Dr Jekyll's Ph1 172 Progress Thread

[Christopher.]

Coming along nicely there Mark. Look forward to seeing it/you Saturday.

Not yet mate. The guy recons I'm going to rip him off when all I want is the money for it to get fixed. Only one garage close to us will do it and it's in Basildon.
If he hasn't paid me the money by tomorrow evening I will tell him to arrange a courier for the exhaust to be picked up and give me a refund

Whats up with the zorts mate ?

 

[Toms_clio]

Coming along nicely there Mark. Look forward to seeing it/you Saturday.



Whats up with the zorts mate ?

Have a look at the thread I made about my yozza exhaust

 

[Craig.]

Liking the badges

 

[Jekyll]

Liking the badges

Few more pics inc fitted ones in here mate:

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?732700-Ph1-172-2-0-16v-Side-badges

I'm happy with them tbh. I need to get some Gtechniq C4 on the strips but i'll get some car cleaning gear when the weather gets better.

 

[Craig.]

They are a nice touch, now that you can't buy the original badges from the dealers anymore this is a good replacement.

 

[Jekyll]

Totally agree Craig. I think they was £36 each!! However like you said they don't sell them anymore. They only sell the ones from the exclusive which are all silver.

These were £5 a set delivered and i already had the wet & dry and lacquer so it was a cheap OEM mod

 

[Joe R26]

What did it make on the rollers mark?

 

[yeecup]

163bhp iirc

 

[Jekyll]

Got a few more bits done/bought this weekend.

5000k HID bulbs have been fitted. One still looks a little blue but I've only turned them on in the daylight so it could be my eyes. I will try again tonight to see for sure.

Took ok it to the Surrey rolling road on sat with the SE/SC lot:

Clio on SRR (08/02/2014) by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Ph1 172 power graph (8/02/14) by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr


Pretty happy tbh as I wanted 160 upwards. Also while I was there I got a brand new Skoda Fabia splitter off @mattcreed for £10! Can't knock that so thanks Matt. Was nice to meet you mate

Also got a few pics with @Timmsy (GAYYY!!)

2x Ph1 172's by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

2x Ph1 172's by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

And lastly after not liking the arch gap I've decided to buy some coilovers. I went with Vmaxx as I had these on my 182 for 2yrs and found them good enough for my needs. I'm no race driver and don't really drive my car hard so I don't warrant spending loads of money on whizzy dizzy ones as these will be fine for me and give me the look I'm after.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I'm no race driver and don't really drive my car hard

This needs resolving.

Get a track day booked you big girl !!!

 

[Jekyll]

 

[Craig.]

Totally agree Craig. I think they was £36 each!! However like you said they don't sell them anymore. They only sell the ones from the exclusive which are all silver.

These were £5 a set delivered and i already had the wet & dry and lacquer so it was a cheap OEM mod

Strange how they would still sell the silver exclusive ones when there was less of those made lol, but like you say a cheap OEM mod

Just seen the graph that torque looks low 135lbsft ?

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

~183Nm does seem about 10% out of spec..

Ask Scrooge politely to check the timing on it, Mark ?

Think all you'll need is the cam-cap end cover things....

 

[AlexW]

I'd expect power to be down further if timing was out. I could check it, and you can do it without fitting new caps if you're very careful.

 

[Joe R26]

I'd expect power to be down further if timing was out. I could check it, and you can do it without fitting new caps if you're very careful.

Can you? I've always smashed through the centre of the caps to remove them. Can't see how you could remove them without damaging them.

 

[Mr R.]

Not worth saving them, imo. They only cost a few quid, I know marks tight but didn't think he was that tight.

 

[AlexW]

Had to remove them a couple of times without damaging as its been last minute.

 

[Jekyll]

The HID's work fine and look more OEM white next to the Cree's and less pale blue. I'm happy

Hopefully get the coilovers fitted next weekend providing they turn up and the weather holds out. Once they are on my Koni's and Sportlines will be up for sale. If anybody is interested then feel free to PM me

Its just a rumour Scott

 

[Bobby.]

The two core plugs are a little under a tenner direct from Renault. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about it though tbh.

 

[Jekyll]

Its piece of mind though, bobby. If they snap then at least I've got some spare.

 

[Bobby.]

No I mean I wouldn't bother checking the timing. If you do check it though I'd definitely say to have a set of plugs spare.

 

[AlexW]

No I mean I wouldn't bother checking the timing. If you do check it though I'd definitely say to have a set of plugs spare.

Mark likes piece of mind about anything. It won't take long either.

 

[Timmsy]

Good to meet you saturday Mark, yours really did put mine to shame both in condition and power.

Will upload some pics of the mini photo shoot to my thread in a sec.

Here are a couple more of yours though

IMG_20140208_133141139 by Timmsy21, on Flickr

IMG_20140208_133202924 by Timmsy21, on Flickr

IMG_20140208_133206526 by Timmsy21, on Flickr

 

[Jekyll]

I need me a decent camera! My iphone is poo! Lol

Thanks for the pics Graham

Pic of 5000k HID's bulbs fitted. Much more OEM

5000k HID's fitted by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

 

[Joe R26]

I thought you had a decent camera lol

 

[AlexW]

Headlight picture doesn't look like it does in real life. Looks much better in real life!

 

[Jekyll]

I thought you had a decent camera lol

I sold it last year mate. Wished I never now! Lol

Headlight picture doesn't look like it does in real life. Looks much better in real life!

Thanks mate. Its true, it looks a lot better and brighter in the flesh but its hard to capture it properly.

 

[Joe R26]

Damn, that was a cracking camera!.

 

[Jekyll]

It was Joe. Caught you scaring sheep!

These turned up today and hopefully being fitted this weekend:

Vmaxx coilovers by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

These are an updated version to my old ones as the hats and adjusters are black where as they were blue on my old set and I prefer these. Also I still have too much camber on the rear which I've decided I don't like. I'm not sure how much negative camber my spacers were but they was not -1 degree! Even with my -1 degree shims reversed im still not happy and I think it will be more noticeable when its lower. Luckily enough Alex has some 10mm no cambers ones on he's rep and would like a bit of camber to stop he's rubbing so we're doing a swap! Hopefully I'll be happy then lol (I know @rs 1an will be )

Im also thinking of putting in the original head unit for a bit of retro-ness providing I can get the right connectors. I had a look to see if I could fit my foglight bulbs on my lunch break today but the arch liner needs to be removed to do so, however it felt like my horn was loose and just hanging down. Can't really tell so I'll be looking at these this weekend.

 

[Timmsy]

It was Joe. Caught you scaring sheep!

These turned up today and hopefully being fitted this weekend:

Vmaxx coilovers

These are an updated version to my old ones as the hats and adjusters are black where as they were blue on my old set and I prefer these. Also I still have too much camber on the rear which I've decided I don't like. I'm not sure how much negative camber my spacers were but they was not -1 degree! Even with my -1 degree shims reversed im still not happy and I think it will be more noticeable when its lower. Luckily enough Alex has some 10mm no cambers ones on he's rep and would like a bit of camber to stop he's rubbing so we're doing a swap! Hopefully I'll be happy then lol (I know @rs 1an will be )

Im also thinking of putting in the original head unit for a bit of retro-ness providing I can get the right connectors. I had a look to see if I could fit my foglight bulbs on my lunch break today but the arch liner needs to be removed to do so, however it felt like my horn was loose and just hanging down. Can't really tell so I'll be looking at these this weekend.

Where did you pick up the Coilovers dude? i noticed that POTN do them for around £350?

Still think you should stick with some camber on the rear, looked ok to me

Original HU is the way forward! also thinking about doing the same, although want a ph2 cd player item in mine and hopefully connect it upto the cd changer too. think it would work?

 

[Jekyll]

I got them off a company fairly local to me but off there eBay site (Rudie Mods ) The company is shocking but they were the cheapest around and being local-ish I can just pop down there if I'm not happy with them. I paid £357 iirc.

I want no camber on rear to make it look more OEM.

ICE is not really my genre Graham so I'm the wrong person to ask
really but what I do know is that your putting way to much Ph2 parts on your Ph1! :rasp: Cup spoiler and rear lights (even though I'm 50/50 on this) should be all.

 

[AlexW]

More work for me this weekend! I kidd, hopefully it'll be a good, productive day!

I liked the ever so slight camber, so hopefully it'll look good on my car.

We'll have to slam it

You'll deffo want the tracking doing ASAP afterwards too, as it'll be quite far out. and might want the front camber checking as its adjustable on those by the looks.

Edit... I'll bring those Ph2 rear lights with me, and glue them on, so you can't ever remove them Also, Keep your head unit!

 

[Timmsy]

I got them off a company fairly local to me but off there eBay site (Rudie Mods ) The company is shocking but they were the cheapest around and being local-ish I can just pop down there if I'm not happy with them. I paid £357 iirc.

I want no camber on rear to make it look more OEM.

ICE is not really my genre Graham so I'm the wrong person to ask
really but what I do know is that your putting way to much Ph2 parts on your Ph1! :rasp: Cup spoiler and rear lights (even though I'm 50/50 on this) should be all.

Yes i know i am :rasp:

Who listens to or even has tapes these days?

 

[Jekyll]

Djw John Some better pics above to see how the 20mm front spacers sit

 

[Djw John]

Cheers Mark. It really is bob on

 

[Mr R.]

2 screws on the fog light surround then the complete unit comes out.

Bulb change in 2 mins mate.

 

[Jekyll]

More work for me this weekend! I kidd, hopefully it'll be a good, productive day!

I liked the ever so slight camber, so hopefully it'll look good on my car.

We'll have to slam it

You'll deffo want the tracking doing ASAP afterwards too, as it'll be quite far out. and might want the front camber checking as its adjustable on those by the looks.

Edit... I'll bring those Ph2 rear lights with me, and glue them on, so you can't ever remove them Also, Keep your head unit!

Hopefully the weather will hold up. As soon as it's all on I'll get it all aligned and tracking done. I'll see what the garage near my work has, as before I went to Stortford Performance and got it done on there hunter system and they were pretty decent. If the garage near me had the same system then I'll go there instead as I can leave it there and pick it up after work. Need to get the wheels balanced too.

Yes these have camber adjustability. I'm still 50/50 on the lights tbh. Will get you to bring the boot light though. However I'm swaying more to having the OE head unit in

Yes i know i am :rasp:

Who listens to or even has tapes these days?

I could get an old skool one in there

http://www.king-of-shop.com/shop/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Bad-Tape.jpg

Cheers Mark. It really is bob on

Its perfect mate.

2 screws on the fog light surround then the complete unit comes out.

Bulb change in 2 mins mate.

Result! I didn't even think of that! I know on the ph2's it had to be removed from behind the bumper, but I'm still learning on the ph1 I shall do that tomorrow then

 

[dmallett]

needs a splitter You going lowz then?

 

[ParisPeach]

I got them off a company fairly local to me but off there eBay site (Rudie Mods ) The company is shocking but they were the cheapest around and being local-ish I can just pop down there if I'm not happy with them. I paid £357 iirc.

I want no camber on rear to make it look more OEM.

ICE is not really my genre Graham so I'm the wrong person to ask
really but what I do know is that your putting way to much Ph2 parts on your Ph1! :rasp: Cup spoiler and rear lights (even though I'm 50/50 on this) should be all.

when we was talking about angel lights the other week you laughed at me when I said I got them from rudie mods!!

 

[AlexW]

needs a splitter You going lowz then?

Might be too low to get on my drive when we're done. Not that you need a really low car to struggle with my driveway!

when we was talking about angel lights the other week you laughed at me when I said I got them from rudie mods!!

When Mark said about them to be I lol'ed