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  1. Lewis Watson

    Pre cat rattle

    I recently had this exact issue. I ended up replacing the exhaust manifold. I've still got my old one, the precat honeycomb innards had become completely detached from the casing.
  2. Lewis Watson

    OSF brake squeak after new pads/disc/seal-kit

    Hello all. I'm looking for some advice... I got my car back from the garage today. One of the things I had them fix was a squeaking noise from the OSF brake while cruising at ~30mph. The noise went away when I applied the brakes. The garage reckoned that the piston had stuck, resulting in the...
  3. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    Negative camber issued fixed :) BTT Motorsport were able to sell me a 197 sub axle to try. When that didn't fix the issue they let me return the stub axle and sent me 197 rear axle beam which did the job :) Once it was sand blasted and powder coated it looked pretty mint. The original axle. I...
  4. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    Hi @NickD good shout, I'm not sure if the wheel had been checked. I swapped the wheel out for one of my track ones earlier today, it still didn't look straight to me unfortunately.
  5. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    Oh crap did I get that wrong. For some reason my brain really wants near side to be drivers side :relaxed:
  6. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    Had another look myself yesterday. The parts look their age, but frustratingly no obvious sign of what is wrong! It wouldn't take much of a bend to result in a 3 degree camber I suppose. I'm still trying to figure out what the best course of action is here. Has anyone else had this issue? If...
  7. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    Had the car at the garage this week. They planned to swap the rear stub axles around to see if the negative camber follows one of the stub axles. Unfortunately it turns out the stub axles are not interchangeable. So they took the OSR sub axle to an engineer firm to check it over, and they...
  8. Lewis Watson

    Bootlid Trim Missing?

    Here is a close up picture of one from my 2012 Clio 200 cup
  9. Lewis Watson

    Bootlid Trim Missing?

    I think you are missing a couple of rubber bits. You can see them in my post here -> https://clio197.net/threads/lewiss-clio-200-cup.60559/page-2#post-708869
  10. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    I may have been a bit hasty when I said that... Took the car for a wheel alignment the other day... And the OSR has mysteriously developed a ~3 degree negative camber. There was no obvious sign of damage visible while it was up on the lift. Everything looks straight (apart from the...
  11. Lewis Watson

    Spot of rust above rear wheel arch

    Thanks guys. I was worried that the rust was developing from the inside out, but @MarcB explanation does make sense. Also the picture of the inside doesn't have any rust. I'll get a quote from a smart repair guy :)
  12. Lewis Watson

    Spot of rust above rear wheel arch

    I noticed a little bit of rust above my nearside rear wheel arch. I assume its just going to get worse if I leave it. Has anyone had any similar issues? Any advice appreciated :)
  13. Lewis Watson

    Dashboard peel

    Ah good point. I haven't got any of that fancy soft touch rubber.
  14. Lewis Watson

    Dashboard peel

    It's the naked cup :wink:
  15. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    I suspect the rs gear knob will be like the wheels. I was perfect happy with the original parts, but now I have upgraded them I doubt I'll go back. I hear that the rs gear knob gets really hot/cold sometimes. I might need to get it a beanie
  16. Lewis Watson

    Lewis's Clio 200 Cup

    It has been over a year since my last update! At some point towards the end of 2019 I decided that my track wheels were in a better condition than the original cup wheels, so the Team Dynamics 1.2's became the cars daily wheels. I still think the cup wheels look great, but now that I've lived...
  17. Lewis Watson

    Dashboard peel

    Can't say I've heard of this issue before. I checked my 2012 non-garaged Clio and there are no signs of peeling (touch wood)
  18. Lewis Watson

    Bit of freshening up done

    Looks great
  19. Lewis Watson

    Bilstein B1 OE as replacement for OEM cup dampers

    Thanks for the advice folks. I ended up ordering parts for a complete OEM suspension refresh from RPD (dampers, coils, top mounts, anti-rollbar links). It will be interesting to compare the factory fresh stuff to the old components with ~68k miles on the clock. I did have some fun looking into...
  20. Lewis Watson

    Bilstein B1 OE as replacement for OEM cup dampers

    I looked at RPD this morning and for some reason didn't see the dampers. Looking again now, I can see all the suspension parts. Happy days! @Beany I did ask my mechanic if he was talking about coilovers, but he was adamant that it was just the dampers. TBH if I were to go non-standard with the...