*Bagged Clio III*

[krisg22]

Hey, Alot of you will recognise this car as its my good friend Paul Hicklins old car
Just thought id stick a thread up of where its at now and how its looking.
Wasn't sure what to buy in the summer of 2011 then Paul offered me the clio,so after a summer of 60-80 hour weeks in Michelin I was delivered this in september



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Once i had got the car there were things to be fixed and changed this included

- New offside front hub
- New wheel bearings all round
- New wheel bearings on the rear...Again (Bearings don't like camber lol)
- Two new front discs, these weren't needed but i got them for next to nothing so decided to stick them on anyway
- New brake pads
- The electric mirrors / Interior lighting / Horn / Sidelights decided to give up one day (Typical french electrics) so i changed all the fuses which didn't fix the problem so it was sent to an Autospark to get it sorted
- Airbag light came on and off as it pleased so got her plugged into a computer and all the faults cleared (there was 13..lol)


Got the car around winter time and knew I wasn't for keeping the Lenso's so put them up on gumtree and had them sold within a day.
The car was then run on the standard wheels for a few months until I gathered up the money for a set of new shoes
Wheels spaced with 5mm's at front at 20's at the rear.
Loved how low it sat on these wheels and they didn't look the worst either..



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Heres a pic of one of the rear bearings, was in great shape...



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Few random pics taken...



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You have to love the Northern Irish country roads in the winter.....



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I knew I needed new wheels to set the car off and I had my heart set on Schmidt 3 piece modern lines, asked a few of the guys and they all agreed they would be well worth the money so I bit the bullet and got them ordered...

Fronts are 16" 8.5J et 27 with a 2" dish
Rears are 16" 9J et 21 with a 2.5" dish




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Told they would take no more than 2 weeks...they arrived 3 weeks later but it was worth the wait when i opened them up..



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Testing Fitment



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Tyres on the wheels are 195/40 Continentals on the fronts and 194/45 Sunnys (All i could get in short notice) on the rears.
Had problems getting the tyres on, the shape of the wheel meant we couldn't get the tyres to pop, 5 cans of easy start later and even a bit of heat on the tyres they still wouldnt go on.
In the end the valves had to be took out of the wheels and the valve holes were re-drilled ( 20 quid plus VAT a hole for drilling them out by 2 or 3mm... ridiculous! )
tubes were then put in for Ballymena Carfest and they tyres were left for a week to stretch then the tubes were took out and new valves put in

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Future plans are for a full retrim of the inside with s couple of nicely retrimmed bucket seats
Let me know what you think, cheers!

 

[Ged]

theres low... and super low.. but that looks broken Each to their own and that though

How far can the suspension be raised up? can you get it to a normal ride height?

 

[krisg22]

Haha! yeah it can be raised up to pretty much normal ride height so theres no problem with speedbumps etc and its asmooth enough ride.
Handling wouldn't be as good as coilovers though

 

[KFRRS94]

I'm actually lol'ing looking at that, it's ridiculous...

Don't get me wrong I think it looks cool on the move.. but how can you drive further than 10 feet without running into a bump that's just that little bit to big to drive over....

EDIT: 3rd picture from the bottom, the front is on the floor xD

 

[Jamie16v]

So much better without those cheap BBS repliacs. Nice work.

 

[Sam]

WTF?

I like your ideas but it just isn't practical and in my opinion it looks s**t.

But kudos for going with your own instincts.

 

[krisg22]

WTF?

I like your ideas but it just isn't practical and in my opinion it looks s**t.

But kudos for going with your own instincts.

Its more practical than being low on coilovers as i can get over any speedbump etc...

 

[Chip-mk1]

Looks like you have done a good job of achieving the look you were after.


I wont give my opinion of the actual usefulness of what you have "achieved" though as Im sure you are already aware that "haters gonna hate"

 

[w33 brl]

thats silly low but there's something about it that makes me no like

 

[Hixle]

Looks like you have done a good job of achieving the look you were after.

Couldn't have put it any better myself. I really, really don't like the OEM splitters/sideskirts though, would looks far better without imo.

 

[172Ben]

I don't recognise it.

 

[Kyle92]

man, the picture rolling down the front with everyone looking at the car. It looks so god damn sexy. 100 points for doing something different than making reps or track cars. Looks sweet, the bbs reps looked awful, your new wheels looks tasty.

 

[MartinR]

^^ Ben i think it was the one from the megs top 25 at fcs 2011(if you were in attendance?) it originaly had multicoloured wire wheels i think

 

[Hixle]

Is this the one that had multi-coloured BBS RS's on at one point?

 

[Ollie82.]

Oh dear.

 

[ekaJ]

Way better than before

 

[Revels]

It looks ridiculous.

 

[krisg22]

Yeah it had the Multicoloured BBS RS's on it last!

 

[Chip-mk1]

man, the picture rolling down the front with everyone looking at the car. It looks so god damn sexy. 100 points for doing something different than making reps or track cars. Looks sweet, the bbs reps looked awful, your new wheels looks tasty.

Which picture is that?

From your description it sounds like groups of people stood there admiring it, but the only picture I could see with anyone looking at it was these couple of pensioners who are presumably thinking its broken?

The show pictures people seem to be just walking by not bothering to look.

 

[MartinR]

Is this the one that had multi-coloured BBS RS's on at one point?

Yep

 

[timuss]

Blimey that's mad fair play, though not my taste at all but each to there own.

 

[not normal dan]

Each to there own I suppose, not my cup of tea but well done for achieving what you set out too. The wheels look better then those cheap replica's though. Oh nice dog

 

[Cup_Phil]

The wheels are WAY too small for the arches. Looks like it's been crashed and badly repaired

 

[VIICarCare]

Not my bag at all. Fair play though, your car

 

[Cerrone]

Take it it is on air bags?! I like it but it just seems that's all that has been done is slam it and new shoes... Do more to it and take it to shows!!

 

[24JSeymour]

Personally think it looks mint as i love the look of old golfs slammed and stretched tyres.. Never even thought what it would look like on a clio but looks amazing with those new rims! I dont think people understand that you can raise the car at the push of a button haha

 

[G3 NYX]

I still don't understand the point of stretched tyres? Why not just get wider tyres and have much more grip?

 

[dmallett]

I like it! I also like your dog.

 

[24JSeymour]

I still don't understand the point of stretched tyres? Why not just get wider tyres and have much more grip?

For looks and so they tuck under the arches

 

[GeorgeH]

Love it.

Hate to live with it though.

 

[Addicted]

I'm sorry but it just looks stupid, if it had bigger wheels it may look slightly better but you're not even filling that archgap!

Won't even comment on those "epic" lows.

It's a no from me!

 

[krisg22]

Cheers for the comments people!
The car is on Air suspension so I can raise it to whatever height I please and drive away over any bumps..
The wheels are the size they are as I wanted the kit to sit on the ground when I had it fully aired out...
Stretch tyres are purely for looks

 

[GSKingsbury]

Looks nice mate for the look you have gone for. Very tidy motor not ruined at all.

Not everybody on here appreciates not every thing has to be for going fast. Stretched tyres help the tyres tuck up in the arches !!

I couldn't live with it personally but totally appreciate the time and effort put into this !!

 

[krisg22]

Looks nice mate for the look you have gone for. Very tidy motor not ruined at all.

Not everybody on here appreciates not every thing has to be for going fast. Stretched tyres help the tyres tuck up in the arches !!

I couldn't live with it personally but totally appreciate the time and effort put into this !!

Cheers mate! Im only 20 and cant really get insured for anything thats half quick so im going for looks until then! Once the insurance is down a bit something fast will be bought

 

[MonkeyKnifeFight]

I have to give it credit purely for the amount of work needed to achieve the look. So many people just stick turinis and a nurburg sticker on a car and call it a real head turner. I can't say I'd ever do it myself but fair play none the less. Bet that thing harvests road kill like a beast!!

 

[shell-vt]

i love this it,s so fresh......

 

[Knuckles]

Not my bag at all.

I see what you did there

Can I ask why the bbs reps 'are/look s**t/awful'? They all look the same to me

 

[Kane.]

Preferred the standard wheels tbh.

 

[danzel]

I'd wondered what had happened to this thing! Personally I love it, it's completely bonkers.

 

[Wick]

Not my cup of tea but I can appreciate the work that has gone in to it