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Scott's Super Clean PH1 172 Project Thread



Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
Nice progress Scott!! The new suspension is great!

Thanks mate, it gets good reviews on here so im looking forward to testing it out. :)

Ffs I had a set of bushes that you could've had mate.

Thanks Dan, i was going to put up a wanted add for them but knowing my luck id end up with a knackered set.

Im running out of time so i thought the best way was to order a set of cup shocks and use the bushes, its an expensive way of doing it though. lol
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
Took the cover off today.

Kind of forgot how it looks, made me fall back in love with the thing.

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Scrooge

ClioSport Moderator
  E55 AMG
Looks amazing, Billies look great! Kinda of wish you went with BC and had the gold bits powder coated silver, would've tied in with the theme of the car nicely.

Can't wait to see it out and about! thought about contacting Renualt and getting a photoshoot in one of the dealers or something?
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
Looks amazing, Billies look great! Kinda of wish you went with BC and had the gold bits powder coated silver, would've tied in with the theme of the car nicely.

Can't wait to see it out and about! thought about contacting Renualt and getting a photoshoot in one of the dealers or something?

I went with the billies because they are a well proven shock mate with inverted front dampers, i don't need damping adjustment as ill never track the car. :)

Once its back on the road then i might just do that, ill contact the Renault near to TEG.

Maybe even put it in there showroom on display for a while, we will see.

Bilsteins that's how I'm rolling ;)

On what car dude, Jacobs old PH1?

Love this car.

Thank you Jamie. :)
 

Ricardos

ClioSport Club Member
  LY 200 EDC
This car is fighting me all the way. :dapprove:

Projects cars always do Scott, it's a constant test of character with the amount of things that need doing 1 thing after another. For me it helped to write everything down on paper so i had something to refer too all the time. It never ends, there's always something to do :D
 
  LYV6, 182, R5GTT
Great catching up the other night mate, been too long!

That engine bay.....JHEEEZUZ I'm loving it!

What silver did you get your top engine mount and A/C brackets powder coated. Whilst my engine is out I'm going to get them done quickly.

Your car looks the must nuts, you should be proud of your achievements!

I can't wait to be taken out in it....not long till mapping ;-)
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
Cheers matey.

They hang the bolts up and run electricity through it.
The plating is a liquid and then is attracted to it.

There are videos on YouTube mate if you want to see.

And no it won't flake off or causes any problems with the thread's. :cool:
 
Cheers matey.

They hang the bolts up and run electricity through it.
The plating is a liquid and then is attracted to it.

There are videos on YouTube mate if you want to see.

And no it won't flake off or causes any problems with the thread's. :cool:

I can't stop looking at your photos in this thread lol. Must have been though them a ridiculous amount of times now. Such an amazing job you've done with this car.

I'll have a look on Youtube now, sounds very interesting. Still can't understand how it doesn't affect threads or flake off though lol :eek::eek:
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
If you imagine the plating as a colour mate, its not like chrome.

The build it gives is in microns and its not expensive, although I cleaned every nut and bolt on the wire wheel at work before I sent it away to grantee a good finish.
 
If you imagine the plating as a colour mate, its not like chrome.

The build it gives is in microns and its not expensive, although I cleaned every nut and bolt on the wire wheel at work before I sent it away to grantee a good finish.

Worth the prep work for any chance of a better finish!!

Looking on the Tube now. Is this Zinc plating?
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
Yes mate.

And yes I wanted a perfect finish so my time spent on the wire wheel was fine.

Just ended up taking so long.
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
I decided to up grade the audio in the car and being as my HU wouldn't low pass the speakers it meant that i need to run a 5 ch amp which had these controls in it.

This was my choice, no sub yet. Once what i have is fitted then i will be taking the car to the shop and trying a few subs in the boot to see what i like.

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Started to sound deaden the doors.

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The MTX components are a little bit bigger.

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All fitted after a bit of messing about.

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The air con has been gassed with no problems, its running at 4 deg which is nice. :D

So yesterday i wanted to get it back on its wheels as it is booked in for its MOT 1st thing Monday morning.

Slam panel fitted.

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The bonnet catch was looking a bit rusty.

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New one fitted (yes the rusty nuts will be getting replaced)

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It helps if you have a little 10 year old helping fit the amp power cable. :D
(what a s**t job)

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Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
Hahaha, thanks mate.

I went to see my mates at Pulse car audio, i'm sure they only had two sets in stock.

Getting MTX stuff in the UK is meant to be hard. (that's what i was told)
 

Bluebeard

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
LOL! This just gets more insane every time I see it.

What does Tania think of it all??
 

Mr R.

ClioSport Club Member
  A special one.
LOL! This just gets more insane every time I see it.

What does Tania think of it all??


Hopefully in a good way mate lol

Hmmmm shes fine, maybe not to happy shoving our baby into the foot well. flol

We have been together for 18 years now, she knows what i'm like and tbh would rather i was outside messing with the car and happy than being indoors driving her mad/getting under her feet.

On a more serious note we/she has enough on her plate with her brother so she is wrapped up in that.
 


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