182 Touge/Tuner Build

[Matt Cup]

Aye, they've done a cracking job with that actually! Good to know that the kit'll look good once painted up & fitted.

There's a few bits that aren't the most cohesive like the upholstery and 3D plate (a little tiktok-tastic for me, I'm shooting for a period Sports Compact feel), but nonetheless it looks the business.

I suppose my point of the post was to highlight that on occasions 17’s suit the application, particularly with a bodykit similar to yours. I get that you have already expressed your reluctance to it, but aesthetics count on a car like this. All IMO though

 

[bvnditi]

I suppose my point of the post was to highlight that on occasions 17’s suit the application, particularly with a bodykit similar to yours. I get that you have already expressed your reluctance to it, but aesthetics count on a car like this. All IMO though

A local lad is running 17" Team Dynamics on his non-sport and it looks the business bar the curbing and arch gap (I'm hooking him up with some springs to fix the latter, and have sent him the details of my powdercoat/refurb guy).

The idea's growing on me lol, you're steering me that way

I've also had some 15" Rays TE37s offered to me for a good price though, so I'm also tempted to go the other way & fill the arch with sidewall.

 

[bvnditi]

These have been dangled before me at an exceedingly good price as well and it's VERY tempting.

...has anyone put TE37s on a Clio before actually?

 

[Matt Cup]

Not TE37’s but @MrBlonde had some lovely RPF1’s on his 182 in 15” flavour.

15’s may look a little lost though, they are much more suited to a less is more kind of build.

 

[MrBlonde]

 

[bvnditi]

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That looks phenomenal dude. If you don't mind me asking, what's the wheel and tyre specs on that?

 

[bvnditi]

Not TE37’s but @MrBlonde had some lovely RPF1’s on his 182 in 15” flavour.

15’s may look a little lost though, they are much more suited to a less is more kind of build.

Aye, that's my one concern.

The lip kit we're fitting, we've sat down and said we don't want anything going more than 30mm below the original lines of the car, so hopefully the smaller wheels + lows combo won't end in the kit getting battered.

 

[bvnditi]

Clio once again has served as a phenomenal camera car.

I finished up designing a livery for a client's Integra DC5 (still amazes me I literally *just* design liveries for a living) and I always bring a photographer out once the car's got the livery fitted to do a PR shoot. This car gets a tonne of mileage put on it and heavy use as a workhorse, equipment transporter, cross-country runner to get me to shows, and so forth.

Waiting on the shoot of my latest livery back (ETA tomorrow), but popped up one of my other liveries that we shot out of the Clio back in April.

I've also picked up a full-on care package courtesy of JDS Detailing, hand-delivered to me all the way from Wales! Shall see to giving the Clio a bit of much-deserved love once the weather's figured out what it's doing.

 

[Matt Cup]

Quite amazing how you managed to capture that shot from that angle

 

[bvnditi]

LMAO magic, he teleported onto the M4

 

[MrBlonde]

That looks phenomenal dude. If you don't mind me asking, what's the wheel and tyre specs on that?

195/50/15 Et38

 

[bvnditi]

195/50/15 Et38

Cheers dude! Yours is sat perfectly.

Any issues with bottoming out/scraping with the ride height yours is at? I’m kinda nervous taking my Clio any lower