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White Clio 1.2 @ 172
As a 1.2 it was costing £500 to insure, as a 172 it costs £1000 to insure per year. I'm 22 have 3 points, no no-claims bonus and live in a category F postcode. I'm changing it to be registered @ my mums which is a Cat B area though and storing it there as it lowers the insurance to approx £650py (I live in a high risk area)
R5 GTT EFI Clio.
Sorry but i feel like you have ruined that car, but i apreachiate the work gone into it, Well done 
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Update Time
Sorry, It's been a while but the bodyshop has taken 3 months to get there act together and deliver the car to my house. They still haven't finished the front bumper, the engine cover or the mirrors but I needed the car back to get working on it.
Turns out the people in the bodyshop haven't got a clue about mechanics and have had the car sitting on a jack for 3 months Jacked @ the gearbox linkage not the subframe *FACEPALM*
I'm very annoyed to say the least because of this I've got a soggy box which is stuck in 3rd gear so it looks like the engine is coming out AGAIN! To Add insult to injury I had a really high paying job and was paying a mechanic to finish the car who has done next to nothing, all the bolts are loose in the engine bay etc now that I've been laid off and just doing some freelance work I've got enough time on my hands to do the car myself.
So The car arrived back at mine approx 1 week ago.
We got it back to mine and took the fence down on my garden and lobbed it in the garden and began the long and arduous task of repairing and finishing the car.
took all the parts out of the car and put them in their temporary home inside the house
Began fitting the interior again. Don't let anyone tell u this conversion is easy. If it's not the fact the seatbelts don't fit it's the courtesy light unit not working or the new Air con/Fan unit housing not having a whole in the bulkhead. Don't get me wrong 99% is plug and pray but the other 1% is make it fit or do without.
whilst I was fitting the interior we took the oppurtunity to run the AV Cables to the various cameras/monitors and supply a power line as well. So cabling runs to headlining on both sides from 2 AV sources. 3 AV sources and power to each of the front seats. 2 AV Sources to the dash where the main screen is AV+power to each door for the cameras and AV/Power to the front of the car where the other camera is located.
In total we went through 1/2mile of cabling but it's all in now.
We moved on to cut out some acryillic for where the headunit used to be to cover this area up which will house the switches for the PC, Emergeny lights switch, Lock/Unlock Switch, PC HDD Activity LED etc. The 7" touchscreen slightly overlaps the area where the switches used to be so I had to relocate. I'll get some pictures of this area later when it's finished.
We welded some rods in to hold the batterys down with as you can see the area isn't complete but we needed to get power to the engine bay so had to get it in as fast as possible.
These are all the AV cables coming in to the boot :/ What a nightmare
in the back of the avove photo u can see the VGA cable the RCA cables, USB cable and something called an IPAC intresting little device operates via USB and plugs into your PC. You then put wiring into it and wire it into switches, the switches emulate keypresses on your PC so you can then bind it to a frontend, for example if i ran Xbox Media Centre on a Linux machine in the boot I could bind a switch to CTRL & + which i could bind in XBMC to be Volume Up, you get the idea, esentially you could take the renault remote and map it to control the pc from the steering wheel, this is the intention anyway XD
So I got my breadboard and my PIC for controlling the popper on the car, this little thing deals with everything to do with the locking and opening of the car, its quite simple but basically no matter what happens if the door popper jams, the battery runs flat w/e happens there is a way in the car using this little clever thing a battery backup under the front powers a circuit which forces the window to go down in the event of a flat battery
SMD's to do my clocks
Checking my soldering.
Seems I messed up on this one but it's all fixed now
So the plan:
Drop the engine out and remove the shafts, gearbox and clutch find out the issue with the gearbox and either replace or salvage it. put the engine back in the car and get the car off to the MOT testing station
I'll be updating more frequently as progress is very quick at the moment, depending on how long the bodyshop take to finish the front bumper and mirrors I should have this baby on the road in the next few weeks :approve:
Very excited 2 year project coming 2gether
Sorry, It's been a while but the bodyshop has taken 3 months to get there act together and deliver the car to my house. They still haven't finished the front bumper, the engine cover or the mirrors but I needed the car back to get working on it.
Turns out the people in the bodyshop haven't got a clue about mechanics and have had the car sitting on a jack for 3 months Jacked @ the gearbox linkage not the subframe *FACEPALM*
I'm very annoyed to say the least because of this I've got a soggy box which is stuck in 3rd gear so it looks like the engine is coming out AGAIN! To Add insult to injury I had a really high paying job and was paying a mechanic to finish the car who has done next to nothing, all the bolts are loose in the engine bay etc now that I've been laid off and just doing some freelance work I've got enough time on my hands to do the car myself.
So The car arrived back at mine approx 1 week ago.
We got it back to mine and took the fence down on my garden and lobbed it in the garden and began the long and arduous task of repairing and finishing the car.
took all the parts out of the car and put them in their temporary home inside the house
Began fitting the interior again. Don't let anyone tell u this conversion is easy. If it's not the fact the seatbelts don't fit it's the courtesy light unit not working or the new Air con/Fan unit housing not having a whole in the bulkhead. Don't get me wrong 99% is plug and pray but the other 1% is make it fit or do without.
whilst I was fitting the interior we took the oppurtunity to run the AV Cables to the various cameras/monitors and supply a power line as well. So cabling runs to headlining on both sides from 2 AV sources. 3 AV sources and power to each of the front seats. 2 AV Sources to the dash where the main screen is AV+power to each door for the cameras and AV/Power to the front of the car where the other camera is located.
In total we went through 1/2mile of cabling but it's all in now.
We moved on to cut out some acryillic for where the headunit used to be to cover this area up which will house the switches for the PC, Emergeny lights switch, Lock/Unlock Switch, PC HDD Activity LED etc. The 7" touchscreen slightly overlaps the area where the switches used to be so I had to relocate. I'll get some pictures of this area later when it's finished.
We welded some rods in to hold the batterys down with as you can see the area isn't complete but we needed to get power to the engine bay so had to get it in as fast as possible.
These are all the AV cables coming in to the boot :/ What a nightmare
in the back of the avove photo u can see the VGA cable the RCA cables, USB cable and something called an IPAC
intresting little device operates via USB and plugs into your PC. You then put wiring into it and wire it into switches, the switches emulate keypresses on your PC so you can then bind it to a frontend, for example if i ran Xbox Media Centre on a Linux machine in the boot I could bind a switch to CTRL & + which i could bind in XBMC to be Volume Up, you get the idea, esentially you could take the renault remote and map it to control the pc from the steering wheel, this is the intention anyway XD
So I got my breadboard and my PIC for controlling the popper on the car, this little thing deals with everything to do with the locking and opening of the car, its quite simple but basically no matter what happens if the door popper jams, the battery runs flat w/e happens there is a way in the car using this little clever thing a battery backup under the front powers a circuit which forces the window to go down in the event of a flat battery
SMD's to do my clocks
Checking my soldering.
Seems I messed up on this one but it's all fixed now
So the plan:
Drop the engine out and remove the shafts, gearbox and clutch find out the issue with the gearbox and either replace or salvage it. put the engine back in the car and get the car off to the MOT testing station
I'll be updating more frequently as progress is very quick at the moment, depending on how long the bodyshop take to finish the front bumper and mirrors I should have this baby on the road in the next few weeks :approve:
Very excited 2 year project coming 2gether
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Parkside Garages, Walker. Work is done by a guy who works out of there but isn't part of Parkside don't get me wrong he has done a hell of a lot for the money I paid him £1250. But it's taken 18months. 17month's longer than he said it would take and has cost me a gearbox.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Update:
Finally got the facia for my clocks back and fitted that back up again to match the freshly changed Clocks.
Trial fitting the dashboard back together to see if it all fits/works;
Excuse the messy wiring everwhere, obviously im still finishing things up, just test fitting this stuff.
Well hope you like the mini update.
Things getting done soon;
Probably lots more but can't remeber it all now :rasp:
Finally got the facia for my clocks back and fitted that back up again to match the freshly changed Clocks.
Trial fitting the dashboard back together to see if it all fits/works;
Excuse the messy wiring everwhere, obviously im still finishing things up, just test fitting this stuff.
Well hope you like the mini update.
Things getting done soon;
- New Gearbox
- Passenger Seat restitched
- New Touchpanel for the screen (slight accident with first one)
- IPAC Wired up (So I can control the PC via the renault remote on the steering wheel)
- Sony Rotary RMX4S (Control the head unit via this)
- Front bumper arriving fully complete
- Purchasing my brothers Private Registration plate and having the plates made to fit the recess on the ph2 bumper.
- Handbrake Lever off a Clio 172.
- Boot install Finished
- Mirror Polished Plenum
- Samco coolant hoses in white.
- Dashboard redone so the screen is a better fit.
- Custom Acryillic panel (finished in Carbon Fibre) from the void between the screen to the climate control panel.
Probably lots more but can't remeber it all now :rasp:
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
how would you have it?
B/G 182 + PH1 Track
Why didnt you remove the engine before it was painted.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
engine was in and working fine, stupid bodyshop mashed my gearbox by jacking it from the gear selector whilst in third so has to be taken out again and replaced :/
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Impressed with the quality of work, not a huge fan of the exterior but if you like it.
Pic of you playing WoW on the monitor ?
I've lost the photo
My HDD's Controller board burnt up and I need to replace it.I'll take a new photo as soon as i get the screen all hooked together!
The Cleee-O
Woah! A lot of time and money have gone into this, so well done mate. I think the new front bumper with the grill bit filled it will look sweet on the front! Fair play for having the patience to do it as well, I reckon it'll look pretty sweet when it's all done. Can't wait to see it all done. . Keep up the good work.
Fair play for having the patience to do it as well, I reckon it'll look pretty sweet when it's all done. Can't wait to see it all done. . Keep up the good work.
172 ph2
alora work, not kean on the body kit but other than that well done
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
Looks good inside mate, but why are you missing a rev needle??
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Cause the clocks aint 100% done, neither is the dash. I just wanted to fit to see what its like. Dash is off to bodyshop again as it has a crack near the join of the screen.
stevo172-RWD
ClioSport Club Member
clio 172 rwd
cant wait to see this finished mate.
BMW M4; S1000 RR
More pictures please
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Cheers mate.
This car i believe when finished could look really well! That dash looks awesome
Thank you very much
More pictures please
Coming soon
Ok so to be honest I've neglected the thread a bit recently, But It's going to be getting back on track by tomorrow expect some more updates
.I've been laid off from work for a few months now as a website designer and that gave me a chance to mock up a quick layout for the website for this car.
http://www.whiteclio.co.uk I haven't finished processing a lot of the photos of doing correct colour correction I just ran through an auto correction macro which fucked a lot of them up so when I get some time I'll correct them
Lastly my farther was kind enough to plough some money in to the car, he's basically sick of me not being on the road and being able to go from Newcastle to Edinburgh to visit him every once in a while so it was a lovely suprise for him to buy me an Engine crane today
.This means that the engine and gearbox are coming out tomorrow to see the damage. On that note I made a visit to the bodyshop and asked the guy to hurry up with the mirrors/front bumper.
We've been debating the camera/mirror situation for a while now. Basically I wanted some M3 Mirrors with cameras flushed into the opening to basically act like a second mirror. My brother came up with a great sudgestion to mount the cameras behind the glass and get a 2 way mirror cut to the same shape so u can't physically see the camera behind the glass but it can see outwards. After much debate this is the most prefferable method and so wer're going to go with this.
I'm looking at a deadline of 2-4weeks to get the car roadworth and back on the roads but not completed!
Updates coming tomorrow
Black Gold Trophy
The car looks like it's starting to take the right direction, but I still think the sideskirts look out of place.
The idea of a ph2 bumper is cool, but I think it will either be a ballache to get it to fit properly or it wont fit properly at all. I'd maybe consider modifying a ph1 front bumper to accomodate ph2 grille and fog surrounds etc
The idea of a ph2 bumper is cool, but I think it will either be a ballache to get it to fit properly or it wont fit properly at all. I'd maybe consider modifying a ph1 front bumper to accomodate ph2 grille and fog surrounds etc
Clio 3 DCI 103FAP
I recommend to do complete Phase II Front. So you have original HID an the best look imho.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Engine has had to come out again to repair the box that the bodyshop knacked.
Not really got much to report just working on getting all the small things finished.
The car will look 1000x better once I've got my black alloys and the engines sitting back in it, so it doesn't look like it's on stilts. Obviously it looks a bit funny with no bonnet on it. but don't be 2 quick 2 judge
