a steering wheel recovered to my specification by http://www.gibsontrimming.com/ and would rather have a spare wheel to do this to...

This is true, I've never used one, but the g/f's Dad when he worked for Nissan Europe WRC used to fit different diffs dependent on stages/surfaces etc, still has some of the plates kicking about from them and said he could set up pretty much any type of diff characteristic you liked on them, but...

You are pretty much spot on with where the diff came from, here's what if found: GKN Driveline`s unique torque-sensing Helical limited slip differential (LSD) has been chosen by Renault for the "Cup" version of it`s latest and most powerful Mégane Renault Sport unveiled at this year`s Frankfurt...

LSD can totally make a car, especially a FWD car. Our FTO has a Torsen LSD (like Quaife) and it totally makes the car, you can get the power down so early out of bends, and on track at Silverstone it was brilliant. Another good side effect was the car was excellent in last years snow as you...

Yeah I'm loving the Trophy, I test drove a low mileage 2owner from new FSH 50K UKDM integra Type R in Milano Red, and a new Civic Type R as a replacement to the Celica, the integra didn't live up to expectations, though I really liked it, it did feel cheap compared to the Celica, and TBH and...

Although technically correct, any car fitted with Xenon HID headlamps should have headlamp washers and self levelers, as long as the car has correct headlamps, even projector style headlamp with aftermarket HID kit, and not a halogen headlamp which has lines all over the lens to refract the...

Thanks for the welcome. I didn't get much off the car but TBH I got a fair bit more for my car than I think I would have if I'd just put it up for sale in a normal manner, someone really wanted it and paid a good price. It was closest car to my home and lowest mileage and had some bits on it...

Hi, I'm the new owner of Trophy No.243 T9PHY which I collected today after some fraught negotaiting with Renault dealer who had it. I know it was owned by a member on here who I contacted before buying it, and I thank him for his information. It's my new daily runner to replace my late spec...