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SharkyUK
ClioSport Club Member
Great write-up Dan 
It would probably be quicker for you to drive over to my place and upload on my broadband than waiting on yours! LOL!
It would probably be quicker for you to drive over to my place and upload on my broadband than waiting on yours! LOL!
Did think of doing the 2 full sized side by side split.... but the rear view footage is so ropey it only suits the small screen [emoji5]
Cheers. Ha ha! Probably would. Few weeks and I'll have fibre [emoji106]Great write-up Dan
It would probably be quicker for you to drive over to my place and upload on my broadband than waiting on yours! LOL!
Shame you couldn't make it buddy.
The morning after CSS.
Here are the aforementioned machinery that turned up for the following days track time. Seriously varied and cool cars.
Radical was very cool, but terrible! Took corners slower than the track/race prepped Integra, actually most car a were cornering as fast as it! Clutch was slipping like mad and was just revving and going nowhere! Lol
The 550hp celica
Gorgeous escort with "liable to go sideways at any time" sticker in back window.
Beastly tdi powered bug
Best one IMO. Home build crx. 4 years in making. 420hp supercharged 4.2 v8 Audi engine in rear. All gorgeous, tidy, meticulous interior. Amazing suspension fabrication. Superb welding. Its some piece of.work!
Amazing work.
Few serious evos with big power too.
Especially enjoyed seeing a seemingly standard mx5 bullying an Audi r8 out of its way on track! Lol [emoji5] [emoji106]
Here are the aforementioned machinery that turned up for the following days track time. Seriously varied and cool cars.
Radical was very cool, but terrible! Took corners slower than the track/race prepped Integra, actually most car a were cornering as fast as it! Clutch was slipping like mad and was just revving and going nowhere! Lol
The 550hp celica
Gorgeous escort with "liable to go sideways at any time" sticker in back window.
Beastly tdi powered bug
Best one IMO. Home build crx. 4 years in making. 420hp supercharged 4.2 v8 Audi engine in rear. All gorgeous, tidy, meticulous interior. Amazing suspension fabrication. Superb welding. Its some piece of.work!
Amazing work.
Few serious evos with big power too.
Especially enjoyed seeing a seemingly standard mx5 bullying an Audi r8 out of its way on track! Lol [emoji5] [emoji106]
Yeah. I remember you buddy. Got the ly 200t [emoji5]
Thanks. Yeah. I'm really pleased with how vids come out. Exhaust sound a great. Rasptastic [emoji41] [emoji106]
Thanks to @jaswalker24 for some great shots of the car!
Superb! [emoji41]
Superb! [emoji41]
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Cheers mate. Yeah. They look so good, it's shame there weren't more made!
Didn't get the car finished this weekend as hoped. Ran out of time unfortunately. :-(
Completed whole front end and drivers side rear:: shocks, springs, top mounts, spacers, discs, pads, hoses.
Rear passenger old discs, pads are off and spacers fitted and springs in.
All hard work done now, the stubborn bolts etc have been removed.
Just need to fit the rear passenger new discs and pads, shocker, check the caliper over and fit the braided hoses in center section for rears.
Have left the car in my dad's garage and he's going to finish the last corner off for me :wink:
One of the ends of hand brake cable had started to fray slightly so he's also changing rear cables too.
Will just have to flush new fluid through with him when I collect the car next weekend. Not many pics were taken 😧 will try and take more next weekend though.
Top mount assembly
Discs, pads, shocks, lines, springs and spacers fitted.
One of the top mounts had begun to perish and the one rear wheel bearing was totally shot and grumbling. So a job worth doing.
Hi; Bit behind it on your thread but thinking about top mounts. What type are these? With eibach pro's and cup shocks? How do you find the set-up?
Cheers
Hi. Their comp brake top.mounts. circa 130.
I use cup shocks and cooksport springs.
Brilliant setup! [emoji106] [emoji41]
Cheers Dan, I have just had eibach pros and cup shocks fitted after polybushing rear axle, top shock mount, front wishbone and arb so thinking of solid mounts next. See how the rest handles first then decide I guess. Certainly look a look better. Any reliability issues yet? or bad vibrations though I would expect it just to force the load onto the shock and spring better. 106 delivered on Kamracing just now!
How did you find the fitting? Anyway it can go wrong in terms of camber etc.?
Thanks,
callum
Sounds good!
They do make it a tad crashy when hitting rough spots in road. As you can imagine, it's solid steel rather than rubber.
But worth it for the turn in and sharper feel I think.
As long as you centralize the mount when drilling (3 holes per turret) the castor should be fine. Had mine Hunter aligned and their spot on.
Had them fitted for 25~30 odd K miles now. No issues. Not sure what mileage their recommend though. I may need to check this out actually. I'll renew shocks and mounts together. [emoji106]
Pushed the setup hard at blyton park and it handled everything I threw at it so well. [emoji5]
Had to revert to my standard alloys now. Really don't like the look of the car on 182 wheels. Looks soft [emoji20]
F1s gave it a much harder look.
The ns2r tyres though are just too dodgy in the wet!
Never been fussed on the track stickers I fitted. They were large and ugly.
So went back to the guy and asked if we could 're do them. Wanted to try yellow too. So got a set of blyton and llandow in white and yellow.
Guys spot on and did lots of spares for me and another track which I didn't ask for this time. All for 13.50
Much happier with them now:
These are the leftovers! Lol
The Clio will be embarking on a trip to peterhead in northern Scotland, 500 miles!, as I'll be working on a job there for a few weeks.
So will take the opportunity to explore cairngorns etc while I'm in the area!
F1s gave it a much harder look.
The ns2r tyres though are just too dodgy in the wet!
Never been fussed on the track stickers I fitted. They were large and ugly.
So went back to the guy and asked if we could 're do them. Wanted to try yellow too. So got a set of blyton and llandow in white and yellow.
Guys spot on and did lots of spares for me and another track which I didn't ask for this time. All for 13.50
Much happier with them now:
These are the leftovers! Lol
The Clio will be embarking on a trip to peterhead in northern Scotland, 500 miles!, as I'll be working on a job there for a few weeks.
So will take the opportunity to explore cairngorns etc while I'm in the area!
SharkyUK
ClioSport Club Member
Some amazing roads up there in Scotland mate... I'm sure you'll enjoy them. Weather permitting!
Yeah. Need to look into possible routes to peterhead which incorporate few decent roads without going too far off track!
As I need to get there for work, can't spend too long prancing about the mountains [emoji4] [emoji106]
Random pic.
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They were great at blyton. I have the 180 wear rate, think that's the hard compound. Still very soft though! Big chunks of rubber gathered around tyre edge like a bobbly edge, and chunks stuck to alloys. Lol.
They wore well and handled great. Felt great! Gave lots of confidence. Definitely recommend them.
Untill the rain came, lol.... They are not safe in wet. Extremely greasy!
I found they were dodgy on the road too in rain. So I've had to fit my standard alloys now which have the road tyres fitted.
My toyo r1r were better on road in the rain, but never tried those on track.
Thruxton would be a great drive! [emoji41] [emoji106] Have fun!
Thanks mate!
I've also gone for the slightly harder compound too got them at a bargain price through work.
I really need to get another set of wheels but I can just change tyres at work anyway. My road tyres are Michelin pilot sport 3's which are awesome but really showed their limits out on track!
Yeah. Their seriously dodgy on standing water and would definitely get a spare set of wheels.
Was slipping about even at lower speeds on track when shower came.
Brilliant on roads when it's dry though. [emoji41]
Yeah even good road tyres show themselves up on track. My 1st track day was on road tyres and it was terrible. Front tyres were destroyed too.
Random pic of the car when I landed in Scotland for work.... had to park here and looked an ideal photo op [emoji4]
Link to a thread of my drive around Scotland's finest roads to follow soon
Link to a thread of my drive around Scotland's finest roads to follow soon
Cheers bud. [emoji41]I dream to have a yellow one ! Stunning car you have congrats
GreG
Yeah.
It is nice to own such an epic coloured one, makes owning a great car even greater! Get lots of nods, waves, thumbs up etc
Scotland road trip thread is live! Its a long read though. http://www.cliosport.net/index.php?threads/780771/
Scottish circular of Cairngorns finest. Pic heavy and long winded!
Scottish circular of Cairngorns finest. Pic heavy and long winded!
Cheers. Yeah. I used vht paint... looked awful!
Did it again in a standard rover graphite grey I think it was?
Much better. Thanks though.
After giving the S3 a major going over with the DA polish session..... Can't leave the Clio out!
So today gave it a thorough clean, iron out, de tar (and emulsion paint spots [emoji20]) and a clay jobbie. Buffed off and parked in garage ready for a polishing tomorrow.
As I DA polished it about 12 months ago....., I'll probably only use the finishing stage polish. Just to give it a light buffing.... then few coats of glaze, tough coat and a wax. [emoji41] [emoji106]
So today gave it a thorough clean, iron out, de tar (and emulsion paint spots [emoji20]) and a clay jobbie. Buffed off and parked in garage ready for a polishing tomorrow.
As I DA polished it about 12 months ago....., I'll probably only use the finishing stage polish. Just to give it a light buffing.... then few coats of glaze, tough coat and a wax. [emoji41] [emoji106]
Finished the car today.
As the car had a major machine polish around a year ago, I only did 1 good going over with finishing polish, and white hex pad.
2 coats ultra glaze.
2 coats tough coat.
1 coat Pete's 53 wax.
Headlights were starting to haze a bit again so did them with 3 passes of heavy grade polish, 2 passes of medium and 2 passes of fine polish. Really come up well again! [emoji41]
Before
After
No decent pics yet though. Will try and grab a few en route to work tomorrow.
Also used heavy cut polish on rear window, as the wiper blades scratched the glass. So did quite a few passes over that and it's massively improved it.
Treated tyres and plastics etc as usual too. Its looking rather lovely! Especially considering its 10 years old and 85k on clock. [emoji4]
As the car had a major machine polish around a year ago, I only did 1 good going over with finishing polish, and white hex pad.
2 coats ultra glaze.
2 coats tough coat.
1 coat Pete's 53 wax.
Headlights were starting to haze a bit again so did them with 3 passes of heavy grade polish, 2 passes of medium and 2 passes of fine polish. Really come up well again! [emoji41]
Before
After
No decent pics yet though. Will try and grab a few en route to work tomorrow.
Also used heavy cut polish on rear window, as the wiper blades scratched the glass. So did quite a few passes over that and it's massively improved it.
Treated tyres and plastics etc as usual too. Its looking rather lovely! Especially considering its 10 years old and 85k on clock. [emoji4]
Mate, penmouth: That looks chuffing beautiful in the sun!
penmouth: That looks chuffing beautiful in the sun!Ha ha. Cheers. Its looking lovely!Mate,
The 2 cars on drive look ultra glossy! Loves it! [emoji41]
Sad thing is, I'm battling in my head on whether to sell the Clio or not..... I'm torn.
Cleaning it like that really makes me want to keep it though! [emoji4]
You can't sell it....
Go take it for a hoon around the mountains, park up..step back.
Your head will soon clear up and realise you're talking silly b****cks. 😂
Go take it for a hoon around the mountains, park up..step back.
Your head will soon clear up and realise you're talking silly b****cks. 😂
Yeah. Your probably right!
Just feel bad clocking serious miles up on such a nice car. But then on same hand it's great to be in a great car that's not boring.
I don't know. Confused!
There's nothing to be confused about. Your car is to good to sell. Fact.
IF your still confused....you need to come for a hoon.
Ha ha.
On the hoon front..... may be coming on more now as it's looking like I might be quitting with Murphys, so no more working away!
Doing a trial run this week on a job (in coleford), start tomorrow. So see how it goes.
So will be nice to be working at home, and not Scotland etc. But..... I'll now be self employed and also taking home half the money I take normally!! [emoji20] [emoji20] [emoji20]
Yeah. Definitely be up for a few runs!
In the Clio or whatever I'll be driving (probably the Clio [emoji4]) !
Maybe the Audi will make an appearance on one.
Yeah. Dano 182 looks nice. [emoji106]
Can see your cup then too. It looks a beauty. [emoji41]
