Clio 172 cup OEM+

[PP200t]

AWesome mate, and will look great with some tlc.

Looks a good base mate. You're missing the fuel rail guard btw

I didn’t think cups had them fitted from new #becauseracecar

 

[Luke Freeman]

AWesome mate, and will look great with some tlc.

I didn’t think cups had them fitted from new #becauseracecar

Got one ready to go on just gonna change oil filter first

 

[mintno1]

Looking good! It's great getting things ticked off the list :up:

 

[yeecup]

Need pics

 

[Luke Freeman]

Nice big shaft

 

[Luke Freeman]

Need pics

Want to take some "Proper" pics in an rty farty location

Picking some seats up on Saturday, and would like to fit linkage, ARB and change oil/filter on Sunday.

Swaping the flocked dash for a standard dash next week!

 

[Coops Mk1]

nice work man, as you say hopefully get out for a blast next week one eve, presume she's on the road now?

who did the wheels and cost as well out of interest, got a set of F1's for the Odyssey I want doing!

 

[yeecup]

can i ask what app u use to upload your pics on this thread as im having trouble trying to find a decent one that uploads without being stupid links rather than the pics. cheers, @Luke Freeman

 

[Coops Mk1]

i'm just using the built in one on the forum these days

 

[Luke Freeman]

Been working on interior today, after picking up some mint seats yesterday.

Fitted some new mats too, think they look well, however £60 for mats is steep!

Had a visitor too. Not my cat, but friendly enough so he chills with me.


I just use the forums plugin for photos, I'll try and avoid 3rd party hosting sites!

 

[Luke Freeman]

nice work man, as you say hopefully get out for a blast next week one eve, presume she's on the road now?

who did the wheels and cost as well out of interest, got a set of F1's for the Odyssey I want doing!

Wheel speacilist in Burton, £200 and he removed and fitted tyres. If you can get tyres off I know someone who'll do it for £150!

 

[Luke Freeman]

Anti roll bar on. Quick spin and the car is very composed. Well worth it

 

[yeecup]

Looking good. Is that the pms arb? How does the forum photo thing work?

 

[Jekyll]

Looks great!

The side strips are supposed to be a sort of matt effect on the Cups mate!

I was talking about this yesterday oddly enough. I wonder why Renault did this? On the dash strips and clock bezel too.

Surely not for weight saving as I can't imaging adding the same paint and lacquer to them like the rest of the would make any difference.

Looking good. Is that the pms arb? How does the forum photo thing work?

When you reply in the comments box, click the "upload a image" box. This will give you the options to upload a image on your device, whether it's from the camera, a downloaded picture you've saved or in Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. I'm not sure how your folders are set but you click the folder, then click the picture.

Once you've chosen the pic, it will upload it and then you have the option to have it as a attachment or full size.

I believe you can only do 10 at a time with a max of 20mb of data per pic.

 

[Luke Freeman]

Changed oil and fitted shifter

 

[yeecup]

How are you finding the shifter?

 

[182_steve]

Nice progress here, interior looks great!

 

[Luke Freeman]

Shifter is mint! That and the steering wheel make the cockpit feel ace, I don't even mind the less-than-supportive seats!

People mention vibratio too? But it's not bad.

Did notice a knocking when pulling off after a test drive....gearbox mount! I've stuck an vibra mount, but the two nuts securing it to battery tray where absolutely shagged! Wouldn't tighten! New nuts and it's good again.

I'm swapping dashs tommorow for a standard cup one, and fitting a far better condition bonnet.

Next job is to remove inlet and throttle body, get the crappy paint removed and refit. Want to give a proper scrub and take photos too!

 

[yeecup]

coming along nicely. need to get my finger out and get mine machine polished, wheels refurbished and get a pdr guy to go round it as well. iv not even driven mine for 10 days. planning on taking ir for a wee blast after work tonight.

 

[182_steve]

The interior will be perfect again with the flocked dash gone, especially now the mint seats have been fitted

 

[The Boosh!]

Car is coming along nicely. How are you finding ZOE?

 

[mintno1]

Look forward to seeing it with the new dash, never been a massive fan of flocking! Love my PMS shifter such a great mod, you can get round the extra noise it makes because of how good it is :up:

 

[Luke Freeman]

Swapped dash tonight with a mate up road

Love it more now!

He breaks cars so I swapped my inlet and throttle body for his plus cash, and then I fitted my brace

Next job is to spend a day cleaning car properly, fit my powerflex engine mount (mates been stripping paint from the plate), fit centre caps.

 

[Luke Freeman]

Car is coming along nicely. How are you finding ZOE?

love it! The only thing that's stopping us from getting a new one is price. £350 a month with no deposit, no thanks!

 

[Luke Freeman]

coming along nicely. need to get my finger out and get mine machine polished, wheels refurbished and get a pdr guy to go round it as well. iv not even driven mine for 10 days. planning on taking ir for a wee blast after work tonight.

That's the next bits for mine now mate, looking after it! My drive out is tommorow

 

[Luke Freeman]

It's the little things that make it! In keeping with the theme of simplicity, I've removed the stereo remote and fitted a Renault blank. Fitted a connects 2 too, which will have a Bluetooth aux adapter hard wired in.

When I was at Renault, I asked if they could sell me a bag that the 1l bottles of oil go in. He just gave me one for free, nice one!

Was messing around earlier and was gonna try Coops_turbo's unsilenced ktec mid pipe....turns out I haven't got a ktec, it's a supersprint, which is now for sale! (Want a PMS)

 

[182_steve]

That's a nice touch with the remote, kind of suits the cup tbh?

I did smile at the keyring, exactly the same one I have, never seen anyone else with one!

 

[Luke Freeman]

Anti mod today....bought a standard cat back and fitted it, now selling the supersprint that was on it. You may ask "why?!", but my thought process was:

. I'm too old for low rpm zorst warble
. Still got decat fitted so it's still loud.
. Rather use the money to useful mods (selling this pays for 197 cams, 182 manifold and a decat link pipe)
. You couldn't see tip anyway so it looks no different.
. More OEM this way.

 

[Luke Freeman]

Chucked a bucket over her today

Got all the lights working in the cabin now! Just on the look out for some none soft touch non sport fascia items and window switches...mine look s**t!

Second hand dogbone no longer has any bushes. Bought some black powerflex ones to go in, as all other bushes on car are black powerflex! Already got a purple dogbone which will be going up for sale shortly.

I've got a 182 manifold and decat link pipe to fit, then I may put it away for a bit, remove inlet, throttle body, engine mount bracket and whatever else I can for cleaning/blasting. Would like a set of 197 cams and a remap to finish it off.

Tempted by a set of 2118's in anthracite.....cups look brilliant on them.

 

[yeecup]

Looks mint. What's up with the drivers side headlight?

 

[Luke Freeman]

Looks mint. What's up with the drivers side headlight?

The little rubber cap behind the bulbs are missing, and I jet washed the engine bay haha. All good today though

 

[Clio_fool]

Looks smart. Keep the turini's though.

 

[Luke Freeman]

Looks smart. Keep the turini's though.

I'd keep the Speedlines deffo, but 2118's with AR1's for dry summer days would be perfect.

Here's a trendy spec list too: (Stuff in underline to do)


Suspension/Handling
Genuine Renault Cup shocks
Cooksport springs
Powerflex Camber bolts
Ktec camber shims
PMS ARB (19mm)
PMS top mount and strut brace kit
Vibratechnics engine and gear box mounts
Powerflex black series Wishbone bushes
Powerflex black series rear beam bushes
Powerflex black series upper rear shock bushes
Powerflex black series steering rack bushes
Powerflex black series Dogbone bushes
Powerflex black series inner and outer ARB bushes
Toyo R1R’s in 205/45/16

Brakes
Genuine Renault discs front and rear
Ferodo DS2500 pads front and rear
Ktec braided hoses front and rear
ATE blue fluid

Interior
Sabelt Steering wheel
PMS shifter

Engine
182 lower inlet manifold
182 Exhaust Manifold
197 cams
EFI map
KTEC decat
Genuine Renault service components (Air filter, plugs, Oil filter, Gaskets, Oil)

 

[Stephenx77]

Just been searching through the forums and stumbled across this thread...

I bought this car about a month ago, so it's interesting to see the history. The car has now been returned further back to stock with the exception of the suspension upgrades. Plans for the car are to keep it OEM+, replace any missing bits (undertrays / arch liners etc...) and generally maintain the car to keep it a good example. The car will only be a weekend toy, so that shouldn't be too much of a challenge. Here are some photos of the car now for anyone that's interested...