The 172 that isnt a sheep......

[.Tyler]

Why is that smooth front bumper giving me the h0rn!?

 

[aldo_87]

That with the black inserts would look awesome. Also totally different!

Still think the white looks ace though!

 

[ElkWorks]

photo from work last week

finished wrapping the rub strips, but havent done the drivers door or skirts yet as i just dont seem to have time atm.

got a 320mm OMP wheel off a mate of mine for a bargain price, and since he has OCD, its mint

just gotta get a boss for it now.

 

[ElkWorks]

another update

got a new supplier for printed vector wrapping film, so may go for a mad bonnet design, because i can!

probably gonna do matt black in the next 6 months or so, so i was gonna get a matt laminate printed bonnet like so

with the text reading summat like

This vehicle was wrapped by Elkwork yada yada yada,,,

 

[dt2703]

Uhhh!! Oh my days...
What on earth have you done to that poor clio!

 

[Luke 172Cup]

lovely clio, a lot of hard work put into it, i wish i knew how to wrap, i would make a real mess of it with loads of bubbles lol, btw the last pic doesnt show (or is it just me :S)

 

[HartZ]

im really looking forward to seeing this

 

[Wick]

Love the white wrap.... Renault should have offered white as a factory colour. It looks epic!

 

[S TAYLOR]

just wrap it all white job done epic work fair play for going in your own direction with the car ill keep a eye on this

 

[ElkWorks]

Uhhh!! Oh my days...
What on earth have you done to that poor clio!

Poor clio?!

This things a shitheap

 

[ElkWorks]

finished the drivers door last night, in a limited amount of space!

filled up with superunleaded this morning also and managed an average of 45.8mpg on the motorway, which settled out to 44.2mpg combined.

Not bad at all for taking it easy

 

[ElkWorks]

one more thing is theres a suprise coming next week!

 

[ElkWorks]

well, i started ripping the interior out last night for mallory on saturday, (just the back interior) and found the previous owner hadnt bolted the seats back in properly when he removed them to put an earth in for a stupid big stereo system.

great

my daughters car seat has been attached to those, and she has been in the car with me....

so i'll be checking out more of the interior this week before mallory to check what else hasnt been bolted in.

Car will be going to BTM next week for Dephaser, and belts as its making a right racket.

Ordered an OMP boss off KAMRacing for my new OMP 320mm wheel i got for a bargain price, and my lid has been painted white to match the car, so photos coming very soon!

 

[ElkWorks]

still keeping me options open, i have a friend who owns his own bodyshop, so a monaco blow over isnt out of reach, and i do fancy some new rimage

16s though, not 15s

 

[Paget]

anyone know what rims these are? they are awesome.

 

[jamie.91]

I like the non sheep approach a lot

 

[Vish]

still keeping me options open, i have a friend who owns his own bodyshop, so a monaco blow over isnt out of reach, and i do fancy some new rimage

16s though, not 15s

Ooo that was my Monaco.

I was tempted by gold wheels but never bothered, but that does look pretty good. I've just seen another thread 16s are 5.5j so quite narrow. I would say that pic would look more like 17s than 16s anyway.

 

[Sir_Dave]

So you're not a sheep. But want 2118's.

ROFL

 

[poobah]

So you're not a sheep. But want 2118's.

Glad i'm not the only one who thought that!

Nothing wrong with being a sheep as long as the herd are heading in the right direction.

Nice car by the way. I'd also like t know what wheels the Palmer Sport cars run. They look epic.

 

[ElkWorks]

the rims on the pshop are rota grid 8x16s

i just grabbed a pic of gold rims, i prefer the compomotive TH rims to be honest like so, but couldnt find a pic of them in gold

 

[ElkWorks]

found you can get them in an 8x16

may get some in anthracite to go with the white for a while, then change to gold when the white comes back off.....

 

[d6n]

^those are a very similar looking wheel to the clio turbines...

 

[Gally]

Quite a strange thread.

Car looked good before mate but fair play. Should have left the cup racer look textured moudlings though.

Monaco on gold 2118's would look sweet by the way.

 

[Christopher]

Not a fan of it, but fiar play for wrapping it yourself.

It just looks awkward.

 

[ElkWorks]

Couple of pics from the stafford meet that i forgot to put up

 

[Gally]

Hmmm.

 

[ElkWorks]

Couple more bits

speakers ive had a while waiting to go in - Boston Audio components, amazing things.

PMH autobodies in Rugely painted my lid for me

and the boss turned up for my new 320mm OMP wheel, which i'll be fitting tonight in time for mallory tomorrow

Cars booked into BTM Performance on tuesday for belts and dephaser also

 

[ElkWorks]

steering wheel fitted, feels much better, speakers fitted, sounds much better.

refitted the interior after mallory yesterday, and the car did well!

photo on the way

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[Johndolan1979]

Nice. What was that massive winged beast that passed you?

 

[ElkWorks]

It was a capri, not massivley fast but brilliant throuhh the corners

 

[ElkWorks]

start of the subtle phase

aint got any white left to do the spoiler or skirts, so gonna get some cheap white to do the skirts, and possibly do the roof and spoiler in carbon to match the mirrors. also got rid of the sponsor stickers off the bumpers.

yes, i'll be changing the colour of the rims as well. to black more than likely

 

[ElkWorks]

coouple of updates

got hold of some white vinyl to finish the car, and gonna take the carbon off the mirrors as i dont like it.

cars at BTM Performance at the moment having the belts changed along with the dephaser pulley, but I got a call of Fred saying there was a massive oil leak around the sump covering the subframe, and also a top end leak being flicked out by the belts so all the manifold and heat sheild is covered as well

i knew the car wasnt the best version out there but this is a bit of a downer, especially as im getting temporarily laid off AGAIN in June. So if anyone wants their car wrapping cheaply come see me as i need the cash!

 

[Silent_Scone]

I can vouch for that, your entire subframe was coated in it!!

Do you wrap for a living?

 

[ElkWorks]

Nah mate, just a hobby. The front bumper is a mess On that due to my assistant mate jumping the gun and getting scalpel happy. Next wrap will be much better than that as it wasnt wrapping film

What state is my car in as i aint heard nowt today?

 

[Fisher_172]

how much for a 'cheap' wrap? lol

 

[ElkWorks]

this car, shall from now, be known as 'The b*****d' car.

Freds found some more problems, but is on the case

I thought it was quick before, but it should now go and stop properly!

 

[ElkWorks]

got the car back from Fred and all is well again (apart from the dent on my credit card)

painted the wheels black and took all the red off.

 

[Goodj]

Enault?

 

[ElkWorks]

started taking the logos off, tore the vinyl, so leaving it on for the time beingtill i can be arsed to redo the whole bumper

 

[Johndolan1979]

Ant, your car is looking sweet. Love the White look. Wheels look loads better too.