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Cheers lads. They’re both doable locations, just not particularly convenient. I’m happy with the price for my timing belt work, seems very reasonable to me and I’ll feed back about the experience/workmanship but conversations. From anyone on this forum that fixes their own cars, feedback or...

Beaniesport! Bit far on this occasion but thanks none the less. ?

Are you saying £465 all in? Coz that is a damn good deal. Where do I find Chris at Beanisport? Cheers

Thanks man, but Portsmouth... not exactly on my way to work. If anyone has any technical advice I’d be grateful. Or perhaps a link to a service manual?

Where would you suggest? They have given me confidence they understand how to do a belt change properly. It sounds like the 172/182. Suspension is different and I wanted them to throw shocks on for the price of the parts seeing as I'm throwing a days labour at them, but they says it's 4 hours...

I just had a chat with a chap called Terry. He seems pretty reasonable and answered a bunch of my questions properly, so I feel a bit happier now. Seems like the above is true, but he was saying there are bits which will just fail and the book time is 3.7hours (£50 p/h +VAT) plus parts, and...

OK thanks for the response. What is actually required and if I'm ordering and changing shocks, should I order and change anything else while there? As far as I can tell: top mount bolts take brake caliper off lower ball joint any other ball joint? looks like there is one inboard pull it all...

Answering my own question here, but it does appear a little bit more involved. New question. Anyone got a guide or link to something written up somewhere? Ta v much

Hey fellas, Changed plenty of shocks in time, but I’m having my timing belt done next Monday so I asked Renaultspeed in Farnborough to do them and they discouraged me saying it’s a very difficult job and nothing like any other shocks I’ve changed. It’s made me suspicious, so I’d like to find...

Hey guys, Wondering whether or not to buy an O2 sensor for my 182 Cup (2005) If I run a diagnostic on the car (using an OBD reader and iphone app) it tells me there is a fault with the 02 sensor, and I'm pretty sure it was just the pre-cat sensor it listed. Occasionally, I will see the...