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Good news it opened this morning in the warmer weather, I think the cable has stretched to its limits so it’s something to fix/ adjust, but at lease I can fix the trickle charger now. :)

Hi both the inside lever goes all the way up, without popping the bonnet, I’m going to have another go when I have someone to hold it up while I bounce the bonnet, it’s going to be a right pain if it doesn’t budge

Hi all, my bonnet release has just broken, so can’t open the bonnet, anyone got any tips how I can get round that?

Still got mine from new :)

That would be a lot of fun for the money

Still struggling to locate this wiper linkage, lost a week dealing with a place that said they had it, paid, nothing came, refund, please drop my a message with any suggestions.

He said he’d been putting it right for a while, soon to come up for sale

I did notice in his stock he’s also got a 172 that’s sitting on trophy wheels, they must be hard to get now I’d have thought

https://www.cedarmotors.co.uk/cars/renault/clio/renaultsport/524594/ I was speaking to the garage owner yesterday (sourcing a part) he was saying he’d spent a few thousand on it, also has a spider. It’s where I got mine from

Wiper linkage broken, it’s getting harder to find parts to keep our pride and joys running, as this is common to all Clio’s of this age it didn’t occur to me it would be this hard to find, any tips or leads welcome

I voted (you can also vote more than once!) i thought the list was missing a lancia delta.

I use my trophy as my daily driver

Really enjoying the Clio as it clocked 100,000 miles, new bushes, spark plugs and its yearly oil change. I’ve had it from new and still love it’s zest for life on the country lanes near me. :)

I just thought I’d update this thread as it’s not gone as smoothly as I hoped. I had fitted a pair of new lower wishbones (ktech racing ones) they come with the bushes fitted. But the garage says they are incorrect and they have altered the tracking too much to be the correct part for the car...

Hi good idea, was that the 23mm or 25mm option your showing?

Thanks for that info I will check them out. Ta

Hi all I’m in the process of freshening up the suspension with new lower wishbones and bushes, I’ve just noticed powerflex offer inner anti roll bar bushes in 23mm and 25mm to fit 172/182 Clio’s anyone know what the trophy needs?

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonheads/legende/44472?utm_campaign=enews%2520bulletin&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Newsletter%20Send%20Smart%20List a new restomo

I had a ivory white RB5 back in the day, a guy at work had the 205 but the RB5 always had the edge if only for the yellow fog lights! I also had the little diahatsu GTTi with the 3 cylinder turbo engine, sounded great, very under rated car.

One of the few cars recently that got me doing the man maths required, that not working out plan B is swapping the wife’s Abarth for one :)

#043 - 50,007 #125 - 121,800 #138 - 77,049 #156 - 96,826 #189 - 147,689 #256 - 117,898 (RIP) #329 - 45,295 (OFN) #349 - 87,817 #356 - 63,200 (OFN) #368 - 70,080 #369 - 88,000 #407 - 97,515 #429 - 40,400 #430 - 48,182 (OFN) #455 - 71,888 #438 - 49,100 added 156, still with its first owner

Picked up a £9.99 dent removal kit from TK Max today, absolutely brilliant had a couple of carpark dints, so satisfying, my new favourite tool!

I’d be interested in these, (pending me getting a new job!)

Fixed, it was a collar between the gearbox and driveshaft, two hours labour, well happy with that

For the first time ever, the Clio has broken down, I think it’s either a driveshaft or clutch. It wouldn’t let me start it in gear so guessing driveshaft, not good timing by the trophy as I lost my job last month!

I went the Mark Fish springs after breaking the original fitted one, the car is lower by approx 10mm on the front, I like the new set up it’s still very much in character to the car, very lively and maybe a bit more mobile at the back under hard breaking etc.

I had a 5GT, but changed from a 172 cup to the trophy, I suspect a lot of us have driven similar cars :)

im an original owner too

I really enjoyed reading this thread (I couldn't contribute as my Trophy is still the most powerful car I've owned) Ive owned it since new had numerous opportunities to 'upgrade' but decided to keep it as a second car, for me its perfect power to weight to dimension to grip has always been spot...

not harsh teeth falling out, compliant and on its toes, it seems to exaggerate the angle that the front is lower by compared to the back as well