CH!P's Flame Red Clio 172

[ch!ppen]

Wahey. Got one after year's of wanting one

Bought this at a bargain price. Cambelt and de-phaser need's doing but at the price i got it for it honestly doesn't matter haha
67k miles on her too, so the sort of mileage i wanted.

Detailed her today and put new number plate's on. Didn't get quite the correction i wanted with the machine as whilst i were machining it the sun was basically non existent and i was struggling. But the colour it's come out with is amazing!

How i did it:
Wheels rinsed and Bilberry
Rinse
Wash - Maxi Suds2 and 2BM
Rinse
CYC Ultra Fine Poly Clay and Dodo Juice Born Slippy
Rinse
Wash - (same as before)
Rinse
Menzerna Power Finish and Menz Orange Pad
Menzerna Final Finish and Menz Yellow Pad
Dodo Juice Lime Prime Lite
Chemical Guy's Wet Mirror Finish
Dodo Juice Supernatural

Pics...

 

[Harpham]

Ahh, you're from Mansfield... I live near Selston!
My Flamer is up for sale soon

Car looks good pal, definately the best colour to have.

 

[ch!ppen]

Ahh, you're from Mansfield... I live near Selston!
My Flamer is up for sale soon

Car looks good pal, definately the best colour to have.

Haha, not far away at all then!!

Don't sell it! Lol

Yea, i thought the colour was nice - but now it's had some decent kit chucked at the paintwork (not literally) i really really love it. Proper happy!

 

[tommys]

Colour has come up real nice mate! How much of a bargain was it if you don't mind me asking?

 

[ch!ppen]

Colour has come up real nice mate! How much of a bargain was it if you don't mind me asking?

I paid £1850 pal. My dad's in the trade so i'll get the cambelt done cheap - also a chap both me and my dad used to work with is ex-renault and has the special tools. So i'm sure he could sort us out.

But like i say, it's really nice condition, 67k miles... £1850... I couldn't find anything else that seemed to come near

 

[tommys]

Thats a quality price mate, especially if you can get your mechanical work done at trade prices. Well done on the find :star:

 

[Slammed172]

It's ridiculous how cheap they are for what you get as a car, quality.

What are the plans ?

 

[C2kev]

best colour by far, same as mine. looks like its had a new front bumper.

And how come you have a keyhole on the drivers side door?

 

[ch!ppen]

Thats a quality price mate, especially if you can get your mechanical work done at trade prices. Well done on the find :star:

Cheers dude

It's ridiculous how cheap they are for what you get as a car, quality.

What are the plans ?

Coilovers, refurb wheels, k-tec stealth, silicone hosing and perhap's a bit of carbon. Want to keep this looking fairly standard and simple compared to the Saxo. The Sax was fun but attracted a lot of attention. Lot's of good but some bad too... It was a Saxo tbf lol. Do miss it though.

best colour by far, same as mine. looks like its had a new front bumper.

And how come you have a keyhole on the drivers side door?

Yea, it's had a front bumper i believe. I want a couple of bit's of paintwork doing anyway. Just to neaten it out. But tbf it's a very tidy car. Love it.

Keyhole? The key fit's and work's in the door... Should it not have one there? Lol.

 

[Dunn]

i may have to buy flame red 172 now

 

[Harpham]

Haha, not far away at all then!!

Don't sell it! Lol

Yea, i thought the colour was nice - but now it's had some decent kit chucked at the paintwork (not literally) i really really love it. Proper happy!

Got to sell mine, got a new 200 Cup on the way lol
They do look amazing when clean though... I absolutely love the shine & colour of mine!

best colour by far, same as mine. looks like its had a new front bumper.

And how come you have a keyhole on the drivers side door?

iirc all Clio's came with keyhole on drivers door until 2003. My Flamer has it (52 plate) but my old 1.2 Clio (53 plate) didnt.

i may have to buy flame red 172 now

Mines for sale now hintidy hint

 

[ch!ppen]

Ah, i was going to say all the one's i've looked at seemed to have keyhole's. Explains it.

Cheers for the kind word's folks.

 

[subarufreak]

looks like a new car!!! very nice job dude

 

[Ben]

As said on various other forums, love it!

 

[ch!ppen]

The smallest of update's tbh. It's only minor but it's the small thing's that make a nice difference.

Put some Silvatec indicator bulb's and LED sidelight bulb's in today

The before's and after's...

Silvatec's:

Before

After

Sidelight's:

Before

After

No more orange egg yolk from the indicator and the LED's match the Xenon's nicer

 

[Tunst]

Love flamers, only thing i aint keen on is the double tip back box

 

[ch!ppen]

I'm not it's biggest fan either dude. Will change it when i have the cash.

 

[BenMc]

looks mint mate and are you the chip who used to have the saxo??

 

[Jimbo_M]

Nice mate, seen it on saxp too. Looks mint after the clean

 

[ch!ppen]

looks mint mate and are you the chip who used to have the saxo??

Yes dude, that would be me. The Mauritius Blue one

Nice mate, seen it on saxp too. Looks mint after the clean

Cheers Jimbo!

 

[ch!ppen]

Booked in on 3rd November to have Cambelt kit and Dephaser pulley. Then my mind shall be at rest

 

[ch!ppen]

Thought i'd add some decent picture's whilst it's standard. Then i have something to look back at once i've fettled with it :y:

 

[ch!ppen]

Had the cambelt kit, de-phaser, air filter and oil change done today

Looking at the auxiliary belt i'm glad we caught it when we did!

Glad it's all finally done!

 

[ch!ppen]

So, i've now got a Si's tow eye, fitted that. And some K-Tec coilovers have arrived. Just need to get them fitted.

But i went out to take some pic's of my friends Saxo today as she's selling it and thought i'd snap up a few of mine too.

 

[Wests Renault]

looks tidy

good timing on replacing the belts too!!

 

[Jekyll]

the orang emakes it look naff. im liking the silvatecs so im gonna get me some. where did you get them?

 

[ch!ppen]

looks tidy

good timing on replacing the belts too!!

Cheers pal. She's getting there slowly! And yes, agreed lol. Glad i got them done when i did!

the orang emakes it look naff. im liking the silvatecs so im gonna get me some. where did you get them?

I got them from Halfords pal. Although you can get them a lot cheaper from eBay apparently lol.

 

[Gouldy]

hello chip

looks like your on nearly as many forums as me now eh.

car looks good btw, id get that exhaust sitting properly though

 

[Adamm.]

hi chip
looks like the clios coming on nicely.
when are the coilies going on?

 

[ch!ppen]

hello chip

looks like your on nearly as many forums as me now eh.

car looks good btw, id get that exhaust sitting properly though

Haha, i'm on plenty of forums dude!

And cheers, yea exhaust needs sorting. Thinking i might go for a Yozza stealth later in the year. Can't stand the look of this one, although it sounds quite nice!

hi chip
looks like the clios coming on nicely.
when are the coilies going on?

Should hopefully be by the end of the month dude. Can't wait tbh, want to start tinkering with her

 

[ch!ppen]

Got the coilovers on today! Unfortunately i got my measurement's slightly wrong and when my mate (has his own garage) set it he gave me a call to say it was done. I arrived and thought 's**t, i need to raise the front!' Lol

The back, imo, sit's perfect but this weekend i'm going to get her on the jack and raise the front a bit. Then next week i'll be getting it all set up camber wise etc.

And i'll apologise the photo's are in the same place AGAIN, but it's the best place atm due to it's lighting and the shitty dark evening's

 

[The Boosh!]

Don't like the exhaust, the nipple ring or the stance.

Other than that it looks like a nice car.

 

[ch!ppen]

Don't like the exhaust, the nipple ring or the stance.

Other than that it looks like a nice car.

Lol, well i've already said the exhaust is changing, i've said the stance was an accident and is changing at weekend. 2/3 ain't bad :rasp:

 

[harry289]

Oh hey there CH!P

I've always loved both VTR and Clio. You do look after your cars well! Colour looks really rich in the daylight pics. You will have to tell me how she feels and handles when you got her set up. Hopefully get a Clio sport or cup after my VTR too, yours looks tidy.

How does it feel to drive compared to the VTR?

 

[ch!ppen]

Oh hey there CH!P

I've always loved both VTR and Clio. You do look after your cars well! Colour looks really rich in the daylight pics. You will have to tell me how she feels and handles when you got her set up. Hopefully get a Clio sport or cup after my VTR too, yours looks tidy.

How does it feel to drive compared to the VTR?

Alright dude, feels a lot more grown up tbh. The build quality is better, the engine's nippier, handles very well, lot's more toy's, brakes are better (and my VTR had better brakes than most other VTR's i've driven)... It's really good. I do miss the Saxo though, wouldn't go back to one (unless it was a toy) but i do miss it. But as far as a daily drive goes the Clio is league's ahead

 

[TM.]

Looks nice on the coilovers! Flame red is a great colour. You had a wicked red VTR a while back as well didn't you?

 

[ch!ppen]

Looks nice on the coilovers! Flame red is a great colour. You had a wicked red VTR a while back as well didn't you?

I had a VTR but it was Mauritius Blue pal

And yes, i agree. Flame Red is awesome, such a nice colour in the sun!

 

[marcos172]

mate i must say the clio is stunning. :star:

 

[ch!ppen]

Thanks pal.

My interior LED's have come from Shiny Auto's today. Will get some picture's tonight, pointless taking them in daylight lol. They just replace like the glovebox, boot and roof light's, nothing chavvy lol!

 

[ch!ppen]

Interior light was a biatch to take pictures of with the yellow light's on our street trying to intrude, but you can still make out the bright white LED light...