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Just a few pictures from today, fitting the second caliper. I actually only fitted the one yesterday after having clearance issues. I decided to fit the second and just get the bolts chamfered as soon as possible. Whilst I was there I gave the threads on the hub a clean out with a tap. I did the...

I was chatting to Spinksy earlier and the BBS 772's came up in conversation. I've managed to trace them back a bit, so.. as far as I know they've always been owned by someone who posts on CS.net. That is Me -> @Spinksy -> @crazyasswhiteboy -> JamesT87. I think there may have been another owner...

My advice would be to not be in such a hurry to progress onto the next thing/car. You've had a lot of love out of this Clio, spent some on it and put the effort in, so why not just enjoy it? Save the money for when something grabs you and you don't have any doubts about spending it. Who knows...

Amazing thread. Thanks for going into the detail, it really makes the thread interesting. I wish I had access to half the tools you do and had half the knowledge of how to use them too! Would LOVE to have a garage of my own like that!

Where did you get the aly from? All the stuff I've found on the net seems quite expensive.

Looks good - did you buy that divider or make it? If you made it, would you be tempted to do another? :P

A friend got married last weekend, so I dug out my SLR after not having used it for years. In the end I didn't use it on the day, but I had charged up all the batteries, so I wanted to check it all still worked ok. So today a couple of little decals arrived in the post and I thought it was the...

Car looks amazing mate! So jealous of the depths you've gone with powder coating! Would love to have the space to peel all the dirt off mine, clean everything up and coat the lot! What difference do the bushes for the rear Gaz coilovers make? Just a harder/firmer bush?

Very jealous of the powder coated subframe, beam etc. I've been cleaning my parts up as I go along more recently to get a cleaner finish, just don't have the space inside to give it a proper strip, clean, seal and coat of everything!

I'd driver over an hour. Possibly even over two if I was really keen. If I wasn't allowed to test drive it it probably wouldn't leave the house for it though. Would never even consider spending a large sum of money on something I wasn't allowed to try out before buying.

Interesting thread so far! Keep doing different things! I don't like the camo, but I like that it's not the same as every other 1*2 on the forum.

Another small modification after the post arrived today and I fitted it in my break. The car is now full of very small modifications and I'm really starting to enjoy how it's turning out and the plans that I've got for it yet to come. Over time I've grown particularly fond of the addition of...

Nothing much to report, just a little clean and down the hill for some new shoes ready for the wet/cold seasons! Despite having generally shoddy paintwork, she does scrub up alright on a nice weather day! Score one for the skoda splitter - was a little tight getting it up onto the ramp...

They do bud, FK automotive. Quite expensive though and rare to find second hand.

Customer Gearstick Gaiter Over on CSOC a guy - Matthew Ashmore - put up a photo one day oh his custom suede gearstick gaiter that his girlfriend made him. It looked great and well made as she did/does fashion/textiles at university or something. Matt was soon asked if she'd be willing to...

You can't 'buy cheap, buy twice' with wheel spacers! I ended up with h&r trak+ spacers with steel inserts for the front on my 182. At the time I didn't really want to pay the extra £30 but now I can't believe I even considered putting cheaper billet spacers on. For me the extra piece of mind...

What size measurements was the sticker mate? I saw it in another thread a while ago and thought it looked good, but completely forgot about it! Will go nicely with my white dashc onversion so keen to get it done now!

Ive had the same thoughts myself, albeit spending the money on different things. As you say, there are newer, faster, 'better' cars available for the money I've spent. Certainly for me I could have bought a much more socially acceptable car for a 27 year old. I wouldn't have learned anything...

No worries mate, it's a great product and deserved a good write up! It's taken a little while to get round to it unfortunately with work etc! It definite does make a big difference to the feel of driving the car. Honestly, I'd go so far as to say that it's worth £130 for the feel alone...

Bruneau Motorsport Gear Stick B.M.S on Facebook B.M.S forum Group Buy thread Ashley of B.M.S (@Ash-b-84) has been producing these modified shifters for quite some time now as I'd read about 'a guy' who made them and people seemed to rave about them. They've really gone up in demand since he...

Thanks mate, it's a slow burning project at times due to funds but also due to the learning curve! Glad you like the write ups. I'm a fan of the more in depth threads with plenty of illustration so have tried to do the same in my own and possibly even go a little further where possible! It's...

Brembo 4 Pot 'Big Brakes' I think I talked about 4 pots earlier in this thread when posting about my OE caliper refurb. I wanted them then and I still want them now! To be clear, I don't need these. My refurbished calipers have proven more than capable of everything I've asked of them. Paired...

That would be incredibly useful mate! I currently don't have any covers and it does bug me that they're exposed. Unsure on the full leathers, these ones are the fairly standard half leathers and alcantara. It might have been an 'F1' that they came from actually. Can't remember.

Throughout my ownership of the car so far, I've always tried to do things in the 'right' order: 1. Repairing or replacing parts because they're broken or out of date. 2. Replacing parts that could do with being refreshed as they're old and probably a bit tired. 3. Mods and upgrades that give...

Use a sponge to paint the lettering its soooo much easier.

The bearing issue(s) are now solved. In the end I decided to go with a new bearing pressed into the disc and luckily for me the local garage my family has used for decades pressed it in for free! It's an SNR bearing which after some research, I believe to be the OE supplier for the rear bearings...

PMS 10mm Stub Axle Spacers Where to start with this... turned out to be a real ball ache! I don't know what I was expecting really. The bolts have probably never been moved since leaving the factory ~11-12 years ago. With that in mind it's fairly understandable they'd be pretty caked on and...

Front Wheel Spacers After some discussion with Chip and research, I've ended up with H&R trak+ DRA spacers. They're 20mm each/40mm on the axle. They're a bit dearer (£95 delivered), than you can get spacers for off ebay etc, but there's a number of reasons why I think they're worth the extra...

I did a deal with Spinksy on some alloys. At the time I had Turini's in Anthracite. The new ones are BBS RS772's. To my knowledge there's only two sets in the UK that have been modified to a Clio fitment. I love them and can't wait to get some decent pictures up once I've bought and fitted some...

The footwell and interior lighting was finished off, heat shrink wrapped and installed to the car: Boot Lighting I was fed up with the boot lighting as standard. The Clio has a pretty small boot and that usually means that if you're using it, it's probably pretty full. Why oh why...