My non-sport dci Mk3

rk2009 · Jun 18, 2013

Mods so far...

* RS grille
* plain fancy plates
* silver bullets
* stubby ariel
* heko wind deflectors
* de-badged
* silvervisions in rear (i know one is orange lol, just had the back light replaced and they forgot to keep the silver bulb so I picked up two blue ones for the front and haven't got round to changing the back one yet)

eventually I'd like to have it colour coded too.

I was annoyed with the garage too because I'd only just recieved my plain stick on number plates before the crash, and they've drilled two screws into the back one lol, so now I'm going to have to buy another one. I know that's me being picky but it's all in the detail!

and finally, these will be going on Saturday, just need to get some bolts for the centre caps, paint the rusty callipers black and fetch some tires

rk2009 · Jun 20, 2013

Anyone lol?

ksykes23 · Jun 20, 2013

You get the damage sorted out ok? Also, u thinking of lowering it?

rk2009 · Jun 20, 2013

ksykes23 said:
You get the damage sorted out ok? Also, u thinking of lowering it?

Yea mate it's all sorted. And although I'd love too, it's a lot of money and tbf there's a lot of speed bumps round here lol!

ksykes23 · Jun 20, 2013

Yeah know what u mean mate, you could probably get away with lowering springs just to close that arch gap up which wont cost a bomb but yeah coilovers arent cheap (plus if u go quite low it starts getting slightly impractical).....i got beached on a speed bump the other day :'(

rk2009 · Jun 20, 2013

ksykes23 said:
Yeah know what u mean mate, you could probably get away with lowering springs just to close that arch gap up which wont cost a bomb but yeah coilovers arent cheap (plus if u go quite low it starts getting slightly impractical).....i got beached on a speed bump the other day :'(

No way mate! Much damage? I met TomGarvie yesterday, he came to look at my wheels because he wants them as a spare set, and he had to park round the corner from my mates because he wouldn't have been able to get on the curb outside her house lol, I couldn't be doing with that! How much are the lowering springs mate?

Chris_MK3 · Jun 20, 2013

If you want some cheap lowering springs i got some which are now not in use as i got coil overs, ill sell em for half the retail, only did 1k on them too.

/where did you get them oem alloys from bud? good price too?

nice looking dci mate.

ksykes23 · Jun 20, 2013

Haha no kidding, he mentioned to me last night about looking at some mahonia wheels. Off round his tomorrow for a detailing sesh before CSS. Nah no damage that i could see but it is a constant challenge mate, think my front might even be lower than toms, it can be a nightmare. Umm depends on which size and brand u want to go for. Can pick them up for £100 iirc mate

rk2009 · Jun 20, 2013

Chris_MK3 said:
If you want some cheap lowering springs i got some which are now not in use as i got coil overs, ill sell em for half the retail, only did 1k on them too. /where did you get them oem alloys from bud? good price too? nice looking dci mate.

Think it was called Renault Specialist or something like that, £408! And that was without the centre caps! Thanks for the comment

rk2009 · Jun 20, 2013

Thinking about spraying the diamonds but can't decide on a colour, I want to do the wheel diamonds too, opinions? Don't know whether to just go black all round, or like a darkish grey??

TomGarvie · Jun 20, 2013

Black diamonds all the way mate, go stealth! or graphite grey

P.s. Drop me your number over a PM bud?

ksykes23 · Jun 20, 2013

Umm if you are gonna keep the wheels silver i would probs either do the diamonds black or a nicer shade of silver. The chrome is horrible but a nice matte silver will look better

rk2009 · Jun 20, 2013

TomGarvie said:
Black diamonds all the way mate, go stealth! or graphite grey P.s. Drop me your number over a PM bud?

how come you didn't do your front and back diamond?

only asking cause im unsure about doing mine, had it done before and everyone kept saying it looked like it had been robbed!

thomascollins · Jun 20, 2013

Did you get those canasta alloys brand new or second hand?

24JSeymour · Jun 20, 2013

Speedbumps is no excuse for not lowering a car! I have 2 on the road outside my house and mine is wound right down on coilovers, no problem! Haha get it slammed mate

looks good

rk2009 · Jun 20, 2013

thomascollins said:
Did you get those canasta alloys brand new or second hand?

brand new mate

thomascollins · Jun 21, 2013

Very nice... Im looking to find them second hand but in Ireland they are very hard to find i'll probably have to get them new which i suppose might be good really. How much did they set you back? (if you dont mind me asking)

rk2009 · Jun 22, 2013

thomascollins said:
Very nice... Im looking to find them second hand but in Ireland they are very hard to find i'll probably have to get them new which i suppose might be good really. How much did they set you back? (if you dont mind me asking)

they are hard to find mate! £408 for the wheels, £64 for the centre caps and about £320 for the tyres... bit of a piss take really lol

ksykes23 · Jun 22, 2013

rk2009 said:
they are hard to find mate! £408 for the wheels, £64 for the centre caps and about £320 for the tyres... bit of a piss take really lol

Thats a joke right?

rk2009 · Jun 23, 2013

ksykes23 said:
Thats a joke right?

Nah, deadly serious, couldn't find them any cheaper, and woud rather have them brand new instead of being in used condition.

Spinksy · Jun 24, 2013

rk2009 said:
Nah, deadly serious, couldn't find them any cheaper, and woud rather have them brand new instead of being in used condition.

Surely you could have got some nearly perfect rota grids for that money?

Jordanb29 · Jun 24, 2013

rk2009 said:
Nah, deadly serious, couldn't find them any cheaper, and woud rather have them brand new instead of being in used condition.

:| You could of bought them second hand and had them refurbed to be like new with brand new tyres on for probably half that!

DomDale · Jun 24, 2013

Jordanb29 said:
:| You could of bought them second hand and had them refurbed to be like new with brand new tyres on for probably half that!

+100000

I've got a set which I don't want to sell but if I was offered the right money I'd sell... Lets just say you wouldn't have to offer me £700 for tyres and alloys. Then refurb at £25 each.

ksykes23 · Jun 24, 2013

I paid nearly half of that for my superleggeras with pirelli p zeros on and they were spotless......renault robbing people again lol

rk2009 · Jun 26, 2013

I don't really like grids, and it's just my opinion but don't think turinis suit the mk3, and I couldn't find a second hand set. Also, I had a big win at the casino so its not like it came out of my pocket really

anyway, here's the results! Really pleased!

.Steve · Jun 26, 2013

Spinksy92 said:
Surely you could have got some nearly perfect rota grids for that money?

Yeah because canastas and grids are identical wheels lol.

Looks good, Get some coilovers on it dude.

rk2009 · Jun 27, 2013

.Steve said:
Yeah because canastas and grids are identical wheels lol.

Looks good, Get some coilovers on it dude.

Lol I'm in two minds about this, a lot of people are telling me not to because it causes problems, everyone on here says do it!

.Steve · Jun 27, 2013

What are these problems? Not looking like a van? Not licking the window going round corners due to body roll...

Lows > speed bumps!

JP83 · Jun 27, 2013

^ Lol

I was exactly the same about coilovers. I never thought I'd get any of my cars lowered, but I bit the bullet with the Clio and did it. It's much better now for it.

Need to get it setup correctly after (shock height and alignment), but it does make a difference. I didn't go mad personally, only dropped it about 40mm, but it handles really well.
But yeah, just avoid the potholes!

.Steve · Jun 27, 2013

I've got AP coilovers sat waiting to go on, reasonable mix of decent price and from what I've heard awesome quality. Can't wait to get them on.

ksykes23 · Jun 27, 2013

The AP's are spot on mate, cant fault them, handling is very good. Only thing is, I have gone quite low on them so notice a bit of brake/torque steer but its not really an issue. Just get them bought and close them arches up

BREMBO · Jun 27, 2013

Looks good, must be great running about in a nice bus which is cheap to run

£30 road tax?

Spinksy · Jun 27, 2013

.Steve said:
Yeah because canastas and grids are identical wheels lol.

Looks good, Get some coilovers on it dude.

Never said they were :S

.Steve · Jun 27, 2013

Spinksy92 said:
Never said they were :S

No, but he said he wanted canastas, and you say he could've had rota grids... Why mention grids when there is no similarities between the two other than being round lol.

Spinksy · Jun 27, 2013

.Steve said:
No, but he said he wanted canastas, and you say he could've had rota grids... Why mention grids when there is no similarities between the two other than being round lol.

Because IMO grids look miles better and would have been cheaper....

rk2009 · Jun 27, 2013

BREMBO said:
Looks good, must be great running about in a nice bus which is cheap to run

£30 road tax?

Yea mate

used to pay £120 lol

rk2009 · Jul 6, 2013

I've ordered a cliosport tax disc holder and some dice dust caps, that's about it really. I really wanna make the car look unique. Any ideas guys?

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