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maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
It's been a little while since my last update.... a little bit of progress.
I noticed a whining noise on start up from cold a couple of days in a row and first thoughts were straight away alternator belt. Upon checking service history it was noticed that the car had had it's alternator belt changed twice, but no mention of the tensioner and idler being changed.
I got the bits from work and Fred @ BTM sorted it out for me one evening after work
This week, I got my wheels back from their refurb after my dreadful attempt of doing them myself. Again courtesy of Fred
I had new PE2's fitted byt the refurbers at the same time ready for the summer! They haven't been fitted to the car yet, but here are some pictures of one of the wheels to show what they are like for now.
Wheels also had new valves, cap and weights fitted to them whilst at the refurbers.
A little while back I bought some spare mirror covers of a member on here with the intention of getting them sprayed at the same time as the wheels. Unfortunatly they couldn't do the covers for me, so I've started doing them myself.
First of I cleaned them up.
Next, I rubbed them down with some wet and dry.
Mirror covers were then washed down again to clean any excess of them. First coat of primer was applied and left to dry.
Then a second coat was applied and again left to dry.
This is how I've left them for now as the paint I've got, is too different to the shade of orange that I've had the wheels done in. Need to go and get some more paint to finish them off! Also I'm going to paint the standard tow eye the same colour aswell.
Will update again when I've finished painting them!
I noticed a whining noise on start up from cold a couple of days in a row and first thoughts were straight away alternator belt. Upon checking service history it was noticed that the car had had it's alternator belt changed twice, but no mention of the tensioner and idler being changed.
I got the bits from work and Fred @ BTM sorted it out for me one evening after work
This week, I got my wheels back from their refurb after my dreadful attempt of doing them myself. Again courtesy of Fred
I had new PE2's fitted byt the refurbers at the same time ready for the summer! They haven't been fitted to the car yet, but here are some pictures of one of the wheels to show what they are like for now.
Wheels also had new valves, cap and weights fitted to them whilst at the refurbers.
A little while back I bought some spare mirror covers of a member on here with the intention of getting them sprayed at the same time as the wheels. Unfortunatly they couldn't do the covers for me, so I've started doing them myself.
First of I cleaned them up.
Next, I rubbed them down with some wet and dry.
Mirror covers were then washed down again to clean any excess of them. First coat of primer was applied and left to dry.
Then a second coat was applied and again left to dry.
This is how I've left them for now as the paint I've got, is too different to the shade of orange that I've had the wheels done in. Need to go and get some more paint to finish them off! Also I'm going to paint the standard tow eye the same colour aswell.
Will update again when I've finished painting them!
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
those wheels look gorgeous
TrackCar & F30 330d
The wheel colour looks great mate, I miss mine looking clean and new. Should look even better with a bit of tyre shin on
TTRS & V50
Wheels look top, hope mine are like that too. Currently with Fred too.
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Thanks
Just ask for me next time your in!
The wheel colour looks great mate, I miss mine looking clean and new. Should look even better with a bit of tyre shin on
Agreed, I'll put some on when I put them on the car!
Where yours turinis? What you having them done in?
TTRS & V50
Nah, F1's too.
Getting them in anthracite.
Turini's are FAR to overrated, never been apart of the Turini CS Alliance, lol.
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Lol I have a set of each
Turinis for the road, F1's for the track.
I still love my turinis!
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Finally got around to completing the mirror caps this week. Obviously took a couple of days with the drying process.
The workshop:
After letting the primer dry, I applied three light coats of orange paint. I left about an hour in between each coat so it could dry properly. Also I rubbed down in between each coat lightly with some 1500 wet and dry.
Then I applied a couple layers of lacquer and left to dry and harden for antoher 24 hours. When applying the lacquer I noticed there were a couple of small drip marks. Hav got around this problem by rubbing down the lacquer in the small place that the marks were, and then rubbing in some Autoglym super resin polish.
It seems to have done the trick, not a bodyshop finish, but I'm well happy with it considering they're only for track use and it was my first attempt at them!
The orange is slightly darker colour to my wheels, I knew they'd never be a perfect match - but no one's gonna notice!!
The workshop:
After letting the primer dry, I applied three light coats of orange paint. I left about an hour in between each coat so it could dry properly. Also I rubbed down in between each coat lightly with some 1500 wet and dry.
Then I applied a couple layers of lacquer and left to dry and harden for antoher 24 hours. When applying the lacquer I noticed there were a couple of small drip marks. Hav got around this problem by rubbing down the lacquer in the small place that the marks were, and then rubbing in some Autoglym super resin polish.
It seems to have done the trick, not a bodyshop finish, but I'm well happy with it considering they're only for track use and it was my first attempt at them!
The orange is slightly darker colour to my wheels, I knew they'd never be a perfect match - but no one's gonna notice!!
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Update....
...... Well happy today, my coilovers turned up
I ordered some Bilstein B14 Coilovers from Kam Racing, top service from them by the way. Great communication and super fast delivery. I ordered Tuesday night and received them 9am this morning!
Some teaser pics before they get fitted hopefully in a couple of weeks time:
...... Well happy today, my coilovers turned up
I ordered some Bilstein B14 Coilovers from Kam Racing, top service from them by the way. Great communication and super fast delivery. I ordered Tuesday night and received them 9am this morning!
Some teaser pics before they get fitted hopefully in a couple of weeks time:
TTRS & V50
Lovely stuff. WANT b14's.
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
nice face
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
looks good mate
Sorry mate, they went last year when i bought the buckets. Member off here bought them.
lol face? :S
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
dunno, too much coffee,
thats what happens when there is a subsidised costa downstairs
thats what happens when there is a subsidised costa downstairs
TrackCar & F30 330d
Looking good mate. Look forward to seeing the wheels, Wing mirrors & Coilies one. Should look cracking
and a little like mine
and a little like mine
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Looking good mate. Look forward to seeing the wheels, Wing mirrors & Coilies one. Should look cracking
and a little like mine
Yup it will I guess! Orange is the way forward
TrackCar & F30 330d
Any pics of those wheels on?
R26
It was fitted yesterday, looked good.
Nice to meet you mate
Nice to meet you mate
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Yeah chrispy, I fitted the wheels finally today!
It was fitted yesterday, looked good.
Nice to meet you mate
Nice to meet you too
What time you finish up last night?
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Update......
Thanks to Gray for last week, he came down and did the majority of the work fitting my coilovers! Also a good job Fred was in work last week, the brass nuts on the front struts were air gunned on too tight previously - so there was no way we were getting them off with a spanner!
Great feel on the road, so much more planted and the stance it gives the car looks great too. We didn't mess with the height of them out of the box for the fronts and tbh we don't need to as it gives the perfect height! Fred reckons there's another 5-10 mm to come down on the back so that's another job for another day to be sorted!
Thanks to Fred yesterday, he fitted the steering wheel I bought a couple of weeks back.
I thought I'd whack his sticker on too today - free advertising ftw! Looks quite smart
Also, finally got the new wheels on today as well as give the car a long awaited clean.
Took the oppurtunity to a bit more weight removal too.
Bonnet sound deadening and the engine cover came out too. Saved ooh...almost nearly what 2kgs lol?! Every little helps
Comments always welcome
Thanks to Gray for last week, he came down and did the majority of the work fitting my coilovers! Also a good job Fred was in work last week, the brass nuts on the front struts were air gunned on too tight previously - so there was no way we were getting them off with a spanner!
Great feel on the road, so much more planted and the stance it gives the car looks great too. We didn't mess with the height of them out of the box for the fronts and tbh we don't need to as it gives the perfect height! Fred reckons there's another 5-10 mm to come down on the back so that's another job for another day to be sorted!
Thanks to Fred yesterday, he fitted the steering wheel I bought a couple of weeks back.
I thought I'd whack his sticker on too today - free advertising ftw! Looks quite smart
Also, finally got the new wheels on today as well as give the car a long awaited clean.
Took the oppurtunity to a bit more weight removal too.
Bonnet sound deadening and the engine cover came out too. Saved ooh...almost nearly what 2kgs lol?! Every little helps
Comments always welcome
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Looking good... You forgot to metion how you almost crushed me
Makes the rear look a tad "high" with the 15" on, dare I say it... The turinis suit the car better
Haha yeah, nearly the first death by clio!
Yeah it is a little high, but tbh it's much better on the back compared to the sportlines.
This was how it was at Bedford last year riding really high:
Much better how it is now height wise, i love the turinis too
RB 182
Looks minty mint what are your future plans if any?
what are your future plans if any?
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Looks minty mint
not overly sure yet, i know what i want to do, but it's wether funds allow
Epic!!!! Mised this, just read it from the start! Like the coilies?!
Need a favour off you now
yeah they're brilliant!
go on...what can i do?!
182 trackday racer
I’m manufacturing new rear spring seats so that you can use 140-150mm race springs with 60ID in the rear instead. I will receive the first prototype this week. The car will be lower in the back and I have this Bilstein kit myself so it’s developed for the stoke of these dampers. I may be able to sell a few of them if someone is interested. Main reason is not to go lower though but to get it harder and be able to adjust spring ratios if I want to.
Bilstein front is 75N/mm standard, now I run 100N/mm front and it still rolls way to much on track. With this kit I will run 100N/mm in the rear as well + Whiteline ARB to stiffen it up. Have been looking at the ratios of Group N rally cars + some info from Öhlins and their tarmac race kit. So I know that you should run about the same ratios front and rear.
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you bloody can, i had a right moan at wonderboy, there's another 10mm on them!
Gray + Specsavers = happy times
Gaz_
ClioSport Club Member
Extreme mode
not overly sure yet, i know what i want to do, but it's wether funds allow
yeah they're brilliant!
go on...what can i do?!
Want some measurements
Need to know what the height they came out the box at. So either arch lip to wheel centres, or with the front wheel off, measure how much thread you have or something. I want to raise mine, and as Bilstein set them thats good enough for me!
you bloody can, i had a right moan at wonderboy, there's another 10mm on them!
Gray + Specsavers = happy times
LOL! There not threaded all the way down the adjusters... I am pretty sure I wound them all the way down then backed them off half a turn meeeh
I can't be perfect at everything. 
