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Following with interest, as this sounds similar to my issues. I'm on my 4th body as well, however my failure symptoms are a bit different to yours. Mine seem to get progressively more on/off in their application, only noticeable once the cars had a few runs on track, then will appear to 'stick'...

All Ph 1 I believe used the standard straight dog bone mount and most (all?) Ph 2's were the twisted design. Have to make sure you get the right kit as the bushes are quite different.

Dont you worry, I'm sure something will be waiting for you amongst the ferns.

You got me. I'm just really good with Photoshop! :rasp: Thanks for the comments guys :) Can view all of them at www.danielgphoto.com/clio/290912

First RS we got was the Ph1 172 Cup back in 2001? Only got 85 of them and then the Ph2 came along. The standard Renault models have been around for ages, but the Clio II was sold in tiny numbers and the non-RS Clio III never came. We've had every RS model but the R26.R though :)

Cheers guys. This was at roughly 900m above sea level and the forecast was for snow above 500m today, so yeah. It is possible! Was "only" -1 degree there.

So a few of us decided to go for a drive today while the AFL Grand Final was on (you poms will have to Google that probably :P), meaning the roads are mostly empty. LY 265 is tasty indeed. Then we got some hail after the first section of our route And then... snow

CAMS regulations will require you to have a 2L catch can fitted. I got around this by drilling a hole in the standard silicone hose that comes with the kit, fitted a 90 deg piece and making sure it was sealed and then went and bought some suitable hose to run between the breather outlet and the...

I'd harass them to send me these since the replacement ones they sent me with the stiffer black bushes is still flexing a bit, but I just cannot be arsed removing the old ones again and fitting these. Be keen to see if there's much of a difference though...

Here's a photo with the inner sleeve in place just to assure you that it's there :P As for how the movement is occurring, I don't really know. ARB's are designed to stop vertical movement, not sure just how effective it'd be at stopping the wishbone from moving backwards. Maybe I should try...

It's not quite 10mm, I'd say it's probably around 5-6mm that it's moving. And yes, it was my GoPro zip-tied to the steering arm and also sticky taped to try and stop it from moving about lots. Yes, ARB is definitely bolted on :P Thing is, this issue doesn't affect handling that much (there's...

Yes, I did remove the central metal sleeve for those photos. It was there in the first place, don't worry!

Sure as hell felt tight. And yes, I noticed that the hole in the front bush has been elongated. It's now 21mm x 23mm rather than 22mm. The sleeve can't be pressed in further because of the flare they have put on the end of it. If it wasn't for that, then the sleeve would sit probably 1.5-2mm...

Got two photos here that show the front bush. As you can see, it is no where NEAR as bad. The odd thing though is that the rear bush on the right side isn't as bad as the left side either. To be fair though, I think the failure rate must be fairly small. I don't recall ever reading about...

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Stay tuned, I've got a video uploading to YouTube at the moment of the bush in action ;)

Right. I'm the moron because I'm telling people that the way the sleeve has been designed (flared) and the way it's installed (from the inside) that it's impossible for the sleeve to come out further. Perhaps if you could all understand that little point we wouldn't be going around in circles...

Longer sleeves won't stop my issue. Say you look at the wishbone from a birds eye view (so looking at the ground) the wishbone won't be just moving up and down. The force is being applied at the end of the wishbone and thus will be causing it to bend backwards (hence the bent sleeves on the rear...

The first time my purchased set was fitted, they were un-flared sleeves that were NOT welded in. These proceded to pop themselves out and bend the sleeves. My workshop decided that they weren't damaged enough to justify replacement and straightened the sleeves out, re-fitted and welded them back...

I'd bloody hope so, they've never been replaced as far as I know! The nut may look different because that bolt is the wrong way around (the nut should be on the inside of the wishbone). I'll find out if there's any play etc when I fit the new set of bushes that Powerflex are sending. This time...

The original set of bushes I had fitted had the normal (non flared) set of sleeves. These failed due to not being tack welded in. Powerflex then sent me a replacement set and sent it to me with a set of flared sleeves that they custom made in order to ensure the sleeves could not move. In...

The sleeve is one piece? So it's obviously there. As I've said in my previous post - Powerflex believe there is no reason to blame installation error from the photos I showed them. They think the sleeve to chassis distance is perfectly fine (they're first design was longer, they had issues). I...

Go look at the Powerflex fitting guide, then go tell me they're fitted wrong, or do you know better than they do? The sleeve is *not* moving in the wishbone. 10mm? It's closer to 2-3mm. I haven't refused the advice at all, not sure where you're getting that from. The only piece of advice...

I did explain in my previous post - it's because the bush itself is allowing the entire wishbone to flex so much the sleeve is hitting the chassis. This is why I'm saying a longer sleeve/having the sleeve closer to the chassis will fix NOTHING. Powerflex came to this conclusion as well - they...

I'm so confused. As far as I can understand from what people are saying, the metal sleeve should be closer to the chassis and I should be seeing more metal and less bush. People are saying this is because the sleeve is pressed in too far. I'm saying that's impossible because the sleeve is pushed...

I really am struggling to understand why you guys are saying they're pressed in too far. They get pressed in from the INSIDE of the wishbone (the side we can't see), so if they weren't pressed in far enough, the sleeve would be sitting even further away from the chassis.

This sounds like the same thing I'll be getting. Bushes made from their Black 95 material and the flared sleeves. As I've said, Powerflex think the gap is perfectly normal from the photos I've sent them. I asked them about the longer sleeve and they replied saying that they had numerous issues...

I dropped a tiny ring spanner once into my washer bottle without realising and only found out 1.5 years later when I was looking inside it!

Got a reply from Powerflex - when the product was first developed they had longer sleeves and changed the design as they had numerous issues with the longer ones, so that's probably why some of you think it should be closer, because it used to be that way!

When they sent me the 2nd kit out they modified the sleeves for me to have that step. That being said, if you look at their fitting guide for the Clio bushes the sleeves in the pictures have the lip.