Project #69; Clio 182FF

[Lordman]

I ordered this the other day and it came this morning, its the wrong fitment, this is actually the right one by the looks of it...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-C...hicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e7693e097&_uhb=1

How do i go on about returning it/exchanging it for the correct one)?

Thanks

Ohh bugger!!!

Sorry Tom, I think that this may have been a quick link my apologies

I would imagine the chap would be happy to exchange it though, it says he has a 30 day return policy

 

[Lordman]

Love this car - great pics above

Thanks mate

 

[Lordman]

Sunday 10th February: Cheltenham ClioSport Meeting :clap:

Attendee's:
1. Lordman
2. Cazzy
3. Mr Bean
4. Carlv8415
5. Tom3006
6. Turner24
7. Lee P
8. Jones88

The Schedule:
Meet at Waitrose, Cheltenham for 11am, grab something to eat at Nando's and then drive to Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

Unfortunately the weather turn on us which was a shame as the turn out was actually very good
Photo's were taken but due to the weather were disappointing, rain kept getting on the lens and the wind was unbearable. Minimal time was spent setting up the shot therefore it was inevitable I wouldn't get a decent photo

Cheltenham shots:

Chepstow (Severn Bridge) shots:

The Welsh representative for Pontypool: Tom Jones, Doing you proud with "My spider sense is tingling me"

My car on the slipway, and my car only!

Everyone else decided against this due to the rain dripping onto those slippery cobbles!
Although I believe it had something to do with the lack of belief in what the FWD system the clio had/has to offer.
They weren't to keen on the possibility that they may lose them to the seabed

While doing so I had plenty of support from the chaps, as im sure you can imagine Basterds!!!
The best one was "move your car mate, there's a bomb"

After I moved my car and laughed in their faces "Is that the best you can come up with 'There's a bomb' you'll have to do better than that"

There genuinely was a bomb/sea mine, LOL!

Subsequently two chaps were sent down in high visibility jackets carrying a metal rod and a hammer to go check out the situation!
Ooohh and rubber gloves, can forget the rubber gloves :rasp:

Looking at the photo I would imagine he had plenty of distance to avoid harm from the explosion

Group shot:

Finally we had a group shot, which again wasn't a great photo but it wasn't bad considering the lack of preparation time.

All in all it was a very good meet, the only things I would have like to have seen/had would have been:

• Better weather
• A better camera
• And that Carl brings his own f**king car next time!

 

[Reynolds]

This is awesome, its seeing all the little dirty bits underneath things washed that really gets me hard.

looking to grab a 182 in the next few months! I was always after a racing blue one but after reading this i think it might have to be an arctic!

really nice car mate, read this start to finish, never comment on this forum but am a regular over on 106 rallye register, think this may even be my first post so congrats.

keep it up i want to see some performance mods!

 

[Mr Plums]

Ohh bugger!!!

Sorry Tom, I think that this may have been a quick link my apologies

I would imagine the chap would be happy to exchange it though, it says he has a 30 day return policy

Its fine mate no worries

He contacted me back and said its fine, i have posted his back today, i just had to pay for the new one posting but thats not a bank breaker

 

[SouT15]

Great read mate. Took me about 2 hours to get through it lol.
first bit of decent weather here yesterday since I bought my 182.
Cleaned up alright but threads like this make me realise I need to dust off the old Meguiars collection and get to work with some proper detailing!

 

[Lordman]

This is awesome, its seeing all the little dirty bits underneath things washed that really gets me hard.

looking to grab a 182 in the next few months! I was always after a racing blue one but after reading this i think it might have to be an arctic!

really nice car mate, read this start to finish, never comment on this forum but am a regular over on 106 rallye register, think this may even be my first post so congrats.

keep it up i want to see some performance mods!

Great to know that stuff 'gets you hard' , havent really started on the detailing really so still a lot to come, especially within the engine bay.

Glad to hear that its had an impact on your choice, its good to hear people are enjoying the read :approve:

Regarding the 'Performance mods', I haven't been able to proceed with them due to my rep still being in the garage (nice £3k just sitting around an doing nothing).
Currently I do have plans to buy a RS192 exhaust but that is actually pending on a minumum of 10 orders on a group buy, so not much luck there either :rasp:

I'll keep you posted mate

 

[Lordman]

Its fine mate no worries

He contacted me back and said its fine, i have posted his back today, i just had to pay for the new one posting but thats not a bank breaker

Mmmm, his listing actually says it fits all clio models 1996 -2006 :S

Does this not make it his fault?

 

[Lordman]

So a few months back replaced the factory head unit and forgot to post about it :S

Initially I didn't really want to get rid of the stock unit as I really like the OEM look.

Annoyingly my Clio had the Cabasse head unit with the aux connection and the 6 CD Changer which didn't really help my decision as I would loose these both.
Although this was the case I really needed a AIO unit with Sat-Nav, Bluetooth preparation and iPod connectivity.

The head unit I settled for was a Parrot Asteriod, the choice came down purely down to the functionality as I don't think I have seen a single DIN unit with quite so many features, and the fact I got it half price may have had something to do with it also


Keypoints:

• Bluetooth Preparation with a Dual noise cancellation Microphone
• 3x USB's, 1x iPod connectivity and Line in
• 3G Connectivity (i.e Apps)
• Bluetooth Streaming
• GPS
• Voice Recognition
• Voice to Text (TextFriendly)

The unit doesn't actually have Sat-Nav as such but there are built in are apps which use its GPS function.
Wikango HD (Speed camera detection) and Google maps are some of the apps which use GPS. Unfortunately the Google Maps app only supports next turn direction, meaning I have to press next to get the next text instruction (no voice).

The device is powered by android and is simply the mobile phone OS but slimed down.
Because of this its easy to port apps off of the android store. With me needing Sat-Nav I went about porting 'Navigon'.
I now have a fully functional Sat-Nav with turn by turn and lane guidance.


Here are some of the installation pictures (i.e. wiring the connectors through the glovebox and microphone through the headlining):

Before:

During:

After:

 

[Justin BBP]

Awesome mate!

This thread has been a great read.

Will hitting eBay for new LED bulbs later

 

[Lordman]

A nice clean car and nothing to do during an afternoon ..... What happens when you get your hands on a decent camera?

 

[Kitson93]

One word... Stunning!

Read this whole thread, what you have done is amazing. Just looks factory fresh! Keep it up, want to see plenty more :approve:

 

[Lordman]

One word... Stunning!

Read this whole thread, what you have done is amazing. Just looks factory fresh! Keep it up, want to see plenty more :approve:

Thanks mate

A few bits to do on the body like the front bumper and the rear arches (as they have stone chips) and then it will be

Lots to do under the hood yet so yes keep an eye out!

 

[Stefan.]

You already know what i think of your car, keep up the good work

 

[chrisazzy]

Lovely car mate

Anymore plans for it? Lowering?

 

[Mr Plums]

Those pics are great mate, i need to get a decent camera, i keep saying it but i do, my phone just doesnt show how clean my car is haha.

 

[Lordman]

Lovely car mate

Anymore plans for it? Lowering?

I may consider lowering it, the back looks to high for my liking, I think it needs to be level

 

[Lordman]

Those pics are great mate, i need to get a decent camera, i keep saying it but i do, my phone just doesnt show how clean my car is haha.

Cheers buddy, noooo that's far enough you don't need to get a good camera

I'm genuinely starting to dislike you already your cars looking better than mine now

 

[Lordman]

It’s been a while since I last updated as it either been raining or I've been busy prepping the rep for sale, so here we go.........

Plenty of bits to come over the next few days but here is something to keep you in suspense till then.

Most of you have been asking me "When are you going to do something under that hood" well......


About a month ago I started searching for an upper and lower inlet on the forum, as you do

Now obviously I already had an inlet which was on the car however the condition of the surface had seen better days. I wanted to keep the original in case I ever sold the car so I was ideally looking for something relatively clean so that I could spray a light silver powder coat over to give my engine bay that 'wow factor'

I received a response with regards to my post. A chap which a few of you might of heard of..... James @Stone Automotive/JMS?
James had both the upper and lower inlet for a 182 which had been vapour blasted.

I put a cheeky offer in and asked him if he would he take £50 for them

To which I received the response: "Okay will let them go for £50, Not a penny less though as it cost me that for the vapour blast, let alone buying the inlets before hand!

I was over the moon as you could imagine and fair play to James he's absolutely brilliant getting back to you and such a nice chap. So many thanks James

These were looked at for just but a few minutes before I got it into my head that I wanted to polish them

I ordered in sandpaper and set about polishing them up as it was pretty much a case of 'how hard can it be'
As I later found out the answer from Mr.Bean on here, was very!!!!

For this part of the project the kitchen was the base of operations. It was nice and warm next to that AGA

Various grit range of sandpaper:

During:

3 hours in and not a lot of progress shown, but a lot of pain given...... You can just about make out that the first 2 pipes going to the main box are beginning to shine.

Down the timeline this emerged. Now I can't remember how long this took but it was definitely long than 24 hours, this definitely wasn't measured in time, but pain.
Never again will I attempt this, I'll pay someone to do it :quiet:


The Finished Product:

Next stage fitting, comments welcome

 

[mudmatt]

awesome thread mate, stunning

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

very nice... new RS badge on the back maybe?

 

[Lordman]

very nice... new RS badge on the back maybe?

Its a possibility I suppose, Im just thinking of de-badging it all together.

 

[Lordman]

Big update

So MOT time was approaching fast and realised I had left it a little late..... well to be honest I didn't realise the MOT was up in a week

Lots to do in so little time First up were the brakes, what a state they were!!!


Iv'e done it properly and Iv'e gone down the route of Brembo HC's and Ferodo 2500 (656)

The old discs:

Old pads:

All fitted:

 

[cazzy]

Is that dirt I see on your car haha

 

[Lordman]

Is that dirt I see on your car haha

Shh... the roads were mucky!!

 

[chrisazzy]

Think I saw you at cole avenue lights yesterday around 5:15pm.

 

[cazzy]

Shh... the roads were mucky!!

:headno: tut tut tut cant keep using that as a excuse :rofl:

 

[Lordman]

Think I saw you at cole avenue lights yesterday around 5:15pm.

Yeah that would be around the time I would have been coming home mate, so that would have been me

Didn't see you, where abouts were you?

 

[Lordman]

:headno: tut tut tut cant keep using that as a excuse :rofl:

Sorry!!!! how else is it going to get dirty :lolup:?

 

[chrisazzy]

I was on my way home into Quedgeley but in my work van. Car looked clean.

 

[Lordman]

I was on my way home into Quedgeley but in my work van. Car looked clean.

Ahh ok, yet to bump into you in the clio mind Ahaha they always do at a distance mate

 

[Lordman]

Moving on to the Exhaust....... FINALLY!!!

The car was still on its original exhaust from factory, the previous owner who was on here actually said he had lost track on how may times it had been bodged together again
But in all fairness it hasn't done bad at all for 8 Years.

This is what it sounded like, the back boxes were blowing a little but gave it a good rasp for stock
(Apologies for the s**te video quality and lighting)

 

[Lordman]

Then a couple of weeks later I planned to go out and never got to where I was going because this happened

A Video on how awesome the sound was....



This was by no mean practical as you couldn't hear the stereo and it made your ears bleed, however people pulled over with fear, no matter what lane you were in

I had to make do until the weekend to get this fixed... In the meantime I decided to go and purchase some earplugs from Sainsbury's on my lunchbreak (Best purchase I have ever made)
Leaving Sainsbury's was rather interesting as there were a lot more people around and noticed it stopped people mid conversation

 

[Lordman]

MOT Time @ Renault Oxford

With my favourite Renault Technician: Technician Randell (Mr Bean), well at least thats what I tell him

A shiny new clamp to get me through MOT...... as mine fell off

On the ramps, ready for a PASS :lolup:

As I suspected it passed with flying colours ... Moving on

.....and back into the workshop

It seemed a waste of a journey not to use the workshop while I had it. I bought a few bits which I kept quiet about

Scorpion 192 Exhaust with Decat:

Rear Discs:

Rear Pads:

Back to the Workshop!!
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So the last couple of months have been a little rattly/tappity which would be due to my heatshield breaking away from the washers and bolts
The extent of the damage to both the heatsheild and exhaust .......

To be continued......

 

[Mr Plums]

Nice mate, get some vids up of the exhaust when its on

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Looking good mate.

 

[Lordman]

Nice mate, get some vids up of the exhaust when its on

Thanks buddy yeah will do, will try and get some for you guys, before and after the decat

 

[Lordman]

Looking good mate.

Thanks mate, more to come as you know

 

[Shake n Bake]

Just bought the same car, same colour. Just joined the forum and looking forward to making a start at attacking it using this thread for reference, so many tiny details making such a big difference! Looking good!

 

[Lordman]

​Resuming where we left off......


The new rear discs fitted :

The process of fitting the RS192 begins.....

As the heat shield wasn't really salvageable a new heat shield supplied to me at the cost of £50, which is well worth the money and is a genuine 'quality' Renault part!

Decided to go down the route of fitting powerflex mounts with good old cable ties:

30 Minutes of brute force and swearing and this is what the final product looked like,
(Didn't think 30 minutes was too bad if i'm honest, the vice defiantly made it easier and I would recommend using one if you ever go about doing this)

Test fitting the exhaust with my exhaust mounts

After some twisting and turning I finally got it positioned where it looked great, I was happy enough to say 'Perfect' ........ and ripped the cardboard off :approve:

More to come, but until then stay classy ClioSport community.... and thanks for stopping by..... but mainly stay classy!!