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  White ds3
thaught id write a progress thread to show people what iv done so far and whats to come etc.
I baught it in June 2008, it has all the cup packs and is on 32k miles. I instantly wanted it lowered once i ahd bought, so after playing around with the idea of springs and not being able to decide what height i wanted it, i decided to go for fully gaz adjustable coilovers instead.
After getting one of the boys to fit them i decided on lowering it about -50mm

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it stayed like that for a couple of months untill i decided on geting a new exhaust. I went for a pro-speed cat back and new exhaust hangers because the old 1's were fooked
old one:


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pro-speed fitted:

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also had a new 197 rear badge

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next up was to get huw pugh to work his magic and get rid of all the swirles and defects

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all done

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mr dent was then phoned to remove a couple of parking dings,i would highly recomend this guy.

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then came some carbon fibre dash strips, gear nob insert and steering wheel insert

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then came the biggest changes. I had the original 182 wheels refurbed gloss black along with all the badges. Also while the tyres were off, I decided to get 4 new toyo proxie t1r's. also lowered it another 10-15mm.
I was very unsure at first but slowly grew on me and now i love them.

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After waiting a long time for the right set to come up i finally got my hands on a set of trophy recaro's which came out of a clio only on 19k

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one in

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coparison old vs new

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After hours of messing with subframes i finally got both in

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by this point id baught a maxogen it wasnt worth the £360 in my opinion so was sold shorlty after

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i caught my matt carbon fibre spliter no2 on a curb at work,
i know its only a small crack but it grew and annoyed me

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and the new gloss carbon fibre 1 not the best pic but you get the idea

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then at xmas the misses got me my new plate. had some smaller 1's made up by fancy plates.com so it fits in the recess better

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i got board of the black badges they looked cluttery and too much going on. so off they came

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and my brand new 1's

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after having just gloss black ones, then carbon fibre ones these are my current ones untill i get board lol

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the new toe eye turned up not to sure if i like it yet :?

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did this a while ago, its a citroen gt areal i think it fits quite well compared to the standard 2 foot long 1 that came with it

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and this is, as it stands today

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there is more but i will add as i remember and find piks etc :D

thanx
 
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  182
:star:Looks amazing mate, really lovely clean car, envy those recaros, really wish had some in mine:(.

Anything done performance way or just exhaust so far?
 
Looks superb!
Out of interest how much did the wheel refurb cost? Mine are currently done in graphite, but curbed to fook!
 
  White ds3
its quiet now but i going back there the wk after nxt to have the centre cilancer taken out :cool: will get vids then gona be stupid loud lol
 

JB

  RB 182 Cup
Nice RB! Black 182 wheels look v. nice.

I'd like to know where you get the dash strips from as well :)
 

Gaz85

ClioSport Club Member
  330e, golf r, EP3 s4
this is one of my fav clios on here simple yet so effective! rb and gloss back goes so well!
 
  182
Think the JMS works package and cams would be good start! Its what i after when i get a chance!

Where did you get the decals for the interior carbon bits?
 

DB.

  BMW 440i
Looks great mate.

RB = Awesomeness.

I love the light blue look when the sun catches it perfectly!
 

ForceIndia

ClioSport Club Member
  Gentlemans spec 200
Lovely. Simple but effective changes, probably my favourite RB now. The black works so well.
 
  White ds3
well had my new tyres through today from blackcircles.com theyr so quik on delivery
anyway just went for the same toyo t1rs

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