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Unless your own is completly knackered. Stick it in a vice and turn the original rubber mount around so the two gaps are in the left and right positions instead of fore and aft. Then to further beef up fill the gaps with TigerSeal which costs about £7 leave over night to set, and you have an...

When folk say leave standard, do they mean rusty & covered in baked on hard brake dust because all ORM cast iron calipers do this? Mine are silver so they look clean & fresh and as I used a proper brake caliper paint resists brake dust and inhibits corrosion so look better for much longer. I...

As much as the term hot hatch to me seems to be applied to anything that has a hatchback body which OK is where the term came from, I consider the integrale, Escort Cosworth & Nissan Pulsar GTiR to be in a completly different league to what I consider hot hatches, affordable quick versions of...

The front plate is standard uk font the plate is just smaller as there is no legal requirment on plate size hence you can have those big ones to fill the space on things like Rover 75 boots etc The line of the grill is straight now & unbroken as the person who designed the front bumper intended.

All carbon on the car is real, splitter, fog light surrounds, with the washer blanks, diamonds, dashboard and steering wheel inserts all original items covered in real carbon, not film. You may want to look at the other cars we (Emma & I) have; 1992 Lancia integrale EVO1 homolgation model...

Only just noticed the above, but it's blooming obvious why Renault only have lock on the passenger door, to save money as in LHD markets thats the drivers door so you can get in or lock the car in the event of fob, or central locking failure. the reason its left off the other door is that it...

That MOMO 'Race' steering wheel is same wheel I had fitted to my R5GTT about 15years ago, was still on it when it was sold by my friend about 4 years ago, and was still in excellent condition. I love the MOMO 'Corse' wheel as fitted to my integrale, came as standard in EVO2's, though no longer...

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The general rule of thumb for a road car on track is set the tyres to the motorway/high load setting when tyres cold, go out get some heat in them check pressures again and then bring them back down to the motorway/high load levels. Many folk incorrectly assume you should go out with lower tyre...

The Clio 197/200 wheel is a bit better, still not exactly the best wheel design about compared to say just about and VAG product or the 500 Abarth, and it still melts like the 172/182 wheels as they still use the same dodgy fake leather covering on them. So all you are doing is replacing like...

To remove the headlamp you need to remove the front bumper, its not hard, couple of nuts inside wheel arches, couple of plastic tabs on slam panel, and I think two 10mm bolts under neath and a4 screws underneath the splitter, all going on memory. Taking headlamp out and putting back in you...

I am to believe that only the Cabasse Auditorium has the higher output, not the standard 'Update list' unit. As you can see it looks identical apart from the extra writing.

I loved my 2 R5GTT's, but I also remember being able to buy one with tax and MOT for less than £500 with ease, god i even remember Mk2 Escorts for about £50, couldn't give the things away. Wonder what ever happened to the 3 Benneton R5GTT's, white with IIRC green leather interior and Benneton...

My understanding is the standard 'Update List' HU in the Trophy has 4X22W output and is same unit as used in all the basic Clio's. The FF 182's got the 'Cabasse Auditorium Update List' head-unit which has better sound and 4X40W output, but otherwise looks the same bar the extra 'Cabasse'...

There are many more cars than you think you can make good investments with that are not huge amounts to start off with. My own Lancia integrale EVO1 has climbed in value some £5-8K in last two years, E30 M3's similar. One reason for this was drop in strength of pound against the Euro meaning...

I've not used but yes I believe Sikaflex is a very similar product. I also did my friends Clio 172 exhaust hanger last wk and he said he no longer gets knocking noises from the rear of his car now like he did before.

Buy some TigerSeal, its Polyurethane adhesive. Remove your rear exhaust hangers and either support exhaust back boxes, or I just left mine hanging on the other hangers. Clean the hangers thoroughly and then seal up the back of the rubber hanger with some masking tape. Squeeze lots of...

No badges on cars are only reserved for deluded people who buy poverty spec BMW's and then fit big wheels and hope folk think its a better car, you don't go and buy a M3 or M5 and debadge it because you know it means something, 318i or 520i doesn't look so good. It's a Trophy, a limited run car...

The paint is available from Halfords, though I have removed my red dash strips and replaced with carbon fibre ones, so my red ones are sat in the garage doing nothing now!.

My alarm sensors are grey and I left them as such. I removed them when I flocked my pillars, though on my car the wire passes through the panel, so I had to use a Stanley knife and cut a nice thin line up to the top so I could get them out without having to cut the wire. On my friends Ph2172...

This site lists Bosch Aero blades for the Clio http://www.wiperblades.co.uk they do the Valeo blades but don't list them for the Clio, but then they do not list them for Celica's or FTO's. I had to go through http://www.valeo.com website and find the on-line catalogue and find wiper blades of...

I have Bosch aero blades on my Clio, didn't think it was hard to get the correct items to fit. Though I really like the Valeo Silencio X.TRM flat wiper blades, brilliant quality and have an indicator on them to show when they need replaced. Had these on my Celica GT4 which replaced the Bosch...

Looking good, I have same top mounts, only ones I could use as my strut tops had been 'modified' by Renault to stop the knocking noise, ie they take an angle grinder to open up the holes, so any other mount would look off as the hole is no longer round! I have Eibach camber bolts to fit to...

I'll keep it easy, 12X Silver/grey please. chrish27 siver grey please 8-0ff:D nickboazracing. Silver grey. 12 of please Wheaty. Sliver grey x 12

My local car factors lists two ball joints for Clios including Sports, one has 10mm studs, the other 12mm studs, he had both in stock so I took the 12mm studs (as even if too big I'd drill out to suit) but they are correct for my car, cost £7 each, bit of a saving over the £50 odd Renault want...

It was me on my way home after visiting Cambridge Airport's tower as I'm an Air Traffic Controller and know a few folk who work there.

I think it may have been ebay, but tey come from time to time on there and ClioSport, just look for someone breaking a FF172/182 and ask for it. It's very simple to remove/refit. Small flat headscrew driver between handle and button and using a bit of pressure it comes off, to refit just push...

I got it made at same place who covered my steering wheel for me, Gibson Trimming, the original fake leather one was very poor quality. This is genuine leather about double thickness of original with as seen red stitching. And for information the metal surround is just a Richbrook one for any...

Silver handbrake button comes from full-fat Clio 172/182's

Thank you, I do like the flocking as primarily it's to stop reflections, I am thinking on buying a 2nd hand dash and removing the air vent so i can flock it as it gives bad reflections, and getting the instrument binnacle trimmed in black leather with red stitching to match the wheel and gator...