My Trophy, No. 37

[Mikeyjp]

Hello had this post rolling on the T forums for a while, thought i would get it up here too

Picked it up March 2013, it had done 94k, had usual steering wheel melt, pebble dashed rear arches, not sure if this is common on high mileage examples? other wise not to bad condition, had been well looked after.

this is how the T looked on the day i picked it up



It came with 6x9's in shelf and sub and amp in the boot, they were 1st on my list to go , then i ordered a aluminium footrest and new front bonnet rubber seal, also fitted slivervision indicator bulbs



Then i picked up a new set of Wheels and tyres from someone that was selling their T and had a spare set unused, still in the Renault boxes

 

[Mikeyjp]

Also lucky enough to get hold of a retrimmed steering wheel that another member had done, but had sold the T before he got the steering wheel back and repalced the wiper stalk



Refreshed some of the plastics, picked up some plastikote









Changed the rear seats over



Fitted a new fuse box under the engine bay as the other had a broken clip, and had a new clutch cable fitted

 

[Mikeyjp]

Deiced to give the rear arches a good glean and coat them with Bilt Hamber UB

 

[Mikeyjp]

A couple of coats Done

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Gave my seats a good clean with Raceglaze Alcantara, got rid of some dodgy looking stain on the passenger seat, also fitted a battery cover and sprayed the fuse box lid matt black

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Coming along nicely mate

 

[Rick_182]

Looks very nice. Where did you get the aluminium foot rest?

 

[SharkyUK]

Nice looking example mate

 

[Mikeyjp]

Looks very nice. Where did you get the aluminium foot rest?

just off ebay, quick search for clio 182 footrest will bring um up

 

[Mikeyjp]

Have picked up my bits i had sprayed today, i had the door handles, wing mirror caps and side strips done, will get fitted Mon , and i have also ordered some Mark Fish Koni for the rear, and will be ringing up for the springs tomorrow

 

[Stefan.]

Looks really nice!

Where are the rear headrests from?

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Looks really nice!

Where are the rear headrests from?

Think it's a ph1 rear bench

 

[Mikeyjp]

yeah nice seats they are, some people put in the half leather ones that have spots on the materiel up the center, really dont like

 

[Mikeyjp]

had a busy day , removed the side strips and cleaned under them, also repaired the doors where the strips have rubbed, also fitted new wing mirror caps and exterior door handles, also given the air box a freshen up

 

[Mikeyjp]

Rear shocks turned up today, got a 2 week wait for the springs

 

[Mikeyjp]

Tacked the headlight today, still not completely happy, so i have a M3 kit coming, then will have another bash next week if the weather is good

 

[Mikeyjp]

powerflex rear upper bushes changed

 

[Mikeyjp]

I got a M3 headlight kit and finished off the headlights today

and used the left over disks and compound to polish the top inlet

 

[Mikeyjp]

Swapped over the rear number plate light for a new one

Old

New

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[jesus]

Brilliant job with the headlights mate, which kit did you use and where did you get it from?

 

[Mikeyjp]

Brilliant job with the headlights mate, which kit did you use and where did you get it from?

hi, i got this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281295079201?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 did a good job

 

[jesus]

hi, i got this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281295079201?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 did a good job

Thanks!

 

[Mikeyjp]

Springs came

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Mark fish?

 

[Mikeyjp]

yeah

 

[Mikeyjp]

gave the inside of the doors a clean up today

 

[.Stevo.C.]

yeah

Be prepared for a very firm ride lol

 

[Mikeyjp]

Right time for an update

Dampers and springs have been fitted

Pic of the old set up

do not look bad for 100k+ miles

Before

After

kinda looks the same height, not had chance to settle yet though, had a quick run along some back roads, does not feel to much harder, feels a bit more responsive through the steering, koni's were set to half way, have given them a quarter turn to hard since

 

[Mikeyjp]

Had a quick go at the calipers today,did both the fronts, but got too hot now, so rears can get done next week

 

[Mikeyjp]

so after Dan potter has worked his magic on it, with the 197 cams and remap ect, i have got it booked in for a power run, next Thur

i have booked it in with these guys http://www.bbrgti.com/index.php

had never heard of them untill i went on the hunt for a RR, but turns out they do a 182 package and tuning

 

[markoc]

Looking forward to seeing the results

 

[Tim.]

Are you going on the RR to get a benchmark of where you are now before you start making further changes?

 

[Mikeyjp]

i did not have one done before the cams just want to see where i am now

 

[Dannyeff]

looks tidy .. nice example this your daily ?

 

[Mikeyjp]

yeah daily driver, done about 107k now, on 96k when i got it

 

[Dannyeff]

i got mines at 89,000 done 10k already love it !!

 

[Chris205]

Are you the lad that had a megane coupe back in the day?