Bummer to stunner

[Patk91]

Right this is my mk2 ph1 Clio
3 previous owners, my grandad who bought it new
Then me for my first car
The idiot who bought it afterwards and scarred it
And me the new owner of my old car

So this is the car in her former beauty:

And this is what it looked like when I bought it back into the family a week ago:

The poor thing was in a right sorry state. Rough body filler, stripped out, badly flaking paint job, generally a sorry sight...

So I've been out and have bought a new bonnet to begin the build and I'm away!

This is what I've managed so far:

Smoothed bonnet:

Smoothing front bumper:

I have smoothed the bumper into the strip between the bonnet and bumper along with meshing the grille.. Sure they'll be some haters but feedback on it and any pictures of some successful attempts at what I'm trying to achieve would be great

Thanks
Updates soon 'thank god for long bank holiday weekends!'

 

[Knuckles]

Wouldn't have bought it back but I'm sure you'll make it look ace :approve:

Subscribed.

 

[Patk91]

Father told me I was a fool.. Gotta love a challenge, cheers for the support

 

[Patk91]

<3 gloss white

 

[Stu.]

Off your head buying it back! how much did you get it back for? lol will be keeping an eye on this.

 

[Patk91]

Sold it for 500 got it for 200 sounded a bargain at the time, surprising what a bit of elbow grease can do :/

 

[Robclio98]

You got your work cut out mate, but i shall be watching this, good luck and i like the front bumper!!

 

[Bobby.]

Now that is a challenge!

 

[Duffman_172]

This is going to be an interesting one, shall keep an eye on it!

 

[Patk91]

Touch of filler to sort out the doors, never liked the plastics.. Smooth she be!!
Thinking of smooth the handles out.. Any ideas how to do this and still get in the car?

 

[Cup172LEE]

Either a alarm which can activate door poppers are mayb a button like the Tvr has

 

[Patk91]

Button sounds handy, I'm pretty old skool when it comes to getting in my car.. Just a case of getting the button to pull/push the lever to open the door I spose?

 

[Cup172LEE]

You will need a alarm to do central locking still and the button will be instead of the door handel

 

[alexr19]

i really hope this turns out to be epic! good luck lad

 

[Andyk1801]

Good luck with this mate... Out of interest who did that appalling black spray job on the car?

 

[Patk91]

Previous owner.. Apparently matt black clios look, and I quote 's**t hot' I'm afraid I beg to differ.. Planning on going attic white, it's a colour I've always been fond of, hopefully my little car will pull it off

 

[McGherkin]

Button sounds handy, I'm pretty old skool when it comes to getting in my car.. Just a case of getting the button to pull/push the lever to open the door I spose?

Guy I know with a Murtaya has these. The whole system is required IIRC.

Good Luck!

 

[Patk91]

The fine line between madness a dedication.

Removing the unsightly sunroof and fabricating another in an effort to be 100% smooooooth. :/ here goes...

 

[JackJack]

Good luck with that, i would leave the door handles it's a fair bit of work.

 

[shell-vt]

ide be vexed if i found this

 

[NoahRobinson07]

ide be vexed if i found this

Im sorry. Vexed?

 

[JackJack]

Im sorry. Vexed?

Badman way of saying pissed off.

 

[Patk91]

Sister new boyfriends car
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:approve: :D

 

[Patk91]

 

[Knuckles]

Sisters new boyfriends car or sisters boyfriends new car?

If its the former you're quick to be taking pics of his car

 

[Patk91]

Former.. Always had alittle crush on the sports.. Love the Renault sport seats, he came found today thought I'd give you all a sneaky snap

 

[Patk91]

Previous owners first attempt at smoothing the back bumper, it's just a quick skim between the upper and lower parts..
My turn, lot of fabricating = euro-style smoothed rear bumper

Oh and the removal of the sunroof has gone surprisingly well, have some pics when I have time to prime her..

 

[KMB]

That car is the biggest shed I've ever seen, worth only scrap value to anyone other than one with sentimental value!

I'm still looking forward to seeing you put it back to an acceptable condition though

 

[Patk91]

Haha I agree, my dad is keen to point that out everyone he walks past it, 'banger racing' has been mentioned a few times too

Sadly lack of space in my shed and shitty weather means that I've drunk more tea then done work this weekend :/
On the upside the bonnets had a lick of white paint to join the front bumper

 

[Patk91]

Also had the exhaust off for a tidy up, think the person who put it on needs a lesson in welding, it had some fierce blow holes...

 

[Patk91]

Oh and I managed to dig out the deep dish suede steering wheel and yellow anodised quick release that I picked up at this years autosport..

Bolt it all together and

Smile

 

[Patk91]

Time to pull out the dash.. Any advice ?

 

[Matt W]

Fair play, that car is a mess.

 

[Scott™]

Haha as above. Consider me subscribed though.

 

[Patk91]

Dash = out

Update on total car:
Bumpers off
Bonnets off
Dash out
Steering wheel out
Paintwork shite
Brakes non existent

If someone was to see it Now they'd say I was making it worse... Alittle more time though and I can start bolting things back on... Pray for nice weather!!

 

[Stu.]

jesus! Has someone sprayed the steering wheel aswell? LOL. You fitting a ph2 dash in it?

 

[Patk91]

Yup steering wheel was sprayed :/ na just tidying up the ph1
White below to match the interior
The smoothing out the vents and tweets and *hopefully* guna trim the top of the dash with black suede to match my new steering wheel

Which reminds me any idea what amp fuse I'll need to bridge the airbag wires with?

 

[1812lsd]

3.3ohm Maplin code M3R3

 

[Stu.]

Lol! And id defo reccomend ph2 dash. Much better in the ph1! And i think its a small 2 amp fuse. Thats whats in mine!

 

[Patk91]

2 amp? All I have is a 30.. Time for a trip to the DIY shop

If you put a ph2 into the ph1 where do the bolts, wires and vent pipes etc go? is it a fairly simple job or will I be doing abit of head scratching?