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Black 1.2 16v. Not for long....
- Thread starter Wee_Billy_92
- Start date
Bit of a boring little update but after my new clutch and my car passing its m.o.t i have decided to do a bit of maintenance. Away to get fitted are a new radiator,timing belt,spark plugs and its going to get an oil change.
Also decided to treat my self/car to coilovers and probably sell the lowering spring that are on just now.
Also decided to treat my self/car to coilovers and probably sell the lowering spring that are on just now.
its like big and little bros!
but its looking good mate, the wrap youve done looks prefect, wouldnt have the colour myself, but its certainly eye catching and stands apart from all the black and silver n/s reps on here
nice car
Haha, yeah it is a bit. Mine being the little "scene" bro
Thanks a lot mate. Yeah its a bit of an in your face colour, especially when clean. Certainly gets some attention though.
Thanks a lot mate. Yeah its a bit of an in your face colour, especially when clean. Certainly gets some attention though.
Progress is slow atm as having to pay off many garage bills, due to all the servicing i have been wanting done. Also have road tax to pay off. Unfortunately had to put 2 of my dynamique wheels back on due to pothole damage! The roads seem to be literally riddled with them these days.
Progress to come though
Will be
Fix sunroof
Fit coilovers when they arrive
Make a cold air feed
Buy alloy foot rest and maybe sport pedals
Renault sport mats and sill covers
Re wrap dash in suede
New front bumper not too sure what kind yet
Trophy replica spoiler
Maybe a few other things not too sure yet. Any suggestions ideas are welcome though
Progress to come though
Will be
Fix sunroof
Fit coilovers when they arrive
Make a cold air feed
Buy alloy foot rest and maybe sport pedals
Renault sport mats and sill covers
Re wrap dash in suede
New front bumper not too sure what kind yet
Trophy replica spoiler
Maybe a few other things not too sure yet. Any suggestions ideas are welcome though
Forgot to mention also wanting to get
alcantara front and back door cards/plastics
Ktr stealth (quieter version)
Maybe replica skirts and an rs grill aswell.
alcantara front and back door cards/plastics
Ktr stealth (quieter version)
Maybe replica skirts and an rs grill aswell.
Just had a good read, keep up the good work pal.
Ill post up a couple of pics for you, personally i would rather have a non sunroof version, the sunroofs are prone to leaking.
Was looking through the loft today and noticed a lot of leftover fabric from doing my a pillars, so though i would take some interior trim pieces off and wrap them.
i done my hand brake cover, the interior pieces that cover the plug for the electric mirrors and also done the plastics on the side of the window as well. I'm actually really surprised on how it turned out, heres a few pics. images are not that great so once i re-wrap the dash and maybe some more bits ill get better pics
also excuse the dirt of the car llf, with all the maintenance and that i have been doing and with the bad weather and especially this week with having a job interview for honda in dundee (which went well) i have been basically glued next to the phone,so not really had a chance to clean it.
i done my hand brake cover, the interior pieces that cover the plug for the electric mirrors and also done the plastics on the side of the window as well. I'm actually really surprised on how it turned out, heres a few pics. images are not that great so once i re-wrap the dash and maybe some more bits ill get better pics
also excuse the dirt of the car llf, with all the maintenance and that i have been doing and with the bad weather and especially this week with having a job interview for honda in dundee (which went well) i have been basically glued next to the phone,so not really had a chance to clean it.
What to you use to stick the fabric to the plastic?
Woke up this morning and got my coilovers delivered
Hopefully get these fitted as soon as!
Try eBay mate, unless you wanna spalsh out on solid mounts, but I wouldn't bother
I was thinking about solid ones till unseen the price and really i doubt it would be worth it, its only a 1.2, was looking on ebay earlier but not really too sure on what ones to order. Don't want to end up wasting.money on the wrong thing llf.
*untill i seen
The stuff i used is self adhesive mate, its extremely sticky. The min 2 parts of the fabric stick together your basically f*****. You don't really get second chances with it. It comes in a 1 meter roll by a meter and a half. So you cam actually get loads done from it.
If you don't fancy the self adhesive stuff then you could get the fabric and also buy fabric glue or some sort of fabric adhesive. Not really done it this way but im sure the finished product will just look the same.
Yeah mate
http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/271282808505?nav=SEARCH
Theirs a link for the self adhesive fabric.
Quick update here
Right the car has been in a sorry looking state for the past few months and haven't really had the time to wash it or put my refurbed wheels back on. so today i decided to get up early and do a few things that needed done, and a few additions to the car as well.
Ill start with the additions.
My headlights are all grubby and hazy and originally i was going to restore them but decided im just going to replace them so for the time being i thought i would be different as not really seen a clio with this fitted. I went and got a black fly eye kit. Feel free to give your thoughts people.
How it looks in the daylight (I have better pics further down this update)
Personally i like it, i think its a good contrast with the black and "baby blue" colour scheme
Next on my list to do was gut out that interior as to be honest it was a mess. so i got all that hoovered up and polished and steam cleaned. Also got a set of new mats from home bargains £3.99! Not the best but they will do the job for just now.
Also in the interior my gear stick gaitor was loose, So quick fix i used was drill two holes in the bottom edge and out two screws in the wholes and then put the gaitor back in so the screws catch under the plastic trim. then it will never come out again.
2nd on the list was to get my refurbed wheels looking immaculate, almost achieved this but can't seems to get a mark off one of them when it was on the balancing machine.
but any way heres a couple of pics of the wheels personally i like how they have cleaned up
Right after this i got the blue vinyl wrap out and re-wrapped my side bullets in blue instead of white. Also removed the sticker that was on my sunstrip (Began to hate it!) Then finally get the hose,bucket and cleaning stuff out and give the car its first wash of the year! it was in desperate need of it, The vinyl actually changed colour whilst washing it was that dirty. also bolted my splitter back on instead of screwing it in as was getting fed up of it falling off all the time.
Well thats it for just now untill i get my coilovers fitted. Also on the look out for a new front bumper as mine is totally f****d after a run in with a rabbit.
Right the car has been in a sorry looking state for the past few months and haven't really had the time to wash it or put my refurbed wheels back on. so today i decided to get up early and do a few things that needed done, and a few additions to the car as well.
Ill start with the additions.
My headlights are all grubby and hazy and originally i was going to restore them but decided im just going to replace them so for the time being i thought i would be different as not really seen a clio with this fitted. I went and got a black fly eye kit. Feel free to give your thoughts people.
How it looks in the daylight (I have better pics further down this update)
Personally i like it, i think its a good contrast with the black and "baby blue" colour scheme
Next on my list to do was gut out that interior as to be honest it was a mess. so i got all that hoovered up and polished and steam cleaned. Also got a set of new mats from home bargains £3.99! Not the best but they will do the job for just now.
Also in the interior my gear stick gaitor was loose, So quick fix i used was drill two holes in the bottom edge and out two screws in the wholes and then put the gaitor back in so the screws catch under the plastic trim. then it will never come out again.
2nd on the list was to get my refurbed wheels looking immaculate, almost achieved this but can't seems to get a mark off one of them when it was on the balancing machine.
but any way heres a couple of pics of the wheels personally i like how they have cleaned up
Right after this i got the blue vinyl wrap out and re-wrapped my side bullets in blue instead of white. Also removed the sticker that was on my sunstrip (Began to hate it!) Then finally get the hose,bucket and cleaning stuff out and give the car its first wash of the year! it was in desperate need of it, The vinyl actually changed colour whilst washing it was that dirty. also bolted my splitter back on instead of screwing it in as was getting fed up of it falling off all the time.
Well thats it for just now untill i get my coilovers fitted. Also on the look out for a new front bumper as mine is totally f****d after a run in with a rabbit
.S*** sorry man. Promise ill take them for you
I have the photos for you, i will post them up tonight after work.
Phones not letting me upload them or anything so ill have to wait until i get home to use the laptop.
Dunno if the pics i have took will be much use like but if you need better ones i can easily take more.
http://s1329.photobucket.com/user/BillyMcGinty/library/?sort=3&postlogin=true&page=1 try that link. I have the pics on my photobucket library.
Im not too sure on the measurements mate. But yeah it is the tilt version. The electric one was only available on the mk2 ph1 iirc. Mines is the mk2 ph2
Update time!
Finally got round to fitting my coilovers, was actually a bit worried about fitting them my self but after all the time and effort me and a couple of mates put into doing the job. im really happy with the outcome.
It all started with the backs which were basically in and out in minutes. unfortunately i didn't take many pictures but i have few bust of you on here will get the gist as its been covered on here time and time again.
but anyway old out
new spring and shock absorber in
lowered the car and jacked up the front and started on the front struts. first of all loosened off the top mounts
^^ passenger side one was a total nightmare! the nut ended up getting rounded off and basically the only way we could have got it off was to destroy it! unfortunately i dont have a pic of the outcome of this but believe me it was a mess by the time we were finished with it, basically 4 hours of me n a couple of hours chiseling and partly destroying this nut, then eventually calling my other mate (a heavy plant mechanic and quarry worker ) who basically got a hammer half the height of me and literally battered the s*** out of it and within 5 mins it was off.
back to the driverside now. luckily everything was plain sailing at this side so i loosened the two hub bolts and got all the pipes out the way.
Now i was not expecting a pretty sight when this came out as their was a hell of a lot of clunking and banging when driving coming from this strut but i wasn't expecting this!
was actually really surprised that never fell off the strut or snapped on a coil, so anyway got the new coilovers out the box and built them off and done the same on the other side and basically just put everything back together the way it should.
first of all i had lowered it to basically the same height the car it is just now to see what like but then after a fair bit of persuasion from my mates i dropped it to a fair bit more and heres the final outcome comments or criticism welcome really not too bothered its not as harsh as people were making out it would be and i can put up with the rebound no bother at all, doesnt annoy me one bit.
cheeky pic at work
and after all that my mate decides he wants my old springs so....
the whole process starts again! also since he helped on my car i decided to tint his fogs for him.
and then with the new front and back springs in
60mm at the front and 50mm at the back
Finally got round to fitting my coilovers, was actually a bit worried about fitting them my self but after all the time and effort me and a couple of mates put into doing the job. im really happy with the outcome.
It all started with the backs which were basically in and out in minutes. unfortunately i didn't take many pictures but i have few bust of you on here will get the gist as its been covered on here time and time again.
but anyway old out
new spring and shock absorber in
lowered the car and jacked up the front and started on the front struts. first of all loosened off the top mounts
^^ passenger side one was a total nightmare! the nut ended up getting rounded off and basically the only way we could have got it off was to destroy it! unfortunately i dont have a pic of the outcome of this but believe me it was a mess by the time we were finished with it, basically 4 hours of me n a couple of hours chiseling and partly destroying this nut, then eventually calling my other mate (a heavy plant mechanic and quarry worker ) who basically got a hammer half the height of me and literally battered the s*** out of it and within 5 mins it was off.
back to the driverside now. luckily everything was plain sailing at this side so i loosened the two hub bolts and got all the pipes out the way.
Now i was not expecting a pretty sight when this came out as their was a hell of a lot of clunking and banging when driving coming from this strut but i wasn't expecting this!
was actually really surprised that never fell off the strut or snapped on a coil, so anyway got the new coilovers out the box and built them off and done the same on the other side and basically just put everything back together the way it should.
first of all i had lowered it to basically the same height the car it is just now to see what like but then after a fair bit of persuasion from my mates i dropped it to a fair bit more and heres the final outcome
comments or criticism welcome really not too bothered its not as harsh as people were making out it would be and i can put up with the rebound no bother at all, doesnt annoy me one bit.cheeky pic at work
and after all that my mate decides he wants my old springs so....
the whole process starts again! also since he helped on my car i decided to tint his fogs for him.
and then with the new front and back springs in
60mm at the front and 50mm at the back
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should be another wee update soon as im expecting something delivered any day now, not saying what it is but its plastic and it will be replacing something as it will be an upgrade...
25mm all round, love it tbh looks like the wheels are inline with the arches.
There's a still about 20mm away from the tyres i think, may be wrong. But i don't think ill be having anyone in the back as theirs a lot of rubbing.
Not too sure exactly how low it is but on the coilover theirs not many threads left for the cogs to be lowered.
Looks much better! did you not use the adjusters for the rear? And what size wheels and tyres do you run? Need to find a decent height for when I get my wheels back and on the car
did you not use the adjusters for the rear? And what size wheels and tyres do you run? Need to find a decent height for when I get my wheels back and on the carAnd I hope this plastic thing is a rs grille
Sits nice mate
Nah i didn't bother with the rear adjusters tbh. I heard that the rear doesn't go that low so just used the springs, adjusters are now sitting in my tool box. My alloys are 15" with 195/45/15 tyres (nankang ultra sport ns2) get them for a good price on ebay and their actually pretty good tbh, reviews for them aren't good but i haven't had any problems and i have used then in snowy conditions
And I hope this plastic thing is a rs grille
not an rs grille but its off an rs
Thought It would have been delivered today as well im dieing to get it on the car!
Heres a few more pics after a wash, I'll upload pics of my arches as well to show how low i have it (not having any problems when driving at this height)
Front of car
Rears
Fronts
Can't fit locking wheel nut key under the splitter (chavvy pic )
Few pics front and back
Front of car
Rears
Fronts
Can't fit locking wheel nut key under the splitter (chavvy pic
)Few pics front and back
