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The time has come to part with the 197, its been a brilliant 2 and 1/2 years but the cost is just too much now :( £260 tax £70 a week petrol and £1200 to insure = drain on money so ive decided to trade in for a BMW 1 series 120d m-sport, which suprised me is much cheaper to run and insure...

My car passed is MOT yesterday :thumbup: but i had an advisory that my front discs will need changing. I dont wanna pay renault prices for them but im struggling to find some decent discs without paying the earth. Could someone please recomend some decent ones that aint gonna cost an arm...

Would be around 2pm ish or 3pm ish driving away from bolton town centre!

Just thought i would start a little project thread seen as i have done a few things to my clio now. First off i have a kenwood dvd/mp3/sat nav system installed i then purchased an ITG panel filter next in line was my HID upgrade in my projectors (best £50 ever spent) currently spraying my...

I was looking at getting some brighter bulbs and stublled across some 100w h1 bulbs for my projectors on my 197. I know there not road legal but i was wondering if anybody has them and if so have you had any problems? I have read on different forums that the 100w bulbd can melt wires and the...

peeps, I am getting my alloys refurbished in the very near future! However i am undecided on what paint to go for, normal spray paint or powder coating!!! I have had quotes off two different companies -the wheel speacilist and smart wheels - for all four alloys! Smart wheels have...

Hey, Just got a quote off a place called smart wheels for all 4 wheels fully refurbed and painted gloss black for £180 (£45 a wheel) Seems a good price to me. Has anyone used them?? if so how good are they? http://www.smartwheelrepairs.co.uk/

Hi, Was cleaing my car last week and realised that my alloys are in a bad way with a lot of scuffs. So i have made the decision to get them refurbed! Does anybody know of a good refurb place in the north west?? (especially round BOLTON or WIGAN or MANC CENTRE) Also while they are getting...

hey, Tried changing my rear pads today as they are worn down, however when i try to psh the pston back to fit the new pads n it jst would not move at all!! I was sing a small vice to do it but it just would not move!! Any ideas??

Hi all, Ive commented on few things on here but never really introduced myself so here goes: My name is Karl im 22 years young (so insurance companies are rapeing me) i own a clio 197 in silver its on a 06 plate however i have got my private reg on it. The car is pretty basic apart from...

Hi all, I need some new rear discs for my 197 clio, however im finding it hard to get hold of some decnet ones without paying the earth for them! Anyone know where i can get some from?? and also someone mentioned that they have got bearings on for the ABS but i have no idea what there...