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I've got a few bits and pieces to fit now before going onto some of the main 'track based' stuff. It's going to be a long project as funds and time dictate what I can do really, but I've been enjoying it so far! To fit I've got: Sunstrip (not to everyone's taste I know) Yellow Calliper Paint...

I then added a few more decals to help distract from the crack! ;) I like the French flag that people have added so went for that to help break the grille up. I also added the tow decal as I'm waiting for the tow eye as a birthday present. :) I bought a shed load of new clips for the...

We then fitted the missing splitter, or the common Skoda version of it. It all went swimmingly until I pressed on a little too hard and the crack started to come through again! After much swearing I touched it in a bit and will leave it at that!! Maybe I should have put something in to...

I'd also bought a cold air feed that I'd intended to cut out of the front lower grille to help get some cold air to the K&N. After painting it all up I realised that it probably won't fit in easily or be blocked by the radiator. I'll revisit this one again, but it's painted and ready to go!

Right, back to attempting to repair the crack in the bumper again. This was more successful... to a point! Everything was rubbed down to as good as we could get it really (again, think track car ;)). Then on with the primer (again). It came up a little bubbly for some reason so I gave it a...

I'd also treated myself to a new toolbox to help keep everything together :D You've got to love a few decals!

While the bumper was off (I think I did this before the first attempt at a repair) I got rid of the other washer jet that was left and removed all of the other 'plumbing', up to the passenger wing anyway. I know grommets won't be to everyone's taste, but they'll do the job for me for the time being.

Thanks mate, I do love a photograph haha! It's the best way of looking back over the coming months and seeing where all of the time went! Thanks Mark, I've never really done anything to the Evo's as I've always been scared and parts cost a fortune (as I'm sure you well know :D). There's always...

Onto a repair of the front bumper then as there was a big crack in it along with a missing front splitter. The crack can be seen in the first picture. It's the first time I've ever put a car on axle stands so I was a little nervous :) All was good though. It was also the first time I'd ever...

Another little thing that was bugging me was the crappy metal aerial, I just thought it looked awful so that was replaced with a cheap carbon replica stubby aerial.

I had a quick look underneath and everything looks in order other than one exhaust hanger. Naturally I took a few snaps!! :D Then the hanger, a replacement has been ordered (and just arrived).

Then it was time for a further engine clean to try and get rid of some more oil. There was no fresh oil that I could see and certainly nothing lower on the level of the dipstick. Hopefully it's nothing!! Then this is the finished engine bay for now. It looks a million miles better than...

We'd then sourced a replacement boot lock and badge mechanism to replace the one that I messed up when removing the plastidip. The old button had a lot of movement in it anyway so it was probably a good idea to have swapped it out. You guessed it, a missing nut! Missing nut replaced...

The weekend after I tried to tidy up a few other bits and pieces. There was something that looked like a burn mark and a scrape along the rear right bumper. It's nothing too drastic (especially as it's going to be a track car) but we wanted to have a little go at filling it to make it look...

So this is how the outside of the car is looking so far...

Then it was onto cleaning some of the engine bay. For some reason there was a lot of oil seemingly all over the engine bay. The oil was very clean though so I assume that it's been overfilled or that there has been a spillage of some kind. Hopefully the pictures show what I mean a little better...

That's the chores done so I can carry on with the posting. After removing all of the plastidip I started to polish up the headlights as they could have been a lot better. They're not the worst I've seen by a long way but still... They still need some work really so I'll revisit them...

Thanks Christ, I certainly think so. It made it look a bit rough to be honest!

I damaged the rear Renault logo boot badge by trying to shortcut the plasti-dip and blast it off with a pressure washer. That was a mistake! I ordered a new badge as I didn't want to leave it with the badge flaking. One of the washer jets was missing when I bought the car, so I thought I'd...

I didn't like the car being debadged of it's Renault Sport badges so I ordered some replacements. They look much better being on, although they're not lined up to OEM: The previous owner had plasti-dipped the Clio badge, Renault badges, bullets and mirrors (as well as the wheels but...

A quick one at Tesco car park just because you can...

The first job was to give it a bit a wash over. The interior was pretty dirty so that had a good clean out and looks much better. I also added a Forge decal - just because you've got to add something to make it yours :smile:

Hi all, I bought a FF Clio 182 around 4 weeks ago and thought I'd pop a thread up to track my progress with the car. The thread will be majorly picture heavy as I do like to take a photo or 10! I've bought the car to learn some basic mechanics and practice touching up body work as well as...

I've just been reading your thread over on detailing world, very nice work :)

Welcome along, I'm new myself with an 04 Arctic Blue 182. :) Hopefully you'll have some good fun with it!

Spot on Mark, sorry for the slow reply but it's been a majorly hectic week at work! It's good to see some Evo's as your avatar! Are you still active over on the MLR? It seems a lot busier here!! Thanks guys :) It's a very nice car to be honest. Some of the finishing touches aren't the best...

Good stuff, I'll look forward to following your progress.

I've ran AD08R's on an Evo and thought they were immense, really good tyres for the price. I'm not sure how they'd get on on a really wet track though, luckily it was always dry for me!

Will you be able to buy additional games for it as well, or will it be stuck with the 'release titles'?

That's a shame, I've had pre-cut on previous cars and they've fit pretty well. I'll have to sharpen my craft knife!