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TTRS & V50
Its been a long time. Glad the front bumper has gone to pot.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
sorry guys, progress is going really really slow with the Clio, I've got myself another Clio as a run around for the moment and I finally got rid of my donor car so lmao, at one point in time I owned 4 cars 3 of them were clios!
anyway I went down today to see the progress with the front bumper, I've told the guy im in no hurry for the car so hes pacing himself with it.
I gave him the photoshopped version and said make it look like this without the number plate being flushed or the air vents.
I finally got the sub installs sprayed up how I wanted them and did a quick trial fit to see how it looked. I've relocated the battery to the boot and ran 0AWG wire from front to back, upgraded the alternator to 4AWG wire and ran some new earthing points on 4AWG with a main 0AWG ground.
I need to figure some wiring to ensure that the second battery in the boot is the one running all the equipment and it remains isolated from the door popper/starter battery but gets charged when the alternators on.
Anyway enough talk here's the pictures of the small progress. I should have some semi proffesional shots in the next few weeks when the car arrives @ my mums.
I also wanted to ask someone with experience for the process of changing this over, I've sent the paperwork to the DVLA and had it changed to white/F4R engine, sent off the new VIN or VIC whichever it was as well, But im not sure if i need a SVA test, the insurance company seem happy to take my word for it and the TAX office keep saying they dont want to know about it :/. I can't find a straight answer from VOSA or from DVLA. any clarification for the SVA/Retax classification/Insurance would be excellent!
Here's the pics i keep promising;
Undearneath the false floor is all the equipment, a Mini ITX pc in a small form factor case running an EPIA M Motherboard and a PSU specially designed for car applications, none of this DC-AC-DC, just DC@14/15v down to DC12&5V.
The DVR which takes 4 BNC inputs and has 1BNC output, all the ports have a BNC-Composite converter and the IR sensor has been relocated to the front of the car from the boot to ensure the remote works from the front.
1 Amplifier, at the moment just a pathetic JL e1250 running the 2 subs, but in time this is getting replacex with a JL 1000/1 and 2x some sort of 400x4 for the front door cars which hold 4 6inch midrange speakers. Again im more than likely going to go for something in the JL audio range as I've got prior equipment from them and been really happy with it.
Over the last few weeks ive been running all the wiring through the car for all the custom looms, I've ran wiring to the back rear quater cards to put in USB points into the cup holders, My idea is to adapt these to take Xbox 360 controllers and sit them inside there. I ran the wiring for my http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html ipac which takes switched inputs and converts them into keyboard signals via USB to the computer, this way I can program the front end which runs on the OS of the PC to accept these keypresses as shortcuts, in turn i can take something like a Sony RMX4S (rotary commander) and map the buttons on it to shortcuts on the front end of the carputer. All the wiring for that got ran a week ago and the switches (£15 each :O) arrived a few weeks back, I'm just busy flushing a new area into the dash to put the bank of switches for things like emergency lights, door lock and other tasks.
I'll keep you guys posted as soon as some more changes happen, I still need to order a replacement touch screen for the Lilliput (screen) as the original touch glass got damaged.
Ciao for now.
anyway I went down today to see the progress with the front bumper, I've told the guy im in no hurry for the car so hes pacing himself with it.
I gave him the photoshopped version and said make it look like this without the number plate being flushed or the air vents.
I finally got the sub installs sprayed up how I wanted them and did a quick trial fit to see how it looked. I've relocated the battery to the boot and ran 0AWG wire from front to back, upgraded the alternator to 4AWG wire and ran some new earthing points on 4AWG with a main 0AWG ground.
I need to figure some wiring to ensure that the second battery in the boot is the one running all the equipment and it remains isolated from the door popper/starter battery but gets charged when the alternators on.
Anyway enough talk here's the pictures of the small progress. I should have some semi proffesional shots in the next few weeks when the car arrives @ my mums.
I also wanted to ask someone with experience for the process of changing this over, I've sent the paperwork to the DVLA and had it changed to white/F4R engine, sent off the new VIN or VIC whichever it was as well, But im not sure if i need a SVA test, the insurance company seem happy to take my word for it and the TAX office keep saying they dont want to know about it :/. I can't find a straight answer from VOSA or from DVLA. any clarification for the SVA/Retax classification/Insurance would be excellent!
Here's the pics i keep promising;
Undearneath the false floor is all the equipment, a Mini ITX pc in a small form factor case running an EPIA M Motherboard and a PSU specially designed for car applications, none of this DC-AC-DC, just DC@14/15v down to DC12&5V.
The DVR which takes 4 BNC inputs and has 1BNC output, all the ports have a BNC-Composite converter and the IR sensor has been relocated to the front of the car from the boot to ensure the remote works from the front.
1 Amplifier, at the moment just a pathetic JL e1250 running the 2 subs, but in time this is getting replacex with a JL 1000/1 and 2x some sort of 400x4 for the front door cars which hold 4 6inch midrange speakers. Again im more than likely going to go for something in the JL audio range as I've got prior equipment from them and been really happy with it.
Over the last few weeks ive been running all the wiring through the car for all the custom looms, I've ran wiring to the back rear quater cards to put in USB points into the cup holders, My idea is to adapt these to take Xbox 360 controllers and sit them inside there. I ran the wiring for my http://www.ultimarc.com/ipac1.html ipac which takes switched inputs and converts them into keyboard signals via USB to the computer, this way I can program the front end which runs on the OS of the PC to accept these keypresses as shortcuts, in turn i can take something like a Sony RMX4S (rotary commander) and map the buttons on it to shortcuts on the front end of the carputer. All the wiring for that got ran a week ago and the switches (£15 each :O) arrived a few weeks back, I'm just busy flushing a new area into the dash to put the bank of switches for things like emergency lights, door lock and other tasks.
I'll keep you guys posted as soon as some more changes happen, I still need to order a replacement touch screen for the Lilliput (screen) as the original touch glass got damaged.
Ciao for now.
Clio 172 RS2
DAMN! White looks so good on a 172...
Did you fill in the licenseplate area on the rear?
Good luck with the ICE.
Did you fill in the licenseplate area on the rear?
Good luck with the ICE.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
I'm from Whitley bay originally but im now living in Shiremoor, I always see CS cars all the time round town. Soon it will be people spotting me though
Thanks, I did fill in the liscence plate area, but in some respects im now regretting that decision. It all depends on how it looks when the liscence plate goes back on.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Daz.
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 200 RS EDC
Personally I'd use a sticker type number plate for the rear rather than try and put on a normal one.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
are they even legal??
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
no the bodyshop hasnt even started it yet. im gunna head down there tomorrow to make sure progress is made.
Daz.
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 200 RS EDC
I thought so?
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Thanks, I had mentioned earlier that the alloys are going, im getting some sort of 16inch black lloys on it.
.....Or white, not really sure. When its all done i'll head up to the shop and put white/black against the car and decide then....unless anyone phancies shopping some white/black alloys on to it to see which ones look good???? *cough* hint *cough*
I get what your saying, it's not overdone with tasteless modifications that are just there for the sake of saying this component has been modded.
I've tried to keep it as subtle as possible and also keep it quite plain (euro style im lead to believe). obv without deep dish boolers.
Regards Dean.
Again thanks 2 everyone for all the constructive comments.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
So we headed off to the garage yesterday after work.
My friend gave me a lift down as the other Clio failed its MOT. We got all the parts and whilst at the scrapyard some thieving gypsys swiped my socket set!
To make matters worse we got home and changed the centre section (exhaust) of my other Clio to make it pass its MOT with no tools (cause those gypos stole it) finished it all off, pulled the handbrake and the cable snapped.
This was @ 4:55pm the day before it was due in for its MOT, so we got up really early raced around to get a new handbrake cable, got back fitted it all pulled the handbrake and the otherside f**king snapped!! argh!
so anyway I headed to the garage to start on parts of the wiring, I'm going to get some photos of the wiring up soon, theres an insane ammount of wiring going to the boot (you'll see in the diagram in a second)..... here's what we come out with;
and lastly this rather rough sketch I knocked up in PS to help me remember what wiring is going where. bear in mind theres a LOT missing from it, cause I just didnt have time to do it fully.
Enjoy
My friend gave me a lift down as the other Clio failed its MOT. We got all the parts and whilst at the scrapyard some thieving gypsys swiped my socket set!
To make matters worse we got home and changed the centre section (exhaust) of my other Clio to make it pass its MOT with no tools (cause those gypos stole it) finished it all off, pulled the handbrake and the cable snapped.
This was @ 4:55pm the day before it was due in for its MOT, so we got up really early raced around to get a new handbrake cable, got back fitted it all pulled the handbrake and the otherside f**king snapped!! argh!
so anyway I headed to the garage to start on parts of the wiring, I'm going to get some photos of the wiring up soon, theres an insane ammount of wiring going to the boot (you'll see in the diagram in a second)..... here's what we come out with;
and lastly this rather rough sketch I knocked up in PS to help me remember what wiring is going where. bear in mind theres a LOT missing from it, cause I just didnt have time to do it fully.
Enjoy
Vibed loooowww 1.poo
are those vibe deltabox linedrivers? everything is looking sharp mate, windows are are good, had to steal the relays outta my sisters a class flol.. shes away and will never know
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
are those vibe deltabox linedrivers? everything is looking sharp mate, windows are are good, had to steal the relays outta my sisters a class flol.. shes away and will never know
Excellent, Glad I could help mate
There kenwood's, My JL Audio subs were 10" so I just picked them up for the time being, the boxes were made to accomodate 12"s So im think 2x JL Audio 12W7V2 and 2x JL 1000/1V2's 
These things push 1000W RMS each happily all day long
Just wait until the pictures of the door cards get uploaded, they will blow you away!
Vibed loooowww 1.poo
Excellent, Glad I could help mate
These things push 1000W RMS each happily all day long
Just wait until the pictures of the door cards get uploaded, they will blow you away!
have a feeling im gonna be jealous about the doorcards then lol
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
That's them, picked them up off another Clio on the cheap, it would not have been my idea to put 4 speakers in but I just rollled with it cause I got them for a price I couldn't resist.
They are getting sprayed white to match the rest of the car.
I've been looking round for a good roll cage one that's not going to cause too much disruption to the back seats. im also looking for a polished front strut brace.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
No, It's bound to the car. its all been flushed to the car. Why would I even want to?
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
hmm i'll try that then!
that's the idea
I'll get some vids up when its done promiseThank you wait till the weekend, till I get the pictures of the wiring coming into the boot etc.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Without sounding rude, you posted this up a while back;
I can hardly see the skirts being out of your 'taste' , plus you said you did the bodywork yourself and work in a body shop so surely you know how much of a b**ch it would be to remove something that's been blended into the bodywork not that I'm even contemplating it at all.
Clio
hahaha...wow! well tbh i dont think the side skirts match the front or rear of your car and i think it needs something abit more subtle to match, but as they all say each to there own! i do know how much work it would be to remove the side skirt but tbh i wouldnt have put them on personally.
no offense intended, just my thoughts.
this is how mine now stands,
im sure you may not like it but i do, so thats all that matters.
Good luck with the project mate.
no offense intended, just my thoughts.
this is how mine now stands,
im sure you may not like it but i do, so thats all that matters.
Good luck with the project mate.
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
hahaha...wow! well tbh i dont think the side skirts match the front or rear of your car and i think it needs something abit more subtle to match, but as they all say each to there own! i do know how much work it would be to remove the side skirt but tbh i wouldnt have put them on personally.
no offense intended, just my thoughts.
this is how mine now stands,
im sure you may not like it but i do, so thats all that matters.
Good luck with the project mate.
no actually unlike a lot of other people on the forum, I can see potential in what your doing, I can see the end result and as long as your getting an awesome paint for it then it should look really good!
Vibed loooowww 1.poo
need to see the front man asap
haha mike owning the lad lol, your car changed since then. lmao
vibe line drivers are good for the money tbh i have 2. by any chance did you buy the sub enclousers of a guy called mark? reconise them and the door cards
removing skirts that are already blended aint as bad as u think tbh
hows the front end getting on
vibe line drivers are good for the money tbh i have 2. by any chance did you buy the sub enclousers of a guy called mark? reconise them and the door cards
removing skirts that are already blended aint as bad as u think tbh
hows the front end getting on
White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Yes Mark Nisbet, we used to go to the silverlink together back when he had his White Clio now hes got that 200SX Small World!! However Mark bought them off another lad called Sean who now drives a stripped R5 GT
that's where they came from though.
However he changed the install again to this;
http://www.bassmechanix.com/gallery.php?galleryName=sean_clio_2
before selling the car.
The front bumper hasn't had any work done to it yet, the guy @ the garage is just doing it in spare time, he thinks it's going to be done in the next few days though!
Small World!! However Mark bought them off another lad called Sean who now drives a stripped R5 GT
that's where they came from though.
However he changed the install again to this;
http://www.bassmechanix.com/gallery.php?galleryName=sean_clio_2
before selling the car.
The front bumper hasn't had any work done to it yet, the guy @ the garage is just doing it in spare time, he thinks it's going to be done in the next few days though!
Monaco
bit off topic but that guy^ has made a sweet website about a sweet car with horribly low res photos. doesn't do the car or website any justice
liking the project so far mate
