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Paul’s Pearl



Clio_fool

ClioSport Club Member
New tyres tomorrow so I loaded up the wheels in the car. Who needs an estate car?
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Also found the steering wheel trim I bought a year or so ago.
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And I fitted the new number plate lamps. Turned out both the old ones had broken covers so now I have 2 nice clear ones and no led bulbs in sight.
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Still got the exhaust to swap and diffuser to refit so pics to follow.
 

Clio_fool

ClioSport Club Member
Ooft f**k off with your 2118's Turini's for the win 😍.
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I can't decide if the car is too low or not now🤔. It's not rubbed yet which is surprising because they are close!
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Fitment is good though, maybe needs a little spacer at the back?
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And yes they are 18's with 225/40 conti sport 7 and even though they are megane fitment they needed spigot rings that on don't have. Luckily the tyre place do alloy wheels and they found some the correct diameters but they needed a bit of fettling so they weren't proud of the wheel mounting face. After that it went on the alignment thingy and some slight adjustment to the front toe was required.
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OK so it was miles out still 😂.
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Thats better 👍. Miraculously the front camber is pretty even and the rear is decent too. Next year I'll look into modding the suspension turrets so I can actually get to the top mounts and shock adjusters as being a late 200 it's got the small top mounts.

Annoyingly the door handle has come apart and doesn't want to stay in one piece so I might have to look out for a replacement.
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Nearly there with it now and I'm looking forward to enjoying it for a while.
 

Clio_fool

ClioSport Club Member
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They look mint! Get them brand new centre caps in that I had to pay stupid money for! 😂

I might have an interior door handle too
I will when I remember where I put them 🤔🤦😆.
The interior door handle just wants to match the exterior one in uselessness. I went out to clean the windscreen since driving into the sun it was greyer than all the cataracts in Africa and was surprised that the passenger door sensor works perfectly. f**king drivers side one won't unlock though 🙄.
 

MrBlonde

ClioSport Club Member
Looks great mate and Turinis are the best wheels.I would get a set for mine if i could find a mint set,i think height wise.Maybe raise it a little bit more but all good apart from that.
 

Clio_fool

ClioSport Club Member
I've done about 60 miles in the clio now. It took ages to figure out how to pair my phone with the Alpine hu so I don't have to put up with the radio only to discover one of the front speakers has died. It's started on the button every time and runs sweet and then when I got home yesterday...

🤔That doesn't sound right. So back in the garage you go.
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Seems my winter project for last year might be a winter project for next year 😂.
 

Clio_fool

ClioSport Club Member
Someone suggested the creak could be the steering rack bush needing some grease. With the suspension on its several swear words more difficult to remove the rack boot to get at the bush. I got it done eventually and all seemed well, for a day or two and then the creak returned. So the clio was retired again over Xmas until the return to work this week and the threat of snow. Creak remains and sounds like it's coming from the drivers side and annoyingly it doesn't happen when the cars jacked up with no weight on the wheels 🤔.
Today it sounded like the thing was falling apart and I was convinced whatever was making the noises was finally going to reveal itself. It sounded like a big stone hitting the windscreen, and then again and again, very odd. After another trip out the new noise was identified as the radio cracking through the speakers, I only listen to Spotify and when the satnav interrupts the music it occasionally creates the noise. Seems like the old alpine hu could be on its way out. I never liked that crappy thing anyway. I might just start driving with my headphones on and ignore all the noises for a while😂. The centre caps were easy to fit at least 👍.
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