1.6 rsi...

[K80 NCH]

how do i get the plastic bump guards off the side of my car ?
and
should i spray the black parts of my bumpers aswell or not ?
cheers

 

[K80 NCH]

any body know ?
please !

 

[@rt]

how do i get the plastic bump guards off the side of my car ?
and
should i spray the black parts of my bumpers aswell or not ?
cheers

the doors are easy, open to door, you'll see a gromit on the inside of the door behind the strip, take this off, and then pull the clip towards the back of car, this will the come off, rear ones are tricky-er, not taken mine off personally, but I've been told you have to tap them with a rubber mallet coverd in cloth towards the front of the car.

and yes if you're going to do the side strips do the bumper mouldings too.

ps. not sure if the side strips are taken off the same on a ph1 and ph2, you'd have to check.

 

[K80 NCH]

cheers dude at least some one knows how to do it
and how to answer threads lol
will hopefully have the pics up before monday (before and after of course)
rang the garage today to see wot is happening with my car and apparently the new injectors havent arrived yet so it could be saturday before i get her her back even tho i was told it would be today so im a bit pissed off as you can imagine

 

[K80 NCH]

how will i get the bumper mouldings off aswell then

 

[K80 NCH]

only intend to do a few things to her atm but bigger plans once i start getting some decent money lol.

i will get some pictures up at the weekend

got plans for the weekend so the first pics should be before and after

TO DO

(weekend)

fit air filter
fit new exhaust
spray black side strips and mirrors

(soon)

engine remap
front and rear strut brace
capets out(advice needed for this)
tar mats out (advice needed for this)
spoiler
new brake discs(drilled/grooved and pads)
new alloys

also planning

silver visions
bonnet pins
decent mud flaps
new back lights
and
possibly skirts

i will keep you all posted on what i actually get done and when
photos to follow

 

[K80 NCH]

just ordered a set of silvervisions for the front and back of the car
wot should i order for the side ?

 

[K80 NCH]

to l8 ordered some silver side repeaters with bulbs to replace the egyolks on the side of my car lol

 

[Jordi17]

the standard bulbs are silver anyway. you wont need to change them.

 

[K80 NCH]

i know
thing is tho i wanna know if its legal to have silver indicators all round
arent they orange for a reason ?

 

[Sargara]

They look silver coated to the eye. When in use they are still orange so you should be fine.

 

[K80 NCH]

kewl thnx

 

[K80 NCH]

rang the garage today and should be gettin the car back tomoro
so i have plans to do all of the follows once i have it back hope fully not much more than a day or 2 of work

fit new exhaust
fit new air induction kit
colour code bumper mouldings, door guards and mirrors
paint renault badges and back badges(orange)
paint RSI lettering on doorguards orange
fit new number plates
paint rear brakes and front callipers(white)
replace indicators with silver visions x6

should be fun. all before/during/after pics will be up as soon as the work is completed.
opinions ppl if you please. think im gettin the hang of it lool
FTW

 

[@rt]

sounds like a constructive list that


as long as you dont go putting any steering wheel covers on it you'll be 'reet!



EDIT looking forward to some pics

 

[K80 NCH]

thing is my sttering wheel looks reali s**t
and cant afford a new one atm
but ill bare tht in mind anyway
mite aswell leave it off

 

[K80 NCH]

well gonna have to postpone the work i had planned for the car this weekend after the guy looked at starting to replace the nacked injectors turns out there is damage to the head gasket aswell
all this for a broken timing belt
gona be next weekend before i get any thing done to her tht i want done
had all my equipment and stuff ready to do it today and tomoro just so people could see what it was gonna start out like

but i guess you will have to wait lol

watch this space ......

 

[K80 NCH]

well seen as how i aint gettin my car back for just under a week, dont need the petrol money so i just bought my bonnet pins
just another thing on the list of things to do when i get her back
:evil:

 

[Sam]

Bonnet Pins ?

Why has every clio youve bought been fúcked ? Lol

 

[K80 NCH]

i dunno
one thing leads to another hehe
hopefully once its fixed this time it stays tht way
and bonnet pins yeah
just like the look of them

 

[JCC]

Are they going to be working bonnet pins or just there for the look?

 

[K80 NCH]

defo workin ones
gotta be hasnt it lol

 

[JCC]

The plans were sounding good until you mentioned those bonnet pins tbh...

 

[K80 NCH]

well i found out clio bonnet catches have a tendancy to pop without warnig with age so i thought they would do for tht and i dont think they look tht bad tbh

 

[K80 NCH]

well i still havent got my car back seems its taking longer than they sadi it would so im not very happy. but apparently all that reamins to be done is putting the engine back together and putting it back in the car
so with any luck i will get her back tomoro or saturday
1 more thing on my list aswell
i have bought a second hand casette player and cd changer so now tht has to be fitted aswell if it will fit tht is lol
keepin y'all posted as things develop
so might be able to post before and after pics starting from saturday or hopefully tomoro

 

[SC03OTT]

Why did you not just buy a headunit that has an aux/usb port for an MP3 player?

 

[K80 NCH]

coz i wanted a cheap cd changer lol
and my mate had one spare so it cost pennies lol

 

[K80 NCH]

well been on the phone to the garage 2 days in a row and the guy sortin m y car out is adiment ill have it back tomoro
do i believe him
kinda
lol
i just want it back so i can get my project in motion
takin

 

[K80 NCH]

the piss
everday ive rang so far he has sed tomoro
and has been sayin tht for week
so im not happy to say the least
but now again with the tomoro
but apperently he certain this time lol

 

[K80 NCH]

well he was wrong
rang him today and now he says monday
he is reali startin to get up my nose
grrrrrrrrr

 

[micallef1990]

same shite with my car tbh they had it for 5 weeks lol am suicidal

 

[K80 NCH]

know the feelin im startin to get psised off
it cant be this hard to get it sorted so i can go pick it up
will be glad when i get it back ive got a list as long as my arm of things to do to make it look and sound good
gotta ask tho is an air filter worth puttin on or not
its just i have a universal one and not sure if it will be any good any one know
thnx

 

[@rt]

know the feelin im startin to get psised off
it cant be this hard to get it sorted so i can go pick it up
will be glad when i get it back ive got a list as long as my arm of things to do to make it look and sound good
gotta ask tho is an air filter worth puttin on or not
its just i have a universal one and not sure if it will be any good any one know
thnx

perfomance wise your not likely to notice at all, infact if you get heat soak you may well get de-creased performance, should improve the sound of the engine though (throaty, induction rawr), depending on the type of filter it is.

 

[K80 NCH]

whats heat soak ?

 

[Scrooge]

Heat soak is basically feed warm or hot air to your. Car. Cars perform better when a cold air supply is fed rather than your engine just sucking in the hot air around engine which I what will happen if you just bung ony old air filter without treating it to a caf

 

[K80 NCH]

well stillnot gettin my car back but not reali complaining coz when i rang the guy today he sed they are having to rebuild to whole topend of the engine :
gaskets
inlets
valves
injectors
and the topmount or somethin
so good for the car at end of the day
should be noticably faster once all the new parts are broken in

 

[mini-valver]

NEED

 

[mattyd84]

how much are the injectors costing yA?

 

[K80 NCH]

they aint costing me anything its all being paid for
by the guy who sold me the car as its under warantee

 

[SC03OTT]

This is the second car you have bought that has turned out to be a total shed. Do you not inspect them before buying? Also, the text wraps itself, you don't need to hit return all the time when typing.

 

[@rt]

NEED

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