Low mileage 1.2 8v

[Wee_Billy_92]

The mot is due on the current daily runabout and to be honest I have no faith in it passing what so ever.

After browsing Gumtree, Facebook and auto trader for about a week solid i eventually come across this!

1.2 8v authentique its basic as hell but no leaky sunroof to worry about .

So it has absolutely no luxuries what so ever not even rear speakers. Even a cheapy looking carpet roof liner but i see that as less things to go wrong. And with mileage like that it was hard to walk away from.

All for the price of £625

Today I went and given the car a good once over with the machine polisher and got rid of the stickers in the back window to tidy it up a bit also as mentioned fitted over a spoiler i had from previous cars.

Given the engine bay a well needed clean as well.

I do have a few subtle plans for the car just to give it a good tidy up and also add a couple of things from higher spec models.

 

[YorkshireKyle]

That's the first Clio I've seen without a dash clock

f**k me that really is basic

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

That's the first Clio I've seen without a dash clock

f**k me that really is basic

Same here, I'v never seen that dash style before in my life

 

[Martin_172]

Great buy, next to nothing to go wrong! - even cable throttle!

I run about in a ph1 with the same engine, terrifying trying to join the motorway from a short slip road

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

Great buy, next to nothing to go wrong! - even cable throttle!

I run about in a ph1 with the same engine, terrifying trying to join the motorway from a short slip road

I realised that shortly after buying the car was going for overtakes as if I was in the 182 and yeah... Overtakes and sliproads take ages to get upto speed

 

[OssPoop]

It'll get going well enough, you just need to keep it floored until both hp are awake. I hope your oil filter isn't too tight, mine was a tw@ to get off!

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

It'll get going well enough, you just need to keep it floored until both hp are awake. I hope your oil filter isn't too tight, mine was a tw@ to get off!
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Ohh no hopefully i dont have that issue. i will probably give it a quick oil change in the next couple of days or so.

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

So just a few subtle tidy ups.

Spare sport front grill fitted

Dynamique spoiler

Silver interior trim pieces

And a brighter boot light.

Was going to swap over the glovebox boot light but.... It doesnt have one and the wiring isnt there either poverty spec!

Next will probably be swap all the interior over for black plastics and sports seats as the cream is just not for me. Personally i think its rank

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

Well thats a sport interior acquired and fitted this weekend.

Goodbye Grandad spec cream interior, wasn't my cup of tea at all, Guaranteed if i parked outside the bingo with classic fm playing some 60 year old would be creaming all over the cream spec shedder but as tempting as that sounds I settled for the sport interior.

All the pillar plastics and door trims etc have all been changed to black as well. (Not bothered doing the lower dash as thats more bother than its worth)

Also acquired a full sport bodykit as well but ill get pics of that later. Its mostly all in Monaco so not to far off from oddysse.

The car will be getting a full wrap at somepoint anyway. The bodywork may be in great condition but the previous owner must have washed the car with a brillo pad and a wire brush

 

[Daniel]

For the sake of 1-2 hours work, I’d be tempted to paint the lower half of the dash, dark grey.

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

For the sake of 1-2 hours work, I’d be tempted to paint the lower half of the dash, dark grey.

I may do it at a later date but its just effort

 

[SKINTasPER]

That's the first Clio I've seen without a dash clock

f**k me that really is basic

You need to get out more

 

[SKINTasPER]

For the sake of 1-2 hours work, I’d be tempted to paint the lower half of the dash, dark grey.

Paint? I'd just swap it rather than mess with paint imo

 

[Martin_172]

Paint? I'd just swap it rather than mess with paint imo

bit extreme taking the entire dash out for a colour change lol

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

Done a bit of digging around in the shed. I knew i had some somewhere, 60mm lowering springs to be fitter now

And today this come in the post A new bacl box for the done on a budget daily

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

So since being off work with covid. Boredum got to me

So out to the shed and set about fitting all the sport kit bits i had accumulated at the end of last year.

The rear bumper and driver side skirt are mondial blue so stick out like a sore thumb but the car will be wrapped soon once the weathers better.

Thats all for now

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

Soooooo.... Change of plans all together.

The little 1.2 8v now looks like this.

Yes back to standard and also it is now gone. I know it was a good little shell and all that but it was far too bloody boring to drive. No power what so ever and so basic i felt like it near put me to sleep everytime i went for a drive in it.


So saturday i purchased this....

A little black Dci 100 it has a few wee problems that require attention but I'll soon have it tidied up

The list of things to do are as follows.

Passenger side window regulator
Sunroof has been sealed shut
very strange clock issue. Every hour is a second
service and discs and pads for piece of mind
needs a rear renault diamond
attend to some rusting on the rear arches

Apart from that it seems to be a decent little runner. Ill probably do things to my own taste to tart it up a bit.

So now this is project dci100

 

[YorkshireKyle]

Love me a dCi

The click issue is just the click is fucked, when I replaced mine it sorted it, proper annoying though when it just started flicking away

 

[Wee_Billy_92]

Love me a dCi

The click issue is just the click is fucked, when I replaced mine it sorted it, proper annoying though when it just started flicking away

Well thats a relief I have a spare clock so that will solve that issue . I never noticed when i bought it but took it for a drive there and was like "well thats, not right "

 

[PP200t]

Well thats a relief I have a spare clock so that will solve that issue . I never noticed when i bought it but took it for a drive there and was like "well thats, not right "

See that’s why the odyssey blue was a good keeper, no clock to worry about!
like the dci and look forward to seeing what you do with it! Some 172 wheels would look good.