Megane 225 Turbo
Right well I've had a busy couple of days and I thought I'd show you all the labour thats been going on on the Clio. You may have seen in another thread that my wheels arrived midweek so itching to get them on, Saturday morning I went up to my mates house (he has a long drive and the facilities) and we began work at just gone 10am.
Bleary eyed we set about removing the centre caps from all 4 standard 5 spoke's and loosened all the nuts in each wheel, only slightly though! Next step was to jack the front end up and begin removing and replacing. After a couple of hours of hard graft and the occasional tea break we had finished, so we slowly dropped the car, moved everything, stood back and had a look. I was pleased with the result as it doesn't look too high, although many will say it will.
I tried not to make it look too chavtastic as I really didn't want to look like I'd covered my car in glue and drove through Halfords, I find people like that amusing. I'm going the for the subtle approach, as you can tell because my next plans, hopefully, are 172 rear bumpers and perhaps some nice 172/182 skirts. I don't want it to look like it should be parked in McDonalds car park with 14 year olds surrounding it listening to the "bangin' tunes?". Anyway we then took mine and his out in the country as the weather was beautiful for a quick photoshoot.
In addition, I have had a gripe with the little silver strips in the interior, under the airbag/above the glove box + near the keyhole. They are the only silver bit on the car and don't quite understand why they're silver, they're not even a funny green colour like the Extreme seats, just sort of misplaced really. So until I can get them color coded maybe in pearl black I have done a temporary fix, in carbon effect. 10 minutes, job done. Please express all opinions (especially on the lights on the rear of the Rover, as I think they're silly :rasp
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Cheers!
And finally the small interior modification, probably contraversial.
Well that's it! I'd really like to know what you all think. I don't think I've gone overboard and if I have then please tell me how. I understand it's only a 1.2 but I'm not trying to make it look something it's not, and I believe the wheels suit it. I've also been asked what wheels they were when I went to the cashpoint by some middle aged bloke, who said they suited the car. So I must be doing something right. Any comments appreciated, many thanks!
Bleary eyed we set about removing the centre caps from all 4 standard 5 spoke's and loosened all the nuts in each wheel, only slightly though! Next step was to jack the front end up and begin removing and replacing. After a couple of hours of hard graft and the occasional tea break we had finished, so we slowly dropped the car, moved everything, stood back and had a look. I was pleased with the result as it doesn't look too high, although many will say it will.
I tried not to make it look too chavtastic as I really didn't want to look like I'd covered my car in glue and drove through Halfords, I find people like that amusing. I'm going the for the subtle approach, as you can tell because my next plans, hopefully, are 172 rear bumpers and perhaps some nice 172/182 skirts. I don't want it to look like it should be parked in McDonalds car park with 14 year olds surrounding it listening to the "bangin' tunes?". Anyway we then took mine and his out in the country as the weather was beautiful for a quick photoshoot.
In addition, I have had a gripe with the little silver strips in the interior, under the airbag/above the glove box + near the keyhole. They are the only silver bit on the car and don't quite understand why they're silver, they're not even a funny green colour like the Extreme seats, just sort of misplaced really. So until I can get them color coded maybe in pearl black I have done a temporary fix, in carbon effect. 10 minutes, job done. Please express all opinions (especially on the lights on the rear of the Rover, as I think they're silly :rasp
.Cheers!
And finally the small interior modification, probably contraversial.
Well that's it! I'd really like to know what you all think. I don't think I've gone overboard and if I have then please tell me how. I understand it's only a 1.2 but I'm not trying to make it look something it's not, and I believe the wheels suit it. I've also been asked what wheels they were when I went to the cashpoint by some middle aged bloke, who said they suited the car. So I must be doing something right. Any comments appreciated, many thanks!
