So the obsession with clios started a few years back, as my mrs had one thought it was a decent little car so off i went and bought my first which was a 172 cup, gas flowed head full stainless and a V6 airbox great little car loved heavy right foot action up untill a bit of a hoon down the M56 and this happened.
That was the 15th of december 2010 so new bottom end was sourced and off to essex it was to collect it 16th of december and all the work started, without help from a great friend alex none of this would have happened so big thanks to him so........
Few hundred quid later and quite a few hours later it was looking like an engine again.
As i bought the cup
Then after Ktec mounts new engine more or less every gaskett 16 valves and about 2k later she was looking good but decided to cut my losses and get rid
Then bought this
Then this (Naughty lil thing ST170 engine on bodies) was red when i bought it!
Then a van and a diesel golf which by this time i was beginning to really crave for a clio but wanted a few creature comforts so decided upon a 182 and as blue is my fav colour and allways has been was dead set on getting an arctic blue one so for what i still think a bargain of 2k and after much debate on here this was bought.
Usual 182 spec, Cruise climate leather alacantera and a few tasty add on's like yozza cat back ktec mounts brembo discs ferodo DS2500 pads Braided lines And a pannel filter had had cambelt done a couple of months ago and a part service history.
Had a few small issues with it but wrapped most of them up over christmas.
1st Filthy wheels and what was either tar or waxoyl covering 80% of both sideskirts
So off came the wheels and sideskirts for a proper clean
Out came the auto glym tar and glue and a scraper on the sideskirts
Before and after (but before the G220)
Then the G220 came out with a megs cutting pad using megs 83 and 80
So they were sorted and fitted back on, on to the wheels
The front 2 were covered in cv grease, like s**te loads of it took 4 hits per wheel and were still not 100% but will be buying a stiffer brush and some strong tfr to sort them properly but think the befores and afters make a hell of a difference
Gave them a coat of Autoglym super resin polish followed by 2 coats of Autoglym EGP and poorboys naural look dressing and were looking good
With that now sorted another small job started to tap and that small job was the dephaser pulley :S so on with cambelt tensioners and dephaser, not too many pictures of ths because i wasnt covering my phone in oil :nono:
Sorted all quiet now and on to the next issue which was wet footwells all the way around the car! and some very very steamy windows
Turned out to be 8 small holes through the floor of the car parralel on both sides which to me points out that an one point some baloon has had neons fitted! so seats out carpet out all insulation etc.
So cleaned them up keyed the area and gave it a bit of isopon metalic filler sanded down and re-fitted the interior after a good clean with my new sealy wet vac. Whilst i was there one of the rear and one of the front speakers wernt working so flicked the grills off and connected the speaker wire and hey presto it works.
Whilst bolting the seats back in i noticed that the exhaust mount had cracked off the exhaust and was blowing so popped down the garage and did my first ever bit of welding, im well aware that its pidgeon s**t welds but it don't blow anymore and its still holding to this day
So bit by bit im ticking all the jobs off just need to sort the re-circ on the blowers as when i push the button on the climate i cant hear anything moving, Steering wheel is off being re-trimmed in mercedes benz leather and carbon thumb grips are on the way, think all in all ive had a quite productive christmas.
Oh and spotted these earlier in the week http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320822137516?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 no bids till right at the last minute and think ive got myself a bargain just got a bit of a slog, manchester to kent to pick the suckers up but for that price i certainly am not moaning.
That was the 15th of december 2010 so new bottom end was sourced and off to essex it was to collect it 16th of december and all the work started, without help from a great friend alex none of this would have happened so big thanks to him so........
Few hundred quid later and quite a few hours later it was looking like an engine again.
As i bought the cup
Then after Ktec mounts new engine more or less every gaskett 16 valves and about 2k later she was looking good but decided to cut my losses and get rid
Then bought this
Then this (Naughty lil thing ST170 engine on bodies) was red when i bought it!
Then a van and a diesel golf which by this time i was beginning to really crave for a clio but wanted a few creature comforts so decided upon a 182 and as blue is my fav colour and allways has been was dead set on getting an arctic blue one so for what i still think a bargain of 2k and after much debate on here this was bought.
Usual 182 spec, Cruise climate leather alacantera and a few tasty add on's like yozza cat back ktec mounts brembo discs ferodo DS2500 pads Braided lines And a pannel filter had had cambelt done a couple of months ago and a part service history.
Had a few small issues with it but wrapped most of them up over christmas.
1st Filthy wheels and what was either tar or waxoyl covering 80% of both sideskirts
So off came the wheels and sideskirts for a proper clean
Out came the auto glym tar and glue and a scraper on the sideskirts
Before and after (but before the G220)
Then the G220 came out with a megs cutting pad using megs 83 and 80
So they were sorted and fitted back on, on to the wheels
The front 2 were covered in cv grease, like s**te loads of it took 4 hits per wheel and were still not 100% but will be buying a stiffer brush and some strong tfr to sort them properly but think the befores and afters make a hell of a difference
Gave them a coat of Autoglym super resin polish followed by 2 coats of Autoglym EGP and poorboys naural look dressing and were looking good
With that now sorted another small job started to tap and that small job was the dephaser pulley :S so on with cambelt tensioners and dephaser, not too many pictures of ths because i wasnt covering my phone in oil :nono:
Sorted all quiet now and on to the next issue which was wet footwells all the way around the car! and some very very steamy windows
Turned out to be 8 small holes through the floor of the car parralel on both sides which to me points out that an one point some baloon has had neons fitted! so seats out carpet out all insulation etc.
So cleaned them up keyed the area and gave it a bit of isopon metalic filler sanded down and re-fitted the interior after a good clean with my new sealy wet vac. Whilst i was there one of the rear and one of the front speakers wernt working so flicked the grills off and connected the speaker wire and hey presto it works.
Whilst bolting the seats back in i noticed that the exhaust mount had cracked off the exhaust and was blowing so popped down the garage and did my first ever bit of welding, im well aware that its pidgeon s**t welds but it don't blow anymore and its still holding to this day
So bit by bit im ticking all the jobs off just need to sort the re-circ on the blowers as when i push the button on the climate i cant hear anything moving, Steering wheel is off being re-trimmed in mercedes benz leather and carbon thumb grips are on the way, think all in all ive had a quite productive christmas.
Oh and spotted these earlier in the week http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320822137516?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 no bids till right at the last minute and think ive got myself a bargain just got a bit of a slog, manchester to kent to pick the suckers up but for that price i certainly am not moaning.
