Robbie Corbett
ClioSport Club Member
Nothing much to report recently - still no filler flap 🤣
Car has been reliable, parts haven't fallen off etc. I still need to add a little more toe out and try some different tyres, the nearly new Hankook V12's which came with the wheels aren't for me, they seem to have quite a soft tyre wall which isn't helped by the conservative camber settings.
Quick weekend wash
Fitted a rude boi rear number plate bulb and holder:
Don't love it, but it works so will stay.
I plan to start a body work mini resto soon, the car has a number of parking dings and the rear passenger lower quarter is completely the wrong shape, looks like the previous owner cut a kerb or something. I bought an amazon PDR kit and thought I would give it a shot:
Before:
After:
Takes bloody ages and I'm pretty ropey, I need to buy some bars so I can push small dents from inside the car, I think with some practice I can get nearly everything out. As is its about 70%, now is a little 'out' so needs careful knocking in. I've ordered a stripped pdr light as its nearly impossible to tell what shape it is close up.
I also bought the car to use on track, fixed it and then decided I didn't want to ruin it! So to appease my past self I've booed an afternoon at Brands on the 7th July. So have a few jobs to do before then. I'll be running the Hankook's in a bid to knacker them before trying something else.
Also so far unimpressed by the supposed 1155 pads I have fitted up front, they fade on the road! At this point I don't know if there has been a seller/manufacturer c**k up and somehow 1144's got in the box but I'll be swapping to something else before I get to Brands!
I originally bought the Clio on a whim, to use while I repaired my daily which was an E46 estate with an M3 transplant - having not touched the BM for over 2 years I've mad the sad decision to sell which meant digging the fecking thing out the gravel drive, unseizing a rear brake, blah blah.
Engine before a clean:
After a quick wash, repairs made, quick hoon up the road and now just have to work out why the front windows have stopped working - they say never leave a car parked up for ages and expect it to work... they were right:
And thats the bank holiday weekend over for me
Car has been reliable, parts haven't fallen off etc. I still need to add a little more toe out and try some different tyres, the nearly new Hankook V12's which came with the wheels aren't for me, they seem to have quite a soft tyre wall which isn't helped by the conservative camber settings.
Quick weekend wash
Fitted a rude boi rear number plate bulb and holder:
Don't love it, but it works so will stay.
I plan to start a body work mini resto soon, the car has a number of parking dings and the rear passenger lower quarter is completely the wrong shape, looks like the previous owner cut a kerb or something. I bought an amazon PDR kit and thought I would give it a shot:
Before:
After:
Takes bloody ages and I'm pretty ropey, I need to buy some bars so I can push small dents from inside the car, I think with some practice I can get nearly everything out. As is its about 70%, now is a little 'out' so needs careful knocking in. I've ordered a stripped pdr light as its nearly impossible to tell what shape it is close up.
I also bought the car to use on track, fixed it and then decided I didn't want to ruin it! So to appease my past self I've booed an afternoon at Brands on the 7th July. So have a few jobs to do before then. I'll be running the Hankook's in a bid to knacker them before trying something else.
Also so far unimpressed by the supposed 1155 pads I have fitted up front, they fade on the road! At this point I don't know if there has been a seller/manufacturer c**k up and somehow 1144's got in the box but I'll be swapping to something else before I get to Brands!
I originally bought the Clio on a whim, to use while I repaired my daily which was an E46 estate with an M3 transplant - having not touched the BM for over 2 years I've mad the sad decision to sell which meant digging the fecking thing out the gravel drive, unseizing a rear brake, blah blah.
Engine before a clean:
After a quick wash, repairs made, quick hoon up the road and now just have to work out why the front windows have stopped working - they say never leave a car parked up for ages and expect it to work... they were right:
And thats the bank holiday weekend over for me