Stefan.
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Great work!
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So exhaust polished, paintwork and rust repair completed, bolts replaced or where necessary replated, Heat shields in place…I had run of excuses to get off my arse and bolt it all back together and get the car on its wheels again. Pretty happy to say it went without a hitch….almost
frayz
ClioSport Club Member
So I said almost without a hitch! So obviously something had to go wrong! Whilst I was bolting up my brake lines to my new Ktec Flexy hoses I noticed some moisture and a scab on one of the under floor hardlines…bollox! I had inspected the lines to a point but hadn’t noticed the rust scab on the hardline and in my ham fisted rust removal I had obviously damaged the hardline. Which in hindsight is good as it was pretty bad.
so this left me with having to source a new under floor hard line. I have never made brake lines before, so was a little apprehensive. But with youthful (I wish) confidence I set about it. Purchasing a flaring tool from eBay and some replacement pipe locally as I was not confident in the quality of some of the Amazon pipe. Frankly it’s a piece of piss and probably the most satisfying job yet. I made up a new line with new unions, sprayed it with etch primer and then black paint. Renault very handily split the OE line just behind the bulkhead firewall. So no over complex contortion of hands to get the pipe free from the abs unit.
All fitted back to the car, lines connected and brakes rebled. The old girl could finally hit the deck again.
I’m super stoked to be honest, it’s been hard graft this time around. Especially on axle stands. Car fired up straight away, no warning lamps. And brake pedal felt excellent. I did scratch one of my wheels in storage, but that’s just encouraging me to get them redone in silver.
My wife was impressed that I hadn’t cocked this car up yet, Isla the baby
so this left me with having to source a new under floor hard line. I have never made brake lines before, so was a little apprehensive. But with youthful (I wish) confidence I set about it. Purchasing a flaring tool from eBay and some replacement pipe locally as I was not confident in the quality of some of the Amazon pipe. Frankly it’s a piece of piss and probably the most satisfying job yet. I made up a new line with new unions, sprayed it with etch primer and then black paint. Renault very handily split the OE line just behind the bulkhead firewall. So no over complex contortion of hands to get the pipe free from the abs unit.
All fitted back to the car, lines connected and brakes rebled. The old girl could finally hit the deck again.
I’m super stoked to be honest, it’s been hard graft this time around. Especially on axle stands. Car fired up straight away, no warning lamps. And brake pedal felt excellent. I did scratch one of my wheels in storage, but that’s just encouraging me to get them redone in silver.
My wife was impressed that I hadn’t cocked this car up yet, Isla the baby
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
Bloody love threads like these.
You should be well chuffed with yourself. Very satisfying to see it come together.
You should be well chuffed with yourself. Very satisfying to see it come together.
Ah thanks mate, I’m chuffed that particular job is finished. But still loads more to go that’s for sure. Want to get some use out of it this summer now…
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Aye it's mint to see someone take their time and properly go through their car and learn something they wouldn't usually have done
Props to you Dave!
Props to you Dave!
Mr Underhill
ClioSport Club Member
You’re a Pro now 👏
cheers buddy, that’s exactly what I’m doing. Just giving it a crack. There’s stuff I won’t be doing, but I’ll give most things a go and if I fail…well I’ll just buy another
Thanks Brigsy, the underside will still be there long after the front of the car has rotted to dust 😂
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves Jon
ajracer
ClioSport Club Member
Excellent work mate.
You can enjoy her for years to come.
You can enjoy her for years to come.
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
I love your attitude to this. It’s really really refreshing to see someone relatively novice, say f**k it, I can do that myself, and then turn out a result like that. It’s amazing tbh! Fair play to you, I couldn’t do that if you gave me 10 years. 👏🏻
Cub.
ClioSport Moderator
Warm and fuzzy David, warm and fuzzy. X
Chaps, I’m truly humbled and grateful for the nice words. It honestly makes me fired up to hit more of these types of jobs in the future. Many thanks 🙏
I use a chap off of Instagram and YouTube, who is restomoding a Saxo VTS - Sean Pendleton. He has the kit set up and is happy with small batches. It’s much cheaper than commercial propositions I can share his details if you like?
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Isn't Sean on here too?
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it was a piece of piss really mate. I bought some brass brake line bungs for the hard lines when I disconnected everything. So lost little fluid. Then when I connected everything back up about 30mins messing with an easy bleed saw clean fluid and no bubbles. Piece of piss. I learnt my lesson of allowing the system to drain with the old car!
He did my bits mate. Very reasonable and super quick turn around
No idea buddy
Good idea on the bungs, my brother has loads of crimped lines with different unions from old lines in his toolbox. Makes sense to limit fluid loss.
Got a link to your bungs?
Pretty sure I bought them from here. They are out of stock at the minute though
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/14416295...9LTS5TzSI6&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Just pop lines off and bolt in, no fluid loss at all to be honest.
I'll send you my 200 ASAP then, it certainly has more than its fair share of brown parts😂.
You've done a bloody great job there though, you might even drive the thing this year now then!
Drive it?? Don’t talk daft Paul! Seriously though I think it’s first outing this year will be the even @MrBlonde is sorting at Bicester…perfect opportunity to test my new AA Family any car memebership
MrBlonde
ClioSport Club Member
29th Bicester mate for the monaco F1👍🏻
I’m there dude
MrBlonde
ClioSport Club Member
Wont be a massive meet,due to parking but still decent venue,thanks mate will see you then.
Kenich.
ClioSport Club Member
172 PH1
Or next Sat.... Collecting Cars Meet!
Got the details on that one mate?
So exhaust time…something I had planned on sorting after the summer now. But when a complete Piper system with sports Cat came up in the classified 30 minutes away I snapped it up. Especially as I was literary passing the owners door way home the next day.
Natch, I had to give it a clean up before fitting.
So started off with some so wax acid wheel cleaners, this stuff works wonders at melting the bulk of the tarnishing off, before moving to a scotch pad and ‘The Pink stuff’ I then hit it with my DA and a mixture of heavy cutting compound and then Autosol. It came out pretty well. Under no illusions it will tarnish again, it’s an exhaust after all. But having something nice and clean to fit makes the job much easier
Sounds mint too! Much, much more raspy than the Ktec. But also much louder, which is shoring with a mid silencer. I need to work on the alignment as it sits too high on the left, I don’t want to melt my surrounds.
Natch, I had to give it a clean up before fitting.
So started off with some so wax acid wheel cleaners, this stuff works wonders at melting the bulk of the tarnishing off, before moving to a scotch pad and ‘The Pink stuff’ I then hit it with my DA and a mixture of heavy cutting compound and then Autosol. It came out pretty well. Under no illusions it will tarnish again, it’s an exhaust after all. But having something nice and clean to fit makes the job much easier
Sounds mint too! Much, much more raspy than the Ktec. But also much louder, which is shoring with a mid silencer. I need to work on the alignment as it sits too high on the left, I don’t want to melt my surrounds.
Slight sour note though…Stop and Battery light illuminated!! I’m cleaning contacts up today, but it looks like the Alternator may have died from complete lack of use…wanker
She’s still off the road…alternator buggered. So rather than fix it, I finally got around to fitting a smaller wheel. Thanks to @Clio_fool i purchased his setup. Momo wheel, boss and valontech cruise panel. Super easy to fit, resistors fitted and no airbag lights on….it’s bloody small, maybe a touch too small at 280mm but can’t wait to try it out. With the lowered steering column, seat rails and PMS the driving position feels bloody epic!
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My mrs said the same thing. Thinks shes lying
More pics of your legs please Dave xx
Nice pins for an old fat bloke haven’t I!
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
If you're fat I'm mega mega mega mega fucked
Alternator ordered £170 from AUTODOC for a Valeo unit…now the real question is, what will actually turn up. They have a wonderful habbit of sending an ‘upgraded model’ but the saving was nearly £100 over RPD or anywhere else so worth the gamble….im so looking forward to fitting this and a new Aux belt. What a treat
Well here I am 10 days later and still alternatorless! Autodoc have said end of next week citing it’s stuck in customs…so chance I’ll get stung for duty as well maybe 🤷🏻♂️ Seriously guys if you need something, won’t order from these guys if your in a rush. Customs to one side they are slow as f**k.
