Nicks 172 Cup From The Start!

Ollie82. · Mar 6, 2011

Budgie said:
Reshelling for that?! You f**king drama queen; I was expecting the roof to be caved in!

f**k me, I've put body coloured tape over less and people haven't noticed! (;

Flol!

As I said to you yesterday, I'll get our panel beater to have a look at it. Should be able to pin it out and beat her about abit but it's not a huge amount of damage. You'd have to properly FUBAR a roof to warrant changing it.....let alone reshell!
Stop being a tart!

Nick172Cup · Mar 6, 2011

Indeed a reshell does sound extreme but its something i've wanted to do for ages and don't ask me why I just have! lol If I can find the right car to break for spares which will then leave me with the shell and also the money I put into it maybe plus more. I wont be able to drive it which means I can actually save to have more nice things done to it! Plus it would be cool to start learning to build a car back up myself (with the help of some locals friends obviously

) but without someone else having to do all the work! Anyways I might have already found the perfect car that can be broken for spares anyway, and its mondial blue already

Tim - A few people have said the same thing about battle scars, but the thing is I dont race. If I raced even then people would be like "how that happen?" All i'd look like is a plank which I dont particularly want, plus seeing as its a toy i'd like it to be a nice looking one and not some s**tter thats been bodged back together.

Cro-clio - Dont think I locked them down at all!

Nick

TimR26 · Mar 6, 2011

Good point LOL

Brian172 · Mar 6, 2011

Bad times Nick, Sorry to see this.

Dave. · Mar 6, 2011

Jeez nick hadnt seen this, sorry to see what's happened mate

MarkCup · Mar 7, 2011

Ooh, f***, ouch.

Much traffic when it happened?

Nick172Cup · Mar 7, 2011

Fortunately not Mark, was going down the sliproad onto the A3. Was nothing on the sliproad when it flipped up so got it over towards the kerb/path without no troubles, lucky it didnt happen on the A3 itself!

Sir_Dave · Mar 7, 2011

Sad times

Seriously though Nick, the saxo had worse dents than that as standard lol ... its a track car FFS. Its supposed to be a shed.

Mind you, if you do buy another shell, can i have this f*cked one? I have a weird obsession with wanting to cut a clio up with an angle grinder and loading it onto the back of a transit, like a Pikey.

recaro182 · Mar 7, 2011

Nick, this is a bit of an extreme way of having an excuse to get out of Donington

Really sorry to hear this though mate, hopefully the carbon bonnet and windscreen can be done easily this week.

Tbh, I think my car is more doubtful for Donny. Haii Tom

chrispy.clio · Mar 7, 2011

Oh it's not as bad as I thought it was going to be! I wouldn't re-shell that. But I can see why you would like to do it.

Nick172Cup · Mar 7, 2011

Sir_Dave said:
Sad times Seriously though Nick, the saxo had worse dents than that as standard lol ... its a track car FFS. Its supposed to be a shed.

Mind you, if you do buy another shell, can i have this f*cked one? I have a weird obsession with wanting to cut a clio up with an angle grinder and loading it onto the back of a transit, like a Pikey.

Lol I want to do that also! Was thinking more of maybe cutting the megane into pieces and putting it into the scrap clio shell and then weighing the lot in! With scrap metal being worth quite a bit atm I should do alright by weighing them two in!

recaro182 said:
Nick, this is a bit of an extreme way of having an excuse to get out of Donington

Really sorry to hear this though mate, hopefully the carbon bonnet and windscreen can be done easily this week.

Tbh, I think my car is more doubtful for Donny. Haii Tom

Lol, i'll never have excuses to drop Chrisy boy

My wheels could be hanging off but i'll still push you around

Your right though, going to be tight this week getting your car finished! Will push Tom when I see him this week, want a passenger ride in this also when its done! ITB noise FTW!

recaro182 · Mar 7, 2011

Well unless you don't stop breaking your car, I'm sure we'll be at plenty of track days over the next year or two

The plan seems to be possibly putting it back to a standard inlet for the track day this weekend, depending on how easily it maps. Either way I have a new BTB exhaust and decat which will sound plenty nice enough

Sir_Dave · Mar 7, 2011

recaro182 said:
The plan seems to be possibly putting it back to a standard inlet for the track day this weekend, depending on how easily it maps. Either way I have a new BTB exhaust and decat which will sound plenty nice enough

You mean the track day, thats in 6 days lol ...

We both know that deadlines, trackdays, & Tom dont match

MarkCup · Mar 7, 2011

Nick172Cup said:
Fortunately not Mark, was going down the sliproad onto the A3. Was nothing on the sliproad when it flipped up so got it over towards the kerb/path without no troubles, lucky it didnt happen on the A3 itself!

Lucky! I'd have s**t myself regardless I think!

Tony Hunter · Mar 7, 2011

If I could be bothered I would fancy changing one to rear wheel drive but with the engine in the front,be a good laugh that

Nick172Cup · Mar 9, 2011

Carbon bonnets on with new aerocatches (albeit a little pissed as the mounts underneath the hinges are fubared!) and going in tomorrow to have the windscreen replaced! So should be good for Donnington on sunday!

Going to sticker the s**t out of it also, as well as having a huge sunstrip like Burpspeeds/JMS' racecars for the lols!

Then it'll get broken for spares and shell scrapped until I find my new shell

Tony Hunter · Mar 9, 2011

Still think your mad.

Sir_Dave · Mar 9, 2011

Nick172Cup said:
Then it'll get broken for spares and shell scrapped until I find my new shell

You. Are. Bonkers.

Can i have the shell though? Could reshell the Trophy into it, just so that i could have ropey looking blue & pink clio, on TSW Stealths (which i have) complete with battle scars, for extra man points.

www.cliotrophy.co.uk would love it.

ROFL.

Tony Hunter · Mar 9, 2011

You'll burn in hell you know.

Nick172Cup · Mar 9, 2011

Tony Hunter said:
Still think your mad.

Lol, and mad is me!

Sir_Dave said:
You. Are. Bonkers.

Can i have the shell though? Could reshell the Trophy into it, just so that i could have ropey looking blue & pink clio, on TSW Stealths (which i have) complete with battle scars, for extra man points.

www.cliotrophy.co.uk would love it.

ROFL.

Lol dave, you can have the shell. You gotta come get it and it'll have no bodypanels or anything though

But in all seriousness, I was having this conversation with my mate (owns his own bodyshop) who fitted the bonnet. Seeing as its a trackcar and not a racecar I still want it to look nice, plus he quoted me £500 to chuck a load of filler at it or £1000 for a completely new roof skin inc fitting/painting/labour. Now that to me seems bonkers when I can just get another Cup, break it for spares and have a clean straight shell again.

Nick

Tony Hunter · Mar 9, 2011

Fair enough.

Sir_Dave · Mar 9, 2011

Tony Hunter said:
You'll burn in hell you know.

Im a finance broker Tony, booked my ticket a long time ago lol

Tony Hunter · Mar 10, 2011

Glad to see you have got your future well mapped out.

TimR26 · Mar 10, 2011

You and Dave should swap shells!

And Dave I'd love to see reaction on www.cliotrophy.co.uk as well

cliogek · Mar 10, 2011

Hello Nick,

First of all, NICE CLIO!

I'm Richard and i live in the Netherlands.
I've a question and i hope you ore someone else on this forum can help me.
What's the name(in English) of the ring in the picture below and where can i buy it.
I can't find this one in the Netherland so i want to buy it in UK.

Thanks!!

Greetz,
Richard

daddycool · Mar 10, 2011

it's called a tow eye

thread here: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?299558-Clio-Cup-Tow-Eye but no mention of where to get them from

tom172cup · Mar 10, 2011

^ That would be a Tow Eye there is a chap on here that sells them cant remember his name tho

Budgie · Mar 10, 2011

Search 'Si tow eye'.

daddycool · Mar 10, 2011

cup racer tow eye more specifically. r-sport in wimbledon use to be able to get hold of them, i think they may be on here

daddycool · Mar 10, 2011

or this http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?482099-motorsport-style-tow-eye
or this http://www.merlinmotorsport.co.uk/p...id=5908?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping
but as said in the thread above it may not be as easy as screwing it straight in

cliogek · Mar 10, 2011

Thankx to all!!

I'm looking now for a thick aluminium one, like Nick's Clio.
I think the OMP one is only in yellow.

recaro182 · Mar 10, 2011

Nick, hows it looking for Sunday? Will she be ready?

Picking mine up tomorrow night (fingers crossed

) and driving up to Donington with Dave around 5pm Saturday, so that's your deadline

kevin_172 · Mar 10, 2011

really sorry to hear about the s**t luck nick! i know how you feel considering someone thought they would back into mine and then speed off..

any idea when the reshell is going to happen?

TimR26 · Mar 10, 2011

cliogek said:
Thankx to all!!

I'm looking now for a thick aluminium one, like Nick's Clio.
I think the OMP one is only in yellow.

Si sells them, I'd PM him to see if he'll ship to Netherlands.
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?401106-1*2-Front-Tow-Eyes.

Nick172Cup · Mar 10, 2011

Before -

After -

Also got these rather special 2118's off of Sir_Dave, speedline made only 24 wheels with the Speedline Corse formed into the wheel instead of having stickers put on them like the normal ones everyone has. Only a 6J however with an ET 30 they sit in the arch nicely and in silver look pretty good I think! Do need a refurb though.

Just a few more things to do before Donnington still -

Change rear pads
Bleed all the brakes
Fit 1 degree rear camber shims
Oil and filter

Then she'll be all ready for Sunday!

Cheers
Nick

Dave. · Mar 10, 2011

and your going to re shell it for THAT??

Nick your mental.

Nick172Cup · Mar 10, 2011

recaro182 said:
Nick, hows it looking for Sunday? Will she be ready?

Picking mine up tomorrow night (fingers crossed ) and driving up to Donington with Dave around 5pm Saturday, so that's your deadline

Lol, she'll be there dont you worry about that. Just make sure you make it alright!

kevin_172 said:
really sorry to hear about the s**t luck nick! i know how you feel considering someone thought they would back into mine and then speed off.. any idea when the reshell is going to happen?

Cheers dude, yeah pretty s**t feeling I can imagine. Pretty much found the car i'm going to buy to use the cage, so as soon as the pennies are in the bank i'm heading over to get it! Then i've set myself until the end of the year to make one good Cup out of 2 shitters!

recaro182 · Mar 10, 2011

Very good effort mate, carbon bonnet looks lovely

What camber are you running front and rear now then?

TimR26 · Mar 10, 2011

Bonnet looks good Nick

chrispy.clio · Mar 10, 2011

Bonnet looks good, never seen those wheels before. I assume your not using the 25mm spacers now? I personally wouldn't reshell it now. If you bin it at a trackday the. Maybe reshel it if it's bent! Have fun at the trackday tho mate

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