Trophy (Large Amount Of Pictures)

[green]

This ^^^^

Car looks awesome.

 

[Jekyll]

Think this is the way trophy on here tbh

 

[.Andy.]

A fine example. Great job!

 

[MarcB]

Looks great Marc. How did you get the heater controls from the dash, the stage where you need to get it out of the recess and unclip the connections?

It was a pain in the arse to be honest, Once you have taken the radio out and undone the 2 screws its more or less trial and error. It was about like trying to put a square into a triangle with getting it out but once you have done it its easy. The connections are simple but its a little tight as they need to be unclipped before the unit can be taken out

Thanks for all the comments above.

Just had more work done to the car which is as follows but dont have any pictures of the work.

Replace all 4 injectors
Replace Bank 1 lambda sensor
Replace Rear caliper carriers
Replace Front discs
Replace Front pads
Replace Front calipers (Full units)
Full Brake fluid change
Replace front bottom ball joints
4 wheel alignment.


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[MarcB]

Well once again another update for the Trophy.

Was at SWR getting some more work carried out on the trophy.
Here is a few pictures of the calipers from the above work carried out.

Once again the car was back in at SWR (5/10/13)

Fitted a Yanoo 1.0 Kit
Full oil & filter change
New CAT fitting kit & Clamp.

Also after being in talks with snappy i have got myself another decent wheel with good thumb grips for a re-trim.

 

[MarcB]

A Few Updates on the car as its been off the road.

Got Myself some 172 Sport 16" Alloys

Burst the rear brake pipe and while replacing that got a new master cylinder also

Upgraded my LED sidelights once again
The Drivers side has the new LED bulb which is shown on the left in the 3rd picture

Replaced the rear number plate bulb to a smaller & brighter SMD LED one as shown on the left

Cleaned up and refitted the correct clip rather than a cable tie

Cleaned up my calipers

Fitted a red TRS tow strap (unsure if i will keep this on)

Got myself some second hand front arch liners to fit as mine are burst

The fitted front and rear alcantara door cars to match the rear bench and trophy front seats

Got all the tyres on the 172 alloys so they are ready to go on, They have been cleaned and polished.

Also got a carbon fiber front splitter but when my bumper comes off i will fit the splitter and the arch liners all at the same time along with cleaning all the arches and at the back of the bumper and under tray

 

[Chi]

Nice work mate.

 

[Clio172T]

Very good clean progress so far mate, hope to own a trophy one day!

 

[MarcB]

Cant wait to get the front bumper off and get it all cleaned and possibly painted

 

[Jack 172]

Wow she's gorgeous, 1st in line when you come to sell

 

[JezzaMac]

Not a fan of the tow strap but apart from that it looks good!

 

[MarcB]

Wow she's gorgeous, 1st in line when you come to sell

If i sell it will be sold as a pile of nuts, bolts & rust.

Not a fan of the tow strap but apart from that it looks good!

Im not that keen on it either to be honest but until you try it you never know.

 

[MarcB]

Small Update on the car as its not really moved since Dec 31st 2013.

Top inlet off to get sand blasted along with my spare one i have. Both are getting powder coated.

Next up the bumper was off for a few reasons.
1, To fit my new arch liners as my old ones had been all snapped
2, To clean the arches
3, To clean the front end (Slam Panel)
4, Take off the skoda splitter and fit a carbon one

Today i also bought 2 new tyres for £40 a tyre (Hankook Evo V12s)

 

[botfch]

Looking good, need to do my arch liners two but the screw heads are buggered.

£40 pound a tyre pray tell?

 

[MarcB]

Looking good, need to do my arch liners two but the screw heads are buggered.

£40 pound a tyre pray tell?

Have a look below regarding your rounded screws.

http://lifehacker.com/5462520/remove-a-stripped-screw-with-a-rubber-band


As for the tyres i get them through my work at that price.

 

[botfch]

Have a look below regarding your rounded screws.

http://lifehacker.com/5462520/remove-a-stripped-screw-with-a-rubber-band


As for the tyres i get them through my work at that price.

Will give that rubber band trick a go cheers

 

[497adam]

Great thread

 

[Feirny]

Looking good, need to do my arch liners two but the screw heads are buggered.

£40 pound a tyre pray tell?

What does pray tell mean? I see it quite a bit.

 

[botfch]

What does pray tell mean? I see it quite a bit.

Means please tell me, my grandad used to say it a lot when I was younger.

 

[497adam]

How much do the callipers cost to be re built and refinished?

 

[MarcB]

How much do the callipers cost to be re built and refinished?

 

[whelan24]

Great thread and very nice trophy mate, really like everything you've done, I'd love to own one but I'm only 18 so the insurance would be through the roof, my 1.2 clio will have to do for now

 

[MarcB]

Some More Progress On The T

Needed to trial fit my Carbon splitter and sort out the fixings so done all of that last night.
The splitter is back off the car and away to get rubbed down and re - lacquered.

Also got two of the tyres off the alloys due to getting the hankooks as above.

 

[koi]

Just seen this thread, looking good. Credit to your attention to detail.

 

[MarcB]

Wheels where waxed today and then the Hankook tyres put on along with new metal bolt in valves in black

 

[Manu_Clio_Sport]

Good work done on the car, I love the TROPHY edition, I'm from Spain and this summer I'll go to UK to buy a TROPHY, I hope to get lucky with.


Greetings.

 

[MarcB]

Some more updates on the clio

Powder coated the top inlet, engine bracket & engine support point in silver today

 

[Mikeyjp]

nice, looking really good

 

[sikora]

Any new interior shots? Interested to see how well the rear seats match the recaros.

 

[Mikeyjp]

these rear saets?

View attachment 109851

 

[sikora]

Yeah. How well do they match the Recaros? Not a fan of the cup spec rear seats in mine

 

[Mikeyjp]

they look a lot better, but the rear bench is a gray leather, where as the fronts are black, i guess if you were really fussy u could sand them down a bit and dye/spray them black to match the fronts

 

[MarcB]

Well started the arches and finished them off.

Then Decided to get the Sills all sorted and undersealed due to the poor jacking points

 

[MarcB]

Well after 117 days of sitting on axel stands i popped the wheels on and took this a spring round the estate.

Then popped the car away ready to get the carbon splitter on and build it back up

 

[MarcB]

Any new interior shots? Interested to see how well the rear seats match the recaros.

Sorry but no new ones.

Just these ones that are rather old when i bought the rear seats.

 

[Keith185]

Great work Marc. How do the side skirts come off? Need any new parts to refit?

 

[Matt e]

Great work Marc. How do the side skirts come off? Need any new parts to refit?

undo the t20 torx screw in the arch
drill the heads off the 5 rivets under the skirts
left the skirt upwards
knock out the the rivets left in

refit in reversal

you'll need at least 10 4mm rivets, its really easy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271210350...eName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

 

[The Fonze]

This was a great read! Massive amount of respect for doing most of the work yourself. How do you find the AST top mounts for road use?

 

[MarcB]

Great work Marc. How do the side skirts come off? Need any new parts to refit?

undo the t20 torx screw in the arch
drill the heads off the 5 rivets under the skirts
left the skirt upwards
knock out the the rivets left in

refit in reversal

you'll need at least 10 4mm rivets, its really easy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271210350...eName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

As the man above says buddy

This was a great read! Massive amount of respect for doing most of the work yourself. How do you find the AST top mounts for road use?

AST Topmounts + Polybush Bottom Mounts + Polybush Dogbone + Sachs = Harsh , I feel every crack, leaf & pebble on the road but it handles bloody well

 

[Keith185]

As the man above says buddy

Thanks Marc and Matt