Clio 182 LY
I'd advertised the Megane on a few forums and facebook groups and had a fair bit of interest, one of the cars I was offered without me travelling up the country to possibly be greeted with a shed of a car, was the Clio 172 below. The car is fairly well known amongst Cliosport members as was owned by a specialist who used the car to develop maps / ECU testing etc.
197 cams, custom ECU, ITG panel filter inside a modified airbox, Yozza stainless exhaust system with de-cat, H&R coilovers, raised rev limiter and a few other bits.
So he turned up, we looked around each vehicle and then completed the relevant paperwork. Sadly, the next day when I went to use the vehicle for work I had an accident.
It turns out the nuts on the Pure Motorsport stud conversion had been overtightened, and they snapped on the drivers side! Thankfully it happened as I had just pulled off a busy dual carriageway in the wet, but still left me stranded and feeling gutted! I got the car recovered home thanks to an over inflated recovery charge but I just wanted it home at the time. The next day, I removed the spacers and stud conversion from the passenger side - and that was literally moments from the same fate! Stress cracks across the studs confirming that the nuts had been over-tightened. I'm not going to bad mouth anyone, as accidents happen and he did drive to me in the car so I'm 100% sure he wasn't aware of anything that was about to happen, and he seemed a decent guy when I met him to to the deal. That's used cars for you I guess...
Anyway I managed to fix the damage thanks to the local breakers and a few other places and the car was working again.
I then set about giving the car a detailing session as the paint was very flat (even for silver) and rain was literally collecting on the bodywork meaning it hadn't seen any polish or wax in a long, long time! Poor car!
2 stage 3M machine polish, paint sealant, white diamond and two coats of my newly acquired WaxAddict Vitreo wax I bought a few weeks back when they had it on offer for half price (£30 instead of £60) and it's looking so much better! Also wet sanded and machine polished the headlights as they'd gone all hazy, although they still need a more dedicated treatment so I've ordered the Meguiars headlight restoration kit to try. Interior was very grubby, but underneath it turned out to be pretty good - and the seats and carpets are all in excellent condition. In fact the drivers seat looks almost like new considering the car is on 100k.
Anyway, here's some pictures...
197 cams, custom ECU, ITG panel filter inside a modified airbox, Yozza stainless exhaust system with de-cat, H&R coilovers, raised rev limiter and a few other bits.
So he turned up, we looked around each vehicle and then completed the relevant paperwork. Sadly, the next day when I went to use the vehicle for work I had an accident.
It turns out the nuts on the Pure Motorsport stud conversion had been overtightened, and they snapped on the drivers side! Thankfully it happened as I had just pulled off a busy dual carriageway in the wet, but still left me stranded and feeling gutted! I got the car recovered home thanks to an over inflated recovery charge but I just wanted it home at the time. The next day, I removed the spacers and stud conversion from the passenger side - and that was literally moments from the same fate! Stress cracks across the studs confirming that the nuts had been over-tightened. I'm not going to bad mouth anyone, as accidents happen and he did drive to me in the car so I'm 100% sure he wasn't aware of anything that was about to happen, and he seemed a decent guy when I met him to to the deal. That's used cars for you I guess...
Anyway I managed to fix the damage thanks to the local breakers and a few other places and the car was working again.
I then set about giving the car a detailing session as the paint was very flat (even for silver) and rain was literally collecting on the bodywork meaning it hadn't seen any polish or wax in a long, long time! Poor car!
2 stage 3M machine polish, paint sealant, white diamond and two coats of my newly acquired WaxAddict Vitreo wax I bought a few weeks back when they had it on offer for half price (£30 instead of £60) and it's looking so much better! Also wet sanded and machine polished the headlights as they'd gone all hazy, although they still need a more dedicated treatment so I've ordered the Meguiars headlight restoration kit to try. Interior was very grubby, but underneath it turned out to be pretty good - and the seats and carpets are all in excellent condition. In fact the drivers seat looks almost like new considering the car is on 100k.
Anyway, here's some pictures...
