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Basically fitted a new battery to my mk2 ph2 172 and when I came to start it back up the tachometer needle and numbers lit up but needles are not working on anything. Also my brake lights have stopped working. I've heard leaving the negative lead off for two hours could reset the ecu but Is this...

Maybe not the best driving style on tarmac but gutsy moves on the snow in a ph1 172 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPgWkYEpQ2o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Anyone else noticing the increase in chavs buying 1*2's and thinking that that the speed limit doesn't apply to them in any situation and that a fellow 1*2 is the ideal candidate to see how close they can sit on their rear bumper everywhere or is this just the Lincolnshire area? Also 99% of...

On my 172 mk2 ph2 when I flip the end of the stalk all the way so that it washes the rear screen my wiper moves but the washer jets on the windscreen work instead, is this a fuse or just a "French electrics" thing? Any help would be great.

was thinking maybe meet up on saturday 13th somewhere for a little meet and greet. any place someone would rather go as lincolnshire is quite large and i dont know how much interest this will have, im willing to travel. only chose the 13th as its after the bonfire night weekend so people wont be...

excuse rear lights only just got the car and after some standard ones.

In the search on trying to stop my 172's misfire/low range stuttering and reading stories of cleaning tdc sensors and replacing coilpacks I thought a little investigating was needed before I had to rape my bank account to solve the solution, first I replaced the plugs for the ngk's from my older...

I live in the north Lincolnshire region and was wondering if there was much interest in getting a little meet up going monthly? I'm from Scunthorpe so anyone round that area? See a few sports rolling around so maybe the lads are on here?

my 172 never came with the oem cd player but does the oem come with pre outs for a sub or will i have to wire it up through the speaker wires if i want to get an oem player.

Hopefully someone can help here, just bought a lovely 53 reg 172 cup in blue with 56k miles and after owning it for 2 days I'm loving it (apart from the fuel bills). But when I come to a halt like at traffic lights or when I arrive at home after 20 seconds or so the engine develops a ticking or...

bascially what do you need to do to retrofit carbs to a efi engine? i need details for when i remove the ecu. what do i replace it with? could the old carbed mk1's ignition be fitted and then hooked upto carbs?

apparently it makes it run lumpy? is this at tick over or full chat? thanks

just a query really. will my left and right rear speaker wires take two 6 1/2" speakers and also power my two front standard speakers? my head unit is 55wx4 which is good i thought so can it power them or is it best just to leave the two 6 1/2" speakers and the front normal ones and not all 6?

if i ever do get enough money to spend on my car i was wondering if anyone has tuned a 1.2 8v engine. by this i mean new cams, pistons, rods, itb's, uprated leads and plugs, matched manifolds and some headwork. i am guessing most opf this would have to be made to fit as i have never seen any...

borbet t's or ronal turbos? thinking something euro so any other ideas would be cool

is it possible to fit a valver bonnet and mk1 phase 1 headlights onto a mk1 phase 2? just thinking if it was a straight swap then i am going to do it as i have seen one done and looks really good especially with angel eyes but i dont know if there is any other work needed.

i have recently hooked up a subwoofer with sub box and amplifier but i still have 4 61/2" inch speakers to be mounted which use to be on the parcel shelve. the problem is know that i have stripped the back seats and everything form the boot i have no where to mount these speakers. its a r reg...

i need to find some turbine wheels but i am having no luck. does anyone sell mickey takes or good copies bease i cant find any originals anywhere cheers

nearly gettin there with my car just need to lower it because it looks like it on stilts but i have two option and need your opinions. if i just bought the front shorten springs for £50ish how would i lower the back dampers? is it worth buying a complete lowering kit form k-tec for like £200...

just wondering if 1990-1996 clio headlights, bonnet and bumper wuld fit onto a 1998 clio as i would like a williams bonnet and sum angel eyes but no one makes any for a 1998 clio so was wonderig if i could swap these parts?

just wondering what engines i could directly transplant into a 1998 clio mk1 phase 2? would a mk1 phase 2 1.8 engine fit onto the same engine mounts or will i need to alter them?

personally all i care about my car is how the engine sounds. if it sounds crap then my car is crap. anyways back to the task at hand. the one massive mistake for anybody to do to their car is to fit a 4" exhaust or worst still two or even four of them. they may look ok but they give out the...

i have a 1998 renault clio 1.2 and i cannot find a carbon fibre bonnet for my car. there are cf bonnets for older mk1 phase 1 clios and mk2 clios but no carbon fibre bonnets for my car. just wondering if anyone knows where could find a cf bonnet for my car?