MK2 PH1 1.2 Grande - My First Car

[Willsam]

Tidy example mate, looks good so far, I got mine on steelies, first thing I did was spray them black so they didn't look rusty and unwanted and hunted down a set of alloys, makes a huge difference, good to see this is going the right way.

 

[Aandyy96]

cheers man im going to keep an eye out for a set or turbines for my ph1

 

[LB197]

cheers man im going to keep an eye out for a set or turbines for my ph1

Ive always wanted some turbines but always been skint when some have popped up, i had some spending money and typed 'renault alloys' on ebay these were the third one down haha just loved them when i saw them

 

[Aandyy96]

they do suit clios and its different from the usual halford specials you see on clios, there was a set of turbines on ebay a few weeks ago for £140 with good tyres buy it now I wish it was after Christmas when I would have the money

 

[LB197]

Gutted about that, these cost the same haha oh well

 

[LB197]

Just a snazy pic, should be getting some lower spings next month

 

[Aandyy96]

I am currently waiting at the mot station getting my car tested

 

[LB197]

I am currently waiting at the mot station getting my car tested

Always a scary wait haha

 

[Aandyy96]

well the car passed with only one advisory sorry I havnt had a chance to update this as I have being spending all my time driving now haha

 

[LB197]

well the car passed with only one advisory sorry I havnt had a chance to update this as I have being spending all my time driving now haha

U on the wrong thread mate?

 

[Aandyy96]

U on the wrong thread mate?

yeah mate sorry I never realised is there a way of deleting it

 

[LB197]

yeah mate sorry I never realised is there a way of deleting it

Nah there isnt, don't worry about it

 

[ben lee]

drop it 60mm get some centre caps for the alloys and do them the same blue as the car.

did you not fit projection headlamps?

have you got a photo of the rear of the car from a slight distance?

 

[LB197]

drop it 60mm get some centre caps for the alloys and do them the same blue as the car.

did you not fit projection headlamps?

have you got a photo of the rear of the car from a slight distance?

I made a quick thread the other day with some pics, forgot to put them on here.

Got some centre caps, im going to wait till after winter to refurb them, the lights had broke inside, havnt got round to doing them yet and lowering is coming after ive fixed the car ive got a problem with it starting

 

[alexr19]

They look quite cool in silver. How did you do the tyres?

 

[LB197]

They look quite cool in silver. How did you do the tyres?

Just put 'tyre pen' into ebay, its like a waterproof marker, just coloured in the toyo bits on my tyres, takes a while though. Not sure if i like them now but i'll just have to live with it now till it eventually comes off haha

 

[M1K3]

Hey man! Loving the 172, new alloys are sick! Just got a Mk2 Ph2 as my first car and am wanting to do a few small mods to it soon! I was just wondering where did you insure your car 1st time round? Cheapest I can get is near enough £1800 unless I get a blackbox but not the biggest fan of them as the car then has to be factory standard, cheers!

 

[LB197]

Hey man! Loving the 172, new alloys are sick! Just got a Mk2 Ph2 as my first car and am wanting to do a few small mods to it soon! I was just wondering where did you insure your car 1st time round? Cheapest I can get is near enough £1800 unless I get a blackbox but not the biggest fan of them as the car then has to be factory standard, cheers!

Just a PH1 1.2 this mate, i also had to go down the black box route on my first year, it was around £1600, but came down to about £1400 after good driving discounts. I now pay about £770 with aviva with all mods declared.

 

[M1K3]

Just a PH1 1.2 this mate, i also had to go down the black box route on my first year, it was around £1600, but came down to about £1400 after good driving discounts. I now pay about £770 with aviva with all mods declared.

Thanks alot man, cheers for the help :race:

 

[LB197]

Never thought I'd do this but, 40mm all round should do the trick, to many speed bumps round here for anything more, might have to take the splitter of for these

 

[KitsonRis]

The tyre painting is well cool. I like it a lot, shame my tyres dont have a nice logo/writting on as I want to do it as well.

 

[LB197]

So I went for the 40/40 springs, fronts need a little more settling in time but the backs are just how i wanted them, i only wanted to fill the arch gap. I think it looks quite nice though.

 

[hdsn555]

So I went for the 40/40 springs, fronts need a little more settling in time but the backs are just how i wanted them, i only wanted to fill the arch gap. I think it looks quite nice though.

Slightly OT, but is that Uttoxeter racecourse?

 

[LB197]

Slightly OT, but is that Uttoxeter racecourse?

Yep good guess i suppose , i live close

 

[hdsn555]

Yep good guess i suppose , i live close

I work in Marchington, and live not too far either.

 

[Mister_Lee]

Looks great. I had very similar mods to you on my old car which started out as a 1.2 Grande. The small Speedline stickers are a nice touch.

http://imageshack.com/a/img26/1627/c5de4f503.jpg

 

[alexr19]

Lovely little car. Not feeling the white wheels but I'm not a fan of white in general. Nice work though

 

[LB197]

Looks great. I had very similar mods to you on my old car which started out as a 1.2 Grande. The small Speedline stickers are a nice touch.

http://imageshack.com/a/img26/1627/c5de4f503.jpg

Oh Yer they are very similar I have some sport lights to put in as well haha

 

[LB197]

Got a little bored of having to clean my white wheels all the time, so ive gone for BMW Graphite, which has a great fleck.

 

[rizzstar]

Just read through this, much better in grey. Should look pretty sweet.

 

[LB197]

I'm pretty pleased with how these came out, love the colour its BMW sparkling graphite and looks like its got a hint of dark purple as a fleck. Love them

 

[LB197]

All nice and clean for Cliosport Saturday.

Wheels sealed with Poorboys Wheel Sealant, makes them so shiny.

and sprayed these to match the wheels

 

[LB197]

So my little clio thread sadly comes to an end, if anyone wants to buy him in a standard state its for sale in the cars for sale section.

it looks like this now...

i've moved on to something a little more powerful and got this....