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[itg]

Nice 172 Cup, these are a bargain!

 

I had mine for 3 years and other drivers dont really expect the perfomance.

 

519 automotive sell loads upgrade parts for these.

[Andy_VX]

Thanks, yeah i must admit i didn't know just how quick they were! Trying to keep spending to an absolute minimum just so we can keep it as cheap fun without getting too serious! 

 

We've just entered our first event! Very excited / nervous as i've never driven on grass before, anyone have any advice lol!?? 

 

http://www.bdcc.org....t/grass-slalom/

 

 

[southpaw]

Ahh yes on my way home from work, were you in a VX? 

Sadly not - I'm on a vx break. Mazda 6 mps which would give you half a chance of spotting me

[Andy_VX]

Little update... My brother crashed it, fail! Looks like there was a screw in the rear offside tyre which caused a slow puncture. Went round a bend pretty quick and the tyre came off the rim, spun the car and we hit the barrier with the front and rear offside. Damaged the front and rear lights which we've replaced for about a rennet and the front and rear bumper which we're looking out for on eBay now. All cosmetic damage as the plastic bumpers absorbed all the impact as well as the mud verge. Fitted the new engine mount though and that's made it much better drives spot on now, just looks a bit battered!

[Rudy]

Mate that's not good news. Sounds like you might be pouring money into your cheap car Hope your bro is paying on the basis he drove it and crashed it so he pays

[Andy_VX]

lol yeah dan is paying for the parts! It's really cheap to repair, like I said we paid £10 for the lights which is a bargain, and seen the rear bumpers go for about £50 delivered second hand on eBay. Considering we only paid £1030 for it I don't think it owes us anything!

Edited by Andy_VX, 14 May 2014 - 10:21 PM.

[Guy182]

Only thing I found expensive running a Track clio 182 cup were the price of brake pads

 

140 for a pair of DS3000's  (discs were only 40 quid)

 

[p4cks]

Cracking little cars. I'd have another in a heartbeat...

 

[Andy_VX]

Yours looks lovely! 

 

Pretty annoyed about our Clio now! I want it tidier but my brother doesn't seem too bothered! I may have a go at spraying the bumpers myself. I've wanted to do spraying for a while now anyway so i suppose it's a good opportunity. Has anyone had much experience with spraying? I have access to a large garage where i could hang plastic sheeting but I'm not sure about the prep etc. 

[Lou_m]

My old one:

 

 

Great car

[scw02102]

I had a 172 cup and sold it after 9 months

 

never liked it, loads of problems and rattles and poor quality feeling gearbox

 

Was good on fuel though and would make a good cheap/fast/fun buy these days but I paid a fair amount with only 20k on the clock yet the exhaust rusted off (fell off) after 20k, 2 sets of shocks all round by then, rattles, turn over 3 seconds before starting, did I mention it rattled LOL and then rattled more. £500+ for the cam belt 

 

Just didn't get on with mine, 

 

 

Edited by scw02102, 17 May 2014 - 10:11 AM.

[Andy_VX]

Been busy working on the Clio this week, after the accident it needed new lights so sourced and fitted them, amazing what a difference they make to the cars appearance, and they were dirt cheap too!

 

The next problem was the leaking tyres, the wheels were in such bad condition that they leaked air, I don't think the stretched tyres were helping either so we bought some wider 205/45/R16's and got the wheels refurbished at "The Wheel Specialist" in Bournemouth. Then got the tracking set up professionally after the new track rod ends were changed. It wasn't quite right after we had a go at doing it.

 

The front number plate was all cracked so we got a new small plate for the front too. Oh and i don't like chrome so i sprayed the badge black.

 

Next job is to fit the rear engine mount bushes, we went for the uprated "Powerflex" ones. 

 

 

We found out yesterday that the grass slalom event we had booked for Sunday has now been cancelled because the field is completely waterlogged. Bit of a shame but we're probably not quite ready anyway, 

 

What do you think?

Edited by Andy_VX, 30 May 2014 - 05:51 PM.

[Andy_VX]

Wow, I fitted the powerflex bushes tonight and they've made a huge difference! Doesn't make any horrible noises under hard acceleration and it's so much easier to drive. It was really lumpy and difficult to pull away before. Money well spent!