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Howdy, Took my Ph1 Sunflower 172 in today to have the cambelt, waterpump, auxbelt etc etc done plus to have the gearbox oil replaced at the same time. Now I was getting a little bit over the clio lately. Im looking at meganes because I need a bit more room but bloody heck! Just driven the clio...

Also handy if you want to drop the rear by a good couple of inches!

Howdy, Yesterday I fitted some some yellow Powerflex bushes into my Ph1 172 bottom gearbox mount. The old ones were probably the factory ones and were totally stuffed. Was getting nasty manifold banging on takeoff and especially up hills. Anyway, its a lot better now. The gear change and the...

Just thought I would share a wallpaper I made yesterday from a photo of my Ph1 172 Enjoy : )

Howdy, I need to replace the bottom engine/gearbox mount bush on my 01 Clio 172 as I have the usual crashing and bashing at the exhaust into the subframe. The bush is pretty knackered. I hear Powerflex ones are the business. Im in New Zealand and if I go to renault they will only sell me the...

Howdy, Took the missus away for a week to a beach house. Was great but ended up taking more shots of the car than the view or her! Got fantastic fuel consumption on the way up as its about a 2 hour drag. Coming back was a bit more spirited! Anyway here are some shots.

Howdy from across the globe. Just started my daily driver/track toy mods on my Sunflower 172. New Brembo HC's with Green Stuff Pads in the front, Braided brake lines front and back from Godspeed (excellent service btw) 2 new rear wheel bearings all fitted and Eibach Sportlines on the way. We...

Howdy all, I am having trouble ensuring that my local supplier orders the right Brembo front discs for my 2001 Ph1 172. He says he can order either 259mm or 238mm. Now I have been told that the 259mm ones are for ABS cars like mine and the 238mm ones are for non ABS cars. However I see all over...

Howdy from New Zealand, http://www.turners.co.nz/Vehicles/Pages/Car.aspx?RefId=851782 Anyway, this 182 has come up at our local auction house. These come up very very very very rarely down here so its quite exciting. My old man has been racing old stuff for about 40 years mainly Ginettas and...

Howdy, After a few trackdays it seems my rear wheel bearings are getting a bit noisy. The discs are in great shape but I hear from various people that you need to buy the whole rear disc with the bearings already fitted. Now I have a press and all the tools needed to fit a bearing as I would on...

Howdy, I have a fairly stock yellow Ph1 172 and a while back I painted the factory silver wheels satin black. They look fairly slick however there are a few chips forming and I really need to look at repainting them. I am thinking of trying a different colour this time. Something different...

Good Day, Can anyone tell me what the spoiler on my 172 is off? I have looked at a number of Clios online and cant find another with this spoiler. Cheers

Good Afternoon, (for me anyway) I have recently bought a yellow 2001 172 here in Auckland, NZ. I am building it into a trackday/hillclimb/going to work car. I have had many toys in the past including an RA WRX Sti, Lancer Evo 2rs, Caterham 7, AE86 Levin and a pile of Escorts of various power...