What have you done to your car today ???

[David172]

Os it your daily?

Oh god no, I just have nowhere to work on it where I live so I have to use the parents driveway at the weekend - 45mins away. Not ideal haha

 

[David172]

Get yourself a drivers floor foot rest panel. Brings your feet back up to the correct height your carpet would have been. Stops your heels snagging on the floor strengthening panel.

Oh and yes this is on the list. But I cant do it until I've worked out how to get the seat lower and further back. If I raise my feet as it is now my knees will be hitting the wheel.

 

[Usr117063]

Oh god no, I just have nowhere to work on it where I live so I have to use the parents driveway at the weekend - 45mins away. Not ideal haha

Tescos overflow carpark? I went to one near me to give it a quick alignment before

 

[1985michael182]

Can you leave it at your parents so you dont have mess around?

 

[David172]

Can you leave it at your parents so you dont have mess around?

I wish mate, I've hinted but they're not keen to lose a space and park on the road. Fair enough tbh.

 

[David172]

Tescos overflow carpark? I went to one near me to give it a quick alignment before

Yeah ive done that before, started stripping the clio in a pub carpark lol. For big jobs I like being at the parents where all my/my dads tools are. I need to rent a garage near where I live really, more money though

 

[DomP182]

Still painting calipers and replacing all seals while drying out my still wet footwells from when the door cards leaked😴

 

[Eddie555]

Oh I knew I forgot something! I'm just preparing the car for it to be fitted. It looks like I need to remove the metal frame that supports the dash but its attached to steering column so didnt fancy messing with it today. (I have to put it all back together each time and drive it home). I also need to drive it to the place where the cage is being fitted. Stessed tbh.

What sort of cage are you having? Is it a bolt in? If so some cages wont need you to cut the metal frame as it'll thread through and down to the floor.. If it's a Fulcrum Motorsport one then definitely not..

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[David172]

What sort of cage are you having? Is it a bolt in? If so some cages wont need you to cut the metal frame as it'll thread through and down to the floor.. If it's a Fulcrum Motorsport one then definitely not..

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Its a sparco 6 point bolt in mate, from what I can tell it will be right up against the bulkhead in the way of the metal frame at the sides. I'll double check this though!

When are you at beford next? I need to try it out this year.

 

[Eddie555]

Its a sparco 6 point bolt in mate, from what I can tell it will be right up against the bulkhead in the way of the metal frame at the sides. I'll double check this though!

When are you at beford next? I need to try it out this year.

You should be ok with the cage.. what you have to do is cut away the bottom dash area around the side air vents and lose the piping to them, also you'll need to relocate the fuse box...

Bedford is booked for a pre-Nurburgring shake down for march 30th..

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[David172]

You should be ok with the cage.. what you have to do is cut away the bottom dash area around the side air vents and lose the piping to them, also you'll need to relocate the fuse box...

Bedford is booked for a pre-Nurburgring shake down for march 30th..

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Yeah I figured there will be some cutting required somewhere, I'm going to slim down the bottom dash a lot anyway so it's all good.

I'll take a look and maybe get booked on the 30th too

 

[Mbeau]

Finally finished stripping it. Don't think I have left anything on worth keeping!!

 

[Andy P]

Scuttle panels, I struggled the other month when I broke one

 

[DomP182]

Yeah scuttle covers are worth keeping and door seals if they are good

 

[JamesBryan]

Windscreen if you can get it out.

Always someone after one who hasn't got windscreen insurance cover or a track car.

 

[Mbeau]

There were a few bits in that picture that have since been removed, scuttle cover being one of them. I probably will remove the boot and door seals. It's going tomorrow. I have managed to salvage most bits worth having. I am running out of space to store bits 😂

 

[DomP182]

Those bumper brackets always suffer badly with corrosion

 

[MiseryStreak]

Finally got around to replacing the boot struts, they'd got to the point where they'd only hold the boot open if the car was facing downhill.

Couldn't quite stomach the rip-off price for OE replacements, and I'm glad I didn't as these £13.95 jobbies seem much nicer quality than the originals:

2 x New Renault Clio MK2 Hatchback 1998-2005 Tailgate Boot Support Struts E304 | eBay

Fits: Renault Clio MK2 Hatchback 1998-2005 (Tailgate). Tailgate Struts. 100% Support! In case of any problem we will help. Part number(s): 7700842256. Your user or order ID.

www.ebay.co.uk

The boot now opens like Zebedee on Viagra.

 

[Ben Cook]

Acoustic valve removal with 60mm cold air feed behind bumper.

 

[Clio_fool]

Cleaned the inside. Hoovered about half a tonne of stones out of the drivers side and after a wipe with some auto finesse stuff it smells nice too😊. Scratched the auto button on the cc though 😭.

 

[DomP182]

Discovered why I sometimes get a knock changing gear

 

[Amos91]

Terrible photo 😂, but a quick wash to get off all the storm dust blown into the garage.

Now back under a cover until the weather improves -

 

[DomP182]

Still drying out the sound deadening from the footwells😫

Received the holy grail of Renault clips

 

[BaileyWolves]

Finally got around to replacing the boot struts, they'd got to the point where they'd only hold the boot open if the car was facing downhill.

Couldn't quite stomach the rip-off price for OE replacements, and I'm glad I didn't as these £13.95 jobbies seem much nicer quality than the originals:

2 x New Renault Clio MK2 Hatchback 1998-2005 Tailgate Boot Support Struts E304 | eBay

Fits: Renault Clio MK2 Hatchback 1998-2005 (Tailgate). Tailgate Struts. 100% Support! In case of any problem we will help. Part number(s): 7700842256. Your user or order ID.

www.ebay.co.uk

The boot now opens like Zebedee on Viagra.

We’re these hard to swap mate ?

 

[Amos91]

We’re these hard to swap mate ?

They are a doddle. You only need a flat head screwdriver to pull out the clip.

 

[BaileyWolves]

Will get some ordered thanks mate !!

 

[MiseryStreak]

We’re these hard to swap mate ?

No, dead easy. Just pull the spring clips off the original ones, and push them off, just mind the hatch doesn't come down on your head when you do it (it's a lot heavier than it looks). Then clean up and grease the mount points and the new ones just push on.

My hatch wasn't opening all the way today as the struts are obviously a bit stiff. I put some GT-85 on the stanchions and they're fine now.

My car is with Powerflow exhausts in Brighton today getting a new custom made cat back exhaust. I took it there to see if I could get the baffles repaired in the backbox, but it's a s**t system that's had a not particularly good silencer poorly welded and clamped to the original mid-pipe. There was a crack in it and most of the rubber mounts were nearly gone. So It's £380 + VAT for a new exhaust. Warrantied for life, so should see me out.

Some of the options I could choose from for tailpipes were truly horrific, like a twin 5" rainbow dipped nightmare. I've gone for a fairly large back box and a resonator (so I don't upset the neighbours or get that 2k rpm drone) with a 3" rolled tailpipe that looks similar to the OE 182 tailpipe. I could have gone for a stealth option to keep it original looking but the droopy things looked a little sad on the shelf. I'm not cutting the bumper though so I will look a little bit of a chav, but I can live with that.

 

[BaileyWolves]

Thanks lads mine just won’t stay up if on an incline it’s a pain on my drive trying to get stuff out lol just a niggly job which is eating away at my ocd

 

[BaileyWolves]

No, dead easy. Just pull the spring clips off the original ones, and push them off, just mind the hatch doesn't come down on your head when you do it (it's a lot heavier than it looks). Then clean up and grease the mount points and the new ones just push on.

My hatch wasn't opening all the way today as the struts are obviously a bit stiff. I put some GT-85 on the stanchions and they're fine now.

My car is with Powerflow exhausts in Brighton today getting a new custom made cat back exhaust. I took it there to see if I could get the baffles repaired in the backbox, but it's a s**t system that's had a not particularly good silencer poorly welded and clamped to the original mid-pipe. There was a crack in it and most of the rubber mounts were nearly gone. So It's £380 + VAT for a new exhaust. Warrantied for life, so should see me out.

Some of the options I could choose from for tailpipes were truly horrific, like a twin 5" rainbow dipped nightmare. I've gone for a fairly large back box and a resonator (so I don't upset the neighbours or get that 2k rpm drone) with a 3" rolled tailpipe that looks similar to the OE 182 tailpipe. I could have gone for a stealth option to keep it original looking but the droopy things looked a little sad on the shelf. I'm not cutting the bumper though so I will look a little bit of a chav, but I can live with that.

Which Clio have you put your power flow on ?

 

[MiseryStreak]

Which Clio have you put your power flow on ?

Same as yours! I'll post some pics and a video up if you are thinking of one. As they're custom made I imagine each one is different. They do offer a remap with the exhaust but I'm too tight to pay £500 or whatever for a dubious 4bhp...

 

[BaileyWolves]

Lol 😂 that’s mega bucks !!! I got a ktec stealth on mine and sports cat I paid £120 for my live map on the rollers at EFI I know that’s a long way from u tho 😢

 

[BaileyWolves]

Send some pics over deffo, have you had a single exit pipe ?

 

[BaileyWolves]

Same as yours! I'll post some pics and a video up if you are thinking of one. As they're custom made I imagine each one is different. They do offer a remap with the exhaust but I'm too tight to pay £500 or whatever for a dubious 4bhp...

Mines made 189bhp with just an exhaust filter and map 👀

 

[Ben Cook]

Ultra Racing front and rear braces fitted. Need to trim carpet in boot over the weekend. Thanks to Kev at Kam Racing for the super efficient service.

 

[Lee2525]

Got car back from birchdown after 72k service, he said the timing was out on the car cant believe the difference it idle smoothly feels quicker and finally my mpg is above 30

 

[Pistachio]

Lol 😂 that’s mega bucks !!! I got a ktec stealth on mine and sports cat I paid £120 for my live map on the rollers at EFI I know that’s a long way from u tho 😢

What sport cat did you get and how is it lasting?

 

[Onrus]

Ultra Racing front and rear braces fitted. Need to trim carpet in boot over the weekend. Thanks to Kev at Kam Racing for the super efficient service. View attachment 1458988View attachment 1458989

Can you put the scuttle tray back on with the front strut brace?


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[Ben Cook]

Yes mate, perfect fit.

 

[Onrus]

That’s nice.
I like the way you’ve don’t those cut outs for the top mounts.


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[DomP182]

Got the chance to finish fitting a new battery tray today after I noticed mine had one of the mounts snapped off. It's made a noticeable difference the the gear change and power delivery seems sharper, it had been moving around a lot going by the wear mark's.