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From Rags to Riches
- Thread starter reedy107
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banther
ClioSport Club Member
Do mine if you want?! Looks f**king good!! haha
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
it took me sooooooooo long to rub down the wheels, even using a sander, which could not get between the spokes, so had to do that by hand
banther
ClioSport Club Member
God! Wouldn't have the patience for that.
When this is completed, it might be one of the top cars on the forum.
When this is completed, it might be one of the top cars on the forum.
Amazing work!
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
Right , last couple of days ive :
Relocated my filter with new pipe
Put on the new seal kits for both calipers
Put both hubs and calipers back on. Put a wheel up against tom get a little pic of what its gonna be like when done
Re-packed both CV joints
bought some rear discs from EURO CAR PARTS. £9.99 per disc, yes please, just gotta press my orginal bearing in, not a problem
and drank lots of coffee whilst the above jobs were being done
just got one more wheel to do then the back end is gonna get dropped
Relocated my filter with new pipe
Put on the new seal kits for both calipers
Put both hubs and calipers back on. Put a wheel up against tom get a little pic of what its gonna be like when done
Re-packed both CV joints
bought some rear discs from EURO CAR PARTS. £9.99 per disc, yes please, just gotta press my orginal bearing in, not a problem
and drank lots of coffee whilst the above jobs were being done
just got one more wheel to do then the back end is gonna get dropped
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
I little update, and now just waiting for my new rear dampers to arrive from a certain member who is not getting back to me and promised they would be here Thursday, lets see what happens there :dapprove:
The back end is getting the treatment now
I can't explain how fooking akward the rear calipers where when I took out the handbrake lever , trying to compress the washers and try and put in the lever and the cam was so hard, thought I was never going to do it, but a lot of patience and using a random tool that I found and it paid off
some befores
a little after
bit of new grease
The bumper got stripped and snowfoamed and fitted a splitter as the last owner must of took it off or it got knicked , god knows !
The compensator got the treatment as well
got a few stickers made up to get my name out there
I gave the bonnet the treatment as well
clay
iron-x
and cracked out the DAS-6 with some chemical guys products and hexlogic pads
I just hope the rest of the car comes up as well
and also gave the daily a good clean before our baby arrives any day now
The back end is getting the treatment now
I can't explain how fooking akward the rear calipers where when I took out the handbrake lever , trying to compress the washers and try and put in the lever and the cam was so hard, thought I was never going to do it, but a lot of patience and using a random tool that I found and it paid off
some befores
a little after
bit of new grease
The bumper got stripped and snowfoamed and fitted a splitter as the last owner must of took it off or it got knicked , god knows !
The compensator got the treatment as well
got a few stickers made up to get my name out there
I gave the bonnet the treatment as well
clay
iron-x
and cracked out the DAS-6 with some chemical guys products and hexlogic pads
I just hope the rest of the car comes up as well
and also gave the daily a good clean before our baby arrives any day now
Clio 172 Flamer
Yep. Coming along nicely! Good work!
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
That look amazing. You've done a fantastic job. Would love to get mine that good.
Volvo S60 T5
Very impressed looks ace
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
28k Trophy - R1200GS
Very impressive! Cable ties FTW
Matt e
ClioSport Club Member
for the win
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
That would be to boring.
With previous cars ive made them my own. I hate just being part of the crowd. I want to stick out and work outside the box. Plus i love doing the extra bits that normally wouldnt get done.
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
yes mate. That was sorted ages ago. Thank fook
Clio 172 Flamer
Selling it straight after?
wont you lose out on a fair bit doing that?
wont you lose out on a fair bit doing that?
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
I mite sell, I mite not, see what happens, but its not about the money TBH its just about doing something I love and seeing the end result from what I had in the beggining
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Clio 172 Flamer
Fair play mate.
Clio Sport 197 Cup
I little update, and now just waiting for my new rear dampers to arrive from a certain member who is not getting back to me and promised they would be here Thursday, lets see what happens there :dapprove:
The back end is getting the treatment now
I can't explain how fooking akward the rear calipers where when I took out the handbrake lever , trying to compress the washers and try and put in the lever and the cam was so hard, thought I was never going to do it, but a lot of patience and using a random tool that I found and it paid off
some befores
a little after
bit of new grease
The bumper got stripped and snowfoamed and fitted a splitter as the last owner must of took it off or it got knicked , god knows !
The compensator got the treatment as well
got a few stickers made up to get my name out there
I gave the bonnet the treatment as well
clay
iron-x
and cracked out the DAS-6 with some chemical guys products and hexlogic pads
I just hope the rest of the car comes up as well
and also gave the daily a good clean before our baby arrives any day now
How did you clean the calipers and get them looking like they do before spraying them? Outstanding....
206,172 Cup,focus,X5
thinners. Wire brush and wire wheels and sandpaper. It takes a while mate.
that means alot mate. Many thanks. Thats what its all about. Hopefully other clio fans will get some motivation from this and do it them selfs like i did.
the best way to learn is to do it your self.
P.s note to self. Dont believe the wire colours on AUTODATA ! LOL.
