Clio on the way, What to do to it?

[DUBS73P]

I had a fairly mint Fiesta mk4 1.25 until some woman decided to pull out into the side of me a few weeks back, its all being sorted tomorrow but still decided to get a new car.

Im only 17 so not too many options, and of all i think the Clio is the best looking, the best equipped and don't think it has as bad a reputation as the Saxo's (tried a VTR and hated the clutch), 106's (1.1s felt gutless) and Fiesta's.

If asked a friend who owns a garage to look out for a 1.2 Dynamique at the auctions he goes to, and he thinks that he'll find a pretty much mint 04-05 plate with low mileage for about 2.5k, is that reasonable? Sounds pretty good to me.

Want it to be quite a looker as it wont have much power, but dont really know where to start, just dont want to turn it into a chavy boy racer car.

I'd love a nice grumble from a new backbox but not so loud that ill be pulled over every 5 minutes, could i get the raspy sound of a rally car from just a backbox? Ktec Stealth?

The 172 rear bumper looks great and i think ill be picking one of those up asap

What do you all think?

and coming from the fiesta will the clio feel alot less powerful?

 

[JCC]

Don't put an exhaust on it, just sounds/looks silly on a slow car, I learnt my lesson from the exhaust on my 1.2.

First thing to buy for it, save up and get coilovers and deck it, the rest will flow from there.

 

[Sanders]

Don't put an exhaust on it, just sounds/looks silly on a slow car, I learnt my lesson from the exhaust on my 1.2.

First thing to buy for it, save up and get coilovers and deck it, the rest will flow from there.

This^^ suspension sorted then have some fun with it, no point wasting money on induction kits, exhausts etc on a 1.2

 

[Poopensharten]

Clio will be a decent compromise from a Fiesta, the 1.25 Fiesta might feel a bit more sprightly as it were but the Clio's are good. I had a Dymanique when i was 17 and it was superb, never once let me down once. I spent money on an outrageous exhaust and some Toora wheels lol and some under car neons no less haha, outrageous now but slit magnet at the time haha... A good stepping stone to something more tasty... A Citroen C2 GT (6 Years ago) lol....

 

[DUBS73P]

Don't put an exhaust on it, just sounds/looks silly on a slow car, I learnt my lesson from the exhaust on my 1.2.

First thing to buy for it, save up and get coilovers and deck it, the rest will flow from there.

Whats a sensible amount to lower it and still cope with s**t english roads? lol mods can be done pretty much straight away as i had set myself 4k aside to get the newer clio but decided i like the older one more, which coilovers should i go for?

Cheers

 

[Sanders]

The raceland ones are cheap as chips for the 1.2, dunno if you can still get them on ebay though