Clio Cup 172 '03

Imminent sale due new purchase of Italian thing.....
Going for test on Friday so will have full ticket.
Ours since 6mnths old. One previous owner.
65ish K
Plenty of bills and serviced by me.
Never bent, goes like the clappers strong right from the get go, point to point it's the quickest car I have had.
Ideal track car.
BAD POINTS.........
It has been used by my wife as a shopping trolley, wheels are badly kerbed, crack in rear bumper, thumb sized dent in roof, few parking dents in sides.
Never had a cambelt/waterpump/dephaser etc ......this could be a bad point or a good point depending on where you have had it done as it can be easily made a right royal mess of.....so as a good point in some ways as no norberts have had their spanners near the expensive,easily done wrong bits. Starting to sound a little cammy due to dephaser, not noisy but not as quiet as my Laggy.
For what it's probably worth I'd keep it and smarten it up, but I have too much on and not enough room so it will probably have to go .
It's only on here at the moment, need to see what the test highlights and how much I have to spend/re shod it/ do wheels ...if and maybes......
PM me if anyone is interested, I will add a price,photos and contact no. when I know where I am with it......will be sorned after sat due to changeover to ultra reliable Alfa....
Ryan

Talk to me.I could do with upgrading Me-Dawny's hack as its well past it but 4 years fir £650 it ain't doing bad and she drives like she stole anyways .PM or email or pop down for a nose. ??

SOLD

Indeed ...
Spent a couple of minutes polishing the really important bits ...to me anyway ....and swapping out the front suspenders for something a little less harsh ..

Ha Ha, Best car to come out of Dieppe that!
If I'd had room it wouldn't of gone, same goes with 11T, but that's life as the French say.
If anyone wants a sure fire investment, then a grand or two in one of these is safe money, hope you enjoy it, we did.

bills are racking up
New discs and pads all round ,wheels refurbed,two Avons for the front,rear box hanger and I've just got a silver bumper off the bay for to respray and I need to find a glovebox door .
Always the same when you get a new motor.Old ones get little or no attention but a new face always grabs your attention .....

what coilovers have you fitted then Lee? This car is supposed to be harsh, don't soften it up too much at the front.

Standard shocks but with Eibach black springs??.One of the cup springs was snapped ,£100 wtf, and it was a very harsh ride anyway .Car is for Dawn( birthday pressie ) daily ,country lanes to Nottingham speedbumps .
I've only swapped out the fronts tho and yet to get it off the stands and check heights .I think the Eibachs are -30mm on a std 172 and I think the cup is about that also ??

Back discs/pads have only done about 8k, her Dads place but them on when she had it tested there a couple of years back, I shook my head,........every time it goes for the test I get the same old crap ' yer back pads need changin' .......they only come with a bout 10mm on them and do next to nowt anyway, course they want to put discs on as well to save them giving them a rub down and then you need bearings.........times I've lost it at MOT stations......miserable git I am.
Pay close attention to the rear pressure limiter, it doesn't tie into the axle like a normal 172, there is a DOT print out in the history in case Mr tester gets shirty.......just look at where the spring locates as it bends and then it kicks in too soon. Give it a bend.
It would be worth popping out the rear pistons as well, as they suffer the same GTA stickiness with so little pressure they tend not to work much,
Pattern exhaust hangers are a wasteof money ....12mths .....ballaxed, think I plated rear box up last year and put one on so that has gone in a year......genuine last 3 yrs +
Got a nice picture of it going on the loader from here....sad I know

ya mean my £7 hanger was a waste of money then ....feck !
Wound the rears in .lhs was a bit lacking in fluid gush ,rhs had slightly stuck sliders ,that was it blud .All changed for less than .... shhh! trade prices

Nearly ready for MOT,waiting on feckin painters again to do the rear bumper + added some under bonnet bling from Paul B at diamond performance .

Next to do the timing belt,dephaser ,waterpump and auxilary belt and she should be good for another 40k .

Belts,de-phaser,waterpump etc all done .Good old PaulB came over and did it as not a job I fancied doing for the first time ...took a fair old while but all done and ready for Friday .Now known as the D-cup ....aiiiii seen seen Me-Dawny

Is you like..puttin' one a' dem Paul Walker stickers on the back ........If I drive reet fast and die don't cry for me ....respect....init..

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All looking good Roland. You are bound to get happy hour when you do the hand over.

Went down very well....ayy! wot! no! titter ye not!!