1.2 Billagone

[Jonny HELL YEAH]

Had my clio for nearly a year now so thought it was about time to make this.

Before i bought the clio i was driving a Fiat punto after just passing my test which didnt end too well.

100_0140 by Jonny267, on Flickr

100_0143 by Jonny267, on Flickr

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So after a little while of looking i found a 1.2 16V billabong clio and compared to the punto felt like luxury haha

100_0317 by Jonny267, on Flickr

100_0306 by Jonny267, on Flickr

Kept it standard for a good few months after having no money at all but started cheap with some brighter side lights and bulbs and got rid of everything billabong (side stickers and door sills), also painted the badges and inside dash strips white which i didnt really like but couldnt be botherd to respray them

IMG_07631 by Jonny267, on Flickr

New license plate get rid of the horrible Newcastle United badge

IMG00045-20101201-1529 by Jonny267, on Flickr

The poor clio has sufferd bad from the melting steering wheel and gear knob so i set about changing the gear knob.

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Right now after this my car took a turn for the worse really don't know what i was thinking but i need shooting with the addition of a 3" double exit backbox and limo window tints :dead:

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It stayed that way for a while whilst i saved for coilovers the exhaust was terrible didnt fit straight and was way too loud inside the car but i put up with it

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only picture of mid fitting as just wanted to get them done

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This is how it sat at the front was as low as they went but was basicly undrivable so raised the adjusters

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picture of how the car sat on the coilovers also with silvervisions

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LED rear license plate bulb

201250_10150204930847774_705012773_8347800_7936263_o by Jonny267, on Flickr

Blue LED dash conversion i only converted the dials didnt want too much blue inside the car

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just a comparison of how low my car was to my mates corsa

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After a while of having the coilovers fitted i started to get the horrible knocking noise from the top mounts came accross these soon fixed the problem

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Finally set about removing the white from the car with carbon wrap £10 for a decent amount

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Finally got the exhaust off and replaced for a brand new standard felt so good to drive a normal sounding car again

IMG00058-20110221-1952 by Jonny267, on Flickr

Bought some 16" 172 alloys off here which where in a bit of a state

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Got straight onto refurbing them and i choose to stay silver and try out Renault iceberg silver

IMG00106-20110508-1832 by Jonny267, on Flickr

Sanded down

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Filled in curb marks

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Primed

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Then finished+laquer

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Now it was time for a bit of maintenance on the clio after the coilpack went so got on oil change new coilpack and sparkplugs and got it back to running smooth, new exhaust bracket aswell as the old one had split and the exhaust was clanging around.

IMG00153-20110604-1622 by Jonny267, on Flickr

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Decided that the ECU tamper proof cover needed to go aswell was rattling when pulling away and had started to go through the tape covering the wires so before it really caused some damage..

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Next up was to paint the rear drums and front pads black to cover the rust

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[Jonny HELL YEAH]

After fixing all the problem thought it was about time to tackle the bodywork and lent a set of detailing stuff of a mate

The whole paint was like this coverd in swirl marks

before by Jonny267, on Flickr

firstly washed the car with Autoglymm car shampoo and then set on with Meguiar's clay and quick car detail

IMG00135-20110529-1434 by Jonny267, on Flickr

pictures after washing and claying the whole car

after clay by Jonny267, on Flickr

after clay 2 by Jonny267, on Flickr

next polished the car with autoglymm super resin polish but this really did nothing at all car was still covered in marks so i polish the car again with Meguiar's show car glaze which got rid of most of my swirls (dont have any pictures)
to seal it all in i used Meguiar's wax and here is the end results which im happy with as the paint was in a right mess

100_0464 by Jonny267, on Flickr

100_0461 by Jonny267, on Flickr

100_0462 by Jonny267, on Flickr

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[Jonny HELL YEAH]

Finally got rid of the window tints which makes the car look alot more tidy

IMG00161-20110607-1633 by Jonny267, on Flickr

IMG00163-20110607-1730 by Jonny267, on Flickr

IMG00164-20110607-1753 by Jonny267, on Flickr

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Right thats it for now.. didnt realise i had so many pictures haha should soon have an rs grill which im waiting to be deliverd and hopefully have tires on the 172 alloys by the end of the month and thats all i have planned, cheers for looking.

 

[slammedclio7]

I like it mate, will look good with 172 alloys and rs grill and then you are done.
What did you do with the twin exhaust?

 

[Jonny HELL YEAH]

cheers mate, i just left it out for the scrap van to come there wasnt much point in selling the mount had snapped at the weld and had to be cut off the car

 

[JamieG95]

Looks Well!

 

[guysy]

Good write up, most people seem to go down the bad route then pick it up, looking good in the last picture, alloys will go on nicely.

 

[Jonny HELL YEAH]

thanks, yeah only thing letting the car down atm is definatly the wheels each alloy has been curbed by whoever had it before me

 

[Goodj]

Alloys on and your done.

 

[JakeJ]

Hi, was joust wondering where you got your blue LED's for the dials from and was it easy to do the conversion. Would love my dials to look like this but havent been able to find anywhere that does them
Jake

 

[Jonny HELL YEAH]

https://www.crazyleds.co.uk/Clio-MK3-Full-SMD-LED-dash-conversion-kit..html

Thats the site i got mine of mate it says they do fitting but it's a bit steep, i seriously wouldnt try fitting them if you have no experience in soldering

 

[Chris_786]

Great progress, credit to you mate.

 

[Kane.]

Looks good :approve: