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Just been cranking the miles recently, cars a dream, few niggles to sort like dash centre display light intermittently going out despite new bulbs and just simple crap like that which is par for the course keeping a 20 plus year old car going.
She does look good
What a view...
Roof...
So despite moth balling the car this year after the incident, I spent some time fixing the rest of the front end fully before putting her to bed for the winter.
There was some more bent metal on the leading edge of the front arch and more towards the rear too, yehaww straightened out what I...
Dailied mine for 160k and ten years before a Crashqai jumped a red light and killed it. Was on 263k and aside from general servicing was very reliable over the entire time I used it.
182 mine so had the climate and cruise etc which was perfect for a daily car
Bit of dampness in the boot, suspect grommets so I'll seal those up, used the blazing sunshine today in the works car park to empty and dry the boot out
Technically the later revision are 'better' as they increase caster for better handling etc and a lot of owners retro fit as a result. Renault themselves also updated them so the part number for a phase 1 wishbone is technically now the new caster increased ones.
however i wanted to keep the...
back from @MicKPM with Renfort plated diff, rebuilt gearbox, new lower arms (correct early spec genuine Renault phase 1 ones), new aux belt kit, new ARB bushes and clamps for inner and outer and camber bolts. Dialled in 1.5 degree neg up front and tracked it.
drives lovely now and looking...
She's back, driving perfect and on daily duties for a while now, feels so good to be back in a small French hatch with a gear lever after the Alfa daily for last few months
I made 212bhp with 197 injectors on a return fuel system setup and I think walbro pump it is, but didn't fit that pump specifically, was just in the car at the time.
That's stock engine, RS2 inlet and the 197 cams with 7 degree inlet advance, oh and 182 exhaust manifold
Think scoff at EFi said...
I think you'll be suprised, mine bone stock with dodgy induction and chop shop special exhaust was 178bhp and your seems a strong engine to me, i reeled you in at Blyton in current spec at 212bhp but wasn't a completely easy task, that little white heap chips nicely
For clarity it ran but didn't drive after the crash so something in the drive train fucked and the subframe and front chassis legs are bent for sure so it's not going to be a ten quid fix
https://www.copart.co.uk/lot/55895293/clean-title-2004-renault-clio-renau-sandtoft
Anyone in here wins it, let me know as I have the history and second key etc still
Nice, surface rust looks to just be on the rear beam and coilovers etc, check the actual chassis itself, ideally from behind the rear door cards and peer down into the inner sills