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Project: White-Clio, 172 Conversion + Respray.



stevo172-RWD

ClioSport Club Member
  clio 172 rwd
just for the record a 172/182 turbo @260bhp will be about the same as a v6 upto 90mph
then will pull away after upto 140.
i had ago at clarkie v6 on an airfield meet.
was very close tho i must say.
i was using 17s tho which did not help.
and little did i know he had 50bhp of nitrous to help!
at the time mine was running 9psi.
 
  White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Any progress on the car?

Been looking forward to seeing the body-kit on, and sprayed up :)

Just contacted the Bodyshop to see the progress and apparently the front bumper has been shaped to fit the car now and all bodged up and now it's being sprayed. Same with 1 of the doors. Got 1 door left, the Dashboard & the mirrors to finish then shes ready to hit the road.

Sorry for the lack of updates I've had a really shitty start to 2009, My 4 year relationship ended and I got sacked from work lmao. On the plus side I have a hell of a lot of time to put in to the car now.
 
Not keen on the kit, but top marks for being different! There are some amount of bellends on here.. Least you have the guts to try something, rather than being one of the turini brigade.
 
  White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Update Time:

Well it's been an...eventful start to 2009 to say the least. None the less it's time for an update and the bodyshop have been getting stuck into the car. There's not long to go till this thing should be out on the roads and ready to drive :).

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One of the door's has been flushed and fitted now;

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But the other side still needs to be done;

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The bodykit for the front has almost been finished, it has been cut to fit the arches and reshaped to fit. It's just held on with tape at the moment to get a rough idea as we need to fit the headlights first. These need to be wired in and I need the actual connector's. So if anyone has the connectors to fit the HB3 and the rest of the headlights from the 172 ph1 please let me know a price and I will buy them.

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Lastly the screen has been flushed into the dashboard and painted :)

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  Elise S1 B&C 140
First time ive seen this, really good project fair play to you. Front bumper is not my cuppa but really nice motor.
 

RDH

ClioSport Club Member
Front bumper is awful but each to their own. Good project mate, would have rather spent the money on the 172 but like you've said you'd already started this car. Not keen on the badge positiong on the boot lid.
 

Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
Your sport badge looks on the piss mate. I'd put it a bit further down, but hey ho.

Loving the dedication and the thread though. :)
 
  Coiley'd Clio PH2
Looks really good mate, loads of work gone into that.
Woulda got rid of the number light though.
Really good job on the body work though, nicely done.

What you doing with the heating for the car? (the centre console)
 
  White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Looks really good mate, loads of work gone into that.
Woulda got rid of the number light though.
Really good job on the body work though, nicely done.

What you doing with the heating for the car? (the centre console)

it's all staying, everything on the console will remain OEM except the screen.

My apologies but I simpy do not have enough time to reply to everybodys comments, but thanks to everyone for the nice comments. Keep em coming.
 
  Ph2 172
Nicky mate, suprised to see you on here! Glyn's alright like. What a belter what the hell you doing on here ;)?

I sold my Honda S2000 and bought a Ph2 172. Just using it as a beater through the winter months. Going to go for a supercharged/turbo S2000 or an Evo 8 MR next I think.

Your RN is looking good! Which bodyshop are you using?
 
  White Clio 1.2 @ 172
I sold my Honda S2000 and bought a Ph2 172. Just using it as a beater through the winter months. Going to go for a supercharged/turbo S2000 or an Evo 8 MR next I think.

Your RN is looking good! Which bodyshop are you using?

It's a bodyshop in Walkergate called Parkside, but the guy who's doing it doesn't work for them, he rents a portion of the bodyshop.

Glad to see you have a nice car ;)

You will have to take me out in you're 172 sometime or go on a cruise if I get mine back soon.
 
  White Clio 1.2 @ 172
Update:

Other door has been flushed, sprayed and attatched to the car. I have also wired the headlight's in, which were a pain in the perverbial.

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Update Time:

Well it's been an...eventful start to 2009 to say the least. None the less it's time for an update and the bodyshop have been getting stuck into the car. There's not long to go till this thing should be out on the roads and ready to drive :).

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Where do you plan on fitting the reg plate? As I have something similar in mind.
 
  Turbos.
I admire your work and your acceptance of criticism, but nevertheless i'm not keen.

The front bumper is very angular, whilst the rest of the front is rounded. Not to mention that it is epically out of proportion! I think if you reverted to a 172 front then it would improve the whole car ten fold.
 
  Clio mk1 rally :P
not keen on front bumper bit too big
but other wise good job!

the RS logos look abit out of place on the rear tho
 
  Coiley'd Clio PH2
You should try and find some decent front lights with a black surround, looks really good in this pic.

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  E92 M3
i ahte the bodykit mate it looks mint from the back just needs rs skirts and a rs bumper it would ov looked much better

needs black wheels as well
 
  White Clio 1.2 @ 172
You should try and find some decent front lights with a black surround, looks really good in this pic.

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Yeh, that's a very good point, I could take apart those lights and have the surrounds sprayed black.

Where do you plan on fitting the reg plate? As I have something similar in mind.

Not a clue mate, I need to order the registration plate yet.
 
  White Clio 1.2 @ 172
i ahte the bodykit mate it looks mint from the back just needs rs skirts and a rs bumper it would ov looked much better

needs black wheels as well

well tbh, if i had wanted to fit rs skirts and rs bumper then I would of done that...not to sound condiscending but I have those parts in the house from the 172 crash damaged car I bought, If I did that then the car wouldn't be any different from the other 172's on the site. There are other white clio's on cliosport.net and I haven't just done this 'to be different'. I've done it cause I like it. I appreciate not everyone likes it etc but I didn't do it to please other people.

besides it's all been sprayed and finished I would have to pay a fortune to change anything now, not that I want to.
 


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