New Clio F1 owner needing general advice

[Toshwilks]

Evening all,
after always wanting one of these after reading/ watching endless reviews I took the plunge one evening (much to my Mrs despair).

I’ve bought a low mileage example that’s a little rough around the edges. My plans to keep it and use it as a weekend car. I want to return it as close as possible to standard (Boring I know) but it will be regularly used.

Ive used this forum to read Up on advice (thanks, people do read it!) and have just sent off my steering wheel to Royal.

I’m struggling to find a couple of things so could do with any steer:

• New gear knob- like I mentioned original style if possible, plenty on eBay for a tenner but is there a better quality option anyone would recommend?
• black door pillar strips- (probably have a name)- mine are starting to peel away so need them replacing. can anyone recommend a replacement? This has previously been done in a carbon fibre effect, is this original? Also the spoiler has been wrapped in the same- was this originally just painted?
• F1 floor mats- were these different? I’ve seen the OEM mats with yellow trim if not.
• F1 decals- the car I bought was red, I’m getting it machine polished soon and ceramic coated would you recommend removing the decals then re applying new ones or leaving originals?

cheers in advance, I’m new to this but looking forward to getting stuck in and enjoying the car.

I’ll post pictures of before and after when it’s done.

 

[Toshwilks]

Talkative bunch aren’t you

 

[Clio_fool]

Carbon wrap isn't oe, the B pillar wrap was originally a pain to remove so be thankful for that but replace it with matte black ones off ebay. If the origin f1 decals are in good condition keep them, copies are scrap and they cost far too much from Renault to replace if they aren't falling off.

 

[Martin_172]

There was an optional extra aluminium gear knob from Renault, it was well over £100 from memory but was also used as standard on the Laguna GT, shift feels much nicer with it, that's what i run

As above with the decals keep the originals if possible.

From memory they didn't come with mats so it was what ever the original dealer/customer specced, some will have had the renaultsport accessory mats, mine had the normal mats which i think were called expression or comfort mats

 

[Toshwilks]

Thanks both, really helpful 👍🏻👍🏻