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My right steering wheel grip has completely come off, is there any way of sorting this with out buying a whole new steering wheel?

Now the whole steering column is off, damn french cars! Thankfully i have a much lower mileage mint column here that i shall be fitting shortly when i regain momentum :twisted: 427 goes on wednesday :( :cry: :cry: :cry:

I have a week of work soon, so I was thinking of getting the front dampers refurbished. However, having seen a new suspension setup on another car (more in a minute), I want to do some suspension mods at the same time. Ok, in my opinion, The car is far too soft, more so at the rear. This is...

its on the verge of going despite me being carful. what i would really love is to get the original one re stitched in black Swede but no doubt this is near impossible and no-one could do it. ??? how much in a new one?? (rolls eyes, oh lord)

Morning all ! ok so i got my Trophy Pretty much fresh out the box. taken the Acoustic Value off, getting some fat piping today. and i also getting the brakes done (discs lines fluid etc etc.) ok so, i know that when it comes to Mods if you don't have a set plan, and you just fiddle, thats when...

Hi all I have only had the Trophy a few weeks (1500 miles) but the PE2's on the front are in need of a change. I have tryed quite a few tyres in the past on my Ph1 172 but have never tryed R888's... so I thought I'd get a set and see how they do on a day to day basis through the summer. I have...

For Sale, set of 4 lightweight Mardi Gras wheels originaly from a Clio cup 172 race car. They come complete with a set of half worn Toyo R888 tyres with 3mm of tred left (they have 6mm when new). The wheels have been sprayed black at some point and this has started to flake off slightly in...

i went down to my local tesco today and saw a lovely s2 lotus exige in black. ive never seen one up close and can say it looks amazing. how much of a gap is is to a trophy? is it best for this sort of car be in a garage as i do not have one and that it would be parked outside on a main road...

First off, apologies for not being an active forum memebr for quite some time... So I took my Trophy in for it's 36k mile service last week, and had a call from the garage to advise me that I had an oil leak from the cam cover seal and that it did not make any sense to change the aux belt as it...

A couple of sundays back Steve was kind enough to take me out for a run in his cup and show me why he decided to change from the trophy.. and then passed over to me for some fun down the the rs clios favourite territory the bumpy back roads/lanes, and now the chassis and the size over the trophy...

As above. Anybody else read the article?

Hello. I am on the look out for a Trophy but my misses wants separate seats and head rests in the back like this one. Is this an option from the factory or do you just have to try and source the seats yourself? thanks for any advice on this even though i know its a strange? :oops:

It's not what your thinking [-X [-X [-X A Crash Diet......... Seeing as it's only a track car (still drives to the tracks though) i decided that anything that could be removed was removed, i suppose i should have posted a pic, but the garage is full so most of the panels ete are just...

For those scared of maths... :wink: The digestion of food is done by special enzymes. (a) What is the name of the organ that produces enzymes protease, lipase and amylase? (b) What is the name of the enzyme that digests fat? (c) Name two products when fat is digested

ive found some pics of the new clio sport 200 which hence the name gives you 3 bhp more than standard and looks well............ugly as hell!, thats my opinion. found out that the cup version will be 36kg lighter than the normal version too and the gearing for the first 3 gears is shortend again...

I recently saw a few people on here saying that, now the weather is warmer, they have adjusted their dampers to a stiffer setting. I was puzzled by this. Well, maybe sceptical is the word. I could see that it would improve the T's handling, but I thought that it would feel harsh and be a...

Has anyone here fitted an LSD to their Trophy? Any idea as to what options are available in terms of LSD's for the 182/Trophy? Many thanks :D

Hi fella's I know this has been covered many times but does anyone have any clear pictures of the thumb wheel preferably with it removed if not any close ups would be good. Also the strut top mount bearings, how much if any play should there be in them as the ones on mine look like they have...

2 x part worn Michelin Pilot Exalto's 2's The size of the tyres is 205/45 R16 83V. Please note that both have been punctured before (one once and the other twice) but have been professionally repaired. This must have been repaired by the previous owner as the first I knew about it was when...

Just got two new PE2s on 415 and I am little confused as to the best pressures to be running them at for normal road use. The handbook says 33 psi for the fronts and 30 for the rears, yet the mechanic at renKnow who fitted them yesterday suggested 30 psi for the fronts and 28 for the rears (I...

Solid top mounts are going to be fitted to my car shortly. Im going for the KTR Solid Top Mounts which look very similar to the Compbrake ones. Those of you with Compbrake top mounts fitted I want to know whether you have experienced any movement in the mounts resulting in geometry changes...

Well ive been daydreaming of owning a trophy since 2005 when they came out and ive finally got round to it! :D :D Hopefully its as good as i recon: 1 actual owner 24,000 miles Full service history very straight and clean good exaltos all round couple of honest stonechips but to be expected...

Discovered tonight my side light on the passsenger side is out, even with the headlight turned on the side light doesnt come on, neither does the one next to it, just the headlight comes on, checked the bulb that is clipped in and it looks fine but i couldnt get the other bulb out. Also with the...

The additional power from a nitrous system can be very addictive and because its such a simple job to increase the power (quickly changing a couple of jets), most users decide to take quick steps up the power ladder. It must however be remembered, that each step places increased demands on the...

Hi all! If your like me and enjoy reading car magazines such as Evo, Autocar etc etc. Then you'll see that the white R26R has been reviewed by every magazine under the Sun this month (including The Sun!!). So is it the new Trophy? Is it special enough? And will there soon be an R26R website...

Hi guys. Having a nightmare with the car lately. When im travelling 60+ MPH the car feels like its not planted and changing lanes on the M-way or dualcarrage way is becoming very scary. When traveling at speed and steering lightly (ie changing lanes) everything feels loose and the car seems to...

Alreet guys hows it going? Picked trophy #17 up last weekend and so far so good! Love it if i'm being honest. Its got Xaltos on the back but some rather dodgy unknowns on the front that are sketchy at best. Was wondering what other people are running and what tyres people might recommend...

What tyre pressures are you guys currently running?

I've been to the Nurburgring before with my standard tyres, but was wondering what people think is the best tyre for the job. I'm toying with the idea of a second set of wheels anyway with r888's or khumo's, but I don't know how well they would heat up at the ring. Would anyone bother...

Been looking at a post on Cliosport about steering wheel wear as the roughness on mine starting to wind me up. Its on the RHS on the wheel by the grip. Cliosport refer to it as 'melting'. I have never seen anything like it. On previous old cars that I had +10 years when the wheel got worn it...