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I was the cup you followed down tesco's hill earlier, car was looking good.

Doing my front brakes today, all of the passenger side came apart no problems. When it came to the drivers side, the piston came off fine, but the two 18mm pad carrier bolts are stuck solid! any ideas?

Just looking at the back of my newly acquired brembo pads, and they have a nylon like material on the back in the shape of a shim. Does this mean I wont need the metal shims that should be in the carrier currently? Sorry if the question is stupid guys. :o

I'm thinking about taking the fogs out of the cup, to give it a meaner look. What do you do with the loose connections in the bumper?, Can water get into anywhere?, And finally am I right in thinking that you will still pass an MOT without them? Sorry for all the questions :o

Right after removing my renault sport badges from the boot, i was left with the usual glue residue that came with AG tar remover. But now left are about 6 spots of dirty looking glue. Now these wont come off, I've tried tar remover, white spirit, petrol, and even nail varnish remover!! :S I...

When changing from 2nd to 3rd at high revs it seems as though the whole engine moves when you get back on the power. I've already uprated the dogbone mount, so am I right in thinking its the other two mounts that are the problem?

Im looking for some replacement headlights for the cup, and was wondering if anyone had any experience with ones from ebay. More specifically these...

The Cup passed its MOT today, but I got an advisory for slight movement at both the upper front nearside and offside macpherson strut attachments. Am I right in thinking that solid top mounts would cure this? or am I looking in the wrong place? Help much appreciated muchas gracias :)

Driving home in the rain today doing about 50 my speedo dropped to zero, the car surged a little then returned to normal. Having been out in it again it does the same every so often. Am I right in thinking it is just the speedo sensor on the back of the gearbox? Also is there a way to check the...

V6 SND is for sale in stowmarket, had quick look round it after work looks immense, also had a cliosport sticker in the back window. just wondering if it once belonged to a member on here. http://www.riversideautos.co.uk/26789/stock.htm

Just finished a night shift and on the way home took a detour and gave the cup a bit of a thrashing. Now is it just me but afterwards i felt guilty that i have thrashed it, does anyone else get this? :o

Hey hey, ive been on here a while now so thought it was time i posted up a few pictures of the cup. It previously belonged to Markpw on here who had some work done to it including; 428 cat cams matched inlets Ktec Stealth with sports cat ITG filter H&R coilovers. Its an awesome little car and...

After having recently acquired a set of new 172 cup badges, i need to remove the old ones as they are missing the 172 part. Is it as easy as using a hair dryer and dental floss?? Cheers for the help. :D

This is how to sell on ebay!!! :cool: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330522656165#ht_3364wt_1139

Sunflower 172 drove past my house today, you where checking out my cup on the drive.:approve:

Im thinking of changing the colour of the tubing for the washer jets, just wondered what size it is, ive heard its 4mmx2mm. Just wanted someone here to back this up. :approve:

Hey, thanks to k-tec's speedy delivery i recieved my replacement dogbone bushes today, I am going to attempt to fit them myself. Now my question is, is it safe just to jack the front of the car up and place axle stands under the front, or should i jack up and support the whole car. Only asking...

After having my cup a few days i have noticed a few scrapes on the front bumper, could i just get the bumper off another cup and replace mine with it, and secondly is it hard todo.

Black 182 YB04 *** followed you through town, anyone off here??? :S

I got a quote from sky insurance thursday, ready to look at a 172 cup on friday. well i put a deposit down on the car, when i rung sky insurance to sort the policy they where closed until tuesday. So my question is will the quote have gone up because of the vat increase or stayed the same?? :S

I've just arranged to view a 172 Cup on a 53 plate, with 53k on the clock tommorow, and the chap from the garage has just called me back to talk about the car, he says it needs a new windscreen due to a crack, two front tyres, and is due for the cambelt as it hasnt been done yet. My spider...

Hey, Im looking at getting a 172 cup after christmas with my xmas bonus from work, anyways been doing some insurance searching and the cheapest ive found is £950 with adrian flux, im 21 with 2 years ncb in an IP14 postcode, does this sound reasonable or does anyone know any other good places to...