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Bumblebee 2 featuring LY R26
- Thread starter Brigsy
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Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Cheers mate. Looking forward to it!
Just me in the r26 this year as the mrs aint coming now as not mobile enough. Its a shame the Extra aint prepped or i could have done full day in it.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
CSF done!
600 mile round trip in total. 130miles of that on track and the car performed well with hardly any issues. New brakes felt mega, and current ar1 tyres lasted the day.
Only casualty was bonnet pull failing at lunch time. My car ocd was going into overdrive worrying about fluid levels, but my pit garage mate said the bonnet is shut, not open - no problem there just send it 😅
Had a bit of faith in it, as it usually keeps the fluids in the right places, done all afternoon and drive home without opening the bonnet, dash oil level still showing max and coolant temps normal.
Got home and popped grill out and got it open in ten mins losing some skin in the process. Bonnet release cable had split at the joint under the bonnet, clipped it back together and zip tied to stop it happening again. Fluids still on max so didnt need to worry!
Passenger grill out
Latch puller
Crap 2 piece cable join
Fixed for good hopefully.
A few pics from the day.
Before bonnet latch cable fail
600 mile round trip in total. 130miles of that on track and the car performed well with hardly any issues. New brakes felt mega, and current ar1 tyres lasted the day.
Only casualty was bonnet pull failing at lunch time. My car ocd was going into overdrive worrying about fluid levels, but my pit garage mate said the bonnet is shut, not open - no problem there just send it 😅
Had a bit of faith in it, as it usually keeps the fluids in the right places, done all afternoon and drive home without opening the bonnet, dash oil level still showing max and coolant temps normal.
Got home and popped grill out and got it open in ten mins losing some skin in the process. Bonnet release cable had split at the joint under the bonnet, clipped it back together and zip tied to stop it happening again. Fluids still on max so didnt need to worry!
Passenger grill out
Latch puller
Crap 2 piece cable join
Fixed for good hopefully.
A few pics from the day.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Cheers mate. It does everything i need for a track car to be honest, fast enough, handles great. Poor mans R26R 😅
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Cheers mate. I love the sound of it for a modified stock exhaust. Just the right tone in the car not too invasive.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Updates
Quickly washed it on Friday whilst i had the gear out. Rubber marks all over it from Anglesey, i think every panel had a reminder on it
With its intended use for track/fun/fast driving, i expect a few marks but everything came off quite easy. The coat of c2v3 i give it last week definitely helped.
Also give the spare set of compomotives a clean to get the dust off and a coat of Gtechniq c5 wheel armour yesterday to help with maintenance.
Thanks for reading!!
Quickly washed it on Friday whilst i had the gear out. Rubber marks all over it from Anglesey, i think every panel had a reminder on it
With its intended use for track/fun/fast driving, i expect a few marks but everything came off quite easy. The coat of c2v3 i give it last week definitely helped.
Also give the spare set of compomotives a clean to get the dust off and a coat of Gtechniq c5 wheel armour yesterday to help with maintenance.
Thanks for reading!!
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Updates.
Had my new Ar1's fitted to the Technomagnesio alloys a couple of weeks ago. Give the wheels a mega clean as they absolutely needed it.
Cant beat fresh rubber.
Bagged up and on the wheelstand, ready for another day.
Its had plenty of use recently as a daily.
Nothing to report apart from one of the chinky spec keys i coded when i first got the car failed. Would start the car but intermittent on locking, so binned off for the other spare i coded. Normal service resumed.
Done a few bits yesterday.
Polished the headlamps whilst i had the kit out doing the kangoo. They were starting to look tatty and light output on this aint great when they are faded. No pics before take my word for it, they werent looking the best.
Polished and protected with ceracote wipe.
I had a quick look at the rear bumper trims which are faded to fcuk on this, with the aim to restore with a ceracote trim wipe. When looking closely they looked terrible, drivers side one looked like it had started to melt a little. (Could be due to hot lapping Spa last year or the sustained 150mph+ on the autobahns on the way back from the Nurburgring!?
Anyway beyond trim restorer. Note white bit looks melty.
Went on the spray paint shelf and was going to use bedliner paint, had ran out of that so it was vht black or vht wrinkle black. Vht wrinkle black was chosen as its darker.
Scotched the surface and blasted it on. Mid curing, heatgunned it to wrinkle.
Was unsure if the wrinkle finish would look ok but these were getting beyond saving so nothing to lose.
Fitted. Hard to get a good pic.
Looks ok, does not offend the eyes anymore. Not a bad result for an hour of work.
Thanks for reading!!
Had my new Ar1's fitted to the Technomagnesio alloys a couple of weeks ago. Give the wheels a mega clean as they absolutely needed it.
Cant beat fresh rubber.
Bagged up and on the wheelstand, ready for another day.
Its had plenty of use recently as a daily.
Nothing to report apart from one of the chinky spec keys i coded when i first got the car failed. Would start the car but intermittent on locking, so binned off for the other spare i coded. Normal service resumed.
Done a few bits yesterday.
Polished the headlamps whilst i had the kit out doing the kangoo. They were starting to look tatty and light output on this aint great when they are faded. No pics before take my word for it, they werent looking the best.
Polished and protected with ceracote wipe.
I had a quick look at the rear bumper trims which are faded to fcuk on this, with the aim to restore with a ceracote trim wipe. When looking closely they looked terrible, drivers side one looked like it had started to melt a little. (Could be due to hot lapping Spa last year or the sustained 150mph+ on the autobahns on the way back from the Nurburgring!?
Anyway beyond trim restorer. Note white bit looks melty.
Went on the spray paint shelf and was going to use bedliner paint, had ran out of that so it was vht black or vht wrinkle black. Vht wrinkle black was chosen as its darker.
Scotched the surface and blasted it on. Mid curing, heatgunned it to wrinkle.
Was unsure if the wrinkle finish would look ok but these were getting beyond saving so nothing to lose.
Fitted. Hard to get a good pic.
Looks ok, does not offend the eyes anymore. Not a bad result for an hour of work.
Thanks for reading!!
Speedo Gonzales
ClioSport Club Member
Part of me misses my Megane when you see them from behind. Such a cool car
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Updates
Basically done nothing to this since Anglesey apart from clean and drive, it all works so there was no real need to do much.
Renewed insurance for the year with Greenlight. Still cleans up decent and using the di vessel for rinse really makes the yellow pop.
With a Spa Francorchamps trackday coming up in the next few weeks i made an effort to get it jacked up and checked over yesterday.
Small list to do.
1. Steering rack bush on passenger side. To be fair this had developed a little bit of play before Anglesey, but time was not on my side to change it. Its pretty minor but will do it.
2. Both rear wheel bearings have developed minor play. This pains me as the discs and bearings were changed for quality snr before Anglesey and torqued to the correct spec of 220nm. It could be due to the semi slicks and extra load on the bearings, but this will be the 3rd passenger side and 2nd drivers side rear bearing swap its had in my ownership. Ive fitted tons of bearings with success so its not a technique issue, and stub axles look/measure fine.
I went a bit tighter on rear hub nut torque yesterday which took the play up to a degree but looks like ill be changing them.
Discussed this with people i trust and its apparant that the quality control on snr has slipped/bad batches. As bad as the usual chinese crap.
Apart from the above, everything else seems good. Half days work at worst for the minor jobs.
Whilst on the jack, i changed the oil for fresh valvoline synthpower 5/40 and purflux filter.
Engine bay wiped over.
Will get the above sorted in next couple of weeks.
Thanks for reading!!
Basically done nothing to this since Anglesey apart from clean and drive, it all works so there was no real need to do much.
Renewed insurance for the year with Greenlight. Still cleans up decent and using the di vessel for rinse really makes the yellow pop.
With a Spa Francorchamps trackday coming up in the next few weeks i made an effort to get it jacked up and checked over yesterday.
Small list to do.
1. Steering rack bush on passenger side. To be fair this had developed a little bit of play before Anglesey, but time was not on my side to change it. Its pretty minor but will do it.
2. Both rear wheel bearings have developed minor play. This pains me as the discs and bearings were changed for quality snr before Anglesey and torqued to the correct spec of 220nm. It could be due to the semi slicks and extra load on the bearings, but this will be the 3rd passenger side and 2nd drivers side rear bearing swap its had in my ownership. Ive fitted tons of bearings with success so its not a technique issue, and stub axles look/measure fine.
I went a bit tighter on rear hub nut torque yesterday which took the play up to a degree but looks like ill be changing them.
Discussed this with people i trust and its apparant that the quality control on snr has slipped/bad batches. As bad as the usual chinese crap.
Apart from the above, everything else seems good. Half days work at worst for the minor jobs.
Whilst on the jack, i changed the oil for fresh valvoline synthpower 5/40 and purflux filter.
Engine bay wiped over.
Will get the above sorted in next couple of weeks.
Thanks for reading!!
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Updates.
Changed the steering rack bush yesterday, easy yet fiddly to do. Its not my first go as done the one on the blue 225 several years ago.
All come apart easily. Tierod tool to remove inner.
Inner tie rod was still in great nick with no play, which is a good thing as its only done around 10 thousand miles and now £100 a side from Ren for new.
Old bush in situ.
New bush fitted. 2 person job as its a bit of a nightmare to get back in..needs a bit of persuasion. Loads of silicone grease to lube.
The bit of play in that area is now gone. Steering was a little stiff initially but a good run out lastnight sorted that out.
As that only took an hr or so replaced the rear speakers. Ive upgraded the speakers all round for pioneer custom fit, doing the front door and tweeters last week. Rears however, bit of a carry on with half rollcage fitted. Managed to pull the rear part of doorcard out, getting hand in to change them over.
Quite an improvement all round, stereo sounds decent now. Front drivers side door speaker was knackered, and rear passenger was not connected, rest had rattly cones. Its no high end system but improved to acceptable levels.
Geo to do today..i marked it up so its still pretty much there, id imagine it will need a small tweak.
Thanks for reading!!
Changed the steering rack bush yesterday, easy yet fiddly to do. Its not my first go as done the one on the blue 225 several years ago.
All come apart easily. Tierod tool to remove inner.
Inner tie rod was still in great nick with no play, which is a good thing as its only done around 10 thousand miles and now £100 a side from Ren for new.
Old bush in situ.
New bush fitted. 2 person job as its a bit of a nightmare to get back in..needs a bit of persuasion. Loads of silicone grease to lube.
The bit of play in that area is now gone. Steering was a little stiff initially but a good run out lastnight sorted that out.
As that only took an hr or so replaced the rear speakers. Ive upgraded the speakers all round for pioneer custom fit, doing the front door and tweeters last week. Rears however, bit of a carry on with half rollcage fitted. Managed to pull the rear part of doorcard out, getting hand in to change them over.
Quite an improvement all round, stereo sounds decent now. Front drivers side door speaker was knackered, and rear passenger was not connected, rest had rattly cones. Its no high end system but improved to acceptable levels.
Geo to do today..i marked it up so its still pretty much there, id imagine it will need a small tweak.
Thanks for reading!!
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Steering wheel fully to the left. Seatbelt through a spoke if your doing it solo. Screwdriver to pop ears in and pull with angled pick.
Maybe next year, I've bolted all the bits back on that side now 😂.
Speedo Gonzales
ClioSport Club Member
I did theegane one with 2 small screwdrivers, popped 2 of the prongs out and then did the other ones. Was a bit of a c**t to do
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