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It looks like those ebay seats fit the existing bolt holes in the floor. If you do need a frame you need to know if the sliders will fit on the frame as they look a bit wide.
Another issue is the seat belt, as the retainer or whatever its called is mounted to the clio seat base and those seats...
I replaced my rear cup shocks with Koni yellows and it has definitely improved handling. The koni's have a big amount of adjustment, so turned down my car feels softer than before and roles more in the corners, but when turned up it corners much better than before, but obviously its a harsher...
I am looking for some 195/50/15 atm and was thinking of the 595RSR, but Yoko AD08's are only about £300 including delivery, so I might go with those instead.
I got my cup for £1650, with 68k and recent belt change.I have had it 6 month and the only problems have been a speedo sensor and reverse gear sensor.
I bought a std 172 with about 115k from someone on here last year and had no bother with that either, but it had obviously been well looked...
Here are std cup springs next to non cup springs. The rear is a lot shorter, but the front looks almost the same.
I have replaced my cup springs with eibach sportlines and the rear is the same height, but the front is now lower.
The top one looks like a std 172 spring and the lower one a cup spring. Here are the std front and rear next to cup ones. The cup springs lower the back end about 30mm compared to std 172 springs.
I had problems with this method when fitting Koni shocks and Sportline springs. I had to put a trolley jack under the shock and jack it up in order to get enough thread to tighten the top nut onto. This may have been due to the new rubbers, or the Koni shocks might me slightly shorter than...
My brother had a similar problem with his Clio, so rang a local place that repaired sunroofs. They suggested rubbing Vaseline into the rubber where it meets the glass and it worked a treat.
I bought one of those ones in the first link and when I hit a pot hole approaching a round about, it snapped and the bottle of coke it was holding ended up behind my brake pedal. I had to stop using the hand brake.
Clio's don,t have rear struts, they have a rear damper and separate spring located between the floor and sub frame/axle. Because of that, there's only really up and down force on the damper tops anyway, most of the cornering force is going through the rear axle. If there was a lot of force on...
Well I emailed cobra regarding this and it seems the retailer was correct.
It is not company policy to sell Cobra subframes for fitment to other seats. Whilst it may look easy to modify fitments, the products carry no warranty if not used as intended from a product liability stand point...
I ordered a cobra extra low seat frame on line from a large retailer last night and received a phone call from them this morning. He asked what seat I was using and when I explained it wasn't a cobra, he said I couldn't have the frame. He then went on to say it was for legal reasons, in case I...
IMO rather than spending 300 on a remap and probably gaining so little power you wont even notice it, why not spend it on improving handling which will speed up cornering. If you do want a remap, you could save money by buying a 2nd hand rs tuner, buy a license, remap it your self and then sell...
My 172 cup looked exactly the same with standard springs. Ive compared them with normal 172 springs and they are shorter and have less coils. I have replaced them with sportlines and the back is still the same height, but the front is lower and the car is a lot more comfortable to drive, but...
IMO drill it out, starting with a 1 or 2mm drill and working your way up. Use some drilling/cutting oil as it speeds thing up a lot. You could try an extractor, but by the looks of it, its not gona move so the extractor will probably just slip or snap.
Ive got some on my car, but its got a gaz dampers on the back. They seem fine to me, but ive never driven a clio with anything elso on so cant compare them. Im just down the road from you and dont mind taking you round some corners to give you idea of how they handle :)
I replaced my rods n rack ends recently, but I had the proper tool to remove the rods. Without the tool It would be a nightmare as theres no room, but the tool is about 60quid, so it might be cheaper to pay to get it done.
Im no expert, but I had 2 big ends go on my Charade turbo. You normally notice knocking at the top end of the rev range at first, but as time goes on the knock will get louder and will will happen at lower revs, so you should of heard it on the run. Check the oil for any metal shavings from a...
I was doing some work in a used tyre place in Durham last year and they were repairing puctures in the side walls of tyres, then selling them to people. I know there are probibly plenty of honest used tyre places, but I wouldnt risk it unless I could examine the tyre properly before hand.