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The Clio finally got some love today and my mate came over to weld in the front half of the cage, so now I've got that fully fitted and ready for the rebuild. Just needs the dash bar and dash trimming. And the wiring sorted. And the fire extinguisher plumbed in. And the bonnet and boot pins...

s**t picture because we have "AI" cameras in the vans that shout at you for blinking for too long. But it's a super rare FK1 Mugen Type R. I assume the stripe makes it a Mugen Type R anyway...

I have a gravel driveway to work on and I never use the jack on the gravel, I have a perfectly sized chunk of 22mm marine ply that the jack goes on. Allows it to move naturally, even with the weight of the X5 on it. But then again the Clio was on axles stands on ply on soft grass a few years...

Yeah rather than the old divorced shock and spring setup, the GAZ Golds are a true coilover. OSR has enough space between the spring and body that you could house a small CS.net forum member.

Got around to fitting the rear GAZ Golds today, I know you need to fettle the inner arch/body on the NSR but holy s**t I didn't realise how much you need to beat the living s**t out of it.

Finally got around to starting to fit my Pierre Gasly Golds. OSF went fine, no issues there. NSF has fought me the entire time. I've got the rears to do shortly and I'm expecting that to be a fight too.

Finally got around to stripping the dash and dash bar out, heater out and got the front half of my cage in and ready for the feet to be welded in. Bit of a faff and the next time I put a full cage in a car, I'll be paying someone else to do it!

Not today because I haven't long crawled out of bed but yesterday I gave the little TCe Clio a service and finished fitting the parts cannon delivery to the front suspension to make sure it doesn't keep knocking like a t**t. Great success! Drives really well now so I may just keep it. The...

I have a Corbeau Pro-series X in my Clio and it's SUPER comfy, however the sides are very tall so it's a bit of a chore to get in and out of. I'd probably spend my money on something like this - https://www.corbeau-seats.com/product-page/pro-sport If going fixed back I'd avoid anything with a...

f**k. Does this mean I might T bone a piss yellow 4 series that's just rejoined the circuit after bouncing off the barriers on The Mountain? ;)

I did a booking. Went with group C, depending on how far I get with race car prep, there may or may not be a passenger seat but if there is then I'm happy for anyone to come for a spin (hopefully not a spin anyway)

Today I've mostly been swearing at the cheap and cheerful MK3 Clio I bought as a runaround. The balljoints were both shagged and the LCA bushes were past their best so I've fitted new lower arms, new track rod ends and generally spent the day regretting my life choices It'll be up for sale...

That's most manufacturers doing that s**t unfortunately though. They were even lazier with the Silverstone edition.

Massive build thread on that one here - https://clio197.net/threads/extra-stripey-gordini-recaro-pics-added.53260/ He spent a LOT of money doing things right on that car.

And that was just his missus. While Nick was at work. No wonder the cat always looks so pissed off.