Who here owns a Renaultsport?

RSClio · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:08

73K miles is nothing, providing it has had the belts changed and recipts to prove this. If serviced and looked after the F4R engine is very good!!

Gustov · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:13

Cool, janesy you're right but I'm taking along my dad's mate who is VERY knowledgeable about cars.

I'm right in saying the price would be non-negotiable?

Maccy · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:22

No harm in asking!

Krowzer · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:24

That one has the common melted steering wheel fault which can be repaired by people offering a refurbing service on cliosport.net. Best advice like what has been suggested is signup to cliosport.net and read the buyers guides etc so you know what to look for

ScarySquirrel · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:26

Maccy said:
An example I've just quickly found -

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2263665.htm

This looks a great price, especially as it comes with Turinis on it. Although from the pictures it's missing the centre caps, which despite only being bits of plastic are actually £20 each from a dealer (I had to buy two recently

)

My tints come off tomorrow, YAY!

Also fitted my Brembo HC discs this weekend, which was relatively easy to do, the hardest part was getting some of the bolts undone. Need to fit my new rear discs and paint the callipers and then the car is pretty much where I want it to be. I'll probably be bored of it in 2 weeks

Maccy · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:30

Brembo HC discs - are they the ones that are on sale at a great price from the Brembo website?

Gustov · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:30

Krowzer said:
That one has the common melted steering wheel fault which can be repaired by people offering a refurbing service on cliosport.net. Best advice like what has been suggested is signup to cliosport.net and read the buyers guides etc so you know what to look for

What exactly is this fault? Can you tell just by the pics because there are no faults listed in the description.

Vigoro · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:33

Gustov said:
What exactly is this fault? Can you tell just by the pics because there are no faults listed in the description.

No offence, but i am sure if you did your research into the car like JanesyB suggested you would know about this.

Gustov · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:38

Vigoro said:
No offence, but i am sure if you did your research into the car like JanesyB suggested you would know about this.

True but we've all got to start somewhere. Me asking these kind of questions is only extending my knowledge.

Janesy B · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:38

Gustov said:
What exactly is this fault? Can you tell just by the pics because there are no faults listed in the description.

The material on the steering wheel melts on the steering wheel. No one is going to do a nice list of all the faults a car has when they are trying to sell it. As Vigoro said its a common fault.

Gustov · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:41

Thanks ^^ can you really tell how extensively the material has been worn down just from looking at that picture!? I'll e-mail these guys asking if it has a cup suspension.

RSClio · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:42

Mine has it!! Rubbish. Need to get it refured asap.

Maccy · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:43

If you're a full Cliosport member, there's a good buyer's guide on the forums. I'm sure it's on Pistonheads too. Anyway, there's a section about the steering wheel rubber.

Vigoro · 16 Jan 2011 at 21:46

Maccy said:
If you're a full Cliosport member, there's a good buyer's guide on the forums. I'm sure it's on Pistonheads too. Anyway, there's a section about the steering wheel rubber.

There is also a thread on Cliosport under Faults(blah blah blah

) that details this problem, and has a nice long list of all those affected

davy89 · 16 Jan 2011 at 22:06

Janesy B said:
The material on the steering wheel melts on the steering wheel. No one is going to do a nice list of all the faults a car has when they are trying to sell it. As Vigoro said its a common fault.

was quite lucky when i got mine it had literally just had a brand new steering wheel, ive felt a melted one before and it feels eww.

ScarySquirrel · 16 Jan 2011 at 22:28

Maccy said:
Brembo HC discs - are they the ones that are on sale at a great price from the Brembo website?

Yup

Maccy · 16 Jan 2011 at 22:51

Ah I think that's what BennyC went for along with the DS2500 pads which we fitted last summer, fantastic stuff

alexisonfire · 16 Jan 2011 at 23:25

I hate this thread, its making me so impatient

I want my car now dammit

dazz25 · 17 Jan 2011 at 08:15

SS, how are you finding the Brebo HC's?

Think these paired with some Mintex M1144 pads is my next upgrade.

ScarySquirrel · 17 Jan 2011 at 09:07

Maccy said:
Ah I think that's what BennyC went for along with the DS2500 pads which we fitted last summer, fantastic stuff

I reused my front pads as they had loads of life in them. They were on the car when I bought it so I was surprised to see that they were Ferodo, although not DS2500 I don't think. I assume Ferodo has some cheaper versions of their pads.

dazz25 said:
SS, how are you finding the Brebo HC's?

Think these paired with some Mintex M1144 pads is my next upgrade.

They've only been on for about 50 miles so far so I think they'll probably still bedding in. They seem great though, could just be placebo effect though.