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Some of you may have seen a post from me a few weeks ago regarding a battery drain issue. Long story short - I put a new UPC in (albeit a used one) and replaced the battery and everything seemed to be okay. Now it has just tonight starting playing up again. The headlights and fan keep coming on...

Will be putting my car up for sale shortly to make way for me new BMW M140i :smile: It’s a 2009 197 with 62,000 miles. The cambelt has never been changed (as far as I know) and it is due an oil change. Is it worth me doing it before sale, had some quotes and will cost me circa £500 to get both...

My car has recently developed a problem of the battery draining rapidly. She hasn't seen much use recently as I now have a company vehicle for my commute and there was also a knocking sound coming from the wheel which turned out to be 4 loose bolts courtesy of my local MOT tester - but we won't...

I am thinking about having a go at changing my gearbox myself. How difficult is it? I am practically minded person but admittidely not the most experienced with cars. Most difficult task I've accomplished thus far is changing my front shocks on my 197. If someone could give me a quick run down...

My car has recently developed a definite crunch when changing up to 5th gear. Fine at low RPM, anything above 4K is starting to crunch unless I let the revs drop before placing it into gear. I was under the impression it was only 3rd and 4th gear that developed this issue. A few searches haven't...

Long story short - I got new leather seats with door cards etc after I'd already sold mine. Sold mine with the switches for the windows on the drivers side and my new door cards didn't come with them. So I thought; "Be okay, I'll just order them from eBay, can manage for a few days". Came today...

I have been looking into making my own flat-bottomed steering wheel for a while now and decided to finally get the ball rolling on it. Rather than butcher a perfectly good Renaultsport one, I'd like to attempt on a wheel from a standard Mk 3 Clio (not to mention they're cheaper to buy). So...

Anyone struggling from a knocking when going over bumps and/or a lack of grip from one or both of the wheels, I'd recommend changing your anti-rotation links! Changed one of mine last night and it's transformed my car! Everything feels so tight now and the handling is superb! I'd almost...

So fit my pads and discs last night along with a new anti rotation link. Was pitch black by the time I had finished (couldn't get a couple of the pins out for ages) and was working from the torch on my iPhone, struggled to even get the wheels back on ha! Anyway, this morning I found this...

Looking into replacing my rear bumper as mine has fugly aftermarket parking sensors installed by the last owner and has a big scuff where my brother in law reversed into her (don't ask). Anyone know if this can be repaired? Thanks

Parked up on side of road in Markington. Been driving through a lot recently and always there. Royal Blue, 2007. With big wheel spacers, aftermarket wheels, yellow calipers and F1 Williams stickers in yellow dotted around. Looks well!

Just fitted these exhaust tips tonight, think they look really good and fit really well. Had to remove fixings and file down the threaded section inside and tapped them with a rubber mallet. Really snug fit and don't think they'll be falling off anytime soon! Only £6.49 each. Here's the link...

Me again! Need new front discs and pads... bit skint at the moment but need doing soon so narrowed it down to these. Open to other options, £150 is about my limit for the pads and discs. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/302147301122 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301697193291...

After finally fitting my shocks his morning, took the car out to find my brake pedal travelling much further before engaging the brakes. The only reason I can think of is I had to take the brake line to my front calliper off as I hadn't taken it round the back of the strut when replacing. So I...

Currently swapping my shocks for 200 cup ones and I've removed the bolt from the back of the hub/bottom of the strut but had to really smash it to get it to come out and now the ends bent over and I can't get the nut on. Tried to hack saw a mm or so off it but it's been a real pain and I don't...

Ok so thought this might be helpful for some. I recently had to acquire my radio code and was reluctant to pay. I found a handy iPhone app called "Code Autoradio For Renault". It's a free app, in French but it's still obvious what you have to do. Input your 4-digit security code from the side...

As posted last week I got myself a 200 cup ARB, was supposed to fit this weekend but ended up working so didn't get chance. Anyway, I digress... Is it worth changing the bushes for powerflex ones while I'm on, or just new OEM rubber ones? I've tried to find a definitive answer online as to...

Got myself some new 200 cup dampers, 200 cup ARB, and new exhaust manifold. Will it be too big of a task to fit all this in one day? Am I being optimistic? Do you have to drop the entire subframe out to carry all this out? Thanks in advance, hoping to do it Saturday but may just do part of it...

Went to reset my service indicator this evening and I can't view my trip computer with the engine switched off... is this normal, never really noticed before but was sure just tapping the start button without the brake or clutch pedal pressed brought the trip computer up? Could be wrong and...

Clio 200 cup springs and dampers, what colour stickers/marks are on them? Also, how do you tell if they are the old style top mounts or the new? I know it's been covered a zillion times already but I've struggled to find a definitive answer while searching he forums. Somebody local is breaking...