A little bit of Clio

[llgsimpson]

Well I thought I would finally start myself a progress blog as a few have been saying I should.

Progress aint going to be fast by any means, nor will it be that interesting to be honest as I am getting married next weekend and I am a little financially crippled.

Just to summerise:

Done so far:
Cheap air filter
Rear 400w Fusion amp and sub + random speaker
MP5 stereo

Plans for 2013:
Cure forming rust in engine bay
New branded stereo (preferably Sony/Pioneer)
Replace 400w Fusion with 800w + Branded
all round amped speakers
Soundproof car
try find slimline Sub

Plans for 2014
Treat any areas that need attention!
Build custom air intake
Lower suspension
some alloys
Replace rear bumper with RS (if thats possible)
get all tools I need to do things myself!

Future plans:
Replace the slug of 1.2 engine with something a little more speccy, 2.0 idealy (depends on cost)
Turbo. (I like to dream)
redsigned dash would be nice

As you can see this year am focusing on Audio, no point going silly as its only a 1.2 and i use the audio all the time!
I will upload some pictures of the current progress shortly and keep progress on how I do things.

Im a pro (I like to think) at respraying parts so chances are that will happen somewhere down the line too!.

thats pretty much it for now

 

[Cookson]

Wow

 

[llgsimpson]

A couple of pictures!

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[Sunglasses_Ron]

Would it not be cheaper to but a 197 rather than modifying this one?

 

[llgsimpson]

Would it not be cheaper to but a 197 rather than modifying this one?

I actually don't know, not thought about it, how much do they go for?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

About 5 grand

 

[Simon_16v]

Doesn't look too bad mate, just keep it tidy and go straight to a 197/200.

I'm just up the road from you in Selby

 

[llgsimpson]

Doesn't look too bad mate, just keep it tidy and go straight to a 197/200.

I'm just up the road from you in Selby

Might just do that, a bit of saving when the weddings over i think!, I live in rawcliffe so selby aint that far at all!

 

[llgsimpson]

Well the wedding and honeymoon is over and done with now back to the normality that we call life! my insurance was up for renewal, I now pay £390 for the year, I can't grumble at that and today it went in for its MOT and passed with no problems

 

[danward]

That speaker in the boot is so random. Surely the bass from the sub renders it pointless?

 

[Chris_MK3]

car mate, i got the mk3 face lift. yeah cheaper to do buy the 200 rather than a engine conversion ^.^

 

[llgsimpson]

That speaker in the boot is so random. Surely the bass from the sub renders it pointless?

I thought it may before i put it in but actually the combination sounds quite good, without it I can only achieve low frequency from the back, its a short term solution

 

[Cookson]

I am stunned at the house speaker in the boot. Just STUNNED

 

[Lawro]

I am stunned at the house speaker in the boot. Just STUNNED

​This! Brilliant lol

 

[llgsimpson]

Quick update, Today I have given the battery cover a colour change , gonna wait for it to dry and see what it looks like inside, not sure if i am gonna like it

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[llgsimpson]

This is what it looks like under the bonnet (btw that big air filter has been removed!)

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What you think?

also what should I do to the air box?

 

[llgsimpson]

Yesterday I bought Myself some used alloy wheels with tyres, my front passenger side was 1.673mm eek, the rest all under 2mm aswell

the wheels..

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there 215/40/17's

there getting a refurb before going on the car

 

[Cookson]

Sick

 

[Alan]

Sick

You crack me up man lol.. Give the kid a break tho, we've all been there at one point or another lol.

 

[llgsimpson]

You crack me up man lol.. Give the kid a break tho, we've all been there at one point or another lol.

I like em and that is what matters too many smoothed cars nowadays, might get some neons.. jk lol

 

[llgsimpson]

Yesterday I started stripping the wheels back and smoothing the bummps out, I bought myself some 40 60 400 and 1000 sandpaper and started rubbing away with the 40, wasn't working so I dug out my sander and loaded it up, still not even touching it :dead:
So decided to take a trip to B&Q for some nitromors, didnt realise that stuff was so expensive!!! ended up coming out with a wire wool drill bit instead and some cheap pain stripper.

Well what an investment, the wire drill bit absolutely teared threw the paint and revealed mass of metal in seconds!!
I only did 1 wheel yesterday (as the wife wasnt impressed that i did it in the living room) the rest I have left outside soaking in paint stripper

ill be interested to see if it touches it or not

Pics..

Sandpapers attempt..
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New Drill Bit...
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Drill bit progress ..
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The wheels outside soaking
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Not quite sure where to go with these wheels in terms of colour :/

They all just need finishing, 400 sanding 1000 sanding then I can get started with priming them ready

 

[llgsimpson]

Paint stripper doesn't seem to work! :/

 

[llgsimpson]

well, after 2 weeks my wheels are only a little closer to being finished! today is the first i have had off in a while (because its my birthday)

however I did attempt tinting my windows using £4 spray tint, doesn't look too bad

 

[supptora]

well, after 2 weeks my wheels are only a little closer to being finished! today is the first i have had off in a while (because its my birthday)

however I did attempt tinting my windows using £4 spray tint, doesn't look too bad

Happy belated birthday!

 

[Advikaz]

I'd personally leave this 1.2 be & get a 197 if I was you.


It is/was a nice honest little car, the air filter you've put on looks shite too....

 

[marshall878]

Spray tinted windows? God help us

 

[Billy.]

aerosol window tint - not sure if SRS?

 

[llgsimpson]

I think it doesn't look to bad

see pics:
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[Faxo]

That doesn't look too bad!

 

[llgsimpson]

and then i did this

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bikes were mounted to the rack but obviously were rubbing against the car

 

[llgsimpson]

any ideas whats the best way to repair the above without it looking like its been just "patched up"?

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Respray.

 

[llgsimpson]

Respray.

of the full rear?

 

[theduck]

Wtf are you doing to those wheels?

step back and consider do you actually know what the f**k you are doing? The answer appears to be no, so stop and either find out how to do the job right or get someone to do it for you.

 

[llgsimpson]

Wtf are you doing to those wheels?

step back and consider do you actually know what the f**k you are doing? The answer appears to be no, so stop and either find out how to do the job right or get someone to do it for you.

ill make you take that back when there done and less of the language, not required

I know what I am doing

 

[theduck]

Absolutely no need for a wire wheel, none at all. If you had to get them back to metal then you shouldn't have been tight and should have bought nitromors as that would have removed all the paint and not damaged the metal.

 

[llgsimpson]

Absolutely no need for a wire wheel, none at all. If you had to get them back to metal then you shouldn't have been tight and should have bought nitromors as that would have removed all the paint and not damaged the metal.

to be fair i have never used a wire drill bit on anything I have painted before, but it hasnt damaged the metal, when 1000 sanded its really smooth, the paint work thats already on the wheels is so bad, and extremely thick!

 

[llgsimpson]

got board and found some old paint so i though i would see how it looked over a small part of the dash

Before
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1st light Coat
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almost finished
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Done
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last few coats were fairly heavy which they probably shouldnt have been.

its currently hung in my car drying nicely at around 45degrees or probably more lol

when its dryed ill give it a polish and see what it looks like.

(didnt think the pictures were too bad either to say they were taken with a mobile phone)

 

[llgsimpson]

I am officially stupid.. Took the little plastic piece off from drying and left a lovely finger mark in the nice new paint, that's because of those thick layers and not looking where I am putting my fingers

 

[llgsimpson]

Finally got round to painting the wheels
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What you think