Bobby's 172 Cup progress thread

[l33th3tr33]

Oh I saw this on facebook, bloody tidy!! I'm missing an arch liner too, it was rubbing against the cambelt so had to take it off!

 

[Bobby.]

On face book? Was that when Nick owned it?

 

[l33th3tr33]

Nick melson iirc?

 

[Bobby.]

Yeah that's him. Was going to say I haven't got face book

 

[l33th3tr33]

Ah well yeah, it looks really tidy from the pics and it's roughly what I have planned for mine.

 

[Bobby.]

Sounds good mate, I'll keep my eye on your thread.

 

[Chi]

Great motor and good progress mate.

 

[Iain C]

Love that car. Gives me something to aim for!

 

[Iain C]

No interior shots?

 

[Bobby.]

Great motor and good progress mate.

Cheers Chi, got loads to be getting on with, it's just waiting for Christmas to finish.

Love that car. Gives me something to aim for!

No interior shots?

Cheers Iain, no Interior shots atm, and tbh now the cage and buckets are out theirs not much to look at, just some peasant seats and a f**ked steering wheel

will hopefully get some better seats soon and a sabelt wheel.

 

[Mr Plums]

Cheers Chi, got loads to be getting on with, it's just waiting for Christmas to finish.


Cheers Iain, no Interior shots atm, and tbh now the cage and buckets are out theirs not much to look at, just some peasant seats and a f**ked steering wheel

will hopefully get some better seats soon and a sabelt wheel.

Are you returning the interior to standard mate?

 

[Bobby.]

No the interior was all put back in before I got it, I'm just going to get a sabelt wheel in their for now, want some recaro's, half cage etc but that can wait until I've got the more important jobs sorted.

 

[Bobby.]

Updates.

Well I've booked a track day for February 15th at Bedford so that will give me something to look forward to.

had a bit of time with the car yesterday morning so took apart the front suspension to see exactly what was wrong with the top mounts before I ordered any new parts

this is the passanger side and how it should look...

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and then the drivers side looking very wrong...

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Callipers will be going silver at some point

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the coilovers needed a clean so took them all apart and cleaned them up

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found a Renault top mount bearing on the passanger side, lol!

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one cleaned

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here was the problem, see how the bearing on the left one has sunk.

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all cleaned

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passenger side track rod end had some play so replaced that too

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got some 25mm spacers from my old 182 that I never sold.

DSC_0157 by bobby683, on Flickr

a few bits to go on...

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so I had to put the suspension back on for now and I've ordered a new bearing from pure-motorsport.

raised the front end up by a couple centimetres so last job was to adjust the tracking, ill check it again when I get the new bearing on the top mount.

DSC_0170 by bobby683, on Flickr

oh and I removed the stickers, sorry east midlands but she lives in the south east now

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That's about it for now.

 

[Toms_clio]

What coilovers are they?

 

[Bobby.]

H&R's

 

[Chris_Beer]

Have you got any photos without the brace on pal?

Mine has pms top mounts but unsure if the plate should be on top or under the strut

 

[Bobby.]

I don't have any pics with the brace off no, sorry. By plate do you mean the bit the Allen key bolts screw into? If so that goes underneath the turret.

 

[Bobby.]

Looking on the pure-Motorsport website I think I can see what you mean by the 'plate' you mean the bit on the left hand side in the picture in this link...

http://www.pure-motorsport.co.uk/details.php?itemid=147

if that's what you talking about that bit sits on top if you don't have the brace, if you have the brace you don't use the 'plate'

 

[Mr R.]

Cracking work mate.

It looks like the circlip is missing from that top mount from the pictures.

The pistons in them H&R's look rather large compared to my old Spax.

 

[Bobby.]

Cracking work mate.

It looks like the circlip is missing from that top mount from the pictures.

The pistons in them H&R's look rather large compared to my old Spax.

Cheers Scott.

Na both circlips are their, just covered in abit of debree/grease.

yeah I thought they looked a fair bit larger than my old Spax and Ktr coilovers. You now what they say, more gerth is good

 

[Mr R.]

So how has the bearing come out of its holder?

Is it not the clip that holds it in?

Deffo thicker mate, i might go for the BC Racing coilovers when im ready.

 

[Chi]

Yellow calipers look good when the paint is fresh.

 

[Bobby.]

So how has the bearing come out of its holder?

Is it not the clip that holds it in?

Deffo thicker mate, i might go for the BC Racing coilovers when im ready.

yeah their held in by the circlip, if you look at the picture where the two mounts are sitting next to each other you can see the circlips and if you removed them the bearing would push out that way, part of the bearing has failed on the one in question and now moves the opposite way to what it presses out.

Yellow calipers look good when the paint is fresh.

Yellows a bit 2003 silver for the oem win!

 

[Mr R.]

yeah their held in by the circlip, if you look at the picture where the two mounts are sitting next to each other you can see the circlips and if you removed them the bearing would push out that way, part of the bearing has failed on the one in question and now moves the opposite way to what it presses out.



Yellows a bit 2003 silver for the oem win!

Sliver is nice and clean.

Everything else is chav.

 

[Bobby.]

Yeah that's what I'm going for, clean and subtle.

 

[Mr R.]

Spray on Hammerite smooth, been on my car for 3 years.

Not had a problem.

 

[Chris_Beer]

Looking on the pure-Motorsport website I think I can see what you mean by the 'plate' you mean the bit on the left hand side in the picture in this link...

http://www.pure-motorsport.co.uk/details.php?itemid=147

if that's what you talking about that bit sits on top if you don't have the brace, if you have the brace you don't use the 'plate'

Thank you pal

Think mine used to have a brace but got sold and doesnt have the plate on. Better get mine fitted!

 

[Bobby.]

Spray on Hammerite smooth, been on my car for 3 years.

Not had a problem.

i'll have to get down halfrouds

Thank you pal

Think mine used to have a brace but got sold and doesnt have the plate on. Better get mine fitted!

No worries mate,

Yeah I'd get a set of plates or brace just to be safe if you haven't got either.

 

[harry289]

Definitely silver for the calipers. Looks like you're making good progress on the car Bobby! Bedford might be a bit snowy in Feb. Track day season for me is mid April to end of October! Maybe I'm just not hardcore enough.

Keep up the good work mate!

By the way I'm loving the 197 as a road car. Still got my 172 Cup though

 

[Bobby.]

Cheers Harry, I know it can be a bit risky going a track day in the winter period but it's the one that a lot of CS members attend so thought that would be fun to be out with lots of other clios.

Glad your enjoying the 197, I do miss it as a daily.

 

[harry289]

You need to get your wheel arches cleaned!

 

[Bobby.]

The hole car needs a clean, lol.

 

[Timmsy]

Coming along nicely

i'd still say yellow.. well thats what mine will be going

 

[Bobby.]

Cheers Timmsy, each to their own I guess.

 

[Mr Plums]

Silver FTW!

 

[Toms_clio]

H&R's

Same as on mine. Are these dampening adjustable?

 

[Kenny anderson]

Has anyone any front wings and bumper off a 1.8 16v mk 1 clio need some for my new rally car

thanks kenny

 

[Bobby.]

Same as on mine. Are these dampening adjustable?

no their fixed unfortunately.

 

[Toms_clio]

no their fixed unfortunately.

Ah that's s**t. I thought they would being so expensive!

 

[Bobby.]

Yeah would be nice but they do feel quite good as they come. I think I read some where on here their the same internals as the bilsteins B14 but have stiffer springs, which is good as a lot of people think the bilsteins are too soft.