Boosted 225 Pearl Black

[Robclio98]

I think its time i put a proper WIP up on here. I have copied and pasted it from other forums, so please bare with me.

I bought her in 2008 with 42k on the clock completely standard. Its come along way in my eyes.

See what you think.

1st i retrimmed the sub box.
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Then took my exhaust off my old one which was a b**ch to do.
then put it on my new one

UPDATE 2009

Basically im still saving for my coilies

but in the mean time, i stil have my angel eye fogs off my old clio. so i thought might aswel whack them on the new one.

So I made new brackets for them and put them in the surrounds

then popped to work to get a few bits and pieces

Need some of that as im making my own small loom instead of using the one that they come with.

Switch in place.

Also when i popped to work i ended up gettin this too

A momo race wheel for £12 gota love workin on parts there.

Anyway Finished my fogs

Took a while as i kept running out of things.

Hid the switch in the ashtray.

got them all wired up so the fog comes on with the stalk and the halos on that switch.

And a pic from sat night when me n hughes and gav went out for a bit

got my eye on a set of Vmaxx coilies now!

Update

Also did the side bullets too.

Collies were now on and lowered to about 70mm

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[FONT=Times New Roman]Fitted them today.[/FONT]

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[FONT=Times New Roman]Sneak peak of the wheels i picked up, cheers to Owik, you legend!!![/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]going into refurb soon.[/FONT]

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Update 4/5/09

Havnt put anything up lately, anyway.

I bought another bumper for cheap as im smoothing it.

1st layer of fibre glass

Its sanded down now ready for a skim of p38 and then paint.

Also gona start refurbing these.

Im thinking black with either a polished or yellow lip??

anyway also after a front bumper now and a front plate holder off a Evo

UPDATE 1/6/09

Got woken up to find this yesterday...

So got that sorted this morning.

Then i got bored and changed the way my sub was.

from this...

To this

Just need to make some side for it and then carpet it.

Also did some work on my bumper.

Shot some primer over it to see the flat spots. bit more filler here and there and then its ready for paint

Plus i sent my wheels off today for a refurb

UPDATE 30/6/09

Well after about 4 weeks i have my wheels back after them been redone 3 times as the quality of service was shockingly poor. They came back with very bad paint, dents in the lip still, chipped paint from where they have been stored at the place, and as i kept going in i got the same excuse very time, in the end i lost my cool and took my centre rings back as they have been wrecked.

Anyway pictures of the wheels atm

I think im gona sell these as the money i need to spend on getting them how i want i could get a better set of wheels.

Also ive done a few small touches.

Drums painted

Calipers and wheels nuts painted.

Also the bumper is coming on now smooth, just needs abit more touching up but no rush

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Small Update. 28/08/09

Not much really il show you so far.

before

During

Just gotta wait and youll see whats been done when i put pics up.

Also ordering a few goodies too.

UPDATE 15/09/09

Forgot to update this after trax, anyway While my dash was out i started doing a few touches

Speedo before.

During.

After.

Also i painted the clock, air vents, Central locking button, hardazd switch, and tons more yellow as you can see

Started to refit the dash, which i had Flocked

Dash nearly in with boss kit on etc.

the finished thing at trax. Big up to Di for taking the photos, cheers

UPDATE 19/10/09

I have been searching for a set of these for months on end, but at last i got some.

They are Renault turbines, they came on the mk1 clio vavlers etc. Not to everyones taste but i love them, and they will do until i can afford my wheels

Also ive started painting and tidying up my bay

Before

Painted the engine mount and cam cover.

Also got a engine cover which i sprayed yellow.

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

2010

UPDATE! 28/01/10

Not done much lately due to lack of money and the weather.

But now its time to get things rolling again!

1st things 1st, getting the car running right, so i ordered 4 new wheel bearings, still waiting for two to arrive though, new oil and new lower ball joints.

also my sunroof was leaking quite bad(common thing on clios)

So whipped that out and resealed it.

Might have to redo it again but we shall see.

Also ive started stripping the interior out, to be sent away and have done

Roofliner and back plastics out, Also rear seats out.

After this today i decided to get to work.

All wheels off, front pads, disc and caliper off, and also TRE taken off, Ready for the hubs to be popped off and driveshafts to be replaced.

However i snapped a tool so need to get another to carry out, and need to get some rounded bolt, screws out aswel, shall do that tomorrow.

Current state of her.

Oh and my long awaited horn button turned up!

Once all of this has been taking care of i can start on other bits

Fit different exhaust.
Refurb my other set of wheels.
Get custom springs for the rear made.
Refit the interior when its all out and been sent off.

Then onto bodywork

Cheers all.

UPDATE 31/01/10

Havent done much the weekend but The rear doorcards are now out and been stripped ready to send off.

front and rear seats will be coming out next week hopefully so the carpet can come out too.

Read hubs have being taken off, just need to replace the bearings in them, Front hubs will be off as soon as ive drilled through the rounded nuts/bolts.

Bad news though, while i was working at the back of the car i realised somthing wasnt right with the suspension, Seems the Damper has slide off the rubber mount which keeps it attached to the axle, so ive emailed the place where i got them and hopefully New ones will be going on. fingers crossed.

UPDATE 06/02/10

Last few days have just being me drilling off old corroded nuts and bolts. Anyway Ive replaced the rear wheel bearings at last, Stripped down the front hubs and gonna replace those bearings and lower ball joints.

The interior has now been stripped and just prepping last few bits before it all gets sent off.

Oh and these arrived the other day fresh from Vmaxx, i hadnt even spoke to them but onyl to speedbox, good service or what

Seats out

Front doorcards stripped.

UPDATE 14/02/10

Not Really done much this week due to being in nottingham and having college, however now the carpet is out, Had to used the grinder for a few bolts in the boot etc, anyway, Still waiting on a few parts to come, so I decided to tidy up the bay abit and move the HID ballast boxes.

Then Cleaned and painted all the wheel arches, fitted the new dampers and then Build the rear brakes back up
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After

Rear painted and brakes and new dampers back on.

got alot to do tomorrow providing the parts all come.

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Update 16/02/10

Built the front up, new lower ball joints, cleaned and painted coilovers, set the camber up, new driveshaft on, new wheel bearings in. Fresh gearbox oil, and topped up the engine oil.

Front

Then today just after 12 she started first time, its being about 3 weeks since i last started her up and drove her.

How she is rolling atm until the interior gets done. 1 Seat FTW!

Then today i took it to john ashley and booked in for a different exhaust.

UPDATE 27/02/10

Booked the car in for a ew exhaust last week.

Old exhaust

New system

New system has a custom made Decat, custom Mid pipe and a backbox.

Sounds so much better too.

More soon.

UPDATE! 04/03/10

Cars back off the road for awhile, as I need 4 new tyres due to the crazy amount of positive camber i was running, which now has being sorted as i bought some camber gauges and set it all up properly.

then Just a quick taster before they get sent off for refurb.

Also being busy today.

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[FONT=Times New Roman]Update! 26/03/10[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]things which have been going on, Week before Fast show, nothing was done and no sign of anything turning up. But then it all came together, sort of.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]A company call ASNU came into college to show us how they clean fuel injectors etc, and said if i took mine out i could have it done for free, so me being me, Got the car in the shop and took the injectors out and got them all nice and cleaned with new fliters in and O rings.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]fuel Rail out and injectors.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]Then Got a Phone call saying my wheels were ready to be picked up :)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]Then while at work, i bought myself some lovely new rubber, toyo proxes, cant beat them![/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]then on my lunch break i decide to fit the tyres and Balance them, also tracked them up :D[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]then got home and put my roofliner back in[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]And Then had to get it ready for fast show, so heres a few photos from the pod.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]The interior wasnt ready so i couldnt put it back in, however should be done in a few days. Few suprises coming this way aswell but youll have to wait and see :)[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]cheers.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]Update 14/04/10[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]A quick list whats been done up until ISTS[/FONT]
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[FONT=Times New Roman]Interior is all back in and been flocked.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]Carpet is now black.[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]False floor finished[/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman]and airbrushing done by marian :)[/FONT]
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[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

UPDATE 15/06/10

Havnt upated in a while, but after ISTS i went on the hunt for some seats, but i couldnt afford the buckets i wanted, so i found a set of renaultsport 172 seats for £80, not the best but they will do until i find a good set of buckets.

Also as ive removed my rear seats etc, the car didnt sit right and i had the coilies as low as they could go, so i decided to get a set of custom 90mm springs for the rear made up

new custom spring Vs. vmaxx spring

Before

After

Also my seats fitted.

UPDATE 14/09/10

I've being rather lazy lately and not updated this thread.

Well the end of last month it was MOt time, so old lights on, Cat back on etc. Passed the MOT but The lamba sensor was pretty much past it, as it was a universal one from when i had my decat made up. So I bought a proper one, non of this universal crap.

Then when i came to fit it to the decat it would just not fit. On closer inspection, where the lamba sensor hole was, there wasa ton of weld all over the bottom of the thread, as the tip of the new sensor was slighty wider, this meant alot of filing and retapping the hole was in order, Best bit of kit i have bought would be a nice new tap and die set.

Freshly tapped thread

Nice new sensor fitted, what an improvment a decent sensor can make

while i was doing this i need to replace my engine mount aswell, so i did that too, Also my brakcet for my induction kit had broke a while ago, so matty made up a ncie new one for me! Nice one!!!

also had some tints done, all round and a sunstrip

At pistonheads show i decided to buy a snap off boss kit.

Thats it Really.

More plans are in the pipe line, Car is coming off the road at the end of this month or the next.
New engine should be fitted for next year and hopefully some bodywork!
Interior is gonna be freshened up abit aswell!

So i shall be ripping it apart soon for the winter change

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Update! 21/10/10

Right then, The Clio is now off the road for winter, and I've picked up a nice run around.

The Car is going through a few changes, Mainly engine wise, as i new engine shall be replacing the 1.6 as i need boost! Also I'm gonna get a few bits of bodywork done aswell to freshen it up as i feel the bodywork is not too good for being 11 years old. The interior is gonna be freshened up abit aswell, maybe new seats, and might change the flocking, Plus a few other goodies.

Anyway. So far Ive stripped the rear interior out as it needs repairing, or may change it.

Then I stripped the rear of the car down.

Then Test fitted the bumper ive smoothed.

All thats left to do is get rid of the hole for the light and relocate. Also ive started to make a new numberplate holder for the rear aswell.

Then I put the wheels back on and rolled her back onto the other drive, so this is her current state.

More updates soon

UPDATE! 27/10/10

Started stripping the front down

Bumper off

Wing off

Other wing off

The front is pretty solid, no rust apart from a small bit of surface rust on the sill. But will sort that out!
Gonna give it a quick going over and paint it to protect it aswell.

Some goodies shall be coming sunday, so keep watching!

Currently this is now update, hopefully some progress shall be made in a few weeks.

Cheers

 

[subarufreak]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

cool, love the wheels

 

[tonksy26]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Cracking progress thread !!!

Love the interior and effort gone into the car mate.

Big thumbs up from me !!!

 

[Scrooge]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Big load of effort there. I liked the BBS wheels!

 

[Fagan]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Few dodgey decisions in my opinion but some good ones too. A lot of effort and you seem pretty handy, good work mate.

 

[SimonR.]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Great read. Great looking car besides the wheels.

Love the engine bay

 

[chriscummins7]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

remember this from cc... saw it at fcs too, very nice

not entirely sure on the tints and sun strip though

 

[adam172]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

sorry if i missed it but how come you didnt put the bbs on??

i like this project though

 

[vail3r]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Looking ace! Will keep an eye on this one

 

[Jonny1*2]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Very nice. BBW's look ace in black

 

[Heressimmo]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Good Effort! Have to agree, the BBS wheels were sweet. Love the interior.

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

sorry if i missed it but how come you didnt put the bbs on??

i like this project though

Well after about 4 weeks i have my wheels back after them been redone 3 times as the quality of service was shockingly poor. They came back with very bad paint, dents in the lip still, chipped paint from where they have been stored at the place, and as i kept going in i got the same excuse very time, in the end i lost my cool and took my centre rings back as they have been wrecked.

It took the company ages to try and do a proper job, the centre rings and caps, were destoryed by them, Im sure i have a photo somewhere of the damage they did, I also had to get them bored out, so in the end i just put them up for sale and got some money back, wish i had kept them at the time now, But new wheels shall be going on next year i think

 

[ekaJ]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Seen this on midz modified, looks good

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

UPDATE 16/11/10
Bonnet removed, just getting a few other things sorted so i can drop the old engine out.

Started stripping the interior out more aswell.

All the dash removed, all doorcards removed now too, time to get that loom out

Also got a few more goodies to go on etc so will update more soon.
cheers.

 

[Adz172]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

car looks really good, must of spent a few quid! whats the name of the colour for the wheels? thinking about gettin my 172 ph2`s done the same lol.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Putting a 2.0 in there, or just updating the engine?

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Cheers bud, When i sent them into refurb, i asked for gun metal grey, and he said thats the closest they had to it

 

[Adz172]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

cheers mate.

 

[S TAYLOR]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

that car is beautiful admire the amount of time and money youve put into it top work

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Putting a 2.0 in there, or just updating the engine?

something abit different, i shall put a photo up of the engine ive just bought tomorrow or the day after.

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

that car is beautiful admire the amount of time and money youve put into it top work

Cheers mate

 

[Robclio98]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

UPDATE 19/11/10
Oh hey 225 F4R Turbo block

Now the fun starts

 

[Whiskerz16v]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

f**king awesome project!

Muchos love for it! I want a turbo'd low ass Clio

 

[sava001006]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Credit where credit is due mate imo this pub is full of win

 

[freemo77]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

looks every smart, love the flocked interior, brave man with the engine conversion, will go like stink when sorted, good luck

 

[leon86]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

subscribed to thread.:approve:

 

[Adz172]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

I hate you! how jealous! haha

 

[chrispy.clio]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

I actully like the look of it. shame you never put those bbs wheels on. should be quick when you drop in the new engine

 

[Jason_E]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Wow, some real effort gone into this! Looks like a good quality of work.

Not a big fan of some of the mods, mainly the tints. But other than that it looks very tidy

 

[Liquid yellow 182]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

wow, good read and remember seeing this at fcs, hope to see you there next year

 

[Savi]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Kudo's!!! well done

 

[chriscummins7]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Cracking choice with the f4rt!!

 

[craigyy]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Loving the plans for it! what company did you go to get the custom springs buddy?

 

[jackfm]

Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.

Nice little build mate. Just read the first post in it's entirety and all the way through as I saw more parts getting flocked I was just thinking how good it will look with sports seats, and i thought they'd never appear but they did . win.