197 Clio Sport
I dropped my Clio 197 off at a Renault specialist today to try and get an answer for why it was making a horrible high pitched noise on hard lock when parking to be told it was due to my wheels being too wide and they were scraping on on the smashed plastic inner wheel arches on hard lock. I was then told my near side front lower ball joint had completely worn and was causing a knocking noise, and they quoted me £500 as the ball joint is made up of two parts costing £174 each, which are clio sport specific and have to be ordered from France. £500 seems an awful lot for a lower ball joint and labour to fit it?! Do I need to look else where or is this just a pain in the arse which I have to fork out on?!