Daniels Blue 182.

[dann2707]

This weekend I was back at my parents house for my Sisters birthday bbq party.

It mainly consisted of preparing for Blyton park next week.

On saturday morning I had my alignment. They knew all about the crash and spotted this on the rear carrier to the beam. If you look closely at the right of the bracket you can see how it's shiny and clean as it's slide during the impact. We loosened the carrier bolts and slid it back into place

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Random pic of the car coming out.

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Then today I have removed the front pads and ground the tabs down a bit as they were absolutely stud solid in the carriers before. Now they move freely which is good.

Also i've raised my seat and moved it forward by using some aluminium plate. It feels so much better to drive now as i'm not reaching UP for the steering wheel. My head is also level and im not tilting my head back to see over the dash lol. This is all because I removed my runners and they are around 30mm in itself.

Then took some random pics on the way home. I realllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllly need to clean it on the inside and out before Blyton.

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[dann2707]

Thanks for the likes peeps.

Did a little something tonight, just for a finishing touch really. My harness toggle pull things were fading badly. It's so hard to capture it.

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And now they look like this. Again it's hard to capture it but in the background you can see how it actually looks. it's luminous yellow! WOOOOO. Also was only £5 for three from the range.

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[Mr Plums]

Thanks for the likes peeps.

Did a little something tonight, just for a finishing touch really. My harness toggle pull things were fading badly. It's so hard to capture it.

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And now they look like this. Again it's hard to capture it but in the background you can see how it actually looks. it's luminous yellow! WOOOOO. Also was only £5 for three from the range.

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Love it dan, nice little touch there blud.

 

[Euan94]

Looks so good, looking forward to having a proper look at the weekend

 

[andyj007]

its all in the little details

 

[Clio_fool]

It's all in the details. Can't wait to see it in the metal, and maybe ride shotgun a few laps?

 

[Welsh.Dan]

Cracking stuff bud. Such a tidy Clio

If I could make a suggestion with cam, have you tried mounting it above the X of the roll cage?
You have it below, if it was above you'd sacrifice a bit of sky out of the windscreen view, but you'd gain more track, see the kerbs etc and see more of your steering wheel etc. May be worth trying both options on the road to test before track.

I used a similar mount point in my Clio at blyton and it makes for great footage!

 

[dann2707]

Looks so good, looking forward to having a proper look at the weekend

Thanks Ethan, definitely! Come for a passenger ride if you're there in the morning.

It's all in the details. Can't wait to see it in the metal, and maybe ride shotgun a few laps?

Of course dude, will talk to you at the services on the m180!

Cracking stuff bud. Such a tidy Clio

If I could make a suggestion with cam, have you tried mounting it above the X of the roll cage?
You have it below, if it was above you'd sacrifice a bit of sky out of the windscreen view, but you'd gain more track, see the kerbs etc and see more of your steering wheel etc. May be worth trying both options on the road to test before track.

I used a similar mount point in my Clio at blyton and it makes for great footage!

Thank you buddy! Thats a really good shout dude, cheers for the idea. I'll mount it the other way tonight before I have a drive to my gf's then review the footage at hers. Cheers bro!

 

[bashracing]

Remember to torque your wheel nuts up Dan

 

[JP83]

Remember to torque your wheel nuts up Dan

 

[leeds2592]

Oh he went there!!

 

[dann2707]

Someone get me some water haha

 

[Ashh]

Awesome work as always Dan!

I reckon a flocked interior would finish it off nicely.

 

[JamesBryan]

What are those pull tabs things called Dan, look smart.

 

[dann2707]

What are those pull tabs things called Dan, look smart.

They're just the standard ones with the harnesses mate. I just dyed them

 

[Jekyll]

Looking forward to seeing Boris you and Matt tomorrow mate.

Boris is looking good in the above pics!

 

[dann2707]

Looking forward to seeing Boris you and Matt tomorrow mate.

Boris is looking good in the above pics!

Thanks mate! You too dude

Gonna give you a right bear hug you know

 

[Jekyll]

I'm now hard.

 

[JamesBryan]

They're just the standard ones with the harnesses mate. I just dyed them

Ahh right, I thought you meant you replaced them

 

[Clio_fool]

Eeeuurgh, get a room!

 

[dann2707]

I'll post what I did today. It consisted of making brake ducts for my fog lights with inspiration from @RyG

Removed the original fogs

Then these 100mm bass ports have to be fitted inside the original housings

One in and one out

I relocated my horn above too to allow maximum air flow

Both fitted

I had to remove the carbon cannister from the offside. Thanks to @JP83 for the help on that one.

I just simply looped the carbon cannister pipe to the acoustic valve pipe as they both aren't needed as seen here

I then made some brake deflectors by using some sheet steel bending it and drilling it. Painted it black

Got no ducting though as I didn't have enough time to sort that out but the air flow looks like it should hit them nicely

I then cleaned Boris

All ready for the festival tomorrow. Can't wait to meet those who comment on here who I haven't properly met yet!

See you tomorrow x

 

[Mr Plums]

Proper!

Top 5 clios on here mate.

 

[Mash.]

Removing the beam bushes: why is there a picture of the hacksaw through the rear beam when the bush is out?!

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[Jekyll]

Because pikey.

So pikey he can't afford full membership!

 

[Losi_8_boy]

Spot on mate, good job getting it all sorted so quickly.
Can you post a link to the 100mm cones?

Tah

 

[Losi_8_boy]

Removing the beam bushes: why is there a picture of the hacksaw through the rear beam when the bush is out?!

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As you have a outer sleeve pushed into the beam that needs removing too

 

[bashracing]

The car is looking great Dan, any closer to finding out who hit the back wheel?
Hope all goes well this weekend at CSF.

And everyone look after him
Wheel nuts - 85 ft/lb

 

[Clio_fool]

Good to meet you Dan. Boris looked and sounded great out on track. @bashracing we did witness a torque wrench being welded after the first session!

 

[Mash.]

As you have a outer sleeve pushed into the beam that needs removing too

Aye im aware but it looked like that sleeve had been removed already, must of looked st the pic wrong

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[dann2707]

This is my first night at my house after CSF so i've had chance to catch a breath.

What a f**king incredible weekend. I didn't take many pictures but here are a few.

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@Matty1303 looking a bit apprehensive

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Really happy with winning 3 prizes on the raffle too! A car protector mat, some bolts from @Filters and an autofinesse kit!

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Stole some pics from you matty haha.


And regarding track time, that was mega fun! To behonest I was taking it steady-ish as I was on mis matched tyres on the rear so it was incredibly sketchy as per the video below! I didn't get a single bit of understeer though at all so it's well set up. Really am happy with it so much its just the tyres letting it down.

One thing also actually, managed to get my brakes too hot again the cold feed didn't work really. My pedal kept going squishy, thats with ATE supergold stuff too! I think I actually need to direct a pipe to the wind deflectors. Anyway, just a little clip of the lift off I was experiencing from the shite tyres on the back! Mega mega fun to control though and made me learn about the car and its limits even more so.



Thanks to the guys who made the weekend especially @jaswalker24 @leeds2592 @Alistair14 @JP83 @Bear Head @Matty1303 @Steven103 who we camped with

 

[incy-spider]

Brembo time?? [emoji7][emoji7]

 

[Filters]

Those bolts and washers aren't from me bud 😂 their from a mate of mine who runs "Bolternatives" :up:
I just whored out my car.

Post a pic up when you've got them fitted though

 

[Mash.]

what pads you running Dan?

 

[dann2707]

what pads you running Dan?

DS2500's mate.

 

[Mash.]

DS2500's mate.

Theres your problem, s**t pads

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[Mr Plums]

These ds2500 had raving reviews a few years back, now everyone slates them lol.

 

[JamesBryan]

Sack the ATE fluid off and get Motul 600/660.

It changed the pedal feel on mine a lot, i recovers well after letting the car cool after track days too whereas ATE used to stay spongy for ages.

Yes it's expensive, but it works

 

[JamesBryan]

Theres your problem, s**t pads

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These ds2500 had raving reviews a few years back, now everyone slates them lol.

They're not s**t pads, it's just that it's easy to get to the limit of them on the Clio.

Sub 1000kg cars they're fine.

 

[Mash.]

They're not s**t pads, it's just that it's easy to get to the limit of them on the Clio.

Sub 1000kg cars they're fine.

My car weights 875kg, they're not fine. ds2500s shouldn't be taken on track unless on a parade lap. They're alright as a (much as I hate the term) fast road pad.

 

[JamesBryan]

My car weights 875kg, they're not fine. ds2500s shouldn't be taken on track unless on a parade lap. They're alright as a (much as I hate the term) fast road pad.

200kg less than standard... what have you stripped off it!