Weekend/Track Car

[Msphotographic]

hey
well after my friends and i choosening to go to the nurburgring april next year i choose to sart looking at cars, after seeing my mate garys clio i knew what i wanted, so the search was on for a 172, after only two weeks i found one in scunthorpe, 83k cambelt just done,servised ect, went to look at it and bought it
heres the piccys of the car when i bought it

IMG_1303 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr

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by the time we got home it was to late to do anything to it but the next day we cracked on giving it a good clean

IMG_1354 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
looking better already ,also tuck of the two sticker from the bumpers,

IMG_1356 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
my mate spraying the calipers as they were rotten

IMG_1360 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
next up was lowering of the drivers seat , made such a differance

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next up i ordered a towing eye

IMG_1378 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
also started to order some other goodies , to my mistake i ordered rear ds2500 instead of fronts but o well may aswell fit them now

IMG_1393 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
bought some braided lines of a member on here

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small plate

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when i bought the car the fella had told me he had done a quick repair on the exhaust .... nice

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old vs new

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next up after reading about these 3m headlight repair kits i choose to give it a go
before

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during

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after

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then i starting with the polishing and getting rid of the swirl marks

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the rear number plate light was looking abit dull so i bought a new one and got it fitted with a new LED bulbs
before

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after

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new plastic badges covers

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next we booked to go to anglesye for a javlin track day , the car was totaly standard performance wise and was on proper ditch finder tyres,but i had such a blast of a day ,

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so after a great weekend i had a monday of work so had chance to fit my new side badges that id bought ,the ones that came with the car had been sprayed black and were crap,these will be for sale for a tenner
old

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new

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well another cleaning shesh and time to fit my dark indicators

IMG_1481 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
i wanted to decluter the rear of the car so set about taking of the badges

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after a good polish

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today i chooe to start making the car abit more ready for up and coming track mods so i set about making some DIY brake ducts,

IMG_1494 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
bit of ducting

IMG_1500 by MSPhotographic, on Flickr
both sides done and painted,

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still need to make a deflector plate but it was getting cold so gave up for the day

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and put back to bed

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mods that will be getting done
Gaz coilovers (ordering this week)
r888 tyres (ordering this week)
Whiteline ARB
Polybush engine kit
striped inside
buckets
harness
Top Mount and Strut Brace Package PH2 from pure motorsport
OMP steering wheel and bose ,Fitting of friday

il keep updating this as i get new parts, thanks for looking

 

[Sam@NP]

Certainly looks like a great car and a very good spec.

 

[Gray]

Sounds like good plans... I would avoid the Gaz coilovers though, they don't have a good rep for the RS Clio's.

 

[Msphotographic]

iv just been chatting to a fella about FK konigsport ones, bit dearer than wanted to spend but if they are alot better il get them

 

[-Sparky-]

Looking Good!

 

[3i_gaz]

Looks good laddo

 

[Msphotographic]

 

[JonC219]

Looks good mate, and good plans!

 

[not normal dan]

I had gaz golds, they were alright an there customer services was good an refurbs are cheap an quick turn around. Did make the car skittish on the bumpy local b roads. Heard good things bout new space too.

 

[Msphotographic]

just seen some other coilovers, what do people think of spax rsx?? and kw coils cheers

 

[not normal dan]

The new spax seem to get decent reviews, dan at 519 sells them too.

 

[Wayne-G]

Looks a very good start Plans sound good, keep up the good work.

 

[jesus]

Good work, seems like you're bringing it back to life!

 

[Lawro]

Some nice progress so far! It looks like a tidy example.

 

[Msphotographic]

Cheers pal

 

[bryanwalker]

looking good Mark I want to ditch my fog lights for the brake duct set up think it looks better without fogs.

 

[Msphotographic]

looking good Mark I want to ditch my fog lights for the brake duct set up think it looks better without fogs.

Il show you what iv used next time I see you pal,it needs some adjustment and some deflector plates making up but all in good time

 

[Msphotographic]

Powerflex dog bone bush of my dad and brand new bucket seats on there way

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Coming along nicely mate

 

[Msphotographic]

. New steering wheel boss

 

[CageyJ0nnY]

Looks great Mark!

What seats are you getting? Also im getting the pure motorsport top mounts / strut brace package, get in on their group buy in the car parts section.

We'll have to have a meet up lad

 

[Msphotographic]

Cheers pal my dads gots some brand new cobra ones that were for his westfield but never fitted them ,just got to have at a look at a way to mount them as low as poss ,my mates and i are meeting later in the week for piccys pm me your number,im looking at getting coils first seen some spax ones on here im interested in

 

[CageyJ0nnY]

Sounds good, yeah ive pm'd you. Whens your next trackday?

 

[Emma.]

Check out Bistein B14's. they have been great for me on the track. I spotted a set for sale the other day on here pretty cheap.

 

[mattygreen]

Nice looking car... trying to find a decent towing eye for mine instead of a strap...

Did you really pay £80 for one you have, or am I missing something?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-C...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e6ec4a6aa

 

[Greeny.]

Nice looking car... trying to find a decent towing eye for mine instead of a strap...

Did you really pay £80 for one you have, or am I missing something?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-C...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item1e6ec4a6aa

Lol thats the one in my watch list, no idea why its gone up to full r****d mode price as he won't sell any...

 

[mattygreen]

Lol thats the one in my watch list, no idea why its gone up to full r****d mode price as he won't sell any...

Just checked sellers feedback and they were £16.99, which is fair, have sent seller a message questioning price, so will see?

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

The seller is me!!

We have run out of stock so iv'e put the price up to stop people buying, More will be in in the new year, I have a couple about i think still and can still supply them at £16.99

 

[JonC219]

^^ I was just in the process of linking your trader section Dan! Too bloody quick

 

[Msphotographic]

well worth the £16.00 really nice and well made

 

[Msphotographic]

Well tonight i had Gary for gok garage services fit my temp replacement exhaust which was just a new standard exhaust,it was only a cheap crappy one so after what seemed to be ages to get it fitted it was on, it has a slight air leak and needs adjusting abit but in the time we had its fine fir now
After that i nipped to my mate and picked up my new OMP steering wheel


I should also be getting my ds2500 front pads some time tomorrow which will be getting fitted along with aload of other bits on friday

Mark

 

[Msphotographic]

Picked up my seats last night

Need to figure out how to fit these as low as poss. Anyone got any ideas ??

Also my front ds2500 pads arrived

 

[Msphotographic]

New dog bone mount from my dad fitting in the morning

 

[Msphotographic]

Well yesterday i had my ds2500 front and rear pads fitted by my mate Luke ,massive thanks to him
The pads feel great just need to get the new abs sensor sorted our,tonight i nipped over to see Gary from GOK garage services in crosby to have a look at sorting my exhaust as its been blowing. We got that sorted and sorted out fitting my new polybush dogbone mount

Also fitted my braided lines which i bought of a fella on here

Whilst it was on the ramps i lowered the passenger seat and touched in the brake ducts with a new coat of satin black as it had peeled

I now am on the hunt for coilovers,whiteline Arb and tyres

 

[Cupman29]

What about these for coilovers and top mounts?

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?673708-Bilstein-B14-coilovers-c-w-top-mounts-54mm

 

[Msphotographic]

Already looked at them pal but i want to be able to adjust the damping thanks anyway

 

[-Sparky-]

How did you Lower your passenger seat mate? It really bugs me that it's so much higher all the time

 

[Msphotographic]

Just undid the 4 bolts under the car that hold it in the. Tilted the seat forward and removed the washers underneath then put some smaller ones in place ,can do the same for the drivers one

 

[-Sparky-]

Just undid the 4 bolts under the car that hold it in the. Tilted the seat forward and removed the washers underneath then put some smaller ones in place ,can do the same for the drivers one

I see nice one, i was going to purchase another drivers seat so they are both hieght adjustable

 

[3i_gaz]

Don't foget replaced brake fluid for some racing blue and sorted that xenon leveller man!