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This is a very good friend of mine (wheels look familiar?)

Ha, trying to prevent damage... a bit stupid isn't it as its going to be skimming the road shortly (however I am exactly the same...ha). When I bolted mine up and torqued up all the bolts to the correct specs the powdercoat on the wishbone-arch braces cracked.... doh

Just before the clio got painted I was debating selling everything and thinking about a playful daily... The only thing I could think of was a 1 series saloon and then you needed a decent engine one (and they were too expensive).... literally didn't fancy anything else - well maybe a Valver or a...

Looks so good back on the ground, clean and out in the open - this is pushing me to get mine back on the floor - looks sorry for itself sat on stands covered in dust

Its so satisfying bolting bits back up isn't it.... makes you properly feel like you are moving forward.... Feel your pain on fitting the subframe up by yourself... ha.... can remember doing it with the car in the air, the subframe on my chest holding it up to bolt in...

Daunted at the amount of jobs in hand? Or the type of jobs you have to do? I literally had no clue when doing my car but feel its turned out alright, if I can do it, you certainly can

Loving the cast in this thread.... I say in this thread, is it only us old folk who use a forum now?

Yassss.... love this

UPDATE: A new heatshrink boot has been ordered from FCLane, it is Hellerman rather than Raychem but reading the specs it all sounds the same. FCLane were awesome too so I will certainly being using them again if needed, once that arrives it will be sorted asap. Grabbing little bits of time to...

probably why he refunded me straight away without me even sending it back

I believe it does yeah, when you heat shrink it I believe the adhesive helps it adhere to the surface you are putting it over. His reply: “Hello, It looks like some of the /225 pre coated adhesive is coming away. This is fairly standard with the product you have ordered. When the parts are...

Cheers mate, it is coming along. I did order a new heat shrink boot off of ebay, but I am pretty sure its a knock off jobby. It turned up with the inner lining flaking off quite badly so it is being returned straight away - jokers.... Need to try and find another one (which seems easier...

UPDATE: With the dash comms pretty much sorted I needed to finalise the loom (the new items were only twisted together wires). I also needed to sort out where the bulkhead connector went into the bulkhead. Northampton Motorsport left this so I could sort the dash oil communications. I...

I did wonder if they did other items.... I would like to get some other things (not for the clio) sorted

Good progress mate

Yep, to me the quality looks great, and you can't complain at that price, they are ridiculously cheap

A dremel was my first thought. This was me other thought. Cheers guys 👍

is there an easy way to do this?

UPDATE: Wheels were dropped off at City Powdercoaters last week and collected today. Very lucky that they are close by to me currently which makes it a no brainer, especially at the price they charge. Extremely happy with the finish too.... I went for Satin black to match the other items...

100% worth the effort. I know exactly how you feel after stripping back the whole underside and arches of mine but it is so worth it to know that it is done. looks like a great job too.

ooohhhh, that looks right posh does that. now I see why the brake lines have changed too

UPDATE: Managed to get a little bit of time on the clio again today. Extremely happy with todays outcome as I feel this was a long journey to get here. With the help of James Ashton (BigAsh) again I managed to get the calibration/set-up on the Dash2 right finally. I am now getting info/readings...

old man, you know if you put @ before a name it tags the person so they actually know you are talking to them, rather than they just stumble across it... On the note of finishing, you still have a good chance, you seen my thread? EDIT: I did see that I had already replied to this... it appears...

I thought you had the Pro-line brake lines? I am guessing you have changed something up?

UPDATE: Wow, having a baby does cut your free time down somewhat, but then again so does the faff of the christmas period. The last time I posted about the dash I mentioned that I had to wire in a 12v - 5v regulator that would then power up the Oil temp and pressure sensors - I finally managed...

From all I have heard from people racing clio’s (and other fwd cars) is that they set up the car to basically drag the rear around, and this is the best way to set them up. Do you think the outlay to develop/manufacture these on a one off or group buy basis would be worth it for the benefit?

keeping an eye for the sloppy seconds 😜😂😂😂

UPDATE: Well the thoughts on what tyres to get got solved pretty quickly on Saturday when I spotted @Tomotek was selling some race scrubbed R888R. I spoke to the wife nicely about getting some rubber as an early birthday present and she obliged and as I was on a merry little tour of the country...

@pule333 was it yourself that rates the Interstate tyres? https://www.camskill.co.uk/m12b4202s662p137974/Interstate_Tyres_Trackday_Track_Day_Interstate_Race_DNRT_Sprint_-_195_50_R15_82V_%2880-Soft%29_TL_Fuel_Eff_%3A_E_Wet_Grip%3A_C_NoiseClass%3A_2_Noise%3A_70dB

I don't plan on driving it on the road much because as you say the geo is going to be quite aggressive, it would also be for the summer months really - I 100% won't be driving it until the weather turns in the new year. Thats the thing, they aren't really new at all, they have been with the...