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Yeah mate lol that's 1 of the things on the to do list.
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Yeah mate lol that's 1 of the things on the to do list.
Very nice project there.
How did you crack the alloy?
Try Revolution motorpsorts for 4WLA, there up your way.
How did you crack the alloy?
Try Revolution motorpsorts for 4WLA, there up your way.
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Cheers. I'm not 100% about how the wheel went but I think a bolt that was lying on the road shot through it, all I know for sure was it happened at 6.00am and I s**t myself haha.
I actually went in to revalution at the weekend to check it out. The gear looks pretty good so that's probably my best bet for the 4wla I would think.
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Looks awesome mate, I quite like the rather large exhaust! The coilovers are a massive improvement too! You should get rid of the rear windscreen wiper sometime to clean the back end up even more
I have been thinking about that cos I'd quite like to get rid of the heavy looking wiper motor. Just not sure if it will make the back look a bit strange... I'm still undecided lol.
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Next up for the clio is a new bonnet. unfortunately over a year ago now some drugged up little f**k started kicking off outside my old house and puched a fair dent in my bonnet, after having to look at the dent for over a year iv now decided it has to go asap.
the disfigured bonnet...
i decided to go for a carbon fibre bonnet to save a little bit of weight and also i just quite like the look of them.
It is just an old ktec 1 so the top is carbon fibre and the underneath is fiber glass, still pretty light though and it should look good when its on.
Now just need to find the time to get it on, the bonnet that is :dead:
the disfigured bonnet...
i decided to go for a carbon fibre bonnet to save a little bit of weight and also i just quite like the look of them.
It is just an old ktec 1 so the top is carbon fibre and the underneath is fiber glass, still pretty light though and it should look good when its on.
Now just need to find the time to get it on, the bonnet that is :dead:
Any change you can do a weight them both please (or do you know how much they both weight)?
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Sorry I have no scales or anything. All I know is that I can feel a fair weight difference. I'll see if I can find somewhere to weigh them before I swap them over.
Trafic 140dci
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Standard is around 13kg, k-tec carbon fibre is about 6kg
Ha cheers for that mate, good to know.
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Yeah its a fair difference in weight, to be honest though i'll just be glad to see the back of that dent more than anything
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Yeah mate iv not been to a meet in ages. Really need to pull my finger out and get to 1 soon.
Yeah its a fair difference in weight, to be honest though i'll just be glad to see the back of that dent more than anything
Indeed. I saw a full CF bonnet for sale (cant remember link) that weighed 3.5kg but was well over a grand!
Cant wait to see it in place, has it been fitted yet?
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That may have been the streamline carbon bonnet. I think they're over a grand.
Afraid its still not on yet though I had planned to fit it today, I had even recruited the Mrs to give me a hand manouvering it into possition, however I got carried away with something else which I will post some pictures up of when I get the laptop on either today or tomorrow.
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Well its chucking it down again today so still not fitted the bonnet...
So here is my progress from yesterday, nothing major mind.
The back end got properly stripped out, as it only had back seats out with a false floor in before hand.
This is how it looked before. Tidy, but not saving all that much weight.
during...
Then after i was left with this.
After this i made the decision to remove the rear wiper and motor, at first i tried to follow a guide off here but it just wasn't working for me. so out came the trusty hacksaw :S
Which left me with this
Once at this stage it was a fairly simple case of unplug then unbolt and the motor just slides right out.
For the plastic i got a selection of small rubber grommets from halfords
The 13mm grommet turned out to be the winner
on the inside i used a 24mm grommet to prevent any leaks, 24mm was the biggest i had but it was a tad slack so i put a bit of silicone around it just as a precaution.
so all in all saved some weight in the rear end and the tailgate now looks like this.
I wasn't too sure about how it would look when i started but im quite happy with the result
Cheers
Liam
So here is my progress from yesterday, nothing major mind.
The back end got properly stripped out, as it only had back seats out with a false floor in before hand.
This is how it looked before. Tidy, but not saving all that much weight.
during...
Then after i was left with this.
After this i made the decision to remove the rear wiper and motor, at first i tried to follow a guide off here but it just wasn't working for me. so out came the trusty hacksaw :S
Which left me with this
Once at this stage it was a fairly simple case of unplug then unbolt and the motor just slides right out.
For the plastic i got a selection of small rubber grommets from halfords
The 13mm grommet turned out to be the winner
on the inside i used a 24mm grommet to prevent any leaks, 24mm was the biggest i had but it was a tad slack so i put a bit of silicone around it just as a precaution.
so all in all saved some weight in the rear end and the tailgate now looks like this.
I wasn't too sure about how it would look when i started but im quite happy with the result
Cheers
Liam
Was the wiper seized onto the wiper bolt? I tried taking mine of yesterday but no joy, looks like it will be a hacksaw job too!
Was the wiper and wiper mechanism heavy?
Was the wiper and wiper mechanism heavy?
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The motor was about 1kg i think. But yeah it was well seized, no amount of wd40 was going to move that, it may as well have been welded on ha!
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motor with the wiper and bolts was 980g
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The new style rear badge looks smart, cleans the back-end up nicely. The normal RenaultSport badge looks cheap imo. May look into swapping this soon.
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Cheers mate, it took me a while to see the light ha!
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Thanks mate, those were exactly the thoughts that id been having about the original badges.
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Finally got round to getting the carbon bonnet on yesterday, it wasnt too hard just a little fiddly.
made fairly quick work of removing the heavy dented old unit.
took a few minutes of messing around to get the old washer jets poked out...
Once all the the fixings had been changed over i loosely bolted it to the hinges, i had to lay it in the shut position a couple of times to line it up and when it was finally lined up properly i nipped them up tight.
So here are a few pictures of it fitted, not the best because you cant really see the weave. I'll get some better photos at some point soon.
and a quick picture from the back end too..
more to come at a later date.
Thanks for looking
Liam
made fairly quick work of removing the heavy dented old unit.
took a few minutes of messing around to get the old washer jets poked out...
Once all the the fixings had been changed over i loosely bolted it to the hinges, i had to lay it in the shut position a couple of times to line it up and when it was finally lined up properly i nipped them up tight.
So here are a few pictures of it fitted, not the best because you cant really see the weave. I'll get some better photos at some point soon.
and a quick picture from the back end too..
more to come at a later date.
Thanks for looking
Liam
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Iv been waiting to see this! It looks great mate.
Some silver visions and it would be perfect
cheers mate. i might order some silver visions today actually
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Yeah it seems like a very cost effective mod. I'm just getting them ordered up now :approve:
Looking good fella, did you notice how it handles and drives to the extra weight loss?
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Not noticed any difference since the bonnet went on like, since the rear was gutted I have to be a bit more careful lifting off power in the corners though ha.
Non Sport Megane
Looks really tidy mate! liking the carbon fibre bonnet!
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Cheers mate, I'm trying to decide weather to add a couple more carbon parts to go with it, or I may just leave as is. Lol really can't decide.
Non Sport Megane
Theres a thread started my Dr Jekyll on here, hes got a black/gold 182, hes gone with a black/red theme, and hes got alot of carbon parts on his, it looks really neat!
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?557144-My-Black-Carbon-2118-d-thread
Have a look in there for some ideas
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?557144-My-Black-Carbon-2118-d-thread
Have a look in there for some ideas
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Nice mate, you got any photos? I quite like the idea of carbon mirror caps.
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Just a little update. Silver visions came today, i wasted no time and just popped them straight in. Heres a few photos from along the way.
old and new bulbs together
Rear before
and after
front before
and after
im really happy with how they look, definately a worth while little mod
Thanks for looking
Liam
old and new bulbs together
Rear before
and after
front before
and after
im really happy with how they look, definately a worth while little mod
Thanks for looking
Liam
