Megane R26R

[Chris V6]

Do you know if you fit a standard Megane stereo will the display in the r26r wire in ok, are all the cable there ? I assume there is no difference in the displays?

 

[Ant1]

Do you know if you fit a standard Megane stereo will the display in the r26r wire in ok, are all the cable there ? I assume there is no difference in the displays?

All plug and play, there are even instructions in the manual on how to fit.

 

[Ant1]

FYI, I read somewhere that the speakers are already there! Doesn't seem right does it? Can't confirm it's true but worth you having a look before buying some more.

Will check later !

 

[Darren S]

Would love one of these. Just not sure the hefty premium is worth it? Decisions!

 

[Ant1]

well managed to drive it in the dry today for the 1st time. Covered 40 miles on back roads to drop it off for its detail. All I can say is that it's a absolute hoot to drive. Haven't driven a standard R26R so can't comment how a standards vs modded compares, but mine as more than enough power to have fun and cover ground at a rapid rate. Steering is sublime once the 888s have warmed up. Expensive machine? Yes it's a large outlay but worth it.

 

[Silent_Scone]

I swear they've gone up in value the last 2 years? Or maybe the couple I was looking at on PH were dogs at the time.

 

[Ant1]

I swear they've gone up in value the last 2 years? Or maybe the couple I was looking at on PH were dogs at the time.

I have a sellers receipt (private) for 12.5k back in 2012 lol

 

[Silent_Scone]

Jesus. That said I was looking at some of the Lancer ones, and my car was going for the same I paid for it back in 2009 lol. Both seem to be good investments atm

 

[Ant1]

Who knows, just nice to know I won't lose any money. The detailing work being completed will no doubt pay for itself.

 

[Ian_182]

Really difficult to judge what will rise but one off rally cars and very limited run cars usually are a safe bet.
I remember 4-5 years ago there were dozens of Sierra Sapphire Cosworth's going for 4-5k. Well that ship as sailed lol.

 

[Ant1]

All I know is I made the right descion by the R and not buying a GP2 :tonguewink:

 

[Silent_Scone]

All I know is I made the right descion by the R and not buying a GP2 :tonguewink:

YES

 

[NorthloopCup]

Really difficult to judge what will rise but one off rally cars and very limited run cars usually are a safe bet.
I remember 4-5 years ago there were dozens of Sierra Sapphire Cosworth's going for 4-5k. Well that ship as sailed lol.

I have hopes that the same will apply to my AG200 in the future. With only 55 in the uk, everyone's gotta have a dream! Lol!

I looked at getting an r26r when I was looking for the AG, but they were more than I ideally wanted to spend. Nice looking R @Ant1

 

[PoppinCherries]

Glad your enjoying it mate! Theres been a handful over the last year that have been shipped abroad including the one Divine Automotive had for sale recently so hopefully prices will shoot up again in the summer.

Make sure you put some pics are when its detailed! Love fresh clean .R

 

[Ant1]

Glad your enjoying it mate! Theres been a handful over the last year that have been shipped abroad including the one Divine Automotive had for sale recently so hopefully prices will shoot up again in the summer.

Make sure you put some pics are when its detailed! Love fresh clean .R

Don't I know it, I missed out on that one by 8hrs 😧

 

[182_steve]

I remember 4-5 years ago there were dozens of Sierra Sapphire Cosworth's going for 4-5k. Well that ship as sailed lol.

That's exactly right, a late 4x4 Saph Cosworth has always been a dream car for me but i'm well and truly priced out of the market now, the RSOC estimate they are going up around £2000 a year which I believe, ok ones used to be about 4/5 grand as above, now they are like 10!!! Minters are crazy money now.....

The R26-R is a cracking buy as a fun toy AND an investment imo, one to enjoy and not lock up never to be seen again :up::up:

 

[Ant1]

That's exactly right, a late 4x4 Saph Cosworth has always been a dream car for me but i'm well and truly priced out of the market now, the RSOC estimate they are going up around £2000 a year which I believe, ok ones used to be about 4/5 grand as above, now they are like 10!!! Minters are crazy money now.....

The R26-R is a cracking buy as a fun toy AND an investment imo, one to enjoy and not lock up never to be seen again :up::up:

No chance if that lol, it's used daily...

 

[Adam93]

Awesome car, been in a couple of these and the want is huge. I'd like to think I'll have one maybe one day after the GP2.

 

[Black225]

I have a sellers receipt (private) for 12.5k back in 2012 lol

That must have been the bottom of the market. Hope they don't go too high before I get my hands on one!

 

[Ant1]

I think it's safe to say it's never been clayed before and perhaps not waxed in a long time....

Test panel

 

[Ant1]

Mirror mirror on the wall.....

 

[imprezaworks]

Yes

 

[Mr R.]

Wow, it's going to look fantastic mate. [emoji7]

 

[Ant1]

Wow, it's going to look fantastic mate. [emoji7]

Fingers crossed!

M5 and Evo didn't need it, this needs it with all the shitty plastic trims Renault load them up with.

 

[_Tom]

For a full detail will he not remove the plastic trims/bump strips?

 

[Ant1]

For a full detail will he not remove the plastic trims/bump strips?

Not needed, I don't want things disturbed to much, he is taking the spoiler off for example, but I didn't want door trims removed. You could argue that I should be having the decals removed, waiting list for those is 6 weeks and around £500.

 

[182_steve]

Yep, this is going to look brilliant!!!

 

[youngarthur]

I had a R26R. A lovely car, but I was putting too many miles on it, so sold for R26,sold that for the Shed. Give me the choice of these, and I would pick the Clio, but nothing wrong at all with the other two. Pay your money, take your choice.

 

[Ant1]

I had a R26R. A lovely car, but I was putting too many miles on it, so sold for R26,sold that for the Shed. Give me the choice of these, and I would pick the Clio, but nothing wrong at all with the other two. Pay your money, take your choice.

Indeed, I will only do 3-4K per annum so will keep it nice and low.

 

[Ian_182]

That panel is super shinny. once its done you'll cringe when you drive it in the wet.
I almost think you may buy something else until the weather improves so it stays mint.?

 

[Ant1]

That panel is super shinny. once its done you'll cringe when you drive it in the wet.
I almost think you may buy something else until the weather improves so it stays mint.?

Nah the reason for this work is to protect it from the elimants and only requires washing and drying. I have all the right gear to keep it looking this good but I am not skilled enough to get it to this stage.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Worth it TBH. Thinking of getting it done to mine next month

 

[Ian_182]

Nah the reason for this work is to protect it from the elimants and only requires washing and drying. I have all the right gear to keep it looking this good but I am not skilled enough to get it to this stage.

Ah right well that makes sense, enjoy it.

 

[Gally]

Looks amazing Ant. Detail is cheap for that level of work so well played.

Always make my mind boggle at so called professional detailers removing tar with a clay bar though. @JD .

 

[Silent_Scone]

Isn't that kind of inevitable? Removing the tar if you're clay baring it, I mean lol.

 

[Scrooge]

Isn't that kind of inevitable? Removing the tar if you're clay baring it, I mean lol.

Some tar on the car bar is expectable, especially on a black car where you will miss it during the tar x/tardis stage but that's a hell of a lot of tar on that clay so it's clear he hasn't used tar x or he's only done one hit, not wiped the contaminated areas enough and definitely isn't folding the clay enough.


The reason why that is a booboo is because with car paint you want to limit contact time as much as possible so the more you're dragging that s**t over the paint the more damage you're doing therefore the more correction you have to do meaning that you're taking more clearcoat off.

Ultimately it's very small amounts but this is detailing and it's good to be anal.

 

[Silent_Scone]

Yeah that occurred to me afterward, the fact it's black won't help matters. I have enough sympathy and little enough experience to leave clay baring for when someone I trust can correct the car. Thinking of checking out Nick at SL Restorations prices once I'm happy with the paint.

 

[Gally]

They don't get better than Nick.

Also you should have zero to very little tar on a clay bar. The deeper the scratches inflicted the more clear removed when polishing. No wonder the before shot looked so bad... it was caused by the detailer!

 

[Ant1]

They don't get better than Nick.

Also you should have zero to very little tar on a clay bar. The deeper the scratches inflicted the more clear removed when polishing. No wonder the before shot looked so bad... it was caused by the detailer!

To be fair the paint had very heavy contamination and it had heavy swirling from the off. As long as the end result it what I expect than job done

 

[Ant1]

Got loads of pics but these are my favourite!

30 hrs spent on it so far....