MK3 Clio 1.5 DCI 5 door

[natrj]

This is my 57 plate Renault clio 1.5 DCI. I have owned the car for about 4 months after my brother had it for a while. I purchased while it was completely standard. I have done all the changes myself to keep the cost down.

Since I brought it I have done the following:

Fitted a sony CDX-570ui
Sprayed the Air vent surrounds
Wrapped the Dashboard trim
Resprayed the bump strips black and the bullets orange
Colour coded the door handles
Plasti dipped the badges
Removed the rear 'Clio' badge
Fitted new Alloys
Sprayed the callipers

The new Alloys that only cost me £70 and I refurbished myself

TWS catalunya 15 inch

And obviously the the cliosport.net sticker on the rear window

Things I have got planned:

Fit lowering springs
Spacers on the rear
Smoothed bumpers

 

[Barnett]

Good to see some more dcis on here! I personally think that 15" wheels look a bit small on a mk3 so I would've gone for either 16" or 17" tbh. If I was you I'd go for coilovers rather than lowering springs since it sits so high standard, you'd be better off as they're adjustable so you can have whatever height you want. If you do get it lowered, it'd be worth getting some spacers all around too to get the wheels to sit nicely in the arches. However, I understand you may be on a budget so all of this stuff won't come at once.

With it being a diesel, it'll respond well to a remap. I'm not sure which model you have (65, 82, or 106), but whichever one it is, I'd get a remap for increased fuel efficiency and power.

I can't quite make out from the pictures what tyres you have fitted to your wheels, but it's definitely worth getting a decent set of tyres, in my experience it completely transforms the handling when you go from budget tyres to decent ones.

Nice work with the colour coding though! Not a big fan of the orange or the stickerbombing but if it's to your taste then by all means keep it.

 

[natrj]

cheers, just brought a complete set of 197 seats that will be fitted towards the end of this week

 

[bennettxo]

Looking good bud,nice to see another mk3 mines lowered 40mm with 20mm spacers on the rear and it looks much better and handles better.

But if you can afford it go for coilovers,much better.

 

[natrj]

Little update:

Lowered but only 30mm but that will do me just fine
Spacers on the rear
Managed to fit the 197 interior much comfier now
Recently purchased a ph2 rear bumper just trying to find the rear fogs to go in the bottom holes

 

[bxbclio]

Did you remove the air vent surrounds before spraying them . And how do you remove them