Ali's 2003 Clio cup 172.

[Alastair.]

Get some bumper stickers if you're trying to continue OEM!

Once ive had the front end resprayed, all in good time

 

[Alastair.]

Sorted the engine bay out over the last couple of weeks after @Daniel said to get spraying with the Autoglym alloy paint, so much cleaner now.
New coolant bottle next!

When i first got it in March.

Stripped.

Painted bits. (bolts etc painted as well)

Rebuild.

Done.

 

[cjgower]

Perfect engine bay, not too much of a fan when people powder coat manifolds etc. Just some silver VHT paint and be done with it. Excellent job!

 

[Daniel]

 

[Alastair.]

Missed a couple.

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

Trillion times better.

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[MarkCup]

I want to buy this even more now.

 

[Alastair.]

I want to buy this even more now.

Wont be long until i get board, once ive had them 3 months i start looking at other stuff.

 

[Alastair.]

New coolant bottle on its way from Euro car parts, £9.74 delivered, bargain!

 

[MarkCup]

Bored?

 

[Alastair.]

Bored?

What you offering?

 

[dann2707]

I REALLLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY want to do my engine now @Matty1303

Mine looks so much like your before pic.

 

[Alastair.]

New coolant bottle arrived today from Euros, £9.43 delivered, absolute bargain!!

Well packaged!!

Old vs new.

New type D coolant.

Installed.

Much better.

 

[Stefan.]

Done such a good job on this!

 

[The_Pirate]

This is just exceptional.

Whats the mileage on it?

 

[Alastair.]

This is just exceptional.

Whats the mileage on it?

125,000 miles

 

[The_Pirate]

Really?? Jesus Christ. Theres a Trophy in the FS section for 11k and I'd honestly rather pay 4k for this:tearsofjoy:

 

[Alastair.]

Really?? Jesus Christ. Theres a Trophy in the FS section for 11k and I'd honestly rather pay 4k for this:tearsofjoy:

I will do you a discount, £1000 off, 3k its yours :wink:

 

[The_Pirate]

Haha, I got rid of a nice one last year Al my mate. I'm happy with the Phase 1 with 152k on it for now lol.

 

[mrmel]

Lovely cup, really impressed with what you've done so far. There great little cars, I would find it hard to part with mine now after putting so much time into it.

Have you got a link to the coolant bottle, I could do with one to

 

[Alastair.]

Lovely cup, really impressed with what you've done so far. There great little cars, I would find it hard to part with mine now after putting so much time into it.

Have you got a link to the coolant bottle, I could do with one to

Cheers buddy, yours looks lovely!!

Link http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/R...9b56e55ba33aacbca18e953b74dad798546791&000125

Discount code CLUB2008OC

 

[dann2707]

That's absolutely mental the engine bay.

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

The smallest things makes such a big difference

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[mrmel]

Cheers buddy, yours looks lovely!!

Link http://www.eurocarparts.com/ecp/c/R...9b56e55ba33aacbca18e953b74dad798546791&000125

Discount code CLUB2008OC

Ah Thankyou, such a good looking car when there cleaned up.

Thanks for that, will get one ordered

 

[andy_coops]

Ah Thankyou, such a good looking car when there cleaned up.

Thanks for that, will get one ordered

Me too - thanks!

 

[Iain C]

I brought the ecp bottle but the standard lid didn't fit.

 

[Alastair.]

I brought the ecp bottle but the standard lid didn't fit.

Mine felt slightly strange when screwing on the first few thread, seems ok after working it on a few times.

 

[Jamie86]

Ali did you get the alternator wire you needed? If not send me a pic of what you need

 

[Alastair.]

Ali did you get the alternator wire you needed? If not send me a pic of what you need :smile:

Yes I did, found an old engine loom at work, its for @baysthebest Clio.
Fitting a new alternator for him next week but noticed the plug is knackered.

Cheers anyway mate.

 

[Jamie86]

Yes I did, found an old engine loom at work, its for @baysthebest Clio.
Fitting a new alternator for him next week but noticed the plug is knackered.

Cheers anyway mate.

Cool well you know where I am

 

[dann2707]

Is there any chance you'd be able to give me a few products what you used to do your engine bay mate please?

What spray you used, cleaning products etc? Got my heart set on doing it now after you've done that!

 

[Jekyll]

Excellent work so far. Its amazing what a bit of paint and new coolant bottle can do.

Bet the new wheel feels amazing too!

 

[Alastair.]

Is there any chance you'd be able to give me a few products what you used to do your engine bay mate please?

What spray you used, cleaning products etc? Got my heart set on doing it now after you've done that!

Auto glym alloy wheel paint x2 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOGLYM-...588205?hash=item20c830b2ed:g:E7oAAOxyBotTYix1

Hammerite silver metal paint x1 for the rocker cover (i was going to spray mine but it would have been a pain masking everything up. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Hamme...096051?hash=item1eab11e6f3:g:41cAAOSwJb9WsnKJ

Wire brush to get rid of all the powdery bits on the alloy parts. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hand-Wire...829120?hash=item5d5f2e4fc0:g:Y08AAOSwsFpWTHBw

Couple of cans of brake cleaner to degrease everything before paint. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sovereign...hash=item3ac2d7ffdc:m:mSt31DZV2cgtEHD9Kou9zfg

 

[Alastair.]

New number plate lamp arrived from euros £4.89 delivered.

Old vs new

Old

New

 

[Alastair.]

The new bulb holder was rubbish so I used the original and used the new lens.

 

[dann2707]

Auto glym alloy wheel paint x2 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOGLYM-...588205?hash=item20c830b2ed:g:E7oAAOxyBotTYix1

Hammerite silver metal paint x1 for the rocker cover (i was going to spray mine but it would have been a pain masking everything up. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Hamme...096051?hash=item1eab11e6f3:g:41cAAOSwJb9WsnKJ

Wire brush to get rid of all the powdery bits on the alloy parts. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hand-Wire...829120?hash=item5d5f2e4fc0:g:Y08AAOSwsFpWTHBw

Couple of cans of brake cleaner to degrease everything before paint. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sovereign...hash=item3ac2d7ffdc:m:mSt31DZV2cgtEHD9Kou9zfg

Thanks for that mate.

 

[Barryr33]

Great work :up:

 

[182_steve]

What an interesting read, i'm a bit new on here so had to start from page one and catch up from the start haha but top work on this, it really does look stunning with the wheels all done etc and that engine bay is EXACTLY how I want to get my Arctic 182 looking eventually, little things like the coolant bottle really do make all the difference :up: As a complete side issue, that's so true about the mats, I bought the next ones up for mine from Renault for about £35-40 I think it was but I just didn't want the Sport ones, no worth £65 for a silver trim that won't suit my car anyway lol!

 

[Hixle]

This is so good @Alastair.

Amazing work mate.

 

[Alastair.]

For sale now in the for sale section. Messed up the pics,will sort that tomorrow.