RS 200 Raider Stealth Grey #3/50

[glenn_adam_doble]

Looking good mate, nice to see someone else with a Raider looking after it properly

Thanks mate, have to put the effort in otherwise it will start to get tatty around the edges, which in turn makes you fall out with it

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Had a deep clean today, had all the wheels off washed the arches out, polished the calipers and interlagos's,

seeing as though i had the wheels of i test fitted some speedlines off my brothers LY200 and they just looked wrong, but I couldn't believe how light the speedlines are compared to the raider wheels

We tried the 18"s on jacks car and they looked brilliant, the 25mm spacers pushed them out on the front to much but they looked perfect at the back

Also wired the left rear fog light in, as Renault went to all the trouble of putting fittings and bulbs in, but didn't fancy running a wire across

 

[Clio-Ell]

I do like the Raider! How did you go about wiring in the NS fog light. Just a wire from the block on the OS to NS?

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

I do like the Raider! How did you go about wiring in the NS fog light. Just a wire from the block on the OS to NS?

Yeah thats correct mate, I just joined into the green wire on the OS using one of these and tucked the wire along the gap between the bumper and the boot to the NS to which there is a blank in the connector for the fog light I pulled the blank out and just exposed a 5mm of the copper and pushed it into the connector, there is no terminal in the connector for it but I just splayed the copper out a little and trimmed any excess so it didn't touch/short in any of the other terminals, very easy 10 minute job

 

[RS200Lew]

Thanks mate, have to put the effort in otherwise it will start to get tatty around the edges, which in turn makes you fall out with it

If you ever run out of the pre wax cleaner fluid, just use normal glass cleaner mate, has the same make up but without the heafty price tag Been using it for 6 months on mine now without no changes.

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

The tub of wax is huge should last me a long time, it's four times the size of the one I got with the car and I managed to make the minuscule amount I had left from the previous owner last a few months
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[viorel_cvf]

lovely car

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

lovely car

Thanks buddy

 

[Ged]

wish my dad bought my car wax and not socks... You pick your cars well, and this is my first post in months! I could lick your car...but it might damage the paint

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

wish my dad bought my car wax and not socks... You pick your cars well, and this is my first post in months! I could lick your car...but it might damage the paint

Haha well you need a decent pair of sock for your line of work, cheers mate, we just wait for the right ones to come up, haha knocked you out of hibernation did it

you could give it ago I've got plenty of wax to protect it first haha

 

[jonny157]

Passed you tonight Glenn near Shell garage near Thornaby industrial estate, I was in the black 265 - cracking looking car you've got there and plate looks good too

 

[Paul172sport]

I love these raiders so much. Look so purposeful and subtle.

Probably only 200 id consider. Love it.

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Passed you tonight Glenn near Shell garage near Thornaby industrial estate, I was in the black 265 - cracking looking car you've got there and plate looks good too

Cheers jonny, The 265 looked superb, very stealthy but unmissable at the same time, I saw it a mile off, think we both seen each other straight away

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

I love these raiders so much. Look so purposeful and subtle.

Probably only 200 id consider. Love it.

Cheers Paul

 

[jonny157]

Cheers jonny, The 265 looked superb, very stealthy but unmissable at the same time, I saw it a mile off, think we both seen each other straight away

Cheers Glenn, like you say spotted you coming off the roundabout - I've seen pics of your car on Meganesport when there was a meet in Redcar and wondered if I'd ever see your car around

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Cheers Glenn, like you say spotted you coming off the roundabout - I've seen pics of your car on Meganesport when there was a meet in Redcar and wondered if I'd ever see your car around

I'm on Meganesport simon must of put them on, im always going between Stockton and Redcar as i work up Preston Farm and my girlfriend lives in Stockton,

how long have you had the megane cant say i've seen it around before

 

[jonny157]

I'm on Meganesport simon must of put them on, im always going between Stockton and Redcar as i work up Preston Farm and my girlfriend lives in Stockton,

how long have you had the megane cant say i've seen it around before

Yeah it was Simon who put them on - I would've come to that meet in Redcar recently but couldn't make it. I've had the meg since February, I used to have a black r26. I had an early finish the night I saw you which is why I was around at that time

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Got the cleaning gear out again today, gave my new pot of wax ago aswell went on a treat so easy to work with, also fitted a Eibach pro kit, in dire need of some spacers now, but all prep'd for hartside tomorrow :smile:

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

​A couple of images from the recent hartside meet which was awesome, a big thanks to smoggy mark

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

​Small mod

the raider comes with red stitching on the steering wheel and as its cup packed, red calipers, but the sport mats are yellow so i decided to get the sharpie out and colour the stitching in which worked very well, and suit the car so much better than the yellow ones

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

well had a brilliant weekend at FCS, great to meet a few more faces, the show was a lot better than last year, i think the on site camping made it more social

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

also i am very impressed with the Swissvax Opaque Wax it is still beading/sheeting after 600 miles of road dirt, and the car still looks just washed



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[glenn_adam_doble]

Well the scorpion non res cat back came with sports cat managed to get it fitted in a couple of hours and it sounds brilliant love it all ready

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Treated the leather Recaros, as the where looking abit grubby, they came up well

Then I spent my Saturday night doing this
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[Inequality Street]

Treated the leather Recaros, as the where looking abit grubby, they came up well

Then I spent my Saturday night doing this

​Love the engine bay, how was it you did it?

 

[paulowen555]

I know you have only just got it. Do you have any problems with the alloys, seats or even the performance? The reason I'm asking is that I have 18/50 and had it since new and had only done 6,000 miles before the alloys started to corrode and the leather seat started to wear and now I have performance issues and it's only done 10,500 miles.

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

I know you have only just got it. Do you have any problems with the alloys, seats or even the performance? The reason I'm asking is that I have 18/50 and had it since new and had only done 6,000 miles before the alloys started to corrode and the leather seat started to wear and now I have performance issues and it's only done 10,500 miles.

Well I've nearly done 7k in it now,

I'm going to get the wheels refurbed due to the previous owner putting small kerb marks in them, they have been touched in for now and you can barley tell, they haven't corroded but, I've had that problem on a clio GT and got the full lot replaced by Renault as they couldn't match the paint,

The seats are still mint I'm very carful with the seats as I wear jeans every day for work, but there is no signs of wear, I also regularly use leather cleaner on them to keep them supple,

And as for performance, I have a flat spot but that is due to fitting a new exhaust system, to which I am getting a remap to sort that out, but my brother has a rs200 and so does a friend and it is no slower than either of them

Should get it in to reanult ASAP

 

[paulowen555]

I've had it Renault twice and all they do is give me the run around.

I've had a rolling road done on it by an independent garage and its only kicking out 184.1 bhp, this one if defo slower than the last 200 I had

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

I've had it Renault twice and all they do is give me the run around.

I've had a rolling road done on it by an independent garage and its only kicking out 184.1 bhp, this one if defo slower than the last 200 I had

It maybe worth trying a different dealership, you have to be very firm with them as they will try and get out of any little thing, it maybe worth getting your timing checked too

 

[Inequality Street]

I've had it Renault twice and all they do is give me the run around.

I've had a rolling road done on it by an independent garage and its only kicking out 184.1 bhp, this one if defo slower than the last 200 I had

My standard 200 is running 186.4Bhp off indi rollers, very similar. There were 2 others that were done at the same time and one was a horse power more. And one a horse power less. Sounds about right

 

[paulowen555]

I understand what your saying but I paid for a 200 bhp sport not a 184.1 bhp sport and if I knew I was only going to get a 184.1, I would have spent the 22K on something else. Even the the company that was going to do a remap to 210 bhp won't even touch it as they don't think its right either.

 

[Gorms]

I understand what your saying but I paid for a 200 bhp sport not a 184.1 bhp sport and if I knew I was only going to get a 184.1, I would have spent the 22K on something else. Even the the company that was going to do a remap to 210 bhp won't even touch it as they don't think its right either.

With a little research you would have found out that all RenaultSport Clios have never made book figures. Spending 22k on a Clio even if it had 200 bhp is crazy if you ask me!

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[glenn_adam_doble]

With a little research you would have found out that all RenaultSport Clios have never made book figures. Spending 22k on a Clio even if it had 200 bhp is crazy if you ask me!

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Your right it is crazy but they are a good second hand buy

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

ive always fancied a alcantara roof, so i decided to get the stuff i needed and get on with it, me and my dad stripped the lining out with some minor soldering for the rear alarm sensors, we managed to get it out fairly easily

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instead of going for one large piece of cloth i went for 3 sections sewn together with white stitching to match the door cards and recaros, my mam can work wonders with a sewing machine, so we could do everything at home keeping costs right down, this is how far we got in a evening,
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[Gorms]

I like it! Good effort!

 

[Craig.]

Great job with the roof lining mate :approve: Do you have a link for where you got the fabric from? I've wanted to do mine on the 172 for ages.

 

[TonkaTruck]

The attention to detail on this car is incredible. Love it!

 

[Chi]

Just found this thread. . Subscribed

 

[glenn_adam_doble]

Well we changed the design a little to cover up some minor rippling in the material, but add that extra touch IMO just to finish it off

and we finally managed to get it finished this evening, and it looks brilliant really finished the interior off, instead of that cheap carpet material that comes standard
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i plasti-dipped the handles and plugs that clip into the roof liner, to get rid of the grey/cream colour

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[Ryan218]

Roof lining looks excellent. Nice work!