Hi guys thought I'd put together a project thread for my Clio.
This is my second phase two 172 my first being a Monaco with pink wheels... People may remember that little beauty (I think the project thread is still on here haha)
I bought this standard car at the beginning of the year with pretty low mileage 72k at what I thought was a good price She's not perfect by no means the body work has the odd ding. I think the previous owner used the bumper as parking sensors! It only had a couple of months left on both its tax and MOT but I thought it was worth the risk...
Unfortunately the MOT pulled up quite a few issues and I ended up replacing the front and rear discs and pads aswel as the front and rear bearings and new tyres the bushes were also worn and so I decided to replace the wishbone, ARB, and the lower dogbone mount bush all with Powerflex items.
After that I continued with the handling upgrades and went for Koni dampers with Eibach Proline springs and KTR solid top mounts. aswel as H&R spacers (10mm front and rear) These with the poly bushes really are a great mod and the car drives really well and is not harsh at all.
The car has also had a K&N panel filter and a KTR sports stealth exhaust system fitted which I am looking to change as to my taste its far too quiet especially with the cat still there!
Most recently I replaced the engine mounts with the uprated KTR mounts as the engine was knocking and the the original mounts had long gone! I've also replaced the brake lines with Goodridge "phantom" lines along with ATE super blue brake fluid.
I've got plenty of plans for the old girl and I'd really like to do some track work next year. But i do want to keep her full weight and try and have a happy medium, as for the time being its my daily drive and I've owned stripped out cars before and for day to day it drives me mental!
This is my second phase two 172 my first being a Monaco with pink wheels... People may remember that little beauty (I think the project thread is still on here haha)
I bought this standard car at the beginning of the year with pretty low mileage 72k at what I thought was a good price She's not perfect by no means the body work has the odd ding. I think the previous owner used the bumper as parking sensors! It only had a couple of months left on both its tax and MOT but I thought it was worth the risk...
Unfortunately the MOT pulled up quite a few issues and I ended up replacing the front and rear discs and pads aswel as the front and rear bearings and new tyres the bushes were also worn and so I decided to replace the wishbone, ARB, and the lower dogbone mount bush all with Powerflex items.
After that I continued with the handling upgrades and went for Koni dampers with Eibach Proline springs and KTR solid top mounts. aswel as H&R spacers (10mm front and rear) These with the poly bushes really are a great mod and the car drives really well and is not harsh at all.
The car has also had a K&N panel filter and a KTR sports stealth exhaust system fitted which I am looking to change as to my taste its far too quiet especially with the cat still there!
Most recently I replaced the engine mounts with the uprated KTR mounts as the engine was knocking and the the original mounts had long gone! I've also replaced the brake lines with Goodridge "phantom" lines along with ATE super blue brake fluid.
I've got plenty of plans for the old girl and I'd really like to do some track work next year. But i do want to keep her full weight and try and have a happy medium, as for the time being its my daily drive and I've owned stripped out cars before and for day to day it drives me mental!
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