My 1.2 Expression.. Planning for lows and dishes.

[Stay Puft]

Just bought this today after my old clio R reg headgasket went and a cylinder seized.

Got it for a grand, on 58,000 miles.. Cheap due to it having a crash last year and being written off due to broken headlight and cracked panel but all sorted etc.

Im planning to give it a general tidy up first of all.. then put it on coilovers and dished alloys.. im new to modding etc so can someone give me ideas on nice, reasonable priced alloys.

Thanks for looking.

Here is the ad for now cos its too dark for pics..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-C...omobiles_UK&hash=item4ab4272e6b#ht_500wt_1156

 

[seltking]

oem alloys mate turinis or maybe some 1*2 standards come up prety cheap if you get a mmbership on here the for sale section is realy good. are those rear windows tinted? if so id remove them dont half make the car look cleaner, drop it on some springs or coileys to get rid of the arch gap. a rs grill and a nice zoorst at the rear.

or if you want a rep get sport bumpers and front wings aswell

 

[Stay Puft]

Just gone to insure it and apparently its the expression+ so its 2 groups higher than i expected grr - They are wanting £270 a month with the co-op smartbox!

 

[Goodj]

Cooo, bad luck there.

Guess that puts the brakes on any modz now. Leave it as is until the insurance is less rapey.


As for the smartbox, coooo, you'd better drive like a good boy now else that premium will only ever go up.

 

[Stay Puft]

My current policy is with the smartbox, but they want £135 admin fees + the fee for them to come fit the box.. and its gone up for £170 to 270pm.. I was expecting this clio to be cheaper than my old one grr!

 

[Goodj]

Clios are getting almost as bad as S2000's and FTO's.

Mind, as many S2ks wind up in ditches as Clios, just the S2ks are more usually standard, wheras the Clio's are all bastardised to one degree or another.

 

[dudes45]

My current policy is with the smartbox, but they want £135 admin fees + the fee for them to come fit the box.. and its gone up for £170 to 270pm.. I was expecting this clio to be cheaper than my old one grr!

If you haven't paid for that insurance yet try checking on confused.com fully comp with say a £500 excess.. I know it sounds crazy but I found it to be a lot cheaper..(After I bought my £320pm policy! Damn!) I might be wrong but worth a look I guess..

 

[Stay Puft]

Yeah i am trying to get a quote on confused then go direct but it wont load any prices, I just want to be back on the road!

 

[JoshClioC]

im with co-op smart box and i payed 1400, for my dynamique 1.2

 

[Goodj]

im with co-op smart box and i payed 1400, for my dynamique 1.2

did it haz lowz?

 

[JoshClioC]

what? co-op smart box dont allow mods my car is standard.

 

[Goodj]

Ah, I didn't know that.

The insurance on these cars is ridiculous for the young driver. If I was in the same situation I'd probably just bite the bullet and get an entry-level Corchav until the NCB's permit something actually worth having (and I dont mean a Clio)

 

[Stay Puft]

Ah, I didn't know that.

The insurance on these cars is ridiculous for the young driver. If I was in the same situation I'd probably just bite the bullet and get an entry-level Corchav until the NCB's permit something actually worth having (and I dont mean a Clio)

Corsas clios etc etc are all of similar price..

Is your insurance your first year on your own policy smartbox guy?

 

[Goodj]

ha! that would have been 12 years ago fella, such technology would be the stuff of Star trek.

I would't want one though, the discount they purport to give is outweighed by the potential penalties they'll slap on your renewal if you venture remotely over the speed limit, or drive at night etc.

 

[JoshClioC]

Smartbox guy, i believe it says my name is josh... and yes im 17 been driving 6 months, they also gave me 120 pound back for good driving. And Goodj i drive above the speed limit daily.. the system isnt as harsh as some people think.

 

[Goodj]

wow, that's pretty good then.

It was being sent up as the biggest kill-joy of a big brother technology that has ever been invented.

 

[JoshClioC]

At first i thought it would be so bad to be on but its turned out to be the best, dose what it says on the tin rele, encourages you to drive safe. but not to the extremes most people think. also a free theft tracker and earning your own no claims. bad thing is no mods but tbh.. can't have everything can you.

 

[Stay Puft]

Its not harsh at all, I keep up with traffic so say 35 in 30's etc and no penalty as its done on averages so if the majority of the time you do 40 in a 40 it cancels out the slight speeding in the 30's. Its also got a 10% thing so 44 in 40's etc etc.

 

[Goodj]

that attitude will get you far Davvy.

As for no modzzzzz, well, that just saves you money and embarasment so look at it as a positive

 

[Stay Puft]

What do you mean by that?

 

[Goodj]

that you can "get away" with doing 35 in a 30 as it all balances out in the end.

from an insurance/smartbox perspective, maybe, but it only takes a roadside van to realy put the brakes on your driving

 

[JoshClioC]

:banghead:

 

[JoshClioC]

im sure this was supposed to be a project, :slap:

 

[Goodj]

not with one of those boxes in there it would seem, not if modzzzzzzzz are bannedededed

 

[JoshClioC]

Me thinks he was trying to pull a fast one with the unsurance TUT TUT TUT :nono:

 

[JoshClioC]

Insurance*

 

[Goodj]

it would be unsurance if lowz n dishes were added so you were kind of right

 

[JoshClioC]

Good point ha. unless he can afford to pay a higher premium including mods:sleepy:

 

[Goodj]

one where you get paid to break speed limts would be even better.

 

[JoshClioC]

:slap:

 

[Andyk1801]

Is there no way to frig the smartbox? Ie take it out leave it at home lol at never left the drive in 5 years... Free insurance!! Lol

 

[JoshClioC]

you're choice of words .. just LOL. :lolup::slap:

 

[Goodj]

I'd attach it someone elses dog then let the run free.

 

[Andyk1801]

I'd attach it someone elses dog then let the run free.

And when they renew they ask why you spent all you time driving round the playground and parks hahahaha

 

[seltking]

pmsl at this thread with the direction its went with the smart box thing do they cameras like in the states?

 

[Stay Puft]

Yeah this was supposed to be a project.. but like above said i cant mod it grr! Ill re-new my policy in september so hopefully if insurance is a fair bit cheaper the modding can commence

 

[Goodj]

Yeah this was supposed to be a project.. but like above said i cant mod it grr! Ill re-new my policy in september so hopefully if insurance is a fair bit cheaper the modding can commence

save money on insurance to waste on modding?

Just dont bother fella, seriously.

Save the money then when something breaks (which it will), you'll have all that unwasted cash to fix the thing.

Sik Lowz is all fair and good, but if you can't afford to get your blowing exhaust and bald tyres through the MOT, it's not very impressive at all.

One day you'll be insurable on a vehicle that comes with trick bits as standard, which will always be better than a garage-build special.

This is the voice of experience talking.

 

[Alex5]

try sky insurance on the clio traders section on this site.