Trophy #007 : Alcantara cleaning and some alcantara trimming......

[Chris205]

I've had the raceglaze alcantara cleaner lying around ever since I sold my ph1 172. I thought I would give the recaro's a clean up as they've now had 70k miles worth of use.

There was a fair ammount of dirt removed which I dont have a picture of but here they are all clean:

I've also had my dash strips, handbrake gaitor and A pillars trimmed in Alcantara, courtesy of Austin-182. I'm very happy with the service and quality and highly recommend him. I also added a propper 172/182 FF handbrake button as the trophy comes with a poverty spec plastic thing

And the final shot

 

[subarufreak]

nice work, nice car, nice interior

 

[Ali]

Nice.

 

[clio-lord]

love the keyring. where can i get one?

 

[Hainesy.]

where did you get the alcantara cleaner from ? i need some for mine. thanks

 

[Ali]

I assume you join cliotrophy.co.uk/

 

[VIICarCare]

jelouse, can i buy your seats please

 

[Jamie]

Interior looks great. May give that a go myself.

 

[Ali]

Raceglaze do a decent alcantata cleaner...

 

[Fletcher]

Looks good.

I'm going to give my Recaros/interior a good clean this weekend.

 

[Fred@BTM]

that the one with numberplat B**5 SVD?

 

[ABOO]

Looking 'uber clean Chris!! Little trim bits make it that little bit of a nicer place to be as well

 

[Austin-182]

Lookin mint mate, av heard Austin-182 is a retrimming machine ha, cheers for the restecpa

 

[Hodgins]

goy my flame suit on just in case a purist sees my post

it needs a ph1 rear bench to finish it off beautifully along with the doorcards

 

[Chris205]

goy my flame suit on just in case a purist sees my post

it needs a ph1 rear bench to finish it off beautifully along with the doorcards

Ph2 mate, ph1 is blue

And it's all in the pipeline but people want silly money for doorcards alone


Thanks for all of the comments guys, a big thanks too austin-182 again, fantastic job


As for the keyring, get onto cliotrophy.co.uk, I think there is a batch soon to be made

 

[Hodgins]

you know what i meant lol, the one with the all grey alcantara as opposed to the holes in the 182's

 

[Jimbo_M]

The recaro's look brand spanking now mate, liking the alcantara bits aswel very noice

 

[Cookson]

Headlining retrim next?

 

[Hixle]

Love it Chris! The alcantara trimming looks very OEM, nice one.

 

[Chris205]

Headlining retrim next?

I've been thinking about it mate but will have to retrim the sun visors aswell as they will look odd, this could get pricey.....

 

[Englebert]

Was going to mention the headlining...maybe darker though, not sure if light grey would work.

 

[Cookson]

could give them a breeze of paint?

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

Look brand new them good work

 

[Chris205]

Finally got a rear bench for the trophy.

Car is now off the road so I can do some bits and bobs I want...

Question is, should I go for some major engine mods....I.e JMS RS2 inlet or ITB's, Boost, turbo over supercharger, dont like the sound of the cambelts failing on a couple of recent cars..... OR save money to buy a new car late next year once I've had my fun with the trophy....thinking megane R26 230 or MkV golf Gti

 

[Cookson]

see, if that was me, I'd have gone for the 172 bench, purely so that it looked like ti matched the fronts. The white dots look too mis-matched to me

 

[Chris205]

I didn't know there was a difference mate, not to worry it's just a seat and still looks good

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Where can you get the alcantara cleaner?

 

[Chris205]

any decent online detailing store mate, its made by raceglaze

 

[Cookson]

I just think they would "match" a little better.

Best bet is get yourself some 182 front seats, and give me the recaro's

 

[Leeshez]

 

[Gib#244]

Are you 182 seats and the 182 seats different?! I never knew that! I always wondered about the little dots being a very slight miss match.

Rich

 

[Hutchie]

chris fancy showing me how to clean my recaro's?

 

[Savi]

Handbrake button mod has lost you about 100bhp!

 

[Chris205]

chris fancy showing me how to clean my recaro's?

Yeah mate no worries. Let me know when you're at teeside and I will bring the stuff over

 

[rory182]

Are you 182 seats and the 182 seats different?! I never knew that! I always wondered about the little dots being a very slight miss match.

Rich

182 dots are white underneath, ph 2 172 aren't

 

[Chris205]

Thought I'd update this thread, I will make a project thread but dont have the time ATM

So 2011 plans for the trophy are:

172/182 xenon headlights
AAS Exhaust system
RS tuning Remap
Uprated engine/ gearbox mounts
Alcantara Gear Gaitor from Austin-182
Alcantara door cards
Whiteline Rear ARB
Mark Fish lower springs
Koni Rear Dampers
Refurbish the Sachs front dampers
Refurb or buy a new speedline turini from renault as one has a kerb mark
4 Hankook Rs2's or Michelin Exalto's

I don't want to go OTT with the trophy just yet, I've thought about the addition of ITB's or forced induction and it's going to end up being a very expensive investment which will be more hassle than its worth.

The above is just slight things to improve the experience, hopefully by the end of the year it will still be in mint condition, be slightly more responsive with smoother power delivery and be able to handle even better than it does now....if that's possible. I hope to finally get out on track in my own car aswell as the trophy is now a 'toy'


Keep your eyes out for a project log which I will sort out soon

 

[ronnie1]

Good plans chris mate, like you say not ott but will make it nicer

 

[Chris205]

Good plans chris mate, like you say not ott but will make it nicer

yeah mate, will have to organise a trip to hartside and a few other driving roads when the good weather is back....I wouldn't mind doing a weekend of the evo triangle etc

 

[williams]

I want those seats for my ph2 !! Interior looks very good, liking the dash strips.

 

[Nick172Cup]

As much as its still a cliosport interior, the seats with all the little touches look and probably make it feel 100 times better to be in than standard! Looks really good!