Want to make my clio look better

[Bullard]

i have a black 2003 clio and i feel i need to do something to make it look better. budget of about £300 at the moment, any ideas and prices roughly would be good cheers.

 

[Kane.]

Coilovers.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Coilovers for £300 ? No chance....

What is it ? 1.2 ? V6 ?

 

[Saner]

^^

Will improve looks and handeling

£300 will get you some decent second hand ones

 

[Bullard]

its a 1.2 16v

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Don't waste your money.

Wash it ... keep it clean and just leave it be !

 

[Saner]

hmm, how about Sportline Springs, RS Grill, DIY Colourcoding

Don't waste your money.

Wash it ... keep it clean and just leave it be !

But thats Boring

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Yes but so are 1.2 Clios

He says he wants it to look better. Springs + insurance change will just about fill the budget.

It'll look the same as if the boot was filled with a couple of bags of cement. What's the point ?!

 

[Bullard]

na i wanna do something to it, as i got to keep for a few years.

 

[Saner]

Yes but so are 1.2 Clios

He says he wants it to look better. Springs + insurance change will just about fill the budget.

It'll look the same as if the boot was filled with a couple of bags of cement. What's the point ?!

You sir, are getting old!
With your argument whats the point about modifing anything, could put cement in the back of a RS.

I think its harmless if people want to play around with the look of things, doubt his insurance will go up from a new grill and coulourcoding and teh springs, well we all know that a good driver behind teh wheel of a 1.2 can beat a bad driver in an RS.

 

[Bullard]

i was thinking spraying alloys black, tints or colour coding but dont know prices :/

 

[Fletcher]

Any pics of how it currently looks?

 

[Bullard]

Em no, no pics blakc with silver renault alloys 15's i believe

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

I am getting old. I'll openly admit that.

Generally, as proven on here most weeks, people take a smart looking standard car, and wreck it with tints, badly painted wheels, awful lights, bonnet lifters, slam it on its arse so it's un-drivable, and then wonder why they get ripped to shreds on here or laughed at when they can't negotiate the first speedbump they find.

Springs will make it handle a bit better, assuming the shocks cope with it. But then the wheels will need spacing out to look right. It's a slippery slope to replacing the wheels, brakes, coilovers when springs don't quite do it any more, then buckets etc etc... costing a fortune.

OP wants it to look better, but has no idea what he wants to do, or much money to do it with. Everyones opinion of 'better' differs. Go look at the media section and get some ideas !

I'd love to know how bad a driver one would have to be to get beaten at anything in an RS by a 1.2, other than reversing into a space at Tesco. :S

 

[Fletcher]

Em no, no pics blakc with silver renault alloys 15's i believe

I would keep the wheels silver TBH.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

While I was writing the above essay, the following was proving my point:

i was thinking spraying alloys black, tints or colour coding but dont know prices :/

Read this: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?593202-Clio-first-car-project

Take your GF on holiday with the cash instead. :approve:

 

[Saner]

lol, valid above comments, but taking it to an extreme.

And in regards to the 1.2 quicker than a RS, I can show you the Time Trial results from the Airfield days I used to do. Powa isn't everything!

 

[Knuckles]

Look in the non sport thread mate you'll get some ideas what about a 172 rear bumper? Around £70 to buy and about the same to spray professionally makes them look better don't spray the alloys black mate, looks poo and please don't tint.

My car came with the alloys sprayed black and they've been sitting in my shed for the past year and a half. I may refurbish them back to standard

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Rs grill
Lower it on springs unless you want to blow your whole budget on coilovers?
Colour code
Maybe space the alloys out
Then leave it

 

[Bullard]

I think im going to colour code it rs grill and then lower it later when i have more money. space alloys???

 

[pendulumx]

You could change the side 'repeater' indicators to clear (from orange). That looks much better than orange ones on a black car. This is about the only mod I intend to do to my 172!

 

[-J-]

What about some nice colour coded bits and bobs -

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?594296-SALE-ITEMS-(ph2)&p=7935465#post7935465

 

[Saner]

Just a sec, isn't there a thread on cheap mods that look good?

EDIT:

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...ods-For-Skint-People....&highlight=cheap+mods

 

[Knuckles]

Spacers go between the alloy and (hub?) to push the alloy out from in the arches. If you lower your car the chances are the alloys will be right in the arch and will look weird.

There's probably a better way to say this but meh

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Spacers just improve stance, they go between the wheel and the hub, I wouldnt bother with them unless you lower the car.

 

[clancy]

best thing you could do is lower it mate, second hand coilovers for that money + colour code some bits and pieces, will look really good

i hate it when people say dont bother modding non sports. if its your car and you have to keep it for a few years then why not do what you want ? lower it mate

 

[Bullard]

cheers where to get some coilovers then?

 

[Saner]

New loads of shops, second hand, here or ebay.

Get a membership and you can search the forum for reviews, sales advice etc

 

[spanishbhoy]

i lol at all the 182 people on here who think theyre better that 1.2 drivers.... listen mate if you have the money and the time. why not.......

if you dont have the money or the time then dont bother. simple..... non sport thread has LOADS of reasons to ignore 182 owners telling you to "leave it"....

 

[clancy]

coilovers you basicly have 2 options. cheap new ones from ebay, or second hand better quality ones. you can pick up second hand ones on here, ebay etc etc