Just picked up a 172 cup

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£1200 lighter and i'm now the owner of a 2003 metallic blue clio cup.

Cambelt was done 5000 miles back, gearbox mounts seem fine (no knocking in 1st 2nd gear) , clutch seems fine.

Has a massive folder of bills so will have a good look thru tomorrow when i pick it up.

First job is get the exhaust changed, fk me it's loud.

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Feirny said:

Has the previous owner put a Ktec system on it or something? If it's a Yozza system then they still fetch good money second hand.

Love a nice clean Modial Blue Cup! Get some pics up.

No idea , i'm picking it up later , so will have a good root thru the file of bills.

It's too loud for me though, are the kwik fit exhausts for these any cop?

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Grrr no bill for cambelt change.

On the plus side there's a bill for £700 worth if kw coilovers and £400 worth of brake upgrades.

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madmover said:

egor110 said:

Grrr no bill for cambelt change.

On the plus side there's a bill for £700 worth if kw coilovers and £400 worth of brake upgrades.

Belts are expensive - budget £900 or so for this should you need to do it earlier than you first expected!

£610 at a renault specialist, dephaser,cambelt, aux belts, tensioners, water pump and oil and filter.

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madmover said:

That's very cheap - where at if you don't mind me asking?
Many are notably more than that. The parts alone come to about £300 IIRC if you opt for genuine Renault ones. Sounds like it has some good mods and should be a good car

In Glastonbury, chap on here from Devon travels to use him and he was who everyone on cliosport forum said to use in the south west.

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scruffty said:

does your 172 Cup have AC?

no , i thought none of the cups had aircon to keep the weight down?

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Can anyone explain what's involved with swopping my coilovers back to standard cup suspension?

Is it just get the cup shocks and some cup/eibach springs or is there more to it than that?

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brisbane956 said:

Just had mine done for just over £600 on my Trophy, Diamond Renault in Long Eaton. They do a good job, it is worth making sure the place that you select to do the work know what they are doing with 172/182 engines, it is a really easy job to get wrong.

I used dan at sjm automotive glastonbury, comes well recommended on here and clionet.

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brisbane956 said:

Sweet, glad it's sorted mate. Had a good spirited drive on the way home tonight, still puts a smile on my face :-)

Sortedish, steering pumps leaking, clutch release thrust bearing grumbly and kw coilovers are no longer adjustable.

Still fun though, just need to work thru the above starting with the bits that willl fail the mot in oct.