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Well, after four fun filled years I've taken the decision its now time for a change. I'm selling my Albi Blue Clio 197 F1 R27 (No. 452/500) Dec 2007 59500 miles (although this will increase slightly through daily use). 11 months MOT remaining RS Tuning Remap (199.7bhp) Upgraded Osram...

Update 06.06.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk Like many people before me, one of the first things I did when I bought the Clio was to remove the Renault ELF sticker from inside the rear window. Unfortunately I didn't know when I did this that it would turn out to be one of the if not the hardest...

Update 02.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk After fitting the front splitter to the Clio I decided something just didn't look right with how the car was sitting. I started into the research looking at pictures of other 197s and at the start I saw an image on Instagram of a 197 sitting what I...

Update 31.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk With Devon having fitted the new mirror for me while he was replacing the windscreen, all that was left to do was to connect up the wiring. Just need to tape if off now, so I don't get any shorts. All back in place and good to go. As always...

Update 30.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk After the nightmare dealings with the Autoglass call center and three weeks of waiting the day has arrived... With the right screen now available for the car work started as soon as Devon the fitter arrived. What a beautiful day for fitting a new...

Best thing you could do would be to get a professional to remove the existing mirror, worst comes to the worst they break the screen, they replace it. I'd undecided on them to be honest. Theres times I look at them and like them, then theres times they look like a cheap stuck on after market...

Thanks very much @BREMBO, I'm contemplating the skirts at the moment, I just can't decide if I really like them enough to put that kinda money into them. The one thing I've definitely ruled out though is the rear spoiler, I hate it with a passion lol.

Update 26.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk A few days ago I purchased the after market Renault Sport front splitter and seeing as it was such a nice day today I thought why not get out into the sun and fit it. The tools ready for the job (yes, there is a drill in there). This was by...

Messed up the image tag at the end of the last update, so here it is again... Over the past week or so I've noticed the passenger side door sticking a lot. When I unlock the car everything seems to unlock apart from the passenger door. I'm a bit worried it might be a problem with the lock, but...

From memory it was from eBay, but I'll check and see if I can find where exactly it was from. Its been a long weekend, I'm running on empty and theres still tomorrow to go lol.

Update 24.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk With my attention turning to the finer details of the car I decided it was a great time to tidy up the brake calipers and touch in some of the chipped paint. Time for a quick scrub getting into ever nook and cranny with a stiff...

Glad to hear it helped a bit. Might post it in there, unless someone else fancies doing it lol. Yea kinda regretting it when I look at them now, but as I said will get them sorted out, maybe over the next week or so and I'll be happy once again.

To be honest its still early days for me to tell, I haven't been driving the car much lately and with the mornings getting warmer the problem wont be as obvious anyway. Know a few guys have used gasket sealant around where it joins into the engine before putting the cable ties on. Just to make...

Update 23.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk As you know I recently bought the stickers for the engine bay of the Clio. The old stickers have definitely seen better days. Well it was time to finally get around to fitting them, so first step was to strip off the old stickers. Time for...

Lol apparently so. I've heard that through time the fault will reappear, but not as bad as I'm sure your finding it now. Thanks very much. Not a notion what the differences are to be honest, will have a look though and let you know.

Update 22.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk I bumped into this tip for possibly helping to get rid of the flat spot and kangarooing that the Clios suffer from on Clio197.net. Yes I've had mine remapped but it doesn't completely get rid of the flat spot, so I thought I'd give this a go to see if...

Yea thats what I did with them originally, but got get up doing it lol. Plus the grills are about £65 to replace. I just need to spend a bit of time prepping them, but they'll be fine when painted again. Lol yea I know what you mean. Its the little things that make a car great in my opinion.

Its one of those things, I know I've modified the car, but I'm trying to keep the finer details as OEM as possible.

Lol, the OCD will get a lot worse before it gets better ;)

Update 19.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk Yet again I've been doing some more shopping for the car. First up something a bit more OCD. The stickers from the engine bay. This is something I've been thinking about buying for a while now, but little did I realise how big it would be...

Thanks very much, expensive mistake lol. Thanks, will do. Thanks very much. In my opinion even a cheap £100 banging buy car can be an absolute dream to own as long as its mechanically right, so something that cost what this has to date should be an absolute dream to own and I'm getting that...

Update 19.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk I've been buying even more goodies for the clio, or more specifically the wheels. First up is an alloy wheel socket set with a nylon protector on the outside to prevent damage to the freshly painted alloy wheels. Next up is something which I may...

Update 11.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk While looking for subtle mods to do the Clio I bumped into this one. Replacing the standard rear view mirror with the auto-dimming mirror from a Renault Laguna. Of course my next stop was eBay to see if I could find one, and I just happened to...

Thanks very much :)

Update 10.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk While the car was a way having the wheels done I had done a bit of research into wheel sealants, and decided to purchase some Poorboys Wheel Sealant so that I could give my wheels a bit of protection from break dust and dirt. Now that I'd got my...

Update 08.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk While the wheels were away getting refurbished I decided I should take the opportunity to freshen up the locknuts which were starting to show little bits of rust. First action was to give them a quick cleanup and get rid of any loose paint using a...

Update 03.05.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk For quite some time now I've been thinking about getting the wheels of the R27 refurbished. So with the weather starting to improve I thought now was as good a time as any to get it done. I set about researching the various options of where I could...

Update 24.04.2015 Taken from ClioR27.co.uk With the recent spell of good weather I thought it was the perfect opportunity to strip back the pervious coats of polish etc that I had added to the glass on the car and add my recently purchased Orchard Autocare Extreme Hydrophobe. Time to add a...

Update 22.04.2015 Taken from Clio R27.co.uk With the grills having seen better days and the paint chipping off them, it was time they got a bit of attention, so I set to it. Out of the car they come... With the grills out of the car it was time for a quick tidy up and then to recover...

Update 21.04.2015 Next on the to do list was to have a tidy up under the bonnet. First up was to repaint some of the rusting brackets as shown below: So it was off with them... And then out with the wire brushes to get rid of as much of the flaky paint as possible, before respraying...