Recent content by Armchairracer

I'll look at getting the Exclusive back on the road after this one is sorted with Cambelt on a few months ..its been off the road since covid more or less ..

Don't blame you ...My daily is going off road for some work so I need to use it to work ..the clio is more per month than my daily , which is 35 per Yr 🤔..

Shiny New MOT on the old girl...Its been off the road for 18 months so I'm looking forward to Driving it ..🙂..Tax it next ..the most painful part ..ugh .

I own that Cup now ..prob had it over 3 yrs now ..As a matter of interest where did you get the welding done ? My rear arches are starting to rust and I need a recommend for a decent garage to sort them..I'm in Manchester 👍

Gary Burnett ..that's the lad ..And funnily enough after a quick search it appears he's back in business ..result if he is as he's a great reputation and knows his onions ..and close to me 😃👍

Unless they've reop my apologies, its not Birchdown it was the Renault specialist in Birchwood , Warrington ..can't remember the name atm ..I'll find out from the service history when I'm home from work ..

OK, thanks for pointing out the difference ..I'll order some now and use My UB externally 👍

Thanks for the replies ..what I've got is dynax UB and hydrate 80 ..so I'll take off the skirts , check them then treat the internal rust ...there's only so much you can do to it I suppose ..1 thing is certain on these models is rust on the sills 🥴

After a few yrs off the road but mainly kept under a canopy/ car port I thought I'd remove my rear door cars and check to see the rear sills ..The car underneath ( around 2018 ) was complimented by the now shut down Renault specialist "Birchdown" .as being one of the cleanest and solid Ph1...

It's Grey not cream 😁..tbf ive Competed in mine for a few yrs and thry are very supportive and the sliding isnt a problem , as the bolsters hold you firmly inmposition ..great cars

Nooooo..

A shiney new MOT for the Cup ..initially it failed due to no brake lights...🤔..Upon investigation it turns out that the brakes were wired to the clutch ..2 mins job sorted ..😆goodness knows who's had their mitts on them ..luckily I've not done many miles in it since I bought it last year ..so...

Original Renault Turinis on .( only a rattle can job for now as don't want to spend a few hundred pounds refurbing them only to damage them on Track ) ..I might get them done later in the year ..

Turinis ( ET 40) with ditch finders taken off

Bought an original jack set off Ebay as it didn't have one ..an original Radio/cd to replace a Bluetooth radio player that was in it ..( I've got loads of cd's so the original will be more use to me than a Bluetooth player ) , replaced the Drivers side lock to one that actually works ( 2...