MK2 PH2 Progress Thread

[ROB91]

Ive had my car for nearly a year now and ive been doing little mods here and there, just recently ive decided to all out and get the car lookig how i want it to, i wasnt sure which route to go down with the car but after looking at several cars on here i got my insperation,

mods so far

Induction kit
Rs front grill
172 Alloy Wheels
Colour coded side Strips
172 Rear Bumper
Painted renault badges black
10mm front spacers
7mm rear spacers
ktec half roll cage
painted interior strips and gear nob
smaller arial

Thats all i can think of for now lol

When i first got the car i decided to get a set of 40mm lowering springs.

After the 40mm lowering springs i got a Rs grill off the forum

I left the car alone for a while after that, until i saw that chewwit was selling 90mm lowering springs, i decided to get myself a set, at first i was happy with them but after time the back was far too low and the ride wasnt much good either

So i decided to buy myself a set of FK Highsport Coilovers

After i got the coilovers i decided it was time to fit my 172 rear bumper that had been sitting in the garage for a number of months

Once the rear bumper was fitted i got a text of Alex_C telling me there was a ktec show cage for sale on the forum, i quickley logged on and sent a pm, a few days later i was driving down to birkenhead to collect it, the cage has been sprayed bright yellow which i kinda like as i have a black car, not got many good pics of it yet but you can just about see it in this pic, not stripped the rear as ive got my MOT in a few days and havnt got the time to go removing the seat belts.

Well thats all ive managed to do so far

next mods to come are

Strip the rear - After the MOT
15" pro race 1.2's
A piper 3" inwardly rolled cat back - cut into the bumper
Maybe a set of xeons

Thanks for reading
Rob

 

[Jordi17]

looks smart, nice mods.

 

[ROB91]

thanks mate, still got a few things to do the next thing is to change the wheels asap and get the rear stripped

 

[Jordi17]

black pro race 1.2s -

 

[ROB91]

yep thats what im thinking, but the writing on the wheel where it says team dynamics i want that in yellow to match the cage

 

[Jordi17]

sweet, is that a do it your self jobby?

 

[ROB91]

erm.. not sure, if i can find someone to do it then ill have it done lol so i dont mess it up

 

[ROB91]

A proper pic of the cage, will look miles better without the seats in

 

[p@blo]

Coming along well rob, will suit the look a lot more once you strip out the rear

 

[ROB91]

yeh i know just need to get round to doing it

 

[Curtis!]

Nearly got all my rear out Rob, simples!

You going down to the metal or?

I want a rear cage now :dapprove:

 

[ROB91]

erm... yeh i think so up to the back of the front seats, and gona get all that sound dead stuff out

 

[davers]

do you sill have the rear 90`s ?

 

[jamie rigby]

A proper pic of the cage, will look miles better without the seats in

... and it bolted in not tie-wrapped :rasp:

 

[ROB91]

do you sill have the rear 90`s ?

no dont have them mate

 

[ROB91]

... and it bolted in not tie-wrapped :rasp:

yep i know, need to get that done aswel lol, it needs a re-spray tbh all the paint has come off where the seats have been rubbing on the cage

 

[ROB91]

As some of you may know my car was destroyed by a ford KA, and the oinsurance said unless i had video evidence then it was my fault, so i was going to take it to a garage but i thought why not have a go myself and see what happens, first i went to costco and got myself a 3ton low entry race jack

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I then set about removing the broken front bumper and the broken passenger wing

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Once they were off i started to remove the broken steering rack, it was a pig to remove but i got there in the end, i also straightened out the bent slam panel (thats what i think its called)

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And now the car is sat in my garage waiting for a bumper wing and steering rack which i am getting this week

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Im going to give the engine bay a bit of a clean aswel, im really pleased i decided to have a go myself. it was hard to remove the steering rack but after a bit of shouting and swearing it was off lol
thanks for looking will post up more updated soon

 

[ROB91]

Just a luittle update, went to renault this morning to pick up my new bumper, wing, light and steering rack, forgot to get an arch liner tho

My new light

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Wing

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Bumper

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I have also bought a new set of bump strips as im going to get the bumper colour coded to match the rest of the car. All the parts are off to be sprayed this week and the steering rack will be on tomorrow, so with a bit of luck it should be on the road for next weekend whooooooooo

 

[Mcaff]

nice looks alot like mine minus the cage

 

[ROB91]

I dont have the cage anymore mate or the 172 wheels ive sold them whils im trying to sort the car out, once its back on the road there are a few things im gona do to it

 

[danjf]

looks good bud

 

[AdamAnderton]

looks good rob hope its sorted soon

 

[ROB91]

Did abit of work on the car today as i gathered all the parts during the week, first i had another go at straightening the slam pannel with far better results, then i fitted the new steering rack which went in alot easier than it came out, then i decided to put the new headlight on, a few pics, also got my standard wheels fitted until i sort some new wheels out next month.

Not a very good pic but i finally got the slam panel looking something like

Fitted the new light

Then put the steering rack on and the standard wheels lol

That all went reli well until i found out that the radiator has a slight leak on it , yet another set back, its not a big leak but its still a leak which i could do without

 

[ROB91]

Few things left to sort out yet, the new bumper and wing are to be sprayed this week if everything goes well, just got to sort the radiator out, which im not looking forward to, everytime i sort something out there seems to be another thing wrong with it, although im sure the radiator has been leaking for a while

 

[Curtis!]

Whats the old light like dude? Just cracked?

Glad to see it coming back together tbh! Can't believe you drove it without bumper/wings on lol.

 

[Nisi]

hope the car is back up and running soon, will look good

 

[ROB91]

Where is the best place to get radiator from? As im thinking renault will be very expensive, i'd try euro car parts but normally they dont have anything in stock or they are the wrong parts from previous experience lol, any help would be appreciated

 

[ROB91]

A bit of an update, ive got the bumper, wing and light on now there not sprayed just yet as i wanted to take it for a test drive, but when i took it for a test drive my hear just sank. First of all i know the tracking is well out, but when i went over a bump the car just seemed to shoot over the road, when ive got the right full lock on the left wheel is ribbing the inside of the arch (with no arch liner in) and the brakes are making a really wierd noise but i suspect thats because it hasnt been drove for a while. I really dont know what is wron with it now so ive had no choice but to book it into a local garage for thursday

 

[ROB91]

Not updated this thread really since the crash, but just recently ive started to work on the car again adding little bits and bob here and there.

Since the last update ive :

• Got a passenger wing that has been sprayed.
• Fitted xeons
• Fitted sparco revs with red sabelt 3 point harnesses
• picked up a set of 15" oz f1's that are currently being powdercoated satin black
• Altered the ride height (perfect for me now)
• Changed the front 20mm hubcentric spacers for 15mm hubcentric spacers
• Cold air feed
• Bought a front k-tec strut brace (not fitted yet)

Going to go and get some pics later if it stops raining long enough

cheers Rob

 

[ROB91]

Well i managed to get out and get a few pics so here is what i have done so far

15" oz f1's that are being powdercoated

New sabelt harnesses

The buckets are mounted on OMP subframes with sparco sidemounts

And no the pics of the car, it has 2 green wheels and 2 black wheels as i had to lend a set of wheels ( thanks Alex)

Xeons on with Silvervisions

 

[ROB91]

I love the height that the car sits at now, i think its perfect for the car

A set of sparco Rev's

 

[jamie rigby]

cool car! will look mint when you get the bumper sprayed and the wheels done in satin black!

 

[ROB91]

cheers mate, yep it should do, gona get the wheels on first cant wait to get them back, shouldnt be long now, then ive just got to sort out some tyres for them

 

[ROB91]

Few more updates over the last few days.

Fitted a new LED number plate light and a new clear plastic bit (not sure what its called)

Cant really notice it in the light so much but it makes a big difference at night and the clear plastic bit just makes the rear bumper look that bit tidier, compared to my mouldy green on hahaha.

Stripped everything out the back except the carpet over the rear arches still got to do that

Finally got round to fitting my K-tec strut brace

The bonnet was full of muck and squashed flies so as Alex C was at mine we diecided to clay the bonnet, goting to give the car a good clean and clay on sunday providing the weather is fine, Its a bit of a pain with a bucket and watering can tho lol

 

[ROB91]

Now ive kinda got the car how i want it too look ive just got a few little mods left to do. Im going to give the car a really good clean, clay and wax soon and then will get some decent photos of the car up

• Need An aftermarket steering wheel & boss
• Need the front bumper spraying and colour coding
• Maybe something with the brakes if i get chance
• Remove the sounnd deadening and spray the rear/boot black
• Paint the rear drums and front callipers
• re-spray the renault badges

 

[Camble]

Lookin ace mate!

Welcome to the xenon club!!!!!

 

[Curtis!]

Car is coming together, but your pics do not give it justice at all mate!

Can you get some plastic sheeting or something from work?

 

[ROB91]

Cheers guys, And yes i know alex i will have to get some decent pics once it had been cleaned and clayed, erm... ill drop you a text about the sheets mate

 

[Curtis!]

 

[Chris_786]

looks very clean, where did you get the number plate light from?