retrofitting aircon?

[dunganick]

recently got myself a new clio dci, however overlooked the aircon:dapprove:

so im woundering if its possible to retrofit air con in it?

Ive talked to a mecanic friend who said last time he checked it would be £1k +

Renault basically told me to sod off.

So any idea's guys?

cheers in advance,

NICK

 

[leon-and-vicky]

ive got an aircon pump off my 172 engine if your interested?only done 11k miles!

 

[dunganick]

ive got an aircon pump off my 172 engine if your interested?only done 11k miles!

question is how easy is it to fit and what else would i need.

renault told me i would need a new loom?

NICK

(cheers for offer, might be interested if its viable)

 

[BrianR]

Can be done, but you need a whole shed load of parts and you will need to change the heater unit.

There are Guys on here who have removed whole a/c systems to save weight so it might be worth a look in the For sale section or put an ad in the Wanted.

You will need to virtually strip the car to do it though.

 

[matt__f]

For the amount of money it will cost and the time it will take it would be far easier to buy a car with air con.

 

[RichMcc]

Ive got the aircon pump, pipes bar 1, brackets etc lol
Sold the rad already

 

[edde]

Sell the cr and buy one with air con its much much silier.

I wounldn't even both starting to look into it.

Easiest way is to get a DCI which has has a crash with aircon and swop all the looms UCH ECU engine etc. but thats a silly thing to do.

 

[homer simpson]

you are looking at quite a bit of cash for that most refrigeration engineers will not touch it with a barge pole and so will most garages you would be beter of buying a new car .
it would be the hole dashboard out heater matrix and lots of work under the bonnet and loads of wiring

 

[RichMcc]