Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Looks loads better on the coilovers, not keen on the exhaust and the makeshift exhaust cut out though
Exhausts gone and holes fixed now mate, should put those pics in this thread really :dapprove:
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Exhausts gone and holes fixed now mate, should put those pics in this thread really :dapprove:
VIICarCare
ClioSport Club Member
255, 230, 172, R26
ha ha! i so am not! i have no choice but to buy the vmax, can't get rokkor on 52m spacing
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Honestly, I didnt think into the spacing ha, I just got offered some for a good price and couldn't say no the car seems pretty down and out; enough so to look the part, getting it raised soon to see if it'll handle the part lol
the car seems pretty down and out; enough so to look the part, getting it raised soon to see if it'll handle the part lol
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Ok then, I've had the coilovers on for a few days now so I'll give my thoughs on them;
When I first got them I had a play around to see how they work, winding them down a little in he process... When the garage fitted them they didn't lift them up again so the car was less than an iPhones height from the floor at the splitter. Bring on splitter death. My girlfriend lives on a very Cambered road so the splitter scraped it like f**k and the coilovers were set so low that the wheels scraped on the arches. Now, as I was driving with it being so low there was a LOT of rocking and I felt everything in the road, every little pothole I came across and couldn't avoid made a loud crash or bang followed by a harsh jerk or me and any passengers being ejected from our seats, so I got the car booked back into the garage to get put up a bit, an inch or so... Before this though I had to get a new tire, when the guys at the garage told me I needed a new one I thought it was bald. It wasn't. It was down to the canvas with exposed wires hanging out, my tracking was way off, so off to get a new tire and to get tracking done. The wheels were now straight and lined up, but they couldn't fit the machinery into the arches for the car being so low, so the steering wheel isn't lined up properly lol.
I dropped the car off at the garage yesterday to get it raised, it still looks nicely low but the drive has been improved so much; there's no wheel scraping, no splitter scratching, it doesn't decide to kick me around at very bump in the road... I can even get over speed bumps and up the ramps in the multi storey. The ride is now a little bit bouncy and firmer than standard. Expectable really, I cleaned the car before it went to the garage, not properly mind, spray jet and brush from the esso garage ftw, I was gonna give it a once over and wax today or tomorrow but...
I couldn't help but take it for a very enthusiastic drive along the country coast roads, on the fast roads to see how it handled and drove at 60 and 70 and for a 'cruise' to shields and back. Anyone from round here knows the sea front at shields and the car wasn't halted by the speed bumps at all
I even felt a bit silly and outhandled a dick in a merc who kept gunning past me, and a focus tried giving me a go over se roundabouts: he was swiftly left
All in all I'm very happy with these coilovers, the car looks and handles the part, it's point and go now, no point wobble understeer lol thanks Joey for selling me these
When I first got them I had a play around to see how they work, winding them down a little in he process... When the garage fitted them they didn't lift them up again so the car was less than an iPhones height from the floor at the splitter. Bring on splitter death. My girlfriend lives on a very Cambered road so the splitter scraped it like f**k and the coilovers were set so low that the wheels scraped on the arches. Now, as I was driving with it being so low there was a LOT of rocking and I felt everything in the road, every little pothole I came across and couldn't avoid made a loud crash or bang followed by a harsh jerk or me and any passengers being ejected from our seats, so I got the car booked back into the garage to get put up a bit, an inch or so... Before this though I had to get a new tire, when the guys at the garage told me I needed a new one I thought it was bald. It wasn't. It was down to the canvas with exposed wires hanging out, my tracking was way off, so off to get a new tire and to get tracking done. The wheels were now straight and lined up, but they couldn't fit the machinery into the arches for the car being so low, so the steering wheel isn't lined up properly lol.
I dropped the car off at the garage yesterday to get it raised, it still looks nicely low but the drive has been improved so much; there's no wheel scraping, no splitter scratching, it doesn't decide to kick me around at very bump in the road... I can even get over speed bumps and up the ramps in the multi storey. The ride is now a little bit bouncy and firmer than standard. Expectable really, I cleaned the car before it went to the garage, not properly mind, spray jet and brush from the esso garage ftw, I was gonna give it a once over and wax today or tomorrow but...
I couldn't help but take it for a very enthusiastic drive along the country coast roads, on the fast roads to see how it handled and drove at 60 and 70 and for a 'cruise' to shields and back. Anyone from round here knows the sea front at shields and the car wasn't halted by the speed bumps at all
I even felt a bit silly and outhandled a dick in a merc who kept gunning past me, and a focus tried giving me a go over se roundabouts: he was swiftly left
All in all I'm very happy with these coilovers, the car looks and handles the part, it's point and go now, no point wobble understeer lol thanks Joey for selling me these
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Ok then, I've had the coilovers on for a few days now so I'll give my thoughs on them;
When I first got them I had a play around to see how they work, winding them down a little in he process... When the garage fitted them they didn't lift them up again so the car was less than an iPhones height from the floor at the splitter. Bring on splitter death. My girlfriend lives on a very Cambered road so the splitter scraped it like f**k and the coilovers were set so low that the wheels scraped on the arches. Now, as I was driving with it being so low there was a LOT of rocking and I felt everything in the road, every little pothole I came across and couldn't avoid made a loud crash or bang followed by a harsh jerk or me and any passengers being ejected from our seats, so I got the car booked back into the garage to get put up a bit, an inch or so... Before this though I had to get a new tire, when the guys at the garage told me I needed a new one I thought it was bald. It wasn't. It was down to the canvas with exposed wires hanging out, my tracking was way off, so off to get a new tire and to get tracking done. The wheels were now straight and lined up, but they couldn't fit the machinery into the arches for the car being so low, so the steering wheel isn't lined up properly lol.
I dropped the car off at the garage yesterday to get it raised, it still looks nicely low but the drive has been improved so much; there's no wheel scraping, no splitter scratching, it doesn't decide to kick me around at very bump in the road... I can even get over speed bumps and up the ramps in the multi storey. The ride is now a little bit bouncy and firmer than standard. Expectable really, I cleaned the car before it went to the garage, not properly mind, spray jet and brush from the esso garage ftw, I was gonna give it a once over and wax today or tomorrow but...
I couldn't help but take it for a very enthusiastic drive along the country coast roads, on the fast roads to see how it handled and drove at 60 and 70 and for a 'cruise' to shields and back. Anyone from round here knows the sea front at shields and the car wasn't halted by the speed bumps at all
I even felt a bit silly and outhandled a dick in a merc who kept gunning past me, and a focus tried giving me a go over se roundabouts: he was swiftly left
All in all I'm very happy with these coilovers, the car looks and handles the part, it's point and go now, no point wobble understeer lol thanks Joey for selling me these
When I first got them I had a play around to see how they work, winding them down a little in he process... When the garage fitted them they didn't lift them up again so the car was less than an iPhones height from the floor at the splitter. Bring on splitter death. My girlfriend lives on a very Cambered road so the splitter scraped it like f**k and the coilovers were set so low that the wheels scraped on the arches. Now, as I was driving with it being so low there was a LOT of rocking and I felt everything in the road, every little pothole I came across and couldn't avoid made a loud crash or bang followed by a harsh jerk or me and any passengers being ejected from our seats, so I got the car booked back into the garage to get put up a bit, an inch or so... Before this though I had to get a new tire, when the guys at the garage told me I needed a new one I thought it was bald. It wasn't. It was down to the canvas with exposed wires hanging out, my tracking was way off, so off to get a new tire and to get tracking done. The wheels were now straight and lined up, but they couldn't fit the machinery into the arches for the car being so low, so the steering wheel isn't lined up properly lol.
I dropped the car off at the garage yesterday to get it raised, it still looks nicely low but the drive has been improved so much; there's no wheel scraping, no splitter scratching, it doesn't decide to kick me around at very bump in the road... I can even get over speed bumps and up the ramps in the multi storey. The ride is now a little bit bouncy and firmer than standard. Expectable really, I cleaned the car before it went to the garage, not properly mind, spray jet and brush from the esso garage ftw, I was gonna give it a once over and wax today or tomorrow but...
I couldn't help but take it for a very enthusiastic drive along the country coast roads, on the fast roads to see how it handled and drove at 60 and 70 and for a 'cruise' to shields and back. Anyone from round here knows the sea front at shields and the car wasn't halted by the speed bumps at all
I even felt a bit silly and outhandled a dick in a merc who kept gunning past me, and a focus tried giving me a go over se roundabouts: he was swiftly left
All in all I'm very happy with these coilovers, the car looks and handles the part, it's point and go now, no point wobble understeer lol thanks Joey for selling me these
Philip.
ClioSport Club Member
VRS 245
Good little write up there!
I have the rokkors and think they're good. Mines decked and the tracking is well out, it handles like a dog and I can't get over some speed bumps without nearly ripping the front off.
All in all though, they're cool as I just have them for t3h lows.
I have the rokkors and think they're good. Mines decked and the tracking is well out, it handles like a dog and I can't get over some speed bumps without nearly ripping the front off.
All in all though, they're cool as I just have them for t3h lows.
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
thanks mate, i still cant get on the curb outside of my house lol. i have to drive up the little ramp thing on to the pavement then reverse ha
low but sorta practicalalso, get it sorted, a 1.6 should be better than a 1.4
clio
get a cup spoiler dude that will make the back of your car look awesome
That's exactly what mine were like!
Glad to hear you're enjoying them mate. I heard from MDP91 they're Exactly the same as K-tec ones sold for £300 odd quid!
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
thatll be at the end of the list mate, when i get everything else done and get bored, ill get a cup spoiler lol, with the car being so low and the spoiler looks like it kicks up like a cup one
That's exactly what mine were like!
Glad to hear you're enjoying them mate. I heard from MDP91 they're Exactly the same as K-tec ones sold for £300 odd quid!
ha bonus
the car does handle awesome now, the only thing letting it down is tires lol
Philip.
ClioSport Club Member
VRS 245
That's exactly what mine were like!
Glad to hear you're enjoying them mate. I heard from MDP91 they're Exactly the same as K-tec ones sold for £300 odd quid!
It's real win having the ghetto lows Joey!
Cheers for the help when I was trying to get them right and that mate. £300? LOL!
I know!! They're meant to be exactly the same other than the colour apparently. So bargain is an understatement TBH! lol
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
I know!! They're meant to be exactly the same other than the colour apparently. So bargain is an understatement TBH! lol
Lol group buy rokkors for yourself, paint em and sell em on for a profit lol
ph2 172
Top right up. I know what I'm saving up for now !
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
How much did that sports grill cost you? Makes so much difference and thinking of getting that front grill and the rear bumper from the 172 for mine
I got it from eBay for about £45 mate... I'm considering a 172 bumper like, thatll be at the end of my list lol
Lol group buy rokkors for yourself, paint em and sell em on for a profit lol
would anyone be intrested in a group but preferable next month.
sorry for nicking your thread:rasp:
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
there was a nut left on here that wasnt actually attached to anything that was a bellend when it came to fitting the other bumper ^^
^^ these things!!!! after removing all of the bolts and thinking 'whey, bumpers off' these two fcukers were holding the archliners onto the bumpers and apparently i had the wrong allen keys for them (metric or imperial s**t) so out with the pliers and a few nipped fingers later they were out!! hah
after celebrating getting them off we realised there were two more bolts lol FFFFUUUUU so under my dad went
and...
managed to get a finished pic before it got too dark... shall be an ASW tomorrow and post nice pics
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Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
They're a dick to get off, if you look underneath them next to the door there's a little notch out, get something under it and once you have your hand under pull the front ones towards the back and repeat for the back strips, only these pull forward... There's a little grommet on the inside of the door that you can pull out and use something to help work the strip loose. Hope that helps lol
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Aww ffs the beginning of my write up didn't post -_-
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
some photos in the light after a quick clean
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
edit: photobucket doesnt half rape quality like
mk2 ph1 1.4 S
that looks pretty sweet knuckles! any more plans?
Dewiper with a smoothed blanking plate maybe?
Dewiper with a smoothed blanking plate maybe?
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
ive had this blank for ages... since i got my rear bumper fixed actually... i remembered about a guide on here to remove a siezed on wiper... one wrence over and loosen the bolt to pull it off. it worked
15 mins later i had my car alarm go off because i unplugged it by accident lol... 20 mins later i had a nice, clean dewipered rear
mk2 ph1 1.4 S
nicely done!
so whats the plans now then? refurb the alloys?
so whats the plans now then? refurb the alloys?
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
yeah, as soon as funds allow im gonna get them done white... then maybe a 1*2 front bumper and rep skirts. big maybe though
Is this Capsicum red as well? It looks it in some pictures and cherry red in others.
Btw the confusion you had with the wrong bolts for the bumper. You didn't have the wrong allen key because its not an allen key at all. Its a Torx screw. T25 IIRC.
How much was the rear bumper + spraying? I cba getting one done because there are 0 in capsicum red
Btw the confusion you had with the wrong bolts for the bumper. You didn't have the wrong allen key because its not an allen key at all. Its a Torx screw. T25 IIRC.
How much was the rear bumper + spraying? I cba getting one done because there are 0 in capsicum red
mk2 ph1 1.4 S
do them yourself ya pussy
refurb kits can be had pretty cheap and spraying wheels is simples!
refurb kits can be had pretty cheap and spraying wheels is simples!
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Is this Capsicum red as well? It looks it in some pictures and cherry red in others.
Btw the confusion you had with the wrong bolts for the bumper. You didn't have the wrong allen key because its not an allen key at all. Its a Torx screw. T25 IIRC.
How much was the rear bumper + spraying? I cba getting one done because there are 0 in capsicum red
my bad lol... its sadly not capsicum... i thought it was but i parked next to a few trophies at a meet, theyre more orangy where mines more pinky red... wounder lol.
the bumper came up cheap for £60 and it cost £85 to fill the holes, smooth the scratches and spray it.
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
dont know, the colour code has been scratched off
ill post a pic of it next to a trophy so you can see give me 5 mins
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
the last ones blurry but it shows the difference, i think mines in between capsicum and flame red
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Nope I was well chuffed at having capsicum red until I parked up next to a trophy lol...
I was well chuffed at having capsicum red until I parked up next to a trophy lol...Nope
Im starting to question myself as to whether mine is definitely 727 or not :/ FML.
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
Yours does look the same colour as mine in some Pictures like, is it pinky red or orangy red? Sounds stupid lol but yeah
