Clio 1.4 S

Sargara · Jul 24, 2009

Told you its worth it for a couple of quid! Now do the rear

Aluco · Jul 24, 2009

Looks nice mate, wheels look good!

Although it doesn't need lowering - It needs F'in sinking !

Ben · Jul 24, 2009

Sargara said:
Told you its worth it for a couple of quid! Now do the rear

You did

In time I will

lol

Aluco said:
Looks nice mate, wheels look good!

Although it doesn't need lowering - It needs F'in sinking !

Thanks dude, haha yeah its like a 4x4

Again, in time

AhmedRSi · Jul 24, 2009

Looks very much like my rsi

Clio-Ell · Jul 24, 2009

Looking good so far.

Regarding lowering, i have a set of eibachs im fitting tomorrow will let you know how i get on.

Ben · Jul 24, 2009

Clio-Ell said:
Looking good so far.

Regarding lowering, i have a set of eibachs im fitting tomorrow will let you know how i get on.

Thankyou, take a few pictures for me

What size drop have you gone for? I'm considering 35mm.

T26TGT · Jul 24, 2009

Looking good mate. liking my old alloys!!!

Djw John · Jul 25, 2009

Very good mate, I loved my S, was ace

_Kenny_ · Jul 25, 2009

^ yep mate, the old days!

Clio-Ell · Jul 25, 2009

bensambrook said:
Thankyou, take a few pictures for me What size drop have you gone for? I'm considering 35mm.

Eibach Prolines should be 30mm, can't go too low as i still need to get places with my bike.

ben_r1 · Jul 25, 2009

I luv the little 1.4 clios done up nicely.

Needs them ph2 rear lights you speak of though

Ben · Jul 25, 2009

ben_r1 said:
I luv the little 1.4 clios done up nicely.

Needs them ph2 rear lights you speak of though

Ph2 rears were fitted ages ago? Lol.

Ben · Jul 28, 2009

Got my clear side repeaters and chrome side indicator bulbs in the post this morning. So its gone from:

To this, much better IMO:

Its nearly all de-tangoed now

Struggler · Jul 28, 2009

looks good,

needs lowering,
lots of it

Ben · Jul 28, 2009

clio142 said:
looks good,

needs lowering,
lots of it

I know I know

Sargara · Jul 28, 2009

Love the choice in work your doing its deffinately a tried and tested route of getting the car to the best it can be.

Other than lowering and colour coding theres not much more left now

Ben · Jul 28, 2009

Sargara said:
Love the choice in work your doing its deffinately a tried and tested route of getting the car to the best it can be.

Other than lowering and colour coding theres not much more left now

Thanks buddy, yeah lowering should be done within the next month or two depending on how long I keep the car, same with colour coding

Aluco · Jul 28, 2009

Buy a 182

Ben · Jul 28, 2009

Haha I'm getting a VTS I think looool

Swingh*_PH1 · Jul 28, 2009

how did u get the aerial off?

Ben · Jul 28, 2009

pjaydas said:
how did u get the aerial off?

Just unscrewed it like normally dude.

Ben · Jul 29, 2009

Right got another few items in the post today.

Before pictures :

And the after pictures:

And yes I will be smoothing off the 16v

GavC · Jul 31, 2009

Love your subtle touches! Just curious where did you buy your silver indicator/headlamp bulbs from?

You have given me some great ideas for my clio

Ben · Jul 31, 2009

rapid06 said:
Love your subtle touches! Just curious where did you buy your silver indicator/headlamp bulbs from?

You have given me some great ideas for my clio

Thankyou!
I got them from ebay. I just searched clio silver indicator bulbs in and had a browse through all the ones listed. THey are usually called Silvatech. Quite expensive but well worth it if you have dual optics

GavC · Jul 31, 2009

I dont actually have dual optics

They have been on my mind, I just recently got my car through MOT and paying for insurance so im gathering the funds now to add some changes to it!

I got new standard front headlights for a bargain there last week which i couldnt resist, the old ones looked horrible

Swingh*_PH1 · Aug 1, 2009

bensambrook said:
Just unscrewed it like normally dude.

i tryed that mate but doesnt work, someone told me that there is a screw when you take the interior light out??

Ben · Aug 1, 2009

pjaydas said:
i tryed that mate but doesnt work, someone told me that there is a screw when you take the interior light out??

No idea dude I'm afraid, mine was stiff when I took it off but I just got some plyers round it and gave it a tug.

Struggler · Aug 4, 2009

pjaydas said:
i tryed that mate but doesnt work, someone told me that there is a screw when you take the interior light out??

just put some elbow grease into it!

Swingh*_PH1 · Aug 4, 2009

lol okay mate i will have another go tomorrow cheers

Ben · Feb 10, 2010

Bad news!

Tunst · Feb 10, 2010

Ouch, how u manage that

MrTrick · Feb 10, 2010

Ouch!

It looked mint a Castleford.

Ben · Feb 10, 2010

Mounted a kurb (damage to wheel

) then grazed a wall. I bent the lower arm and joints and absolutely mashed the tracking. Luckily I've got a good friend who sorted it all out for £95, fitted a new bumper and wing today and on the look out for another wheel off eBay. Bumper and wing cost £60 so it could of been a lot worse.

GavC · Feb 10, 2010

Aw unlucky man! Hope you get everything sorted!

iimushroomzii · Feb 10, 2010

Unlucky..

Paul.M · Feb 10, 2010

unlucky on that fella
glad to see you've already started getting it sorted though

making good progress

Ben · Feb 10, 2010

theycallmepaul said:
unlucky on that fella
glad to see you've already started getting it sorted though

making good progress

Cheers buddy, well its all sorted now pretty much. Picked and fitted the bumper&wing up this afternoon, I luckily managed to pick up a bumper and wing in the same colour silver too. Just need to refit my numberplate which I'll do tomorrow and might give her a quick wash.

Paul.M · Feb 10, 2010

you've motored on with that then!
whats the next plan for the motor?

Ben · Feb 11, 2010

Few repair pictures after a quick rinse with the hose to remove all the grime.

I don't think it looks too bad considering tbh.

Ben · Sep 5, 2010

Well its been a long time since I last updated this. In Feb I had a collision with a kurb resulting in

Well what a start of a bad month that was, 2 weeks after I received 3 points and a £60 fine for pulling my phone out of my pocket (save this story for another time)

Well I had to replace the bumper, wing, grill and alloy. The bumper and wing has been changed, picked them both up for less than £50 from the local scrappy. The alloy is proving quite difficult to find as I originally paid £50 for the full set and on eBay traders are wanting £85 for one used alloy! Anyway I'm sure I'll be getting that sorted soon, the grill will also be ordered off eBay and sprayed up hopefully in the next few weeks.

As my old HID kit broke I swiftly ordered a new set as driving late at night is vile without nice bright headlights, £60 later with 2 years warranty

Fitted them today and very pleased to have HID's back in my life

Yesterday I went about spraying the diamonds on each of my wheels, end result

Very pleased with how they came out! And today I was bored of the rusty of drums on the rear so decided to spruce them up a little with a splash of red paint

Again very pleased with the result and I will be painting the brake calipers to match tomorrow!

And plans for the future are:

- Replace grill
- 60mm lowering springs
- Cat-back exhaust system
- Central locking sorted

- Skoda Fabia splitter to replace the battered standard one I have on atm.

Anyway, sorry about the huge write up but enjoy

Also managed to get the calipers painted up to match the rear drums, much better improvement IMO!