daughters clio

cliodciextreme · Feb 4, 2014

started a headlight refurb thread but thought i had better start a full refurb thread as there is loads of work to do LOL

copied from headlight thread

well gone and bought my daughter a car as she is sixteen now so got offered a nice little clio that needs a bit of tidying and some minor work ,but it was a bargain as it already has the 172 ph1 interior, it was a womans car with kids so you can imagine the state of the interior will get some pics up later .

thought i would give the headlights a going over as they were a advisory on last years mot so thought i would try and rescue them before spending on a replacement set

before

passenger headlight

drivers headlight

wet flatted with 1200

went on to flat using 2000 then 3000 (sorry no pics got carried away)

then buffed with

white pad and fast cut 3m

yellow pad and fine 3m

green pad and ultrafine 3m

black finishing pad and meguiars scratch x plastic polish

finished headlight (sorry only drivers)

could probably go a bit more but i am more than happy with the results compared to the way they were.

cliodciextreme · Feb 4, 2014

a couple of pics of interior before i ripped it all out (sorry for poor quality they are off my daughters iphone

car shot looks better than it is ,nice and straight but paint is disgusting

Paul.M · Feb 4, 2014

Good effort on the lights, best of luck with that interior!

oh and welcome to the forum, I'm sure you'll find the answers to anything you need here

Loz H · Feb 4, 2014

Looks good so far, ace job on the lights. nice colour too!

.J.a.m.e.s. · Feb 4, 2014

Are the seats from the sport model

.J.a.m.e.s. · Feb 4, 2014

sorry just read the discription, lol

cliodciextreme · Feb 5, 2014

interior gutted and scrubbed using meguiars apc

dash cleaned using megs apc the dressed using poorboys natural look dressing

also purchased a 172 carpet and head lining so will get those scrubbed up and fitted this week

-KarL- · Feb 5, 2014

Very nice first car, shame about the 2 tone dash!

cat171 · Feb 5, 2014

Those lights have come up great ! (I think I commented yesterday too?)

Are you planning on getting all Phase 1 172 bits inside ? I only ask as they are bluey, on a phase 2 they are grey.

cliodciextreme · Feb 5, 2014

cheers

the two tone dash doesnt look that bad with the interior to be honest as the door cards are light grey with alcantara inserts so look ok really ,as for the phase 1 bits i will be keeping the standard pillar covers as they are light grey and the door cards i have as stated are lightish grey as stated so look ok ,may get a sport steering wheel but otherwise think this as far as i will go with the interior for now ,need some nice standard renault alloys dont want aftermarket for insurance purposes will be around £2000 to insure as it is

cliodciextreme · Feb 6, 2014

got the carpets scrubbed up and refitted much improved ( i now need the longer handbrake surround )

also roof lining scrubbed up and refitted

also got all plastics cleaned with apc and dressed with poorboys natural dressing and refitted along with cleaned rear seat and rear cards

its all coming together and looking a lot cleaner .

-J- · Feb 6, 2014

Looking great, you should be able to pick up a set of 172 alloys pretty cheaply which will look great.

GrahamS · Feb 6, 2014

Sport carpet makes a big difference to the noise in these cars at cruising speed.

You're very lucky to not have a sunroof!

cliodciextreme · Feb 15, 2014

got seats back in , but need to get some better pics of completed interior ,its not immaculate but very very clean and wont stay that way once she gets her hands on it

anyway gave the paintwork a good couple of days machining and the results are very satisfying ,but still need to apply some proper polish and wax only done with 3m products to get paint to a decent standard

also got her a set of alloy wheels (bargain at £60 with nearly new yokohama tyres) not to my taste but not my car and she likes them

got a couple of bits of paintwork to touch up yet so will leave the polish and wax till paint is done (drivers door step and a couple of scuffs on bumpers)

thanks for looking