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Hi Brian, hope your well mate. You still got the Clio?

I have been detailing professionally since 2002/2003, and managed to find a few pictures dating back to 2008/2010 when I detailed these Clio's for customers. Thought it might be of interest and possibly the current owners are on the forum. 182 Trophy. Clio 200's: Boxfresh and...

Definately Kyle

For me to do it, it is in the region of £400-£525 approx, this obviously depends on the car and condition. I am booking from January 2015 now though, your more than welcome to pop by at some point if you would like a better opinion of what's necessary, I'm based near Lakeside/Thurrock.

Thanks Kyle, appreciated mate. To the OP, for paintwork correction the price you have been quoted is very competitive, generally to do it correctly takes in the region of 3-5 days. Have you considered perhaps opting for something like a paintwork enhancement, this would give you 1-2 stages of...

Not much to announce, been really busy with work so any upgrades have been limited. Wrapped the fog lights with a yellow tint to capture that old school Renault look. Some Team Heko wind deflectors fitted, now I'm still undecided on these, I bought them more because I like the window open...

Nice looking 197 mate, definitely not aftermarket wheels, just a nice refurb.

Thanks, I'm undecided whether to drop it to be honest, if I did it would probably be Eibachs.. only because I've used them before and also the drop is only about another 23mm (cup springs already lower than ff).

Thanks mate, the facilities are good, it's the time I struggle with, most of the work carried out has been done into the evening or grabbing a few hours on a Sunday.

I'll take some tomorrow for you and post them up. I wasn't sure how it would look on the Cup springs, but happy now and don't think I'll drop the height.

I know what you mean mate, just want to keep the subtle differences that set it apart being a Cup model, I see a photoshop task coming on...

I've used both professionally (Nanolex approved) and much prefer the application, performance and durability of Gtechniq G1 tbh. If your only doing a couple of cars with it, then the 15ml kit with G1 & G2 (isopropanol) will be plenty. The key is to hold the make-up pad over the lid and...

Cheers guys, thanks for the comments. Thanks and I may change the diamonds (trying to keep it relatively stock looking), probably tape them up first to get an idea, but I will possibly be changing the mirror caps and handles to anthracite. Thanks mate, I wasnt keen at first as you can see...

Purchased some used K-tec racing 19mm spacers, little bit of cleaning required. Top edges and bolts painted Graphite to match the brake housings. Before and the wheel looking a little lost in the arch. After and looking a whole lot better. Lower sill edges protected using SunTek...

Purchase the worthwhile Sprintbooster, got to say it's awesome and makes such a difference. Old skinny Cup wheel removed and replaced with the chunkier version, these wheels suffer badly from leather peel, this replacement had had the skin peeled off, will do for the time until it goes off...

A few more bits done on the interior, centre trim and coin holder painted to match the other graphite trims. Finally got some time to tackle the machine polishing, the hardest paint I've polished in the last 12 years by far.. took 20 hours to work my round 2/3rds of the car, the final 3rd...

A few bits and bobs done over a couple of hours in the evenings. Decided on a colour change for the interior trims again, got some alcantara trim bits being added in the near future, so wanted the trims to match colour wise, also match the alloys well and some exterior colour coding thats...

Powerflex engine bushes arrived. Out with the old. In with the new, top ones were straightforward, lower ones were a battle and ended up unbolting the side engine casing and attaching off the car. Looking all nice and yellow. Lower engine mounts. There is a noticeable...

Led's arrived. Interior a lot brighter now. Number plate and side lights before and after. Cover plates behind the door handles wrapped. Mirrors removed to solve the re-appearing cobweb problem. Protected with Gtechniq C4 trim restorer. Finally my cherished plate...

Just had it's 40k mile service by TwoTechs in Dartford, Terry the owner is a thoroughly nice guy and certainly know's his stuff regarding Renault's. Rear light clusters removed to switch over the indicator bulbs for some fresh Silvertec bulbs, whilst the light housing's were off the area behind...

Welcome to my Clio 197 Cup project, I hunted hi and low over the last few weeks for a clean & standard low mileage example, finally picked it up today with 40K miles. So the plan is to strip, and clean all areas and bring it back to it's former glory utilising current parts where possible, and...

Cheers guys, it was good to meet up and chat, will look forward to the next one.

Hi all, my names Rob, I'm a professional car detailer from Essex. New to Renault ownership after 25 years of driving, and just purchased a Clio 197 Cup in Racing Blue, low mileage but needs some love to bring it up to my standards. Sorry in advance for any daft questions relating to the car.