Ph2 172 cup project clean up

David James · Mar 1, 2017

Hi guys
I thought I would start a project thread to keep progress on my 172 cup.
Now I bought the car of a cliosport.net member and my BROTHER so I know the car very well.
So the story goes my bro doesn't know about contraception and is now expecting his 3rd child so he needs a bigger car.
Being flat out broke he couldn't spend any money on bringing the car up to scratch to sell, I quite fancied a clio for a while and while I'm doing loads of work to my m3 it would make sense to use it as a stop gap fun weekend car.

Anyhow I bought the car for 2k which I thought was a fair price given the mileage and what needs to be done.
Spec of the car is pretty good
Front suspension
- Pure motorsport top mounts
- Pure motorsport strutbrace
- Eibach camber bolts
- Gas gha coilovers
- Powerflex wishbone bushes
- brembo hc discs
Rear
- whiteline arb
- Gaz gha shock and spring
Engine
- powerflex dog bone mount
- ktr imitation induction kit
- unknown cat back under bumper
- rs tuner 98 Ron map
Exterior
- cabre Eros black alloys 15" 7j
et 30 - toyo t1r 195/50/15
- black badges
- 172 cup rear wiper blank
- 172 cup custom bullets

The car has 53k on the clock and two owners with full service history mainly by Fred including belts and dephaser pulley but that was 5 years ago so needs it again now, even though it's done less that 20k

The car is / still is filthy!! I mean disgusting.
So 2 grand down and a list of stuff to do I tried to clean it today and see what needs doing.

Here it is filthy

So as you can see it's pretty filthy
And needs a fair few jobs doing and parts are already on there way

Here is what the car looks like clean about a year ago- front splitter has gone but I'm hopefully going to get one soon as it looks really good.

Next update will hopefully see some tlc done on the Clio

David James · Mar 4, 2017

Hi
Only a small update today
Decided to add some small stickers to try and break up the blue.
Car is still dirty but it was raining.
Just some engine cover stickers as like the yellow against the blue

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I also replaced the thumb grips on the steering wheel as they where terrible and spoiled the drive.
Looks much smarter now and not a expensive job
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David James · Mar 4, 2017

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imprezaworks · Mar 4, 2017

Got to be honest not a massive fan of the stickers. Car looks good though

Louis · Mar 5, 2017

Looks a good base for a project. I'd have to agree with @imprezaworks please remove the stickers haha.
IMHO it needs:
Smaller front plain number plate,
Rear plain number plate
Chrome badges back on,
A thorough clean,
Remove the rear dewiper sticker,
Spacers on the wheel,
Change centre caps on wheels,
Clean it again,
Small aerial.

Cheap easy mods that improve it sooooo much. Looking forward to updates.

David James · Mar 5, 2017

I quite like the stickers so there staying
The dewiper blank is airbrushed by sprayshack so staying for now.

I think I will get new wheels as not keen on them and a dam good clean and wax

cs_dave · Mar 5, 2017

Have to agree with the stickers the renault f1 would be ones to look at if you want stickers but hey its your car do what pleases you. Needs turinis really. Give it a good clean then see where you stand.

David James · Mar 5, 2017

The main issues are that everyone has f1 stickers and turinis
I like turinis but there are lots of different options.
I'm siding on some chunky 5 spokes in a grey colour

David James · Mar 5, 2017

Hi
Was trying to kill a bit of time at the inlaws so gave the car a quick wash in between the rain showers.
Very much needed. Once I have time at home I will give it a proper wash, clay, polish and wax.
Also got the rear diamond cover off but need some tools to prise the front one off

David James · Mar 5, 2017

David James · Mar 11, 2017

Had a hour free today so carried on with a few jobs.
Removed the flapping panel on the tailgate which was held on by one screw and got some clips.
My brother left it like that for two years!
Much better now and cost under £3

David James · Mar 11, 2017

Hi
Decided to fit a race battery I had sitting around for my m3 and thought it made sense to put it in the Clio.
Standard battery isn't heavy but not 5kg like my race battery. Also I wanted the room so I could put my oil catch tank up front.

As you can see it's very tight on space
Induction kit filter is all squashed and starting to split.

New battery on and routed a new earth cable. Moved the earth over and heat shrink wrapped to stop contact and will get covers asap.
Then fitted a 2litre catch tank
Need a longer hose and two little brackets made but easy stuff just ran out of time.
Atleast I found space for the tank,Lost some weight upfront, retained the battery upfront and my air filter isn't so squashed and has air all around it.
Il be getting a new filter soon though as although the Ramair isn't split through it's past it's best.

David James · Apr 16, 2017

Had a little tidy up of the intake and battery area
Painted the alloy pipe in engine enamel black which looks much better , also I got a new air filter as the RAMAIR filter was knackered.

And now after,
Sounds even better with this filter on too!
The oil catch tank is almost ready too

imprezaworks · Apr 16, 2017

What's the filter

David James · Apr 16, 2017

Pretty good for the money. Far better made than the ramair and seen big names of the same quality

imprezaworks · Apr 16, 2017

Bargain lol

David James · Apr 16, 2017

Well it does the job and looks ok. Not flashy but does what I want it to do

dann2707 · Apr 17, 2017

Louis' said:
Looks a good base for a project. I'd have to agree with @imprezaworks please remove the stickers haha.
IMHO it needs:
Smaller front plain number plate,
Rear plain number plate
Chrome badges back on,
A thorough clean,
Remove the rear dewiper sticker,
Spacers on the wheel,
Change centre caps on wheels,
Clean it again,
Small aerial.

Cheap easy mods that improve it sooooo much. Looking forward to updates.

Jesus Louis haha

Louis · Apr 17, 2017

dann2707 said:
Jesus Louis haha

Hahaha I don't even remember writing that list for him. It's just everything I've done at the beginning pretty much

David James · Apr 17, 2017

It's ok I know what I want too do with it and the stickers are staying.
The bullets and rear wiper blank will be removed soon as the bullets are cracking and the rear blank is warped

dann2707 · Apr 17, 2017

Louis' said:
Hahaha I don't even remember writing that list for him. It's just everything I've done at the beginning pretty much

Too many vks my friend.

Louis · Apr 17, 2017

Camels finest.

David James · Apr 22, 2017

Hi
Thought I best give the old girl a better clean up as the last owner(my brother) hadn't cleaned it in years!
Snow foam, clean, speed glaze and wax it came up nicely

Got rid of the huge ugly Ariel they put in these and got a tiny bee sting Ariel for £3 and it looks pukka
Nice beading shot too

Got a parcel shelf for the cup too. Looks much better with it in and hopefully reduce the noise in the cabin from the bloody loud exhaust it currently has fitted.

dann2707 · Apr 23, 2017

That looks so good mate

David James · Apr 23, 2017

Cheers mate

cs_dave · Apr 23, 2017

@David James what battery are you using there and OK for daily use?

David James · Apr 23, 2017

It's a deep cycle cell battery. I only use the car at weekends so left all week and seams fine , have one in my m3 and starts it with ease.
Weight is 6kg so quite light but has screw terminals so you have to change that about.

David James · Jun 7, 2017

Update

Done some more interior upgrades
First up was to try and deal with the nasty steering wheel. Now the obvious choice would be to put a aftermarket one in but I wanted to keep the airbag to protect my pretty face.
The thumb grips there dead like horrible to drive.

so I bought some carbon fibre ones of a member on here.

I'm sure you can tell by the pictures they don't fit well and felt crap and actually very heavy! I had a spare set of rubber grips which felt better so I tested them out

And decided to go with the rubber ones and the little carbon trim at the bottom of the wheel

Steering wheel now feeling much nicer

David James · Jun 7, 2017

Next update
More interior stuff
I decided to fit some recliner seats I had bought for my M3 but changed my mind so had them sitting around and the cup seats where hard to slide and felt loose on the mech so I bought some sparco seat bases and tried these out
From these barely bolted down I.e only two nuts holding the passenger seat in when I went to unbolt them!