The little 172 Clio.

[SDavyy]

Last night me and a friend set about replacing the engine cover bolts with nice shiny plated ones from @davo172, and also the front seats, with ones in better condition. My old drivers seat had a tear in the cloth which had been worsening over the last 10K miles, and on the passenger seat my friend snapped off the lever to let people in the back.

A job which should take 30minutes, 8 bolts and a couple of plugs took about 2.5hrs and a lot of wiring. The old owner of my car had cut off a load of wires, leaving us with no idea what they were for. The old owner of the new seats had completely snapped off the seat position sensor and cut the wires for the pretensioner, so it took a while to sort.



Old wiring and seat:




Poorly and very dirty car:


The airbag light and service light was a massive pain, luckily had this at hand to properly diagnose and fix.


Gave it a decent hoover whilst all the seats were out, not sure what the white stuff in the picture is because I'm certain it wasnt there!


Job = Jobbed! Now they just need a good clean.

Edited by SDavyy on Wednesday 9th December 10:18

Edited by SDavyy on Thursday 17th December 20:06

[Quhet]

Pics are not working (for me at least...)

[SDavyy]

Quhet said:

Pics are not working (for me at least...)

That's odd. Seem fine. Can anyone not see them?

[greggy50]

SDavyy said:

That's odd. Seem fine. Can anyone not see them?

I can't either...

[SDavyy]

Hmm, annoying, it maybe because I've copied from another forum but they're working on my 4 different devices. Can any mods check?

[LordHaveMurci]

Can't see the pics either.

Great little cars though, had my 172 Cup for 5 or 6yrs now & done many hillclimbs in it, can't see me ever selling it despite also owning a 996.

My OH described it as a terrier too, it is a valid description to be fair!

[michael243]

SDavyy said:

That's odd. Seem fine. Can anyone not see them?

It's because you need to be logged into the website to see the photos.

[SDavyy]

michael243 said:

It's because you need to be logged into the website to see the photos.

Surely they are logged in if they are replying?

[AC43]

SDavyy said:

Love the look of that. When I was your age I was tooling around in an Alfasud. This is the modern equivalent.

In terms of the pictures I can see the first five (up to and and including the fixed steering wheel) then nothing but dummy thumbnails.

[michael243]

SDavyy said:

Surely they are logged in if they are replying?

No, logged into the website you have copied the links from

[SDavyy]

Stupid moment from me then. I'll fix it later.

[SDavyy]

Pictures should all be fixed, what a pain!

[SDavyy]

Managed to do quite a lot of tidying up recently.

New bumper, clear fog lights, new mats, clean private plates, machine polish etc etc. Here are some pics.

[rockford22]

Looks fab! I had a 182FF and 172 Cup and routinely trawl the classifieds for another, I promise myself that one day I will take the plunge for a track day steed! Real soft spot for these.

[Stuperbulous]

I think I passed you yesterday evening on the M27 in all the traffic. I was in a red 16 reg 500 admiring you car. Looks clean!

[SDavyy]

Cheers guys. Yeah I've had it almost 4 years now and it's a brilliant little car.

I was indeed on the M27 in lots of traffic! Not many of this colour about, so yes probably me. Give me a random awkward thumbs up next time!

[SDavyy]

I'm not sure if I'm coming towards the end of ownership (almost 4 years!). I love the car but fancy a Megane R26, if student funds allow. The clio needs a new clutch as the release bearing is a little noisy, so that's all ordered and i'll see where I'm at after!

[egor110]

SDavyy said:

I'm not sure if I'm coming towards the end of ownership (almost 4 years!). I love the car but fancy a Megane R26, if student funds allow. The clio needs a new clutch as the release bearing is a little noisy, so that's all ordered and i'll see where I'm at after!

Do they have to remove the subframe to get to the release bearing , my clutch change was 5 hours labour!

[martin mrt]

Cracking example, in the best colour too, If you do decide to change to an R26 let me know I'd be interested in the Clio

[MikeGoodwin]

Love it.