@bashracing am I right in thinking the shocks were brand new when you fitted them? Bet they're days out of warranty!
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Clio number 10, RB 182 Cup
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bashracing
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah they were, should be a receipt from renault parts direct in the paperwork
edit: found order email, 4th of january 2016
edit: found order email, 4th of january 2016
f**king typical! Ah well saves me looking through the history for it cheers.
It was defo ok when it got mot'd I was underneath having a decent look about.
It was defo ok when it got mot'd I was underneath having a decent look about.
So the bad news is the new bearing hasn't sorted it. Taken the driverside off and if anything it's better but will get a second opinion before changing that too.
Looks like this might get a ph1 box soon!
Looks like this might get a ph1 box soon!
Nothing's happened since putting it back together other than I've just driven it to inverness. The stereo fixed a lot of the noise....
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
I changed my front bearings over this weekend as well John.
Mine still whines which makes me think it's the rears, but they aren't even a year old. Saying that's, I did have a issue a while back of the rear hub bolts being loose so I think k that hasn't helped.
Friggin' cars eh?
Mine still whines which makes me think it's the rears, but they aren't even a year old. Saying that's, I did have a issue a while back of the rear hub bolts being loose so I think k that hasn't helped.
Friggin' cars eh?
@Dr Jekyll My drone is defo from the front so its either that driveshaft bearing or the box. I bet I know which one it is.
These wouldn't load as attachments for some reason but they were taken on the same journey
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
I now have 4 straight williams wheels and 1 bent one so I could have matching wheels now. Just not colourwise! 3 anthracite ones and 2 gold ones, one of which is bent
These wouldn't load as attachments for some reason but they were taken on the same journey
I now have 4 straight williams wheels and 1 bent one so I could have matching wheels now. Just not colourwise! 3 anthracite ones and 2 gold ones, one of which is bent
Just came up on FB that I got this a year ago today, nearly 12000 miles done and a few wee changes.
TBH I don't see it going anywhere, it does everything I want it to and is fun.
Just need to sort this bloody drone out, new rear shocks and hopefully a new exhaust in time.
TBH I don't see it going anywhere, it does everything I want it to and is fun.
Just need to sort this bloody drone out, new rear shocks and hopefully a new exhaust in time.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Time flies. I remember you buying it after I bought mine. I've done 5k in it lol
Yeah surprised me too!
Certainly got no regrets about getting back in a Clio, just wish I had the cash to run a toy alongside it. Or rather another one, seeing as how my other car is the flamer!
Certainly got no regrets about getting back in a Clio, just wish I had the cash to run a toy alongside it. Or rather another one, seeing as how my other car is the flamer!
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
Rb is a great colour, looks good in the snow
And lets face it, clios are so cheap to run/buy and they do as you say everything thays needed, they are hard to beat
And lets face it, clios are so cheap to run/buy and they do as you say everything thays needed, they are hard to beat
That's it, I'm very sure there is better out there but nothing I could buy without a loan. And tbh I'd rather save to go on holiday with the family than drive around in something posher.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Just a shame that they are getting older and parts will need changing.
Saying that, as Stefano said, they are fairly cheap to fix. Clios are fun, full stop and they always come back!
Saying that, as Stefano said, they are fairly cheap to fix. Clios are fun, full stop and they always come back!
Yup, I can see me running them for a good long time still. As said above I'd love to try out different stuff as well but it would have to be in addition to the Clio, we all saw how long I lasted when I sold the flamer!
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Yes we did John, yes we did!
Lol! Glutton for punishment apparently.
So er, ignore what I said above. This is probably gonna be for sale soon 😧
Flamer took quite a lot of cash to sort and I've now got a basically free car (Passat) so having to make some big boy decisions. Unfortunately the rb would clear the flamer bill and allow me to invest in it.
I'm very in 2 minds but unless someone wants to sponser my trackdays I'm not sure what else to do.
Flamer took quite a lot of cash to sort and I've now got a basically free car (Passat) so having to make some big boy decisions. Unfortunately the rb would clear the flamer bill and allow me to invest in it.
I'm very in 2 minds but unless someone wants to sponser my trackdays I'm not sure what else to do.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Thf mate you've done some great journeys in it. The good thing is its a sort after colour so hopefully itll be an easy sale if you definantly decide to sell up.
Yeah true. It's genuinely been great, I'll change the box regardless of what's happening with it but it really has been my perfect daily.
But the choice is between this and the flamer and it's pretty obvious how that's going to pan out!
If I do sell then then I'd love another RB when I'm in a position too.
But the choice is between this and the flamer and it's pretty obvious how that's going to pan out!
If I do sell then then I'd love another RB when I'm in a position too.
The next owner of the flamer will be the man with the big crusher who can turn it into coke cans.
I love the rb, genuinely don't want to sell it but something's gotta give.
I love the rb, genuinely don't want to sell it but something's gotta give.
Yeah, so, not selling this now. 1000 miles in the Passat was enough! Will do a proper update of the last couple of months later on but yesterday was its first proper run and it was great to be out in it again.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Yes John!
It's a f**king illness. Passat is basically free to run and much more suitable for my needs. Buts it's not a clio.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Yep, totally agree. There is just something about them and the hold they have on us all.
Best get this up to date eh? From doing about 1000 miles a month its only done nearly 2000 since the start of the year. A lot of that is to do with being off work but also using the flamer more and this being broken. Having changed the rear pads and discs and then the wheel bearing with play in it the droning noise was still there, a few of us all diagnosed it as the diff due to not changing with turning and it not being a typical wheel bearing drone/helicopter taking off type noise. So finally decided it was time to put my good ph1 box in it.
Which did precisely f**k all. Which was just great. Drove it home from Daves work and then didn't even look at it for about a fortnight. Only things left were the drivers wheel bearing and the driveshafts. So for the sake of £50 I whipped the hub off and Dave pressed the bearing in for me at his work. And that sorted it. Now lets never speak of this again. The only real benefits of all that work is I've got longer gearing for all the MPGs and I can change into 3rd quickly which I couldn't on the old box. Great.
Having got it working I figured it was time to take my Mums wheels off it and put the 182 wheels on that I bought for selling it on, they're a bit rough and get filthy after only 50 miles but I don't hate them as much as I thought I would. We'll see what happens with them in the future. They've only got some shite Nankangs on but the flamer looks great on the superleggeras! I might put them up for a swap for some good 15s that would suit the flamer. First thing was to paint over the random red "bolts" with some RB touch up that I have.
And just realised I don't have a pic with the whole car with the centre caps on!
Which did precisely f**k all. Which was just great. Drove it home from Daves work and then didn't even look at it for about a fortnight. Only things left were the drivers wheel bearing and the driveshafts. So for the sake of £50 I whipped the hub off and Dave pressed the bearing in for me at his work. And that sorted it. Now lets never speak of this again. The only real benefits of all that work is I've got longer gearing for all the MPGs and I can change into 3rd quickly which I couldn't on the old box. Great.
Having got it working I figured it was time to take my Mums wheels off it and put the 182 wheels on that I bought for selling it on, they're a bit rough and get filthy after only 50 miles but I don't hate them as much as I thought I would. We'll see what happens with them in the future. They've only got some shite Nankangs on but the flamer looks great on the superleggeras! I might put them up for a swap for some good 15s that would suit the flamer. First thing was to paint over the random red "bolts" with some RB touch up that I have.
And just realised I don't have a pic with the whole car with the centre caps on!
Finally got round to giving this an oil change, just 2500 miles late (I do it every 5k) various reasons for the delay but mostly depression and the can't be bothereds.
Anyway, that's it on 142,500 miles and I figured I wouldn't be fitting my alcantara a pillar trims back into the flamer so they may as well go in this.
And then remembered to take pics of how it looks on the white wheels
Anyway, that's it on 142,500 miles and I figured I wouldn't be fitting my alcantara a pillar trims back into the flamer so they may as well go in this.
And then remembered to take pics of how it looks on the white wheels
More excitement...
Not sure this was entirely worth it but it's done now. The front seats were showing a little wear and I've got some mint seats out of a ph2 vee. Think they will have now done about 30k so I fired them in despite the colours being slightly different.
Still it's done now and it won't be getting undone!
Not sure this was entirely worth it but it's done now. The front seats were showing a little wear and I've got some mint seats out of a ph2 vee. Think they will have now done about 30k so I fired them in despite the colours being slightly different.
Still it's done now and it won't be getting undone!
Wife was beginning to lose it, they've been in the spare room since Feb/march time having only been put there for "a couple of days"!
Think some new plates will be next for it, probably the smaller one for the front.
Still not sure what to do wheel wise, the nankangs aren't actually as bad as I expected and defo better than t1r's! But white just doesn't work for me.
Think some new plates will be next for it, probably the smaller one for the front.
Still not sure what to do wheel wise, the nankangs aren't actually as bad as I expected and defo better than t1r's! But white just doesn't work for me.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Nice work there John boy!
Can you not just refurb the wheels? Cost about £200ish?
Nice to have better seats now. How comes it's a different shade? I know the alcantara on the ph2s are different from 172-182, the latter having white dots.
With regards to the newly fitted box and bearing, at least it's done now. Stressful at the time but it's fixed and you have a good gearbox fitted. Can't knock it.
Can you not just refurb the wheels? Cost about £200ish?
Nice to have better seats now. How comes it's a different shade? I know the alcantara on the ph2s are different from 172-182, the latter having white dots.
With regards to the newly fitted box and bearing, at least it's done now. Stressful at the time but it's fixed and you have a good gearbox fitted. Can't knock it.
I'd rather spend my imaginary money on the flamer tbh! But yeah, will maybe refurb them someday.
Sorry yeah, all the same shade just without the white dots.
Aye, was a bit extreme but at least it's done, it's the box from the flamer so is on 119k without a refurb and still better than the one that was on it!
Sorry yeah, all the same shade just without the white dots.
Aye, was a bit extreme but at least it's done, it's the box from the flamer so is on 119k without a refurb and still better than the one that was on it!
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Saying that, you could get some better looking wheels for not a lot more 2nd hand over the refurb.
Decided that at some point soon I'll put the 182 wheels up for a swap for 15s for the flamer and put this back on the superleggeras. No rush though.
Had a work trip up to Lochgilphead last week, stopped for a couple of pics on the way.
It did really well, genuinely faultless bar the stupid exhaust. It's fine at a cruise but once it gets warm when having some fun it takes a long time to stop being boomy.
The ph1 box also helped it get 44mpg on the 135 miles up. Was a bit quicker on the way down by quite a lot and ended up with 39.5 for the full trip. Really can't complain at all about that imo.
Had a work trip up to Lochgilphead last week, stopped for a couple of pics on the way.
It did really well, genuinely faultless bar the stupid exhaust. It's fine at a cruise but once it gets warm when having some fun it takes a long time to stop being boomy.
The ph1 box also helped it get 44mpg on the 135 miles up. Was a bit quicker on the way down by quite a lot and ended up with 39.5 for the full trip. Really can't complain at all about that imo.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Looks good on those wheels
Ta. They need a refurb and are a pain in the arse to keep clean so not for me!
