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What have you done to your car today ???
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Mr Trailer Man
ClioSport Club Member
Strong torque that
MarcB
ClioSport Club Member
182 Trophy & 197 F1
Track Rods, Track Rod Ends, Wheel Alignment, Heat shield's fixed & wash
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Liquid Yellow
Just some images after spending the day with my mates messing about. Decided to get the power washer out and blast the old girl down. Needs some attention in areas but still looks ok
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Last run out today for the Williams 3. Went up the bypass to Alderley Edge and seemed to be a bit of an event on with lots of people out and plenty of more modern modded stuff around. The Willy still got appreciation from plenty I’m pleased to say! Doubt I’ll be back out in it for a few months now.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Couple of things sorted on mine.
New boot struts fitted thanks to @Alastair. for the link and a big thanks to @ex-Chinese Dave for selling me his Spare Turini that needed a bit of tlc. Had it refurbished over at Piston and Rotor in Bury for a pretty decent price. Also managed to find a matching PS3 with loads of tread and a 2024 date for cheap on eBay for them to put on it.
I found a tool kit with the deeper yellow fastener to finish it off and added a better wheel wrench on some reusable zip ties that fit my bolts.
Just need a boot carpet in decent nick if anyone has one?
New boot struts fitted thanks to @Alastair. for the link and a big thanks to @ex-Chinese Dave for selling me his Spare Turini that needed a bit of tlc. Had it refurbished over at Piston and Rotor in Bury for a pretty decent price. Also managed to find a matching PS3 with loads of tread and a 2024 date for cheap on eBay for them to put on it.
I found a tool kit with the deeper yellow fastener to finish it off and added a better wheel wrench on some reusable zip ties that fit my bolts.
Just need a boot carpet in decent nick if anyone has one?
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Cheers, I don’t know how that’d work as there would be no way of securing the wheel down that way would there?
Also It’s hard to see but I put a load of non slip rug stuff on the boot floor to prevent damage to the face of the wheel.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Hmmm, I may have but as I couldn’t figure out how that fit with the wheel in this position I may have binned it 🤐
172 Cup
Just in the event anyone searches etc - not an MOT fail. My mechanic is very strict but was confident this wouldn't be a fail.
MRBILLYUK
ClioSport Club Member
FF Jeden Osiem Dwa
I think it depends what the warning light is. If it's an abs fault, my understanding is that it's a safety issue and would be a fail.
I'm guessing it depends on the MOT tester, how well you know them 😉
172 Cup
yeah it's the electrical warning light, not the abs one
bowen86
ClioSport Club Member
This is interesting as I have the same issue. The toolkit fastener I have is a bit short. Where did you source the yellow piece? Look jus the job.
Also, agreed I don't think wheel face will work.
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Matt Cup
ClioSport Club Member
Leon Cupra
Neil Clio 182
ClioSport Club Member
Audi TT RS Clio 182
Nice given them a better clean too I see! Look great on the Silver Car!
172 Cup
Few jobs over the weekend; 4 new Magnetti injectors fitted & headlights restored/sanded. All pedal fronts removed after they had been badly glued on by one of the prior owners, sanded/rotary polished them and the pedals then metal araldite'd back on - looking mint.
Motor's just hit 130k and is going in for its MOT on Friday. All ready!
Motor's just hit 130k and is going in for its MOT on Friday. All ready!
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
ex-Chinese Dave
ClioSport Club Member
Did you change those little speakers on the top of the dash, Darren?
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Not yet mate - it did cross my mind if I took the dash out, later in the year.
PerthRS
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 182 CUP
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Hi mate,
The Renault wiring terminated in a white connector (seen in that 2nd pic above) that was incompatible as a direct fit into both sets of Alpine speakers.
The link below shows one pack that contains two adapters for £4.99 - so you'll need two packs, if you upgrade all four speakers.
Speaker Adaptor Plug For Renault Clio MK2 Kangoo Espace Megane Espace Cable Loom | eBay
Renault Kangoo (1999 - 2008 ). Renault Kangoo (2009 - 2012). Renault Kangoo (2012 - 2021). Renault Espace (1997 - 2003). Renault Espace (2003 - 2014). Seat - Cordoba Mk2 (6L) (2003 - 2008). Seat - Ibiza Mk2 (6K) (1993 - 1999).
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I assume being in Australia, that you might be able to source the equivalent a lot closer or cheaper than the delivery Down Under?
Also of note - the Renault OEM speakers had a spongy foam backing, running around the rear of the speaker rim. None of the Alpine speakers had this - so it would have been plastic on plastic and could have potentially vibrated. I had a reel of thin double-sided foam that I cut strips off and stuck them to the mounting areas of the door cards themselves - leaving the protective film coating on the speaker-facing side for easy removal, if I ever needed to in the future.
All four speakers had just two mounting screws in them - despite the door cards clearly supporting four screws. I added additional screws to secure the new speakers in place. The screws that came with the Alpine speakers were fine for the rear fittings - but the existing holes in the front door cards need larger/fatter screws.
mumpy
ClioSport Club Member
Clio II RS 172
Awesome mate, I decided to get a set of SXE-1325S for myself. Got the adaptor too will be fitting this week! I just checked the car, it still has the OEM speakers after 22 years. The front left one has developed a crackle so worth replacing.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Nice one.
The difference I've noticed, is subtle but clearly there. Short of spending £££ on a stereo upgrade that I've no real interest in, these have just added a bit more to what I've already got.
If anything, I might need to reduce the bass setting a little on my head unit!
PerthRS
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 182 CUP
That's great!Hi mate,
The Renault wiring terminated in a white connector (seen in that 2nd pic above) that was incompatible as a direct fit into both sets of Alpine speakers.
The link below shows one pack that contains two adapters for £4.99 - so you'll need two packs, if you upgrade all four speakers.
Speaker Adaptor Plug For Renault Clio MK2 Kangoo Espace Megane Espace Cable Loom | eBay
Renault Kangoo (1999 - 2008 ). Renault Kangoo (2009 - 2012). Renault Kangoo (2012 - 2021). Renault Espace (1997 - 2003). Renault Espace (2003 - 2014). Seat - Cordoba Mk2 (6L) (2003 - 2008). Seat - Ibiza Mk2 (6K) (1993 - 1999).www.ebay.co.uk
I assume being in Australia, that you might be able to source the equivalent a lot closer or cheaper than the delivery Down Under?
Also of note - the Renault OEM speakers had a spongy foam backing, running around the rear of the speaker rim. None of the Alpine speakers had this - so it would have been plastic on plastic and could have potentially vibrated. I had a reel of thin double-sided foam that I cut strips off and stuck them to the mounting areas of the door cards themselves - leaving the protective film coating on the speaker-facing side for easy removal, if I ever needed to in the future.
All four speakers had just two mounting screws in them - despite the door cards clearly supporting four screws. I added additional screws to secure the new speakers in place. The screws that came with the Alpine speakers were fine for the rear fittings - but the existing holes in the front door cards need larger/fatter screws.
Thanks for the in-depth response. That give some good insight 🙂
What's the reasoning for two different speaker models and not just using SXE-1325S for all four?
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
In all honesty - I have no idea!
Visually, the OEM speakers were different spec and had a different part number:-
Front - Renault part number 8200069123
Rear - Renault part number 8200108290
They do look a fair bit different - front on the left, rear on the right.
MLB
ClioSport Club Member
Left (front speaker) is a component speaker, because the tweeter is a separate unit under the dashboard, right (rear speakers) are coaxial speakers and have the tweeter built in.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
MLB
ClioSport Club Member
Coaxial is usually a convenient, plug and play install, but compromised in terms of quality due to the combined woofer and tweeter.
Component installation is more involved, you're working with separate woofers and tweeters, crossovers, more things to tweak via head unit and/or amp which should result in higher overall sound quality.
It's a loud, rattly, 20 year old French hothatch and the original speakers are cheap and probably shot so those Alpines are a great upgrade. You must've felt the weight difference!
Component installation is more involved, you're working with separate woofers and tweeters, crossovers, more things to tweak via head unit and/or amp which should result in higher overall sound quality.
It's a loud, rattly, 20 year old French hothatch and the original speakers are cheap and probably shot so those Alpines are a great upgrade. You must've felt the weight difference!
Little Newms
ClioSport Club Member
182, D2 Td5 & 840CI
Just finished cleaning up the interior. Sprayed, Door Cards, and a few adhoc bits such as pedals, black dash inserts and clocks!
Cage is going in Saturday 💙
Cage is going in Saturday 💙
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Which speakers fit the dash? I assume they are smaller tweeter type units?
Andyano12
ClioSport Club Member
172 cup + more
Took my Cup to do an event at Silverstone (VSCC Pomeroy Trophy) basically a few auto tests in the morning then a 40 minute high speed trial in the afternoon, all going well until I thought I would just double check the tightness of the wheel bolts got to the last wheel....then snap! Bolt broke off. I had an hour or so to try to get this sorted with minimal tools, took the wheel off and then managed to find (at the other end of the pitlane) someone with a drill and drill bits, got to work drilling it out then hammered an Allen socket into and gently turned and managed to turn the end of the bolt out. Fortunately I had a spare to put on and was all sorted. Did the 40 minutes all fine but noticed the battery light coming on at high revs 6500rpm, didn't think much of it at the time, packed everything up and set off for home, it was dark so lights on then lights started to get dimmer and dimmer and then car ran rough and eventually cut out.. Suspected alternator packed up.. fortunately I wasn't too far away and managed to get it collected and trailered home..
French cars like to test you... Anyway here some photos
Also Richard Hammond and his daughter were also competing and had camera crews around them so look out for a video by Hammond on it.
French cars like to test you... Anyway here some photos
Also Richard Hammond and his daughter were also competing and had camera crews around them so look out for a video by Hammond on it.
mumpy
ClioSport Club Member
Clio II RS 172
The SXE-1350s come with tweeters, not sure if/how they will fit yet but will confirm once I have them.
mumpy
ClioSport Club Member
Clio II RS 172
I fitted the SXE-1350s on the front, cool stuff! The tweeter units are however too small, I will be leaving the OEM ones for now.
