VW ID.3
Yes, finally I have purchased a Clio Sport I've had it about a month sitting on my drive just getting in better shape before I put it on the road and now it's on the road I can write up a Project Thread because I've enjoyed reading some great build threads on here.
I've got no photos from when I got it because I forgot but the bodywork has a few dents and a load of stone chips and the paint needs a machine polish once I've sorted the chips.
First of I replaced the Dephaser pulley because it was noisy (thanks to Tom at West's for sorting the pulley) and fitted a new timing belt kit and auxiliary belt, while the car was on axle stand I got down to cleaning the wheels swell.
Some befores of the wheels
Got to work on them with some AS Smart wheels and a swissvax wheel brush and they looked like this then
Still not perfect with all the tar and left over wheel weight adhesive, so some AS Tardis was required
Tardis at work
After the tar was dissolved by the Tardis all that was left was the weight adhesive which took ages to remove but looks so good once removed.
Now all that was left to do was apply some wheel sealant or wax, in the past I've used Poorboy's Wheel Sealant and FK 1000P both which are really good but the end of last year I ordered some GTechniq C5 Wheel Armour that is so easy to apply and remove and the protection and beading it provides is the best I've seen.
And now for some beading shots
I only took photos of this wheel but the process and result was the same for the other, I even did the spare too while I was at it.
The wheels do need a refurb but that can wait until summer.
With the wheels done I did give the car a wash and a layer of Swissvax BOS wax just to protect the paintwork and 3 layers of GTechniq G3 on the glass (which is another great product from GTechniq) but no photos of this as I've still got to do the stone chips and thought that photos of the whole car can wait until they are sorted.
After winning an auction for some phase 2 rear lights on EBay they arrived and were in great condition, a quick polish with Meguiars PlastRX and a couple of layers of Chemical Guy's Jet Seal 109 I decided to fit them one night after work.
A few befores
And with the help of the guide on here it was a lot easier than expected
and a photo to compare the difference between the two
even fitted Silvervisions to the new light
and all that was left to do was to do the other side
Now I know that not everybody likes phase 2 lights on a phase 1 but I think they do brighten up the rear of the car.
Now it's time to sort the front lights they had started to fade around the top so some wet-sanding then a polish was on order, I did do these once but wasn't too happy with them cause I hadn't sanded all the oxidation out of them
As expected some befores
You can just see the haze around the top of the headlight in the photo, so a going over with 600, then 2000 and finally 3000 I was happy with then but they both looked like this
Time to polish them up so I broke out the UDM and Meguiars PlastRX and it started to shine again
It was looking a lot better and now time for another comparison photo
Looking a lot better now to do the other headlight
You can see in some of the photos all the stone chips but they are on the To Do list.
The Clio sat like this for a couple of weeks until I won a Clio phase 2 boot lid of EBay which was a bargain and was only a couple of streets from where I live, that was collected and all that was left to do was fit it,
As normal a before photo
Removed the interior boot trim and plugged and extracted the wiring loom unbolted the boot lid and now I'm left with a rather large hole at the back of the clio
And just like that the new boot lid was fitted along with the loom
I also know that some people might now like the look of a phase 2 boot lid on a phase 1 clio but it was a bargain and it's now got a nice shiny Renault diamond on it, and I took the clio badge off to clean it but it has started to pit in a few places so I'm in 2 mind whether to refit it or buy a new one.
Thats how it's sitting at the moment I have fitted a Sony HU with a Steering wheel control adaptor but no photos of that yet and I have a few parts to fit this weekend.
Well if you have made it this far,
well done and thanks I will keep this up to date as I go.
sorry if theres any spelling mistakes and I hope the photos work.
Reece.
I've got no photos from when I got it because I forgot but the bodywork has a few dents and a load of stone chips and the paint needs a machine polish once I've sorted the chips.
First of I replaced the Dephaser pulley because it was noisy (thanks to Tom at West's for sorting the pulley) and fitted a new timing belt kit and auxiliary belt, while the car was on axle stand I got down to cleaning the wheels swell.
Some befores of the wheels
Got to work on them with some AS Smart wheels and a swissvax wheel brush and they looked like this then
Still not perfect with all the tar and left over wheel weight adhesive, so some AS Tardis was required
Tardis at work
After the tar was dissolved by the Tardis all that was left was the weight adhesive which took ages to remove but looks so good once removed.
Now all that was left to do was apply some wheel sealant or wax, in the past I've used Poorboy's Wheel Sealant and FK 1000P both which are really good but the end of last year I ordered some GTechniq C5 Wheel Armour that is so easy to apply and remove and the protection and beading it provides is the best I've seen.
And now for some beading shots
I only took photos of this wheel but the process and result was the same for the other, I even did the spare too while I was at it.
The wheels do need a refurb but that can wait until summer.
With the wheels done I did give the car a wash and a layer of Swissvax BOS wax just to protect the paintwork and 3 layers of GTechniq G3 on the glass (which is another great product from GTechniq) but no photos of this as I've still got to do the stone chips and thought that photos of the whole car can wait until they are sorted.
After winning an auction for some phase 2 rear lights on EBay they arrived and were in great condition, a quick polish with Meguiars PlastRX and a couple of layers of Chemical Guy's Jet Seal 109 I decided to fit them one night after work.
A few befores
And with the help of the guide on here it was a lot easier than expected
and a photo to compare the difference between the two
even fitted Silvervisions to the new light
and all that was left to do was to do the other side
Now I know that not everybody likes phase 2 lights on a phase 1 but I think they do brighten up the rear of the car.
Now it's time to sort the front lights they had started to fade around the top so some wet-sanding then a polish was on order, I did do these once but wasn't too happy with them cause I hadn't sanded all the oxidation out of them
As expected some befores
You can just see the haze around the top of the headlight in the photo, so a going over with 600, then 2000 and finally 3000 I was happy with then but they both looked like this
Time to polish them up so I broke out the UDM and Meguiars PlastRX and it started to shine again
It was looking a lot better and now time for another comparison photo
Looking a lot better now to do the other headlight
You can see in some of the photos all the stone chips but they are on the To Do list.
The Clio sat like this for a couple of weeks until I won a Clio phase 2 boot lid of EBay which was a bargain and was only a couple of streets from where I live, that was collected and all that was left to do was fit it,
As normal a before photo
Removed the interior boot trim and plugged and extracted the wiring loom unbolted the boot lid and now I'm left with a rather large hole at the back of the clio
And just like that the new boot lid was fitted along with the loom
I also know that some people might now like the look of a phase 2 boot lid on a phase 1 clio but it was a bargain and it's now got a nice shiny Renault diamond on it, and I took the clio badge off to clean it but it has started to pit in a few places so I'm in 2 mind whether to refit it or buy a new one.
Thats how it's sitting at the moment I have fitted a Sony HU with a Steering wheel control adaptor but no photos of that yet and I have a few parts to fit this weekend.
Well if you have made it this far,
well done and thanks I will keep this up to date as I go.
sorry if theres any spelling mistakes and I hope the photos work.
Reece.
