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Just recently bought a cheap 172, in having trouble with 1st gear thou, goes in all gears including reverse absolutely fine, there's no crunching or whining from the box at all If I'm stationary, I'll have to keep pressing the clutch in and out for it to go into 1st, I have to do this at least a...

As title it's from a dealer, looks pretty clean with only 65 k on the clock, I've hpi'd the car and its only came back with plate changes, I've got the reg number + v5 document number to do a mot check on it and the milage seems legit, it's 2003 and I've managed to knock him down to £1400 ​would...

right first off ive just bought a iphone 4s off ebay, but now its decided to disable itself for years haha before you all start saying its stolen etc, ITS NOT it disabled because it had a password lock on it, ive since emailed the seller and have now got the password lock for the phone but i...

Hi my engines decided to spit a plug out, can it be helicoiled with the head on, or is it a head off/timing belt job ? Or is there any other options ?

Had the car a year now an it's ran absolutely fine till the start of the week so it's not timing etc. When I first start it, it's idling at about 1200 ( it's never idled this high since I've owned it), once it gets to temp it does the total opposite and idles at about 500 and keeps cutting out...

hi i need two rear abs sensors, went to eurocarparts but the guy that served me was useless and said that that he couldnt find any rear abs sensors for the clio 172 :S, i've been home and checked the website and found both but not sure if there corrct...

Just bought some ball joints from euro car parts, had them on a week and it honestly feels like my wheels are going to fall off... What's wrong, everything's tightened properly, also think they've knackered my wheel bearings as I now have a lot of whiring from the two front wheels, they were the...

Hi changing my rear discs but unsure which way round the spacer sits, there's a flat side and a tapered side. Anyone help me ?

When the passenger seat belt is pulled out, it doesn't go back in, I have to feed it in, do I need a new seat belt to sort this, if not what is the problem?

right got a problem with my two rear abs sensors, these two came up on a diagnostic thing anyways, before i plan on changing the sensors i thought i'd investigate the rings, they seem to be fine, no cracks or nything but my mate noticed that the wiring under the car has been bodged together in...

As above I have a knock, seems to be coming from both sides at the front, also my steering feels like its all over the place, if I drive in a straight line, I hit a slight bump in the road and the car wants to pull left/right all the time, its bot a gentle pull either it really wants to pull...

The ride in my Clio 172 is absolutely dreadful. It was lowered when I bought it, the slightest bump in the road and you feel it, absolutely hate it. Looked in the receipt folder and there's a receipt for some apex springs so I'm guessing that's what is currently on it, handles very well just...

my car overheated a couple of days ago, water went everywhere and i think i stopped in time, had a look and the main water hose seems to have split inbetween the bulkhead and the thermostat, i hope i havnt caused any other damage, anyways will this pipe be easy enough to swap or will it be a...

just bought a used xenon headlamp off a guy on ebay, just recieved it this morning, the little white adjuster has snapped, i've emailed him and am awaiting a reply, just wondering is the headlight knackered or can these adjuster bits be replaced, the white bit is snapped clean in half and think...

I recently bought a 172, I new it was accident damaged but that was back in 2007, anyways my airbag light was on, I thought it was something to do with the me swapping steering wheels over(standard to standard). Anyways I got a mate to plug it in to his fault reader thing and all these airbag...

Swapped my steering wheel over today, now the cruise control has stopped working and now I have an airbag light on also, is there anything I may have done wrong ? I used the cruise control buttons off my old wheel and they were working fine. Help!?

Right to begin with i have a rover, the policy ends feb 26. They sent me my renewal pack through which says i have 2 years no claims. I want to start a new policy with another company start of feb for my clio 172. My question is can i claim i have 2 years no claims on my new policy or is the 2...

I'm obiously going to get a few quotes from a few body shops but when i bought my car (previously written off), i noticed afterwards that the quarter panel is painted titanium and the rest of the car is iceberg. Roughly what sort of price am i looking at to get the quarter painted, just want a...

I'm looking for a v6/jms induction box/kit. How do you tell the differnce between them. This is the pic the guy sent me (hes not on here) He says it comes with the induction elbow and pipercross filter inside. I've looked for previous for sale threads but cant really find any. What sort of...

When fitting this upgrade to your 172 does the car then have to get mapped to suit or is it a case of just bolting on and it running ok?

I've got a gay silver bee sting aerial on my car at the minute which i hate. Went out and got a type r one of a guy on here. Went to change them over but i'm struggling getting the silver one out. It seems to be turning but not undoing if you no what i mean? Bit of advise needed!

Had a quick look around the site but cant find what the size of the grommet used is meant to be? Do you use a grommet for the window and one for the plastic bit? Anyway need sizes, been to halfords to look for a big pack of them thats mentioned in the guide but my halfords only seem to do them...

Hi my steering wheel is melted all over the place and looks a right mess, any ways my current wheel has cruise control buttons, is it possible to swap these to a wheel with out the buttons? Ive used the search button but cant seem to find anything

Right i thought the front strut brace was for my car. Not sure now! Help!! I knew it needed holes drilled to fit it but it doesnt seem to fit on passenger side, think its the ecu(correct me if im wrong) is in the way. Do bits need chopped and moved to fit these?

Hi all, Just recently bought myself a 2004 plate 172 in iceberg silver. It has come with a few problems but seemed ok and most of the things will be done by a myself and a few mates so should be tip top in no time and hopefully wont cost too much! Firstly will need a gearbox as 5th crunches...

Hi planning on putting one on my 172. The gearbox is f***ed so while im changing the box planning on swapping this while the subframes out. Got one for £70 so imo cheap enough, not sure what they currently go for Anyway had a quick search on here and from what i gather i need a link pipe to...

Hi just recently bought a clio 172 and recieved the logbook through the post, theproblem is that there is no model wrote on the logbook so i'm struggling to get a quote as the insurance database brings it up as a renault 2004 lol. Anyways i've rang the dvla and ive to write a cover letter...

Bit of a noob question but just thought i'd be 100% sure before i buy it I've just bought a 2004 clio 172, it needs a gearbox as it grinds like sonething stupid in 5th, anyways theres a lad on here selling a box out of a 2002 clio 172. Are they the same box? Does it fit my car, i'm not too...