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Firstly, I know it's not a clio but hopefully you can look past that and appreciate that an old French hatch is being revived and loved very much. @Mods, delete if not appropriate.
Some of you might remember my...
Check any car at the end of its production life, every possible addition would have been made to it to get out the door, sadly the xk will be no more. Stopping production soon. Sales are
crap, always have been.
couple of snaps of the HnR springs fitted. only a 25mm drop its not 'in the weeds' but its a nice subtle drop.
For example, before:
After:
As for the ride quality, very very nice! same stiffness as standard, takes the harsh bumps better, not so crashy, less roll in the corners...
18-22psi depending on what gear your in, 4th gear it'l peak the most.
Scangauge is good, well worth having.
just had my clutch and HnR springs fitted today, will get some pic posted up tomorrow after a clean
i know what you mean, design fault which is pretty obvious too!
part of the reason i went for a fixed bucket seat is because in the 4 months ive had this car, not once have i used the rear seats!
Liking the idea of a rear half cage too!
Afternoon all, yet another busy day on the car.
Ordered my OMP subframes from KamRacing a few days ago, arrived in great time which was a surprise knowing OMP lead times!
Anyway, as u know i had a set of cobra suzuka Pro's waiting to go in. Today was that day!
I did plenty of measuring to...
if i was to do mine again i'd go full black, only because i think over time the blue can show up dirty and the black wouldnt.
However the alcantara one feels awesome! would have that over leather any day!
Thats good, they are an AP organic clutch as standrad, however there is an Ap organic clutch with uprated spring and pressure plate i believe. Quite confusing! thats what im having fitted, didnt fancy the paddle option!
No, i actually put mine on ebay for 50p, some dutch guy emailed me and offered me £90 posted for it! crazy! i thought it was a scam but he paid it up and i sent it off!
Easy to fit,
remove steering column surround (just pulls off gently) only the top bit required to come off iirc
undo two...
to answer a few questions, these cars a very reliable.
Mains things to watch out for are as someone said above, water thermostat can go, but there is no predidicting it at all. if its good when you buy it then happy days!
Clutch on modded cars, they wont take 300bhp forever, mine is slipping...
spent my morning doing this:
HEL braided hoses.
My working area:
Car also had a quick polish and wax yesterday. Also removed the mud flaps in prep for the HnR spring fitment.
Got a few other things on the go at the moment.
Ordered my OMP subframes, they should be here...
Evening all, some minor purchases to add to this thread, nothing actually fitted to the car just yet but as you can tell its been an expensive month!
Firstly, Hel braided brake lines, haven't actually turned up yet but should be here any day now! They sent me standard Focus items not RS ones...