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just before fcs i noticed my exhaust was sagging on the nearside, had a look while giving it a clean and noticed this
now today on the way home from work i noticed it was a little louder got home to find the exhaust nearly on the floor lol and the hanger has completely come off, now...
well due to have a new job with a full geometry machine i want to set up the clio
now im after some spec to try both front and rear, toe camber etc
will be sticking it on to see where its at, then order shims etc to correct
i do drive it fairly hard and do do the odd track day when i have...
started to get into this now and thought id see if anyone off here want to come
theres a game night on the 25th of august at raf upwood only 15 min south of p'boro
if you dont have a gun you can hire theirs all in with game,gun,1700 bb's and mask etc its 20quid
if you have ya own gun its...
my have got loads of tar post built up in the corners of the spokes ive tried polishing them off which helped a bit but some is sill there
dont really think claying would get in the corners but having never used it before im not sure.
is there anything else i could use to get it off?
right im goign to pick up some turnini's 2mo, only thing is the off set is et 35.
now i know my cup standard offset is et42, am currently running some 15'' turbines with a et of 36 and the do scrub very slightly on biggggg bumps so was thinking is there any problem in me machining the mounting...
well had friday off so gave the clio a much needed clean. even did the engine bay, had the car a year and not even touched it lol
well started like this
ended like this
polished the rest of the car in the garage lol
then went for a drive to get it dirty again and take...
well not post any pics for a while still need to take some better ones but gave her a clean to day as well as the mrs's car
track wheels are back on a for a while now, just got them back for being painted, had a new lower grille too and also some new plates
right well got my stripes today off a mate for free;) and wanna get round to fitting them this weekend
and one got any advise on fitting, they are just normal vinyl stickers.
do i need to fit them like window tints etc with soapy water etc or just do i go and stick them straight on?
also...
any one know where i can get one for the accelerater pedal?? or even if anyone can make one??
i know ive seen a post somewhere with one in and a search didnt really come up with anything
well had the car for nearly 6 months now and been doing a few things slowly so thought id better start a project thread seen as im getting it ready for a few track days
well got the car bog standard, too me all of 3 days before i ordered my coilovers
well this is it the day i got it
then...
well seen as i lots all my other pictures off my computer i decided to take a few today as i had the day off
looking into getting the stripes put back on what do you think??
well when i got my car my badges were painted blue and looked rather tacky so eventually got round to painting them and looks loads better
my carbon fibre splitter also came this week so got that fitted too, also got round to grinding out my arches a bit due to a bit of scrubbing, got that...
well got teh car last week did really take any pics of it
am really ahppy with the car, drives so much nicers than my old monaco 172. some of you may know the car as i know it was on here.
didnt take me long to buy so bits for it. new i wanted coilovers and jave read a few posts. went for gaz...
well got my new car finally
racing blue 182 cup, now i have 1k left to spend on it after selling my old car now im wondering what to get
this i want lowered, really want coilovers, front splitter (carbon?) and i many get an exhaust
now i cant decide wether to get h&r's and just a splitter...
im am mot tester/mechanic and even this is baffling me
last week i bend my subframe on the ice by hitting a kerb. now ive changed the suframe and reset my tracking. drive fine up the road nice and straight corners fine bar from this knocking/judder coming from the drivers side front on left...
right im an mot tester/mechnic and i can get most things trade prices
now i when it comes to buying parts for my clio ie coilovers etc would i still be able to get these at trade prices if so where from?
its only just occured to me that i might be able to get them cheaper
pm if you have...
well treated the clio for once this weekend
got a second hand inlet and sent it to a friend with a few measurments to match it to the head and plenum. all in cost me 45 quid to get done and the finsih was spot on.
now had the use of the works workshop sat afternoon so got down to stripping...
right will be getting 2 new tyres for the 172 just wondering what pe2's are like on a track day? as i can get them for 61 quid 195/45 16
will they be fucked afterwards or will i get a few miles normal driving out of them?