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The famous diff circlip? lol
*Must not abuse Ali's nailiams*
And lol at the picture of stromba on your mag pics 2live
No one wants to see the illiams lol but i will dig out the pics of 0407 after its resto in 2007
And lol at the picture of stromba on your mag pics 2live
No one wants to see the illiams lol but i will dig out the pics of 0407 after its resto in 2007
yeah they wanted an asw for the interview, and a genuine car for the pics.......go figure
lol
Daz.
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 200 RS EDC
Bah thats not even an issue with a decent box!
535d / t5 caravelle
correct, as good as they are, rust WILL ALWAYS be an issue with them.
it is if you drive them how they are ment to be driven, ie. hard
there not for polishing!
Daz.
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 200 RS EDC
give me a brand new one and I could drive it hard for years but in a proper way while looking after the box, problem is (as you probably know bill!) previous owners, 7 people on the log book is a lot of different heads using the box/engine in a different way - in a perfect world we'd all buy cars and get a new box/engines in all of them!
correct, as good as they are, rust WILL ALWAYS be an issue with them.
it is if you drive them how they are ment to be driven, ie. hard
there not for polishing!
metal and rust.....will always be an issue. something you thought reno would have sorted out a bit better, but judging by all the newer cars rusting im not so sure. maybe they just got better at hiding it for a while
mine are still on 3 out the 4 original arches, 2 of them showing no signs of the dreaded tinworm yet. not bad really for a 15 year old car.
hi, just wondering as im hopefully getting a williams in the next couple of days as an audi kindly completley wrote off the rear end of my car (1*2) so looking to replace it as i was going to get a 182 i thought to go for somthing a little mre fun, what are the main things besides rust that i aught to look out for when viewing one also common known faults and problems that might need to be seen to and replacing
i know there expensive but how expensive and hard are they to get parts for if ''certain'' things do need to be put right
thankyou..
ohhh and why on earth is insurance soo high?! i got quoted £1300 the cheapest but havnt rang direct to companys, im 21 with 2 years no claims.
i know there expensive but how expensive and hard are they to get parts for if ''certain'' things do need to be put right
thankyou..
ohhh and why on earth is insurance soo high?! i got quoted £1300 the cheapest but havnt rang direct to companys, im 21 with 2 years no claims.
My old Williams 2 at the Ring in 2005
0087 I miss you baby why did I sell you for a Trophy.
My old Williams 2 at the Ring in 2005
Needed a bigger 'Ring sticker TBQFH :rasp:
Surprised this one hasn't been posted
They were the Cliosport ones and we all had them and you can shush with all your track logos on your car now.
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Rust rust and more rust. Check everywhere. I've seen so many that are just filler. Check the sills, the arches, the fuel filler, the bootlid, the doors... Just check as much as possible.
The steering column's wear but this is easily sorted with a welder.
Cambelt/Alternator/Clutch are all labour intensive jobs so make sure theres history of them being done. Allow a price reduction if not.
Make sure the car actually has a 2.0 engine in it! (Check engine numbers tie up with logbook) I've seen two now with the valver 1.8's in them as a cheap replacement because the Willy engine blew up.
Rear discs rust heavily because they aren't used much but are cheap enough to replace.
Just do general checks mate. The same as you'd do with any car really.
and whatever you do..........dont buy one that has a hole in the roof......itl leak and rot the car from the inside.
as above really, pas pumps are generally a little noisy, so if the 1 u look at has a noisy one, its no biggie. most things only take a couple hours to do on the car, clutch, 2 hours, cambelt, 1 1/2 hours, water pump 1 hour etc etc . so again, no real biggie.
id say best thing is to make sure the bodywork is all ok, mechanical bits are easy enough to sort. and if your willing to get your hands dirty they arent anywhere near as bad to work on as most ppl will have you believe. bits can be expensive, but as with all things limited, thats to be expected, and they do share quite a lot of components with other cars, the valver for quite a lot, cit/pugs etc have same discs/calipers so again, interchangeable bits.
my advice tho would be to take someone who knows the cars with you when you look at 1. then at least u can blame them if it turns out to be a shed........if only ali had listened, instead he slated the williams for him buying a real shitbox.
535d / t5 caravelle
true mate, but i always wondered when will my gearbox go...................again lol
metal and rust.....will always be an issue. something you thought reno would have sorted out a bit better, but judging by all the newer cars rusting im not so sure. maybe they just got better at hiding it for a while
mine are still on 3 out the 4 original arches, 2 of them showing no signs of the dreaded tinworm yet. not bad really for a 15 year old car.
thats good going, see if its same after winter
lol
535d / t5 caravelle
regarding insurance, that was one of the reasons i finally gave up on my williams, i could insure a £10k slightly modded mk1 focus rs for £435 comared with £7/800 on the standard williams worth 2k, yeah right! this added to the impossible rust issues which came back within 3 days of the bodyshop sorting mt arches,
and always worrying about the gearbox, enough was enough, insured my well modded mr2 turbo for £500 notes, agreed value etc etc..........................................enough saidbut i will always miss throwing a mk1 clio about
one day i would love to return to one as a track weapon!
535d / t5 caravelle
its been the same for the last 15 winters........wouldnt think this 1 will be any diff
you've obviously got a good one mate, keep hold of the fooker!
i think its about 1 of the very very few that havent succumbed to the dreaded tinworm...........unfortunatey the other one doesnt have the same braggin rights.....its had 1 arch done.
is 0159 the only 1 thats had no bodywork done at all in its near 100k life?? and keep hold of it.........u try prise it from me lol.
535d / t5 caravelle
group 17 will do that mate. not cheap.............but worth evry penny.
btw...mine are fully comp..£340 .......guess thats what being old does for ya lol.
i'm 33 mate, and was 32 when getting the quotes, how old are you? think i might be older young man!? dont think bb post code does me any favours, but then it was ok for the rs and tubby..........
aye, remember reading about your bragging rights somewhere on williamsclio lol
well lets just say i was only a bit younger than you are now when i got mine......lol nigh on 8 years later, its still in my possession.
the ol14 postcode doesnt do any favours either....think even when i was less than 30 i was only paying £500 odd fully comp. but then i have had full ncb for all that time pretty much too.
Clio 172 cup
My old williams 2 is for sale on pistonheads for £5000, think hes hoping . lol
Clio Williams & 182
