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See My Clio? Tell Me
well i would tend to agree! if you have penty of money with nothing better to spend it on then go for it.
it cost me about £450 for bumpers wings and skirts painting inc a small repair to back bumper.
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
the RS replica.
www.renparts.co.uk
CLS, RS MEG
I bought my replica 90% done, so I spent next to nothing modifying. Happy with the real thing now though 
It would cost more to insure the 1.2 than the real one now!
It would cost more to insure the 1.2 than the real one now!if you have the 2k or more for insurance then yeah, people dont remember once you get to our age group and above that when we were 17 you wanted your car looking as sporty as poss with no massive hits to the insurance. people taking modding to different lengths, sure that the guy who spent 70k on a 3.0 conversion in his "pimped out 206" will regret not buying summat quick and standard once he is 30 odd.
i would love a fezza or lambo but insurance etc lol
all i really NEED is a little more torque when carrying large loads like biking stuff or uni etc, other than that 2.0l would just be wasted on how i drive, so 1.2 means sweet fa in fuels costs.
thing to also remember is that it is not just the cost of the car, its also running, ie fuel, services, tyres, etc etc etc . . . . higher specced and priced car, higher costs all round.
not a rant, just a quick non aggravated view of a 20year old coming out of uni with alot of debt
loljamie
and no i wouldnt do it again
like immi says
len_beach
ClioSport Club Member
E92 M3,172 track car
IMO, do it. If it is done properly ie. wings and not botched bumpers (no offence meant Jamie, Immi), the parts will be very easy to re-sell when you wish to put back to standard. Plus, things like Cup spoilers (Trophy/V6 even more so) and splitters will always be worth the money as will CS' official wheel, the Turini.
len_beach
ClioSport Club Member
E92 M3,172 track car
Quite possibly, on here or on Piston Heads but I always like to think of the wider market. I always like to consider, if my mum was buying a car, would she be happy to buy this one? Traditionally, members on here like to pay rock bottom for everything and people in the know, know what things are worth. With that in mind, you may limit your resale potential
When I said botched, it wasn't meant as in bad job. I simply meant that you're front bumper is now specific to non-RS wings hence it couldn't be whacked on the 'bay as a replacement job for 172/182's etc. Although that in itself may increase its' value.
That looks as if its had a lot of work done on it.
Are the indicators in the doors next to the R Sport badge? None on wings, and if its inferno, it must have been resprayed?
Mercedes C Class Sport
Its one of my mates, she lives 100 yards from me lol.
Her dad owns Bodystyle UK in Manchester and made a 182 rep for her, shes 17.
Its an 05 plate dynamique 1.4 thats got :
wings,182 rear bumper + K-tec replica exhaust, front bumper,side skirts, lowered, turinis, cup spoiler, front grille, smoothed bump strip grooves and replaced with 197 bump strips+indicators and it had a carbon fibre splitter + Arespray in Inferno.
That pic is from when she'd just got it, its finished now and looks stunning in the flesh!
Her dad owns Bodystyle UK in Manchester and made a 182 rep for her, shes 17.
Its an 05 plate dynamique 1.4 thats got :
wings,182 rear bumper + K-tec replica exhaust, front bumper,side skirts, lowered, turinis, cup spoiler, front grille, smoothed bump strip grooves and replaced with 197 bump strips+indicators and it had a carbon fibre splitter + Arespray in Inferno.
That pic is from when she'd just got it, its finished now and looks stunning in the flesh!
1.6 16v
fiesta 1.25
Just a quick question for len beach and joshydee.How did you fit the sideskirts fixings on?
Chris
Chris
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
save your money and get a real 172 in a couple of years
1.6 16v
he said "if you have plenty of money"
there's a difference between modding a car to make it look "sporty" and modding it to look like something its not.
Clio
ahh i miss the good times we had in that car josh mate, overtaking things left and right, now you have the land cruiser we dont overtake...
we drive over the top of things
www.renparts.co.uk
i used rivets....
ive got a load of pop rivets and those brackets if you need some..
Clio
did you fit them at mine, 2am lol?
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nah fitted the skirts a couple of days later lol
len_beach
ClioSport Club Member
E92 M3,172 track car
Clio
len you got any pics from front mate???
len_beach
ClioSport Club Member
E92 M3,172 track car
Renault did it for me.
len you got any pics from front mate???
More of my wanktabulous photography:
http://cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=211830
www.renparts.co.uk
www.renparts.co.uk
what car do you drive and how old are you?
things are alot different when you are finishing uni with 10,000 of debt, do you really think i would have a clio 1.2 of things were different?!!!
dad has a aston v8, rs4 new style cab, and aston db7 vantage volante, mum has an rs6, so if you wanna brag about having a great car at such and such an age, go for it.
im proud of my car, i know it will sell for a lot more than a bob standard clio, ive enjoyed modding it, and driving it so. . . . . . . .
and when was the last time you got 47 mpg ?? :rasp:
oh and p.s, its a hell of alot cleaner than yours
jd
