Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Just a little overview of my cups life so far, not as modified as most peoples on here tbh, but probably used far more!!
Picked up from Martins Renault, Basingstoke on 12th Feb 2008, with 52k on the clock. Somehow managed to get the price down to £4,995 inc. 2 new tyres, aux belt change, service, new discs/pads all round & 12 months mot/tax/warranty. Bargain as it was pretty much trade price at the time
First proper wash with my girlfriends brother's new toy (although i'd already fitted my Original B2, Pioneer CD player & ipod link, hard-wired my TomTom and bought some Silvervisions by then lol). The clean consisted of a good pressure wash to remove mud & dung from a trip to Cornwall, followed by the 1 bucket method of Halfords car shampoo & yellow sponge. After this i dryed it with my chamois & gave it a good claying. 2 layers of Autoglym Super Resin polish were then applyed and it was sealed with a nice coating of wax from the same people. The tyres were then dressed with Turtle's wax's finest tyre dressing. Clean
After this, i decided that 4 x ContiSport's were required (a bargain at £270 fitted at Kwik-fit of all places) and that the melted steering wheel was really letting the side down.
So i purchased a new 182 one from a chap on here; at £30 it was the bargain of the century!! After removing the cruise buttons and swopping my blue cup badge onto it, i was left with this.
Much nicer!!
A few weeks later, the baffles went on the back box, so i ended up fitting a Ktec stealth i purchased on here for £200. I then read D4ve's guide to the 'do it yourself Maxogen'. Having decided that £300 was way to expensive for an induction kit and that the BMC/Viper were probably pants, i got onto the scrappy and purchased a Espace V6 airbox, this was followed by some silicon tube off ebay and an ITG ph1 172 filter from Merlin Motorsport:
After removing varous standard gubbins, inc the fairly pointless 'acoustic valve', and putting it all together, i was left with this:
No more 4k kick, but a nice smooth power curve & a roar to die for :approve:
Next up, and to avoid the 'lack of brakes after one lap' that i experienced in my 206 derv at the ring, i ordered some more new toys from Yozzasport inc. DS2500 pads, Brembo HC discs, braided lines & some Castrol Super Response Dot 4.
No pics of them fitted, but they look exactly the same as normal. Braking wise, much improved with much less fade after prolonged use, bedding them in properly was a bit of a pain though lol ...
Then, after feeding it with Silkolene & a new oil filter, in July i visited Mecca with some mates:
The car performed faultlessly, the brakes were great and i had an absolute wail of a time. Limited myself to 11 laps to avoid over confidence, but could have simply lapped for hours, the car really was fantastic. Really surprised all else in the group as well tbh, left everyone else standing around the 'ring except the Evo ... back in England and it time to visit Rentech for a cambelt change at an almost unbelievable £290 in parts. Unfortunately, whilst i was waiting i went to Gunwharf and spent £400 on 2 new suits - maybe not soo cheap then lol.
August brought holidays & the cup ferried Sarah (my girlfriend) and I around the north, west & south coast of France , along with the Pyrennes, Andorra & northern Spain. As per usual, it performed faultlessly and was a real hoot around the mountains, despite being rather heavily loaded (see pics haha) - again the uprated breaks probably stopped me fading off the side of a mountain.
Back home and it was time i started going to the Cliosport Meets, so in October Sarah, myself & the cup found ourselves at the Surrey Rolling Road. After watching numerous 'normal' 172's reaching 160bhp and 182's getting 170 or so, i feared that my clio may reach less than the 'original' 172 ..
No worrys there at 177.1bhp:approve::
So thats it so far, its now on 71k (19k in 9 months) and needs another oil change & 2 more ContiSports for the front. I'm currently in a state of flux on where to go next though, i was going to fit Konigsports & some Trendlines, then de-cat, matched inlets & remap in Feb (after the MOT), but im not sure whether thats £1500 well spent tbh. It would make the perfect cup imho ....
As it stands, after giving mine & Sarah's fleet a little spit & polish
Picked up from Martins Renault, Basingstoke on 12th Feb 2008, with 52k on the clock. Somehow managed to get the price down to £4,995 inc. 2 new tyres, aux belt change, service, new discs/pads all round & 12 months mot/tax/warranty. Bargain as it was pretty much trade price at the time
First proper wash with my girlfriends brother's new toy (although i'd already fitted my Original B2, Pioneer CD player & ipod link, hard-wired my TomTom and bought some Silvervisions by then lol). The clean consisted of a good pressure wash to remove mud & dung from a trip to Cornwall, followed by the 1 bucket method of Halfords car shampoo & yellow sponge. After this i dryed it with my chamois & gave it a good claying. 2 layers of Autoglym Super Resin polish were then applyed and it was sealed with a nice coating of wax from the same people. The tyres were then dressed with Turtle's wax's finest tyre dressing. Clean
After this, i decided that 4 x ContiSport's were required (a bargain at £270 fitted at Kwik-fit of all places) and that the melted steering wheel was really letting the side down.
So i purchased a new 182 one from a chap on here; at £30 it was the bargain of the century!! After removing the cruise buttons and swopping my blue cup badge onto it, i was left with this.
Much nicer!!
A few weeks later, the baffles went on the back box, so i ended up fitting a Ktec stealth i purchased on here for £200. I then read D4ve's guide to the 'do it yourself Maxogen'. Having decided that £300 was way to expensive for an induction kit and that the BMC/Viper were probably pants, i got onto the scrappy and purchased a Espace V6 airbox, this was followed by some silicon tube off ebay and an ITG ph1 172 filter from Merlin Motorsport:
After removing varous standard gubbins, inc the fairly pointless 'acoustic valve', and putting it all together, i was left with this:
No more 4k kick, but a nice smooth power curve & a roar to die for :approve:
Next up, and to avoid the 'lack of brakes after one lap' that i experienced in my 206 derv at the ring, i ordered some more new toys from Yozzasport inc. DS2500 pads, Brembo HC discs, braided lines & some Castrol Super Response Dot 4.
No pics of them fitted, but they look exactly the same as normal. Braking wise, much improved with much less fade after prolonged use, bedding them in properly was a bit of a pain though lol ...
Then, after feeding it with Silkolene & a new oil filter, in July i visited Mecca with some mates:
The car performed faultlessly, the brakes were great and i had an absolute wail of a time. Limited myself to 11 laps to avoid over confidence, but could have simply lapped for hours, the car really was fantastic. Really surprised all else in the group as well tbh, left everyone else standing around the 'ring except the Evo ... back in England and it time to visit Rentech for a cambelt change at an almost unbelievable £290 in parts. Unfortunately, whilst i was waiting i went to Gunwharf and spent £400 on 2 new suits - maybe not soo cheap then lol.
August brought holidays & the cup ferried Sarah (my girlfriend) and I around the north, west & south coast of France , along with the Pyrennes, Andorra & northern Spain. As per usual, it performed faultlessly and was a real hoot around the mountains, despite being rather heavily loaded (see pics haha) - again the uprated breaks probably stopped me fading off the side of a mountain.
Back home and it was time i started going to the Cliosport Meets, so in October Sarah, myself & the cup found ourselves at the Surrey Rolling Road. After watching numerous 'normal' 172's reaching 160bhp and 182's getting 170 or so, i feared that my clio may reach less than the 'original' 172 ..
No worrys there at 177.1bhp:approve::
So thats it so far, its now on 71k (19k in 9 months) and needs another oil change & 2 more ContiSports for the front. I'm currently in a state of flux on where to go next though, i was going to fit Konigsports & some Trendlines, then de-cat, matched inlets & remap in Feb (after the MOT), but im not sure whether thats £1500 well spent tbh. It would make the perfect cup imho ....
As it stands, after giving mine & Sarah's fleet a little spit & polish
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