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Aw shucks, cheers babes x 
Took today off as a holiday from work and it turned out to be very nice weather, if anything slightly too warm to wash the car but I soildered on
It would seem that the pigeon kind of caused some damage, there was already a spot of paint that had lifted on the bumper but hadnt broken through, however washing the remains off of the pigeon caused this
bit annoyed about that but the front needs paint anyway, may just have to do it sooner than planned now.
Washed the whole car with Dodo Juice Born to be Mild and then detarred, clayed, SRP'd and 2 coats of wax using Petes 53 but so far only the roof, boot and rear bumper. Ran out of QD for the clay but will get more soon and carry on doing a panel here and there. These pics really show how much the colour changes depending on the light.
Halfway through, bumper, glass and boot lock not done
and finished for the night
The eagle eyed among you will spot a change as well! Still really like it but the plate is a bit tatty now so it wont be staying for long, cost nothing to chuck it on though!
It would seem that the pigeon kind of caused some damage, there was already a spot of paint that had lifted on the bumper but hadnt broken through, however washing the remains off of the pigeon caused this
bit annoyed about that but the front needs paint anyway, may just have to do it sooner than planned now.
Washed the whole car with Dodo Juice Born to be Mild and then detarred, clayed, SRP'd and 2 coats of wax using Petes 53 but so far only the roof, boot and rear bumper. Ran out of QD for the clay but will get more soon and carry on doing a panel here and there. These pics really show how much the colour changes depending on the light.
Halfway through, bumper, glass and boot lock not done
and finished for the night
The eagle eyed among you will spot a change as well! Still really like it but the plate is a bit tatty now so it wont be staying for long, cost nothing to chuck it on though!
Apparently so! Last time I hit a pigeon in this I was overtaking someone, doing about 80 with the window down and it caught the back of the door. At least this time I didnt get covered in feathers!!
Bit more done today, front plate on
And I've decided to 'cup' the car. It is by no means going to become a stripped out track **** but I have decided to remove the interior tar apart from the roof. More bits will get done when I take the interior out at some point in the future.
Started like this
halfway through
and finished
Seats will be going back in within the next few weeks, mostly for FCS!
Also recently bought a wheel so thought I'd see what that is like
Before
After
Not quite what I was after tbh so took it off and back to standard, cant fully decide on a wheel, got an idea but its an expensive one!
Also took a few more pics out and about which can be found in this thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?639622-Half-of-the-Djw-Renaultsport-collection
But before those pics, and whilst it was still a bit dirty I took these pics too
Cheers
John
And I've decided to 'cup' the car. It is by no means going to become a stripped out track **** but I have decided to remove the interior tar apart from the roof. More bits will get done when I take the interior out at some point in the future.
Started like this
halfway through
and finished
Seats will be going back in within the next few weeks, mostly for FCS!
Also recently bought a wheel so thought I'd see what that is like
Before
After
Not quite what I was after tbh so took it off and back to standard, cant fully decide on a wheel, got an idea but its an expensive one!
Also took a few more pics out and about which can be found in this thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?639622-Half-of-the-Djw-Renaultsport-collection
But before those pics, and whilst it was still a bit dirty I took these pics too
Cheers
John
Id go for the omp as above. I've got one, and its lovely!
I've been thinking that one, or a leather trimmed sabelt or a leather oreca from ktec, still can't make up my mind! Have you got 300mm or 330mm?
Ive got the 300mm, the 330mm is probably a better choice. But the 300mm works for me. Think it was something like £67 new of ebay, which isnt bad either!
That is pretty cheap! Can you see any of the dials with that though?!
5 years to the day since I bought this first time round, now on just under 91000 miles, running 179bhp and flew its mot on sat should really update this with a few pics and what not later on
should really update this with a few pics and what not later on
I really am crap at keeping this up to date!
Since May we've continued to plod away at it, fixing, tweeking, once in a while washing it but mostly just driving it!
A few pics in order of how they happened.
Ended up going for a Sabelt wheel, iirc this is the one that came off Garys iceburg ph1 that is now Djw Daves other life partners daily.
Really like it but it is gonna need a retrim at some point in the not so distant future.
Then decided to get my wheels refurbed as Dave was also getting his done so we got a good deal. Or so I thought.
You can see why they needed refurbed, lacquer was peeling off all of them!
But the finish wasn't great and the centre caps were miles off
Still looking for new centre caps as when I took it all back and got a wheel redone and the caps repainted they melted them.
Whilst they were being redone I had been running around on a pair of winter wheels from my coupe on the back and 2 track wheels on the front, not only did it look gash the fronts were point worthy. .StevoC. is a legend though and let me borrow his willy wheels so I didnt get points and even let me use them up at Crail!
Where it ran 0.001 second slower than the best time it set before the manifold, decat and yozza. But that was with Dave driving on Michelins iirc rather than Toyos and he weighs a good 2 stone less than me. Any other excuses I think of then I'll let you know!!
Changed the washer jets to Citroen fan ones, gains tenths round Knockhill iirc
My rear exhaust hanger was beyond shagged so decided to do something about it, this may not looking pretty but its working well!
Also discovered the source of my knock on the rear nearside, a rear shock bush was done
and I figured that I bought those shocks, second hand, about 50000 miles ago and they didnt owe me much. So bought some off Stevo that have done approx 1500 miles and they'll last another 50k at least!
Been using my French plates at places like Knockhill, Crail etc and decided that whilst it wasn't worth buying new ones for that I may as well make them look a bit better for free
You can make out the difference here, the 4 hasnt been done yet
And the finished product
All done with an ancient Sharpie! Fails the 6" test but beyond that they look great, who is ever that close to a number plate anyway!
Yesterday I sanded down the silver wheels and Dave is gonna paint them so Ive got a matching set for Knockhill next weekend, pre sanded pic
And then washed both the 172 and 225. Light was fading and iphones dont make the best camera but here they are anyway
Many more pics after Knockhill to come next week
Cheers
John
Since May we've continued to plod away at it, fixing, tweeking, once in a while washing it but mostly just driving it!
A few pics in order of how they happened.
Ended up going for a Sabelt wheel, iirc this is the one that came off Garys iceburg ph1 that is now Djw Daves other life partners daily.
Really like it but it is gonna need a retrim at some point in the not so distant future.
Then decided to get my wheels refurbed as Dave was also getting his done so we got a good deal. Or so I thought.
You can see why they needed refurbed, lacquer was peeling off all of them!
But the finish wasn't great and the centre caps were miles off
Still looking for new centre caps as when I took it all back and got a wheel redone and the caps repainted they melted them.
Whilst they were being redone I had been running around on a pair of winter wheels from my coupe on the back and 2 track wheels on the front, not only did it look gash the fronts were point worthy. .StevoC. is a legend though and let me borrow his willy wheels so I didnt get points and even let me use them up at Crail!
Where it ran 0.001 second slower than the best time it set before the manifold, decat and yozza. But that was with Dave driving on Michelins iirc rather than Toyos and he weighs a good 2 stone less than me. Any other excuses I think of then I'll let you know!!
Changed the washer jets to Citroen fan ones, gains tenths round Knockhill iirc
My rear exhaust hanger was beyond shagged so decided to do something about it, this may not looking pretty but its working well!
Also discovered the source of my knock on the rear nearside, a rear shock bush was done
and I figured that I bought those shocks, second hand, about 50000 miles ago and they didnt owe me much. So bought some off Stevo that have done approx 1500 miles and they'll last another 50k at least!
Been using my French plates at places like Knockhill, Crail etc and decided that whilst it wasn't worth buying new ones for that I may as well make them look a bit better for free
You can make out the difference here, the 4 hasnt been done yet
And the finished product
All done with an ancient Sharpie! Fails the 6" test but beyond that they look great, who is ever that close to a number plate anyway!
Yesterday I sanded down the silver wheels and Dave is gonna paint them so Ive got a matching set for Knockhill next weekend, pre sanded pic
And then washed both the 172 and 225. Light was fading and iphones dont make the best camera but here they are anyway
Many more pics after Knockhill to come next week
Cheers
John
And 3 with its twin today, first time they've both been clean at the same time for possibly ever!
Both looking great
Cheers Jamie, you can see them both next weekend!
Well, Christmas is just around the corner.....
That's my old wheel? It's in some state!! Was nowhere near as bad as that.
Your F1's make Daves Turbines look awful.
Yeah I think it is, could be wrong, happened once or twice before. Bully.
Yeah I defo agree mate
Maybe this is yeecups old one and we swapped, its kinda hard to keep up even for us!
Daves is bluer than this one so a decent chance that we swapped, always been my intention to retrim it anyway
Few pics others took of my recent trip to Knockhill
And some videos
Cheers
John
And some videos
Cheers
John
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I like this car.
Cheers lads
Coops Mk1
ClioSport Club Member
Lots of Scrap...
Oh yeah so they are!
Probably. For now.
Midway through a wee project on this just now, decided to change to a ph2 dash and all plastics, not much to see at the moment as its still at the ph1.5 stage but its coming together nicely. And unsurprisingly it's bloody filthy on the outside, too much time spent working on other cars to clean them!
Good man! i loved it when i did mine, and its not hard either
Na just a bit time consuming that's all. So far the rear plastics are in, removed the belts whilst at it, front doorcards are in, having modded them for my 6.5" speakers and the new sun visors with the lights are in but not wired up.
Still need to remove the exhaust and heatshield so I can swap the handbrake lever over, remove the front seats and detar the floor, vax the black carpet and fit that and then fit the actual dash. Just doing it in little bits when got a few hours spare.
Planning on getting a couple of bits done in alcantara and respraying the grab handles, just sticking with the ph1 ones since all the wiring works and I like the silver.
Still need to remove the exhaust and heatshield so I can swap the handbrake lever over, remove the front seats and detar the floor, vax the black carpet and fit that and then fit the actual dash. Just doing it in little bits when got a few hours spare.
Planning on getting a couple of bits done in alcantara and respraying the grab handles, just sticking with the ph1 ones since all the wiring works and I like the silver.
Your doing it properly then!
I kept the ph1 door pulls and sun visors.
I pretty much just swapped the dash and front door cards . Looking forward to seeing it done,
I kept the ph1 door pulls and sun visors.
I pretty much just swapped the dash and front door cards . Looking forward to seeing it done,
