My 2008 Clio Dynamique SX, My Updates So Far, BLUE DASH!!

[david_ntg]

Hi there

Thought i might as well start up a progress thread on my car, gonna be doing a few things to it over the next year or so, and as far as online goes, this is the first MK3 Clio that i have seen with the blue dash which has taken me ages! The SMDs are about as small as any surface mount light i have ever seen!!!

Well, its out of its warranty now, so thought i might as well modify it!

So....This is how it all started

Then i got a custom sports cat, back box and exhaust fitted at top gear in Dumfries, and yes, the Arnold Shark sticker was removed!

And then to satisfy the ned inside me i got these excellent Kenwood 6 x 9s and Kenwood amp fitted on the parcel shelf.

And i also got it remapped at Angel Tuning in Troon which was a nice little boost



Then came a day where the front spoiler acted as more of a snow plough than a bodykit!!!!

Anyways, this month i have been having a bash at the interior, wanting to change the dash lights all to blue as i purchased a Panasonic in dash DVD player, which was blue and didnt match the dash lights, and that sort of things burst me!!

1st stage

Then when finished

then inserted a couple of LED bulbs in the centre lights, nice blue glow in the interior.

Next thing on the list?

The 197 grill
Have ordered some 197 F1 Recaro full interior
get the footwell LEDs lights in the front and rear
Have the RenaultSport mats ready to go in, after Recaros
Also got an ITG panel filter to go in, the K&N induction kit i had was s**te!
And have a nice set of Crystal speakers with tweeters ready to go in which will be nice and loud!
Gonna colour the silver strips in the car and heater vents the same colour as the body
get a silver bit for in front of the side repeater
think thats it but will add if i think of anything

Its now one in the morning and i cant be arsed doing anything to the car until the Recaros arrive on tuesday, then we will get nailed in about the footwell LEDs and the Crystal speakers.

Suggestions and comments welcome!

Cheers

 

[AD4M]

looks very good mate, love the dials!

 

[MK3]

Dash looks good mate! Perhaps invest in a stealth shelf if your keeping the 6x9's?

 

[sofaboy]

How much are you paying for the recaros pal?

 

[JAM1991]

How much are you paying for the recaros pal?

Same question

 

[Riad]

Looking good!

 

[MCC-182]

Looks awesome mate

 

[david_ntg]

Same question

Paid £710 for the full interior, door cards, rear cards, rear seats, the lot. I wanted the renault sport decals on the back which is why its taken me 6 months to get the feckin things!


The dials were an absolute nightmare on the MK3 Clio, there are the SMD LED then there are tiny scumbags that light the main rev counter and speedo that are about a third of the size. But really chuffed the way they came out. Think the heater will need to come out again, needs to be brighter than that i think!:approve:

 

[david_ntg]

Dash looks good mate! Perhaps invest in a stealth shelf if your keeping the 6x9's?

yeah was planning on keeping them, heard about these stealth shelves, they any good and where abouts would i go about getting one? also what are the advantages? Me and the mates are quite handy when it comes to cabling, we have just made up a separate circuit board thats going to deal with all the LEDs in the speakers, under the seats and in the footwell so that if i ever need to switch them off, i just have to mute the stereo:clap:

 

[MK3]

yeah was planning on keeping them, heard about these stealth shelves, they any good and where abouts would i go about getting one? also what are the advantages? Me and the mates are quite handy when it comes to cabling, we have just made up a separate circuit board thats going to deal with all the LEDs in the speakers, under the seats and in the footwell so that if i ever need to switch them off, i just have to mute the stereo:clap:

Can't really comment as i've never had one - i'd imagine it sounds the same, if not better as they would be mounted to a more solid surface. There's also the fact that they wouldn't be visible from the outside of the car.

 

[SC03OTT]

Blue is sooooo 2009. It's all about white dials now

Looks good. See the display between the dials, can you see the LEDs as bright dots like that or is it just the pictures?

 

[david_ntg]

Blue is sooooo 2009. It's all about white dials now

Looks good. See the display between the dials, can you see the LEDs as bright dots like that or is it just the pictures?

im afraid you can see the dots. im gonna try and find a solution to it. I had to sand down the orange plastic crap on the back of the screen.

Na, the only reason i chose blue is because of the stereo, otherwise might have gone for white. but the cars blue so matches nicely.

Got my 197 grills the day so gonna get them fitted up nicely tomorow morning

 

[david_ntg]

Can't really comment as i've never had one - i'd imagine it sounds the same, if not better as they would be mounted to a more solid surface. There's also the fact that they wouldn't be visible from the outside of the car.

I fitted a sheet of MDF under the parcel shelf so it would have a solid mounting and i fitted the amp to the underside of it. The other idea is to put a fake boot floor in with space underneath for an amp and sub, might do that, see how i get on elsewhere

 

[SC03OTT]

Maybe you could spray the back of the screen blue?

 

[david_ntg]

Maybe you could spray the back of the screen blue?

Well thats what i considered. I have this paint that your supposed to paint LEDs with, which is supposed to turn them blue. It was from Halfrauds and was utter crap. So could maybe try that next time i get the dials out. Apart from that the dials look amazing.

 

[VeinAST]

Bit extreme to change the whole dash LEDs because the in car dvd player isnt orange !

Looks good nonetheless although I do dislike flip up dvd players.

 

[david_ntg]

Bit extreme to change the whole dash LEDs because the in car dvd player isnt orange !

Looks good nonetheless although I do dislike flip up dvd players.

yeah, well i have had 2 golfs in the past and am very much a fan of blue dash LEDs:star:

So would it rather be blue anyway, the dvd just gave me an excuse to do it all. You maybe dont like them but try controlling an Ipod through a standard stereo, the touch screen really helps.

 

[geordieracer]

To help even out the bright spots, you could get some diffuser paper such as this from Metal Monkeys Dials

http://www.metal-monkey.co.uk/acatalog/Coloured_Gels___Films.html

 

[danjf]

dials look awesome bud

 

[Naith]

great look that fella

 

[david_ntg]

To help even out the bright spots, you could get some diffuser paper such as this from Metal Monkeys Dials

http://www.metal-monkey.co.uk/acatalog/Coloured_Gels___Films.html

your a legend mate! cant believe that find! will be purchasing some of that then, that should do the job nicely. cheers mun

 

[geordieracer]

lol, no wories dude. Have been toying with the idea on my 6, but am too lazy to remove the backing of the standard dials. Plus, i have priorities with fixing my left hand window regulator at the moment, which is going be a ball ache me-thinks.

 

[david_ntg]

thats great saying "Ball Ache":lolup: well i have snapped 3 electric window switch mounts on my door, so i gave up and bought a door card instead! it and the seats are arriving tuesday.

 

[mikey123]

When is the interior arriving?

 

[MK3]

your a legend mate! cant believe that find! will be purchasing some of that then, that should do the job nicely. cheers mun

Let me know how you get on with this! wanted to do mine for a while, only thing putting me off was the way the light came through in spots.

 

[david_ntg]

When is the interior arriving?

Interior arriving tuesday, it came out of a write off car that rolled over so its going to get cleaned first, then will hopefully get it fitted on sunday. Gonna be a big job!

Let me know how you get on with this! wanted to do mine for a while, only thing putting me off was the way the light came through in spots.

aye will do mate, that should do the trick. the interior is perfect apart from that

 

[david_ntg]

Right, finally got a 197 grill and went about fitting it today (good guide in the guides section by "Biohzrd")

So, this is the before shot

This is the during

And finally the finished product. Looks one hell of a lot better!

So, thats another thing off my list:approve:

 

[will6]

Looks so much better once you change the grill. Maybe spray your badges another colour aswell. Who did your dials btw? Keep meaning to get mine done

 

[david_ntg]

I did them myself, and as geordieracer would say, it was a total ball ache! The dials come out easy enough but once your in there are about 24 micro smds, which are about a third of the size of normal smds. Really no for kids to play with:approve:

 

[will6]

Wanna earn yourself a few quid i have a spare set of dials i need doing. Il sort you some money out

 

[leeds_182]

Love the dials but those 6x9's just look like they belong in an old XR2.

 

[david_ntg]

Wanna earn yourself a few quid i have a spare set of dials i need doing. Il sort you some money out

well aye if you want to send them, also will need to know what colours you want things, all mine are blue except for the fuel and temperature which are red.

Love the dials but those 6x9's just look like they belong in an old XR2.

very unkind na, needed better speakers an the Back window is tinted so no one can see them anyways

 

[will6]

You have PM

 

[R1XPH]

It's insane how much of a difference RS grilles make.

 

[Brett]

Looks mint that mate. Whats the performance like with the mods you've done.

 

[david_ntg]

It's insane how much of a difference RS grilles make.

i know! Im not trying to turn it into a 197, just something different. The grills were a must and have been a must for a while now and thats probably the best £60 i have spent on the car.

Looks mint that mate. Whats the performance like with the mods you've done.

well the remap made overtaking better, the dump valve (which is a Forge) gives it a nice hiss and the air filter was just put in to make sure the best i could do was done.

Overall its 124bhp which is more than enough out of a 1.2 in my opinion so yeah, would recommend the remap and everything i have done. the 1.2 TCE is a good engine so if you wanted more suppose you could change the injectors but would have to make sure the gearbox and clutch could cope, if they couldnt im sure you could find one out of a 197 on ebay.

 

[david_ntg]

You have PM

i have! and replied to it

 

[Reyes]

Dials look good.

 

[R1XPH]

i know! Im not trying to turn it into a 197, just something different. The grills were a must and have been a must for a while now and thats probably the best £60 i have spent on the car.

My car was on the driveway all of about a minute before I had the bonnet open changing the grilles

Where did you get the remap? How much torque did it add? Thats what gives clutches a hard time not the power; that said, I shouldn't imagine it's that much more that it will really kill it.

Changing the injectors won't give you more power but higher flow rate injectors will be able to flow a better amount of fuel with out cranking up the pressure or stressing them out.

 

[david_ntg]

My car was on the driveway all of about a minute before I had the bonnet open changing the grilles

Where did you get the remap? How much torque did it add? Thats what gives clutches a hard time not the power; that said, I shouldn't imagine it's that much more that it will really kill it.

Changing the injectors won't give you more power but higher flow rate injectors will be able to flow a better amount of fuel with out cranking up the pressure or stressing them out.

Got the remap done at Angel Tuning in Troon, its a good thing to get done. I assumed you had a 197 by looking at your pic! It now has 127 lb/ft of torque instead of 107, so not a bad increase, you notice it more when overtaking, even though i still put it in third and rev the tits out it