Focus RS + S3
been meaning to do this for a while (2 years lol) so here it goes....
After having a lift in a new 182 cup in RB when i was about 12 and since that day I was hooked and wanted a 182, then outside my house one day a LY pulled up and my mind was then made up.
struggling to find a LY 2 years ago, they were fetching £6-£8k and then i came across this one in a dealership so had a look,
the wheels were god damn awful but I could see potential, a few issues, belts were overdue, the mirror had been replaced at some point in its life and painted by stevie wonder, no cup packs, but mechanically it was sound, renault service history so I made an offer,
after doing my research on the forum I found the common problems and used them to knock the dealer down quite a large amount so the money saved would give me the cup packs i wanted. Basically stole the car from him, left a deposit and went home in my saxo to come back and pick it up after the weekend.
I took my time driving home, with the horror stories of belts going in the back of my mind, but got home safe, for a well deserved bit of TLC
please excuse the wheels, wouldnt be as bad if they were 16" lol
the clio stayed in the garage for a few weeks while i got the funds together for the belts so i got started on tidying up in the meantime, mirror caps were removed and sent for spraying
some clean plates:
and a cup spoiler ready for painting:
some new mats:
and then my favourite part
not ashamed of driving it anymore now lol
the lower pulley on the aux belt was starting to whine so booked into birchdown for the belts to be done too and made the 3 hour drive up, brilliant service and i knew thse were the guys who would be looking after the clio, and to get a cheeky snap of the nemo too
got the new wheels on, along with a Mazda 3 MPS aerial to get rid of the original as it was just too big, whilst keeping it looking OEM, still no mirror caps
i wanted to drive the clio so made some temporary mirror caps out of thick black bags just in case water got in lol
and to give the front end some love, a carbon splitter off the forum and also got the new plates fitted, again still no miror caps, painter kept letting me down
then i had a phonecall, my parts were ready to be picked up from painting, so got them fitted straight away
also bodged the exhaust mounts to get the exhaust sitting a lot better, not much life left in the standard system
also got the mirror caps on and got the saxo ready for sale :'(
and took the silvervisions out of the saxo and popped them in the clio
this was ready for my first FCS with the clio after going in the saxo previous years
then followed by TRAX, nearly lost the back end a few times on the way home from trax so new rear shocks were needed and solved the issue, got them from wests renault (Tom)
At trax i saw the 3/4 plate and how much it tidies the front end up so palced an order with fancy plates
and i also hate the standard sidelight look compared to xenons, and not a fan of LED i put blown sidelight bulbs in so the hole is filled but obviously dont work, much better
really happy with how the car looks now, and went to my first meet
by this point i was starting to get sick of the ride height but with winter around the corner i thought id leave it untill after
glad i did as we had pretty bad snow that year
with my mates monaco 172
the winter took its toll on my exhaust
my mate had a spare milltek in his shed (as you do lol) which he had replaced under warranty, so had it doged on for now until i could afford a new exhaust
some more meets were attended and after scott took this picture, that was it, the cars getting lowered, ASAP!
so at the time the group buy on the K-tec coilovers was on, be rude not to and would fulfil my lowering needs for now
now we're talking! and then the inevitable happened
oh well, bodge it back on, and the splitters been abused daily ever since
loved the look of the car now, transformed from the sh1tty wheel stage, so next on the list was to sort the exhaust, MOT tester said the milltek was starting to crack (again) so paid a visit to charlie in prospeed
top guy, i wanted something aftermarket looking but not too obvious, so went with a 3" inward rolled tip, also had new mounts and the cat mod done too
my friend with the monaco, had a polybushed dog-bone and he was trading the car in, so a quick swap around in the morning before the car went. would have been a waste otherwise lol
and the clio stayed like this for quite a while, with just general servicing and some more bits and bobs tidying, and attending the shows, FCS CSS TraX etc (handful of pics as ive got way too many)
cheers to harpham for the pic btw
us welsh lot:
also fitted a carbon front diamond off Kris182 as i fitted his coilovers for him
some more meets were attended (cardiff bay with millennium stadium in background):
theres more to come, ill update the thread with pictures when i get them off my phone
After having a lift in a new 182 cup in RB when i was about 12 and since that day I was hooked and wanted a 182, then outside my house one day a LY pulled up and my mind was then made up.
struggling to find a LY 2 years ago, they were fetching £6-£8k and then i came across this one in a dealership so had a look,
the wheels were god damn awful but I could see potential, a few issues, belts were overdue, the mirror had been replaced at some point in its life and painted by stevie wonder, no cup packs, but mechanically it was sound, renault service history so I made an offer,
after doing my research on the forum I found the common problems and used them to knock the dealer down quite a large amount so the money saved would give me the cup packs i wanted. Basically stole the car from him, left a deposit and went home in my saxo to come back and pick it up after the weekend.
I took my time driving home, with the horror stories of belts going in the back of my mind, but got home safe, for a well deserved bit of TLC
please excuse the wheels, wouldnt be as bad if they were 16" lol
the clio stayed in the garage for a few weeks while i got the funds together for the belts so i got started on tidying up in the meantime, mirror caps were removed and sent for spraying
some clean plates:
and a cup spoiler ready for painting:
some new mats:
and then my favourite part
not ashamed of driving it anymore now lol
the lower pulley on the aux belt was starting to whine so booked into birchdown for the belts to be done too and made the 3 hour drive up, brilliant service and i knew thse were the guys who would be looking after the clio, and to get a cheeky snap of the nemo too
got the new wheels on, along with a Mazda 3 MPS aerial to get rid of the original as it was just too big, whilst keeping it looking OEM, still no mirror caps
i wanted to drive the clio so made some temporary mirror caps out of thick black bags just in case water got in lol
and to give the front end some love, a carbon splitter off the forum and also got the new plates fitted, again still no miror caps, painter kept letting me down
then i had a phonecall, my parts were ready to be picked up from painting, so got them fitted straight away
also bodged the exhaust mounts to get the exhaust sitting a lot better, not much life left in the standard system
also got the mirror caps on and got the saxo ready for sale :'(
and took the silvervisions out of the saxo and popped them in the clio
this was ready for my first FCS with the clio after going in the saxo previous years
then followed by TRAX, nearly lost the back end a few times on the way home from trax so new rear shocks were needed and solved the issue, got them from wests renault (Tom)
At trax i saw the 3/4 plate and how much it tidies the front end up so palced an order with fancy plates
and i also hate the standard sidelight look compared to xenons, and not a fan of LED i put blown sidelight bulbs in so the hole is filled but obviously dont work, much better
really happy with how the car looks now, and went to my first meet
by this point i was starting to get sick of the ride height but with winter around the corner i thought id leave it untill after
glad i did as we had pretty bad snow that year
with my mates monaco 172
the winter took its toll on my exhaust
my mate had a spare milltek in his shed (as you do lol) which he had replaced under warranty, so had it doged on for now until i could afford a new exhaust
some more meets were attended and after scott took this picture, that was it, the cars getting lowered, ASAP!
so at the time the group buy on the K-tec coilovers was on, be rude not to and would fulfil my lowering needs for now
now we're talking! and then the inevitable happened
oh well, bodge it back on, and the splitters been abused daily ever since
loved the look of the car now, transformed from the sh1tty wheel stage, so next on the list was to sort the exhaust, MOT tester said the milltek was starting to crack (again) so paid a visit to charlie in prospeed
top guy, i wanted something aftermarket looking but not too obvious, so went with a 3" inward rolled tip, also had new mounts and the cat mod done too
my friend with the monaco, had a polybushed dog-bone and he was trading the car in, so a quick swap around in the morning before the car went. would have been a waste otherwise lol
and the clio stayed like this for quite a while, with just general servicing and some more bits and bobs tidying, and attending the shows, FCS CSS TraX etc (handful of pics as ive got way too many)
cheers to harpham for the pic btw
us welsh lot:
also fitted a carbon front diamond off Kris182 as i fitted his coilovers for him
some more meets were attended (cardiff bay with millennium stadium in background):
theres more to come, ill update the thread with pictures when i get them off my phone
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