Krarl
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5-0 = Police
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My Inferno Story...
- Thread starter t90_lle
- Start date
5-0 = Police
My wife didn't know this saying either, yes police=5-0, but it's not 5-Nil, it's Five-O or 5O
Hawaii Five-O
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062568/
The headlamp question was do the police have a problem with it?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062568/
The headlamp question was do the police have a problem with it?
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
I’m glad most cottoned on[emoji23]
I knew what you meant bud haha
-Rob
ClioSport Club Member
Got a set here with your name on them. Glad you're keeping it and the Recaros will be the icing on the cake for me. Lovely car!
Thanks mate, still more to do as yet. I seen your ad as was looking for a pair before I fit them.
A very tasty addition, defo worth waiting for the other parts to save putting them in and then having to take them out again!!
Will have a sit in it when they are in
Just can’t wait to get home from this trip and get them in tbh mate.
Well the Recaros are in but it wasn’t without it’s problems... plug and play my arse! Much thanks to @Adamxx for assisting with my wire guessing...
So this morning at half 7 I was full of excitement with the prospect of fitting my seats...
Car was up in the air, battery was disconnected and I was under way... I made sure I left it 20mins before doing anything though as I didn’t fancy an airbag in my face...
My enthusiasm didn’t last long... the seat nuts came off really easy and I lift the seat to be greeted by not a plug but cut and shut cables...
For the history of the car I wasn’t expecting to see this under my drivers seat I can asure you.
I was close to saying “eff it, I’ll just sell them” but with abit of simple deduction I worked out which cable was what on the Recaro seat...
Then it was a case of working out the standard seat wires using a couple of images from the forum.
Then it was the moment of truth, cut the wires and take the seat out...
Place the new one in and hope my guesstimation of wires was correct...
I thought the passenger side would be easier but it wasn’t...
This time I didn’t cut the pretensioner wire I managed to get it around the Recaro and use the exsisting one. I did however have to cut the green/blue green/brown wire. I assume that has to be 3.3ohm resisted as does the wires in the image below on the drivers side...
So here they are in all they’re glory...
I’m very happy with them!! So comfy to sit in imo, they just need a damn good clean!
Hopefully my Renault mechanic will be able to use his CLiP to turn the lights off for me or I’ll have to try the resistors...
So this morning at half 7 I was full of excitement with the prospect of fitting my seats...
Car was up in the air, battery was disconnected and I was under way... I made sure I left it 20mins before doing anything though as I didn’t fancy an airbag in my face...
My enthusiasm didn’t last long... the seat nuts came off really easy and I lift the seat to be greeted by not a plug but cut and shut cables...
For the history of the car I wasn’t expecting to see this under my drivers seat I can asure you.
I was close to saying “eff it, I’ll just sell them” but with abit of simple deduction I worked out which cable was what on the Recaro seat...
Then it was a case of working out the standard seat wires using a couple of images from the forum.
Then it was the moment of truth, cut the wires and take the seat out...
Place the new one in and hope my guesstimation of wires was correct...
I thought the passenger side would be easier but it wasn’t...
So here they are in all they’re glory...
I’m very happy with them!! So comfy to sit in imo, they just need a damn good clean!
Hopefully my Renault mechanic will be able to use his CLiP to turn the lights off for me or I’ll have to try the resistors...
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
Look great Ollie!
Cheers bud
Cheers mate glad I stopped to think about it before just throwing toys out of the pram! HahaVery impressed with the work to get these in mate as said, I'd have said eff it and that would have been that lol!
Well worth the effort however, looks great, comfy...……. bargain!
This morning put the standard headlight back in since the nights are drawing in a bit and don’t fancy getting caught out with 1 headlight.
Once that was in I set about giving her a quick bath... Iron fall out on the wheels, Rinised whole car, citric pre wash, rinsed, snow foamed, washed, rinsed, hydrophobic spray, rinse again, towel dry, detailed trims, coat or triple3 polish/glaze/wax, tires dressed and a final coat of spray wax... All products used were Auto Finesse...
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Mega.
Looks such a awesome car and well specced.
Never really liked the CAF headlight personally as I felt it looked out of place on yours but looks so much better and cleaner with the standards back in.
Looks such a awesome car and well specced.
Never really liked the CAF headlight personally as I felt it looked out of place on yours but looks so much better and cleaner with the standards back in.
Jekyll
ClioSport Club Member
Ph2 rear lights back on would finish it off....
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Can’t wait for my other Monaco to be on the road now!
Seeing yours gives me a tricky semi[emoji7]
Seeing yours gives me a tricky semi[emoji7]
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
That looks brilliant!! Dont change a thing.....bar the yellow fogs haha
A quick visit to see my Renault mechanic today proved to be successful...
Using his CLiP, he turned off my airbag and SERV lights, was only with him 10mins and a drove away light free. They still flash on/off when ignition is turned on so now MOT issues there either.
Using his CLiP, he turned off my airbag and SERV lights, was only with him 10mins and a drove away light free. They still flash on/off when ignition is turned on so now MOT issues there either.
Just been out tinkering this evening...
Since my mechanic turned off the airbag lights I no longer need to leave the cables exposed for putting resistors on. The Recaros came with some plastic coating on the cables which I have reused to hide my wiring. At some point I will solder them together but for now it’ll suffice...
Driver side before...
Driver side after...
Passenger side before...
Passenger side after...
And finally another interior shot...
Since my mechanic turned off the airbag lights I no longer need to leave the cables exposed for putting resistors on. The Recaros came with some plastic coating on the cables which I have reused to hide my wiring. At some point I will solder them together but for now it’ll suffice...
Driver side before...
Driver side after...
Passenger side before...
Passenger side after...
And finally another interior shot...
Not much has happened with the car lately but today saw the start of another audio upgrade,
This time to compliment the upgraded door speakers. I know many people aren’t into big speakers in clios as it promotes the boy racer stereo type but myself prefer a little extra punch to my music something that door speakers alone can’t really do imo.
1st thing was to get the headunit out to run the remote and rca cables.
Having the steering controls cable and a Bluetooth mic box cable for the head unit and now adding rca cables, it was going to be a tight squeeze behind the unit but I got it all in eventually.
Then it was just a case of running the all the cables behind the trims to the boot and hooking it all up.
Next on the list is to get it to my mechanic for a service and to try fix the snapped gearbox bolt.
Then a stud and nut conversion is on the cards I reckon.
This time to compliment the upgraded door speakers. I know many people aren’t into big speakers in clios as it promotes the boy racer stereo type but myself prefer a little extra punch to my music something that door speakers alone can’t really do imo.
1st thing was to get the headunit out to run the remote and rca cables.
Having the steering controls cable and a Bluetooth mic box cable for the head unit and now adding rca cables, it was going to be a tight squeeze behind the unit but I got it all in eventually.
Then it was just a case of running the all the cables behind the trims to the boot and hooking it all up.
Next on the list is to get it to my mechanic for a service and to try fix the snapped gearbox bolt.
Then a stud and nut conversion is on the cards I reckon.
It's easier to get all the cables behind the radio by whipping off the dashtop, only a few bolts and let's you get your hands to it.
These are also perfect for use with the RCA cables VCE 3-PACK RCA Male to Female 90 Degree Right Angle Adapter https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B072F36GJW/?tag=cliospnet01-21
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
Good move. Nothing wrong with a few sounds!
I’m thinking of getting one of the boxes that goes in the wheel well not to lose to much space in a already tidy boot haha
Thanks, you are correct in them sizes mate.
Finally picked up a 2nd hand sub and amp for the bargain price of £35 having fit the cables last week. It’s nothing to special, a Fli 10” 800w peak sub and a Maystar QXT200 amp which runs at 350w RMS bridged, so it’s got plenty of kick without maxing the sub.
Originally the amp was mounted to the back of the box but I didn’t like it there, so I have mounted it to the carpet for now until I can source a wheel well box for the sub to go in it.
Originally the amp was mounted to the back of the box but I didn’t like it there, so I have mounted it to the carpet for now until I can source a wheel well box for the sub to go in it.
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
It was all going so well until the sub and amp arrived.
Lovely car, but I hate the way subs and amps look and the stereotype they bring
Lovely car, but I hate the way subs and amps look and the stereotype they bring
I know what you mean about the stereo type having a sub an amp brings but I only put one in to give my current speakers that little extra punch. I run the high pass filter so tbh you wouldn’t know I had one unless you looked in the boot.
I still can't believe all this has gone in the boot lol, but when you consider how cheap it all was compared to my front speakers alone, it's a lot of boom boom bass for your pound! If the sub goes in the well and the amp gets moved too, it'll be a lot more hidden and oem looking for sure IMO
For those who follow the thread you will know about the broken gearbox bolt I have had for a while. It’s causes a massive vibration through the car when I lift of the throttle after spirited driving.
Last night I went to my mechanic after hours to sort that issue along with an oil & filter change aswell as looking at a leaking washer bottle.
Up on the ramp...
Oil was in to bad condition for a years use...
Next was onto the snapped bolt...
We drilled it using a left hand fluted bit hoping it would catch and undo but no luck. Had to go in with a easy out which we nearly gave up on as it was FT but we used a cheater bar and managed to get it out.
I’d sourced a of couple replacement bolts for that mount from people breaking 1*2s.
That was put in and a back up nut put on the backside just for extra security.
Then it was a case of top the oil up...
Put back the pipe work and battery and take her for a test run... All was good, no more vibration!
Last job of the evening we started at 21:45 was the washer bottle...
Took all the mechanism out, bottle was bone dry, filled it and not 1 drip came out of it anywhere! That problem will be monitored very closely.
I eventually got away from the garage at 22:30, had a quick test drive and arrived home one happy camper.
Last night I went to my mechanic after hours to sort that issue along with an oil & filter change aswell as looking at a leaking washer bottle.
Up on the ramp...
Oil was in to bad condition for a years use...
Next was onto the snapped bolt...
We drilled it using a left hand fluted bit hoping it would catch and undo but no luck. Had to go in with a easy out which we nearly gave up on as it was FT but we used a cheater bar and managed to get it out.
I’d sourced a of couple replacement bolts for that mount from people breaking 1*2s.
That was put in and a back up nut put on the backside just for extra security.
Then it was a case of top the oil up...
Last job of the evening we started at 21:45 was the washer bottle...
Took all the mechanism out, bottle was bone dry, filled it and not 1 drip came out of it anywhere! That problem will be monitored very closely.
I eventually got away from the garage at 22:30, had a quick test drive and arrived home one happy camper.
Glad you got that bolt out. I wouldn't say it was the reason for causing you vibrations though? Didn't seem to make any difference replacing mine.
Easier to remove the captive head though
I’m a 100% definite it was the cause as all the vibration has now stopped since replacing the bolt. We did think about cutting it off but in my mind it wouldn’t have been the proper way to fix it.Glad you got that bolt out. I wouldn't say it was the reason for causing you vibrations though? Didn't seem to make any difference replacing mine.
Easier to remove the captive head though
