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Friday drive..
Polished the headlights and ceramic coating..
Sanded and polished side marks..
And ph1, wich was by far the ugliest looking to me, is slowly growing to my heart :)
I have yellow stuff and brembo maxx discs with ate typ 200 fluid and braided lines.. I dont know what to feel about the pads, i mean they are better than stock tbf, but after continued hard braking, they feel a bit weird, and i'm not fully pleased with stopping power. But all in all they serve...
Megane has been put on it's own feet, need to install circlip reinforcement and test it.. Since i got the clio, all the brakes went on it and megane got left overs from clio .. Still better then it had previously.
Calipers are a bit rusty but i will paint them. Have no clue what to do with this...
A lot has been done since i wrote here..
The biggest change was the brakes.
At the front brembo maxx discs with ebc yellow pads, calipers refurbished and painted ( front and rear ), braided brake lines and ate typ 200 brake fluid. At the back trw discs with ferodo perf. pads.
Also changed...
I have the same exact problem! Sport ph1, 76k miles. When cold it almost wont start without giving it some throttle, and first 500 meters, i hold the throttle in exact position and the car feels like it's laggy ( dont know how to explain it on english ). Like going foward and back bit by bit...
Wasn't really looking for a car to buy, but when i came across this for low money i had to react.
Soo ph quick, 1st owner, 74k miles. Car was bought by a guy that passed it on to his daugher when she got her driving licence. Was waay under priced. Except two white lines, everything is oem, i've...
Calipers painted & restored, and making an prototype reinforcement for circlip.. Aaaand bought ph quick :D
Polished and protected with cearmic coating
Refurbished
It's your circlip again, bet on it.. If it pops once, it's gonna continue to pop.. Permanent fix is this
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gearbox-renfort-Renault-Clio-RS-172-182-JC5-Trophy-etc-/140732801641
Some time from my last post..
Managed to brake 2 cir clips.. Will try to find an solution with my friend who has lathe..
Cleaned the passenger wheel arch, didn't make any photos later because it got dark and i forgot, Front end is now complete and got my hands on speedline maracana with caps...
So.. time for an update.
Got some new parts and cleaned a little bit :)
To start with powerflex camber bolts, because now i have too much negative camber (-2.50), to lower it down to cca -1.
Cleaned drivers wheel arch, and protected the plastic.
Finally wheels came from...
Lots to write here about..
Engine loom tested and cleaned. Covered in tesa tape and plastic casing, now it looks oem.
As the car was finished and it was time to test it, a trackday on carting track came up and it seemed like an ideal oportunity to stres test the car. Track is small and 2nd...