An update on the 172 Cup restoration

[@elliotbowles1300]

Hi Chris, your content is always super clear and clean. Please keep it up! What cars do your friends have you'll cover? Looking forward to that

[@lnweth]

Definitely carry on, always good stuff!

[@mrt1392]

Thanks for another video, glad to see you getting back into the video side of things. You're making me miss my old Renault's so I'll blame you if I buy another 😂

[@SFJCreative]

Looks great Chris, watched your rear beam video yesterday as research! Would like to get mine to a similar state soon

[@beijingbond]

Get a 'Snappy' refurb wheel. You can choose your own material and colours.

[@css172]

That's for the standard wheel which is huge. I think Chris is wanting a smaller aftermarket steering wheel - around 330mm is perfect.

[@jackiechan8840]

@@beijingbond Great value too.

[@gorsair7458]

With the 10mm pms front spacer. Does the wheel still locate itself on the hub protrusion? (E.g. the wheel is able to be centralised to the hub without bolts).

[@ChristopherGower]

Yes it still centralises which is why I tend to run them. I’d still use a stud and nut conversion kit personally, but you can get longer OEM bolts. I’m going to take these off for track days though. I’m getting mega arch scrubbing at the front

[@gorsair7458]

@ChristopherGower ah, thanks for the response. You had the same setup with your turbo 172. But that had Brembo 4pots. You experience scrubbing then?

[@beijingbond]

I nearly bought this back in November/December. I just missed out but I have a Cup now which needs a bit of work. However, it's putting out 168.2 bhp after a tune at EFI last week.

[@css172]

You don't need to clean your car before every video - the camera hides a lot of things (film from a distance) Lovely Cup - defo get a stainless stealth exhaust and have a look at that top mount. Looking forward to see what your mates cars are. Video production is fine for youtube but I understand the feeling of trying to keep the quality level really high.

[@mrmarrow8918]

Hi Chris, car look lovely! You’re back on your roof top?! Did you film just north of St Ives?

[@ChristopherGower]

Thank you! Haha I am indeed. I tried a few spots to film this, but got moved on. This is about the only place you can film in peace. This is filmed in East Sussex where I am based

[@jackiechan8840]

My 182ff top mounts have about 10mm gap both sides. Old style nuts with cup dampers and cooksport springs. Wish i had lowered a bit less really. There's definitely something wrong there.

[@ChristopherGower]

Cheers, I will take a look into it and fix it in the next video. I’ve got a few pre-track day bits to sort, so I may as well film it

[@jackiechan8840]

@@ChristopherGower I replaced top mounts with new febi ones and tried using the revised 1 piece nut, and it actually made the gap even larger. About 12mm. So I've stuck with original spacer and slim nut. I wonder if trophy cars top mounts are just as bad? Definitely feels a bit sloppy going over rough ground.

[@brenrowe2042]

Good vid