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  1. harvey197

    Long Term owners

    Hi Not been on here in ages, I still have my 197 I bought in 2009. still original gearbox I might add. just wondered if any of the original forum members from back then were still on the go and had there clios. iv had a couple cars since then but have never wanted to part with my 197 its taken...
  2. harvey197

    rear disks

    had a look through the fourm, for links to sites, i got disks from the brembo shop before. http://www.nextdaybrakes.com/info-part-finder?make=Renault&model=Clio&engine=2.0000&year=2008 found these, but not sure if there the right ones. will i need barings? or do they come with them?
  3. harvey197

    giving it death

    hands up who gives there 197 or 200 a regular thrashing, somtimes i feel bad for giveing it ****, but somtimes i think, thats why i bought it. so who gives it ****. but cares for her at he same time? my 56plate has been playing up in the past 2 months, and i dont know why. but when shes...
  4. harvey197

    tempted by the turbo of an other

    went to get two tyres fitted and ended up test driving a brandnew corsa vxr nurburg, the new one, with the brembo brakes same as our clios, its also got a limited slip diff, 205 bhp, and 280pft on high boost, opened the taps up after she was all warmed up, and its a completly diffrent beast to...
  5. harvey197

    worry

    noticed the engine has been feeling sluggish today, all the way up the revs, like its holding back, engine note has changed from normal too. check the air filter, i dont think is missing firing, but iv been using tesco fuel for a ages now, iv noticed hearing backfiring when changing gear when...
  6. harvey197

    mini coop s

    Anyone had any experince of them, ie running cost over 197/200 how relible they car standard and tuned? Like alot of 197 owners, iam fed up of the silly mpg with out the go to match, and the fact that its not holding its money worth a @**% Mine has lost over 5 k in two years. am i...
  7. harvey197

    snow foam

    can any one tell me which snow foam i should buy, be thinking of geting a lance and that, but what one?
  8. harvey197

    ownership

    just been thinking, iv had my 197 for 2 years this month, longest i have ownd a car on the road, apart from my mk1 gti, which is in a million bits now. just wondered who's owned there clio longest, and anyone had a s1 197 since new?
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    another decat question

    a few weeks back i changed my manifold for a second hand one from jms tuning, with the precat deleted, now gives a little pop when engine is cold, been thinking of getting the second cat removed now. is there going to be any big down side? flat spot ect. recently one of my dumdass mates removed...
  10. harvey197

    new look

    Thinking about gettin the roof painted gloss black and the wheel done too?
  11. harvey197

    manifold

    anyone got one for sale with or with out precat, and how hard are they to come off? is it a engine out jobbie
  12. harvey197

    caliper service kit

    stripped cleaned and painted the calipers last week, one of my rear dust seals are torn, called nessmotors and asked for a caliper kit seals ect, they dont do them, guy said they would put a new caliper on it. sooo, iam on the hunt for a repair kit. any ideas?
  13. harvey197

    help with a subframe Question on a oldschool sport

    question. dose anyone know if the subframes on the older clios are the same, ie a 1.4 2004 same as a 2000 172 sport? i know its not a 197, but i know a few lads on here have had the earlyer clios. cheers
  14. harvey197

    mellow yellow

    painted breaks on a local lads clio sport a few weeks back, was chuffed with the results, pic wer takin on my fone so not the best. new sticker on and rebuilt they look the part, cant wait to do my own.
  15. harvey197

    mates new toy

    not a clio but nice al the same, lovely drive down to perth to pick it up:) low miles 2 owners from new, well taken care of.
  16. harvey197

    big box got deliverd today

    :) after waiting ages in i finaly got my brembro disks off that shop rich posted up... also got my new tyres in to. also pic of my stereo and the new surrround just need to source pads and the pin kit
  17. harvey197

    New Toy

    swaped my rs turbo a few weeks ago for a 2001 y reg polo gti aways been a fan, as i still have my mk 1 golf gti. they are realy fun cars. Hoping to get the garage cleared out and put the clio in it, and run the polo for a while. altho i do have it for sale. lol
  18. harvey197

    Fascia Adaptors

    hey fitted new h u today, but left with a cap round stereo, any one where i could get a fascia Adaptor for it? had a look on a few sites but not sure.
  19. harvey197

    bad news

    well some of you mite have had a read of my thread on the paint coming off the tail gate with the badge, good news is its going back in on monday to get painted for the third time now! bad news my break disks are very badly corroded on the inside and i felt they had been like that since i bought...
  20. harvey197

    de badge

    Popped up to see my mate at his work tonite, they have high pressure wash guns, 2.5k psi so i gave the clio a wash. after washing i gave her a dry off and noticed iv blasted off the "L" in renault. not chuffed but my own fault mabe. thinking of taking all the badges on the back, or mabe just...