Thought I would finally start a project thread.
I bought my RB Clio 3 years ago now and have been using it as my daily car for this time; I now have a company scheme car so this can now be my toy.
Anyway, this is what the Clio looked like for the first two years:
Shocking photo...
Spec at this point was fairly standard, only some GAZ coilovers fitted and a panel filter.
I then decided to replace the 182 alloys with some 2118’s:
And also changed the wheel for this (due to melting):
I also had the belts done middle of last year, and all brakes replaced.
That then brings me up to the start of this year, where I have now spent a bit of money on it:
Firstly, I wanted to replace the crashy Gaz coilovers for something better, and at the time Danny had a good GB price on the Spax RSX coilovers, I liked the look of the combined rear damper/spring setup so opted for them, also at a similar point in time I purchased the Pure Motorsport top mounts and strut brace:
Previously had an OMP brace on there:
So out with the old and in with the new.
Then for the Spax:
Old vs new:
Really impressed so far with the spax, much more comfortable on the road than the Gaz, yet to test on track how they perform but I would imagine they will be good due to the level of adjustment in them.
I also picked up another set of 2118’s in black this time, with some spec2 tyres on them, so fitted these and setup the ride heights:
The white 2118s will have some worn RS2’s which I had in the garage soon, kept them for track days.
A few weekends ago I managed to finally get my corbeau seats in the car (have been sitting in the garage for 2 years!):
You can see I also replaced the dished wheel with a Sabelt one :approve:
Finally to bring it up to date, I purchased Nick172Cup’s RS2 Xtra manifold last year, and this has been sitting in the garage as I have been collecting the necessary parts to be able to fit it, which I now think I have the majority, so firstly I fitted the new carbon bonnet I picked up from Chris205 on here, purchased because I needed aero catches fitted to get the manifold to fit:
That brings me up to how it stands now, hopefully this weekend I will be removing the slam panel, fitting the new rad/fan setup and the RS2 manifold, I’ll try and keep this up to date.
Thanks for looking.
I bought my RB Clio 3 years ago now and have been using it as my daily car for this time; I now have a company scheme car so this can now be my toy.
Anyway, this is what the Clio looked like for the first two years:
Shocking photo...
Spec at this point was fairly standard, only some GAZ coilovers fitted and a panel filter.
I then decided to replace the 182 alloys with some 2118’s:
And also changed the wheel for this (due to melting):
I also had the belts done middle of last year, and all brakes replaced.
That then brings me up to the start of this year, where I have now spent a bit of money on it:
Firstly, I wanted to replace the crashy Gaz coilovers for something better, and at the time Danny had a good GB price on the Spax RSX coilovers, I liked the look of the combined rear damper/spring setup so opted for them, also at a similar point in time I purchased the Pure Motorsport top mounts and strut brace:
Previously had an OMP brace on there:
So out with the old and in with the new.
Then for the Spax:
Old vs new:
Really impressed so far with the spax, much more comfortable on the road than the Gaz, yet to test on track how they perform but I would imagine they will be good due to the level of adjustment in them.
I also picked up another set of 2118’s in black this time, with some spec2 tyres on them, so fitted these and setup the ride heights:
The white 2118s will have some worn RS2’s which I had in the garage soon, kept them for track days.
A few weekends ago I managed to finally get my corbeau seats in the car (have been sitting in the garage for 2 years!):
You can see I also replaced the dished wheel with a Sabelt one :approve:
Finally to bring it up to date, I purchased Nick172Cup’s RS2 Xtra manifold last year, and this has been sitting in the garage as I have been collecting the necessary parts to be able to fit it, which I now think I have the majority, so firstly I fitted the new carbon bonnet I picked up from Chris205 on here, purchased because I needed aero catches fitted to get the manifold to fit:
That brings me up to how it stands now, hopefully this weekend I will be removing the slam panel, fitting the new rad/fan setup and the RS2 manifold, I’ll try and keep this up to date.
Thanks for looking.
) and may get the bonnet resprayed at the same time.
