Who here owns a Renaultsport?
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Why so?
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Very well written advert you have there
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pantiles bit by any chance, and if so I know what you mean
Yeah
Coming down towards the Pantiles you go left at the roundabout towards Frant
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Couple more photos...just because 
Ha small world!
Tyres wernt to had, had contis pc2s all round with about 5mm on fronts left, spose I used about 1mm on the day. Outa edges have warn quite badly but no more than I was expecting. Regarding the tracking I do find with the 16s the tracking is easily knocked out, had mine done twice now and will be doing the tracking again soon.
Cool. I plan to get some camber bolts to whack on the negative camber on the front to try to save the outside edges a bit.
I think the 172 suffers from having the 195 width tyres, as it makes them look a little bit stretched, but means its very easy to leab on the edge of the tyre and onto the sidewalls. The 205's on the 182 offer a more upright sidewall so don't lean so much.
I think the 172 suffers from having the 195 width tyres, as it makes them look a little bit stretched, but means its very easy to leab on the edge of the tyre and onto the sidewalls. The 205's on the 182 offer a more upright sidewall so don't lean so much.
Changing rear discs atm. Got one off but the other disc won't budge. been smashing the bejesus out of it with a hammer and all sorts.
Any tips?
Un-bloody believable. What I thought would take an hour took 3.5 and is only half done.
Whoever fitted the discs before me didn't grease the pins so the right one took about 15 minutes to work off and the left one wasn't budging after 90 minutes of abuse with a hammer and all sorts. The ABS ring gave a little but not enough to allow the disc off.
If that wasn't bad enough after giving up on the left and saving it for another day when checking the right I had pumped the brakes and they hadn't 'unpumped' on the ignition so decided to turn the engine over. Mum was sat in the drivers seat applying brakes when I asked. Now normally whenever I start my car I always always always check it's in neutral, due to jacking the back i'd put it in gear to stop it rolling forward and having not been sat in the driver seat myself (to check neutral) the car jumped forwards off the stands and has damaged my freshly replaced Milltek rear section A frenzy ensued, luckily I could get the jack out from under the car, which was left as a safety should the stands fail. Got it back up on to stands to then check the brakes were working on the right hand side which had managed replaced. On the left hand side I'd left the caliper assembly off, which I'd forgotten about due to stress/panic and generally being an idiot so that ****** brake fluid everywhere whilst I was checking the right side, and unwound itself fully!
Talk about a rear disc change from hell!
The right muffler has a tiny dent from where the axle stand clipped it when it fell off, and the left hand side has a much larger dent from where it ended up sat on an axle stand. It seems to drive fine, idle revs are okay and still sounds 'healthy' and I didn't notice any drop in power though I'm not sure what effect this is going to have. Welds seemed fine on the end of the mufflers furthest away from the camera.
Any tips?
Un-bloody believable. What I thought would take an hour took 3.5 and is only half done.
Whoever fitted the discs before me didn't grease the pins so the right one took about 15 minutes to work off and the left one wasn't budging after 90 minutes of abuse with a hammer and all sorts. The ABS ring gave a little but not enough to allow the disc off.
If that wasn't bad enough after giving up on the left and saving it for another day when checking the right I had pumped the brakes and they hadn't 'unpumped' on the ignition so decided to turn the engine over. Mum was sat in the drivers seat applying brakes when I asked. Now normally whenever I start my car I always always always check it's in neutral, due to jacking the back i'd put it in gear to stop it rolling forward and having not been sat in the driver seat myself (to check neutral) the car jumped forwards off the stands and has damaged my freshly replaced Milltek rear section
A frenzy ensued, luckily I could get the jack out from under the car, which was left as a safety should the stands fail. Got it back up on to stands to then check the brakes were working on the right hand side which had managed replaced. On the left hand side I'd left the caliper assembly off, which I'd forgotten about due to stress/panic and generally being an idiot so that ****** brake fluid everywhere whilst I was checking the right side, and unwound itself fully!Talk about a rear disc change from hell!
The right muffler has a tiny dent from where the axle stand clipped it when it fell off, and the left hand side has a much larger dent from where it ended up sat on an axle stand. It seems to drive fine, idle revs are okay and still sounds 'healthy' and I didn't notice any drop in power though I'm not sure what effect this is going to have. Welds seemed fine on the end of the mufflers furthest away from the camera.
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Damn that doesn't sound good at all.
Getting my rear discs off was a complete pain as well, and I broke my favourite screwdriver in the process
I ended up getting someone to hold the disc still and I gave it everything I could and eventually they both came off.
Getting my rear discs off was a complete pain as well, and I broke my favourite screwdriver in the process
I ended up getting someone to hold the disc still and I gave it everything I could and eventually they both came off.
Unlucky
Damn that doesn't sound good at all.
Getting my rear discs off was a complete pain as well, and I broke my favourite screwdriver in the process
I ended up getting someone to hold the disc still and I gave it everything I could and eventually they both came off.
Yeah, the guys guide says nothing of the sort about struggling with the rear discs, my fronts came of super easy but not the rears. I'd like to meet whoever put mine on and hit him around the face with them! I ended up wedging a spanner in behind the right one and hitting that with the hammer to shimmy it off. The left was laughably unwilling to move.
Car drives fine, still pulls well (tested across a strip of road I know and actually managed to get a little more out of it than normal
).Will try and pull the dent out at the weekend. In the mean time I need to get hold of a brake puller.
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Oh so you'd got the hub bolt off but the disc wouldn't move?
I had trouble with the bolts on them, and one of the discs just wouldn't budge even after I'd removed the bolt. I hammered it off in the end I think.
I had trouble with the bolts on them, and one of the discs just wouldn't budge even after I'd removed the bolt. I hammered it off in the end I think.
Oh yeah, I got the nuts off no problem. The easiest bit actually! No matter how hard I hit the disc both towards & away from the hub it was not budging an inch, 90 minutes I tried hammers, levering it with spanners, breaker bar, I was aiming to destroy the bearing as I have discs with bearings. I was expecting the disc to pull away from the bearing and to then have to cut the bearing off with a grinder, but nada. I was rotating the disc as I was hitting it too to stop it wedging itself on the pin.
Heat doesn't work either (blowtorch) not that I tried but I read round.
Something similar to this is what I'm after:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_rKwfOxFm8
As the centre bolt screws in it pulls the disc off. So i'd line it up with the pin on the hub and hopefully it'll pop off.
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Spanner fail today, turns out halfords or B&Q don't sell a 21mm swan neck so washers will have to wait until tuesday now. Have a random photo of the air intake setup instead.
And then obviously they are in the foglight space as seen by the photo earlier.
And then obviously they are in the foglight space as seen by the photo earlier.
his is a race car though, can't you see the TOW sign on it
Doesn't make no odd's whether it's a race car or not still reduces performance lol.
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?445339-Fastcar-Clio-172-Air-Filter-Test