First Car Project - Clio 172 PH1

I love the confidence

At least the bumper colour match is spot on….

Horn is probably just the connector that's gone. It lives down behind the front bumper so in the elements. One of my jobs this evening is to wire a new connector onto mine to get it working again for the MOT!

Where does everyone get the centre air vents from and how hard are they to change? One of my stupid friends has snapped it when he was sat in it. Lesson learnt with that one.

Apart from that, i’ve tried fixing the radio plug to no avail so i’ve put the old Sony head unit in as that works and taped up the broken wire. That will only be temporary but i can’t be bothered with it currently. I’ve also replaced the window washer pump as that was blocked, so now they work again.

leeds2592 said:

At least the bumper colour match is spot on….

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It’s pretty bad in person, but frankly i don’t care about it too much. It’s far from being immaculate. It needs paint all over but that’s a future job when it’s not driven daily and i have more money spend on it. Atleast if i do scratch the bumpers then it doesn’t matter too much.

Your friends are proper spackers

definitely, i have told them multiple times be careful it isn’t the most durable thing but i get ignored. Didn’t even say sorry for it either.

I’ve just ordered some 3D printed ones for it. They will do, i may look into getting some off a breaker. I’ll see how good the new ones are. When i took them out they exploded, they are definitely not durable

26 year old plastic isn't known for its durability. The printed ones will be tougher than any you find from a breaker.

Louis said:

Your friends are proper spackers

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Didn't another mate mess the gearbox/linkage up?

If it's the same person, he's out to sabotage you son.

You may have to take the dash top off to replace the air vents. Not sure though. Replacements are cheap and available.

Honestly if my mates kept breaking my s**t. I’d be smacking them in the mouth. Then finding new mates

Bowz said:

Didn't another mate mess the gearbox/linkage up

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This was a different person, just as thick as each other though. The guy who did the box lost the majority of the bolts so rebuilding that wasn’t the nicest job i’ve done.