WP53 OKO - Glacier White - 172 Cup

[McGherkin]

However, on PH1's you have holes behind the Renault Sport badges I believe? So may gave to address these first?

Not sure. You've got me thinking now! Will have to find out. How did you get the old ones off? I'd have thought they would leave a mark around them?

 

[Chris_Beer]

My bootlid was from a non sport but usually I use dental floss so not to damage the paint.. never fails to disappoint, or fishing cord perhaps a little stronger, then a toffee wheel or lots of AG tar remover and patience with a credit card or something then polish it up..

Clio ones are clipped into locating plugs though so you should be able to pop them off if you are careful, perhaps then remove the plugs from the bootlid and then stick the badge on and hope it covers the holes

 

[GavC]

Awesome work you've done here, fantastic turn around

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Thanks to G_172 for getting these brakes to me within a couple of days:

Brembo Front Pads
Brembo Rear Pads
Brembo Rear Discs
Renault Rear Disc Spacers
Replacement Rear Hub Nuts

No worries Chris, you're welcome mate

Bet your Cup is stopping a lot better now and is looking superb :approve:

 

[Chris_Beer]

No worries Chris, you're welcome mate

Bet your Cup is stopping a lot better now and is looking superb :approve:

Thanks George, top service from yourself as I said, very impressed..

Which is less than I can say about Photobucket... I only created an account a few months ago, and I seem to have maxed out the bandwidth and storage already despite the pictures automatically set to resize 640x480 forum friendly small size... It also screws up the order of photos every upload!

Anyone have any recommendations?

 

[..Jack..]

Can't see the photos mate

 

[Jekyll]

Me either

 

[mossyv6]

They were there earlier and car looking lovely Chris.

Proper spray job, I persume full strip and rebuild judging by the engine bay

i cant believe that renault never did a glacier white 172/182.

 

[Chris_Beer]

Can't see the photos mate

Me either

See my above post lads

They were there earlier and car looking lovely Chris.

Proper spray job, I persume full strip and rebuild judging by the engine bay

i cant believe that renault never did a glacier white 172/182.

Complete white shell mossy also seen under the dashtop, engine bay, arches, interior, you name it, it's white!

Thanks

 

[McGherkin]

See my above post lads

No, they mean you've exceeded your bandwidth on Photobucket.

Personally I use dropbox for my photo hosting, it's far easier.

 

[Chris_Beer]

No, they mean you've exceeded your bandwidth on Photobucket.

Personally I use dropbox for my photo hosting, it's far easier.

I only created an account a few months ago, and I seem to have maxed out the bandwidth

I know, account says it will reset in a few weeks :S only way to sort it is pay a monthly/yearly fee.. no thanks photobucket !

I will look at dropbox for the next thread update... !

 

[markerboy2002]

Keep this coming, love what you've don with the car, looks spot on!

 

[Chris_Beer]

RE-POSTING 24 SEPT UPDATE AS PHOTO'S WENT WRONG​

Wasn't happy with the blue induction / reducer adaptor set up, thought I wouldn't be happy with anything other than the BMC CDA, until I tried this out..

KTR's induction kit, in black, which fitted the bill perfectly

Gave the filter a good clean with some spare pipercross foam cleaning fluid, and replaced the worn looking jubilee clips

A tight fit, battery did need to come out

Really does sound the nuts though..

Has a slightly less deep note than the BMC but an almost TB type note to it, and really opens up on 5K !

The engine was becoming a little unhappy in the mornings, engine code of pre-cat lambda sensor.

Went for a direct to OE plug Bosch fitment one, came with the plastic fitting clip and pre-greased

This old one was unbranded, had been cut and wire joined (obviously cheap universal one)

Rattled like mad once it was removed!

Whilst I was there, replaced an exhaust mount bolt as the other one turned to cheese..

Had an intermittent problem with the left indicator bulb. After time with a multi metre, some forum help from CS.net with pin outs, was down to a pin in the plug dislodged from the slightly

Bit of experience with stripping the clocks, will come in handy for an White LED conversion one day... !

Ally footrest from Dan@MAD

Old one broke on removal lol

Replaced a rear seat belt buckle that gave up

Deleted the charcoal box/carbon canister thing and did the pipe work

Got another Cup airbag module after having an airbag light since having the car due to a defective module

Thanks to Dan@SJM for sorting the configuration out!

The last tax disc for the car... Better do it neatly!

Standard size BSAU plates in prep for MOT

Reduced the camber due to the other Nankangs scrubbing out rather quickly

Down to 0.5 degrees now and towed to match, less silly slow wheel spin pulling out of uphill junctions

New set of T1R's to match the rears again

Thanks to G_172 from CS.net for getting these brakes to me within a couple of days:

Brembo Front Pads
Brembo Rear Pads
Brembo Rear Discs
Renault Rear Disc Spacers
Replacement Rear Hub Nuts

I also have had an as new set of Brembo Max Front Discs sat around for a while collecting surface rust so dug these out while I was there

Decided to also get hold of a rear pad fitting kit.. A good thing to as mine unbelieveably had NO SPRING RETAINING CLIPS FITTED!

I have no idea how the pads have stayed in, made me feel a little sick..

So... old, worn, bumpy feeling, scoured, and warped feeling brakes

Passenger side I had to use a lump hammer to remove for 25 minutes, hard, didn't feel great, then the bearing let go of itself

Spent some time cutting the remainder of the bearing off.

The reason for this side being such a pain was probably because the disc spacer was missing!

New bits

The drivers side almost fell loose as soon as the nut was off

Reason... this side had a spacer fitted

However.. note the rubber seal bulging out.. seized rear caliper

Spent some good time cleaning this up while it was extended out fully with small wire brushes and good glass paper and smoothing then whacked in a seal of copper grease to get it going again

 

[Chris_Beer]

Old pads were very brittle and worn from the heat of the caliper no doubt

Caliper sliding like a dream now and working the best it has been since I've had the car, brakes in a straight line!
With the rears finally in good working order, moved on to cleaning up the front discs

New pads and caliper to carrier bolts

Dirty wheels, although don't look it, back on and Toyo's on also

The big ... MOT TIME

Passed first time
However was asked a couple of things before they did the advisories on the computer:
1: Exhaust system isn't a standard item - ORLY?
2: Handbrake only just efficient - Put this down to the new brakes, he agreed they had not even worn in yet
3: Xenons - Asked if I fitted them and because I had did, these were 'retro fitted' so no washers came from factory, so would pass?
4: Modified rear brake compensator - Cup rear brake set up lol
5: Suspension is lowered - Oh?
6: Brake pipe corroded - The only real advisory ?!

So with all that out the way, back on with the narrow plate and a wash before tucking it in for the evening

 

[Tez.]

Sounds like a right anal mot place there mate

My clio should fail everytime but he passes it anyway .

No horn, broken spring, brakes shot . Mine really needs some loving lol

 

[Chris_Beer]

Sounds like a right anal mot place there mate

My clio should fail everytime but he passes it anyway .

No horn, broken spring, brakes shot . Mine really needs some loving lol

They weren't happy with it being lowered to be fair.. splitter was ever so slightly bending, good thing it wasn't a Cup/Carbon one!

Took it to another place before this MOT but they called me 1/2 hr after drop off to tell me the sliding jack wouldn't go under it on the ramp so couldn't MOT it unless I raised it up..

Horn - Mine was the earth connection
Broken Spring - Cheap as chips for another set
Brakes - G172 !

Get it sorted dude, Renault's get expensive if you don't sort things out, otherwise you end up with a huge to do list, tackle it as it comes

 

[dommy23]

This car by far my favorite on the site , minty fresh , and love the attention to detail , a credit to yourself for bringing it back to near perfection

 

[McGherkin]

Looking good mate. By the way, whatever happened to that BMC you were selling me? Oh and if you want a hand doing the conversion let me know. I've got the LEDs kicking around to do white, red or green.

 

[Chris_Beer]

This car by far my favorite on the site , minty fresh , and love the attention to detail , a credit to yourself for bringing it back to near perfection

:hearteyes::up: Thanks dommy, I feel my cars as always a little more special outside of the forums as most of it's been seen before or the pictures don't really show it off.. I think that's why I try and photograph it so much!

Looking good mate. By the way, whatever happened to that BMC you were selling me? Oh and if you want a hand doing the conversion let me know. I've got the LEDs kicking around to do white, red or green.

Fell off the radar with this one I'm afraid Callum :hushed:

Still have the hose, adaptor, and BMC though, but unsure if you wanted it as the size was wrong for a Clio, you could always chuck it on with the adaptor and see if you are happy with it but the adaptor spoils it a little TBH

If not, then could do a deal with the LED conversion or something? Be cheaper than me buying a decent iron, materials and bits and pieces. I was planning the full conversion though (dash, switches, heaters, clocks, interior lights etc)

 

[McGherkin]

Well I've got 50 LEDs so I'd imagine there's enough, although I haven't taken apart the door switches etc so don't know how bad they'll be. Drop me a message about that deal and we'll sort something out

 

[Chris_Beer]

Moving on, finally a wheel change!

A friend snapped these Turini's up and planned to refurbish them with track tyres. Initially I wanted the T1R's for my wheels but ended up doing a swap deal :smile:


(Facebook photos)

Got them home..

195/45/16 T1R's

Not really thought much of black wheels, but here they are before..

A considerable amount of time cleaning them up..

Removed the Renault Sport (or R nau t S ort) stickers which were peeling anyway, the paint scars stood out a mile..

45 Minutes with a touch up stick, and some tyre slick, we had this..

Now at this stage I need to remind everyone again, and myself, that these are only temporarily on until they get re-painted

So a couple of snaps of them on the car..

The Williams Speedlines back where they belong :wink:

Routing about the house came across these CS goodies from the past!

I'll leave you with the magic number.. :smile:

 

[McGherkin]

Bin the T1Rs. Shite tyres. I should know, I have them.

 

[AlexW]

Whats the deal with the 5? Needs a thread!

 

[Chris_Beer]

Bin the T1Rs. Shite tyres. I should know, I have them.

Nothing wrong with Toyo's IMO, of course they are no Pilot Sport Michelin's but still I've always been happy with them, and I've tried many different tyre / wheel / engine combos over the years!

If the cars set up correctly I've always found they take a good beating

Whats the deal with the 5? Needs a thread!

Has a thread on another site, however not been touched for some years now! Couple of clips on YouTube of the build but again these are out of date by a mile!

 

[jesus]

What a thread! Just spent god knows how long reading through the entire thing and seeing it before and how it is now is, for me, what project threads are all about. The little details that most people would just shrug off. The car is looking great mate keep up the good work (and updates!).

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Looking good mate, big fan of the Williams wheels but the Turinis do suit these cars so well. Glad you took the stickers off aswel

Get some more pics of the R5 up :up:

 

[Chris_Beer]

What a thread! Just spent god knows how long reading through the entire thing and seeing it before and how it is now is, for me, what project threads are all about. The little details that most people would just shrug off. The car is looking great mate keep up the good work (and updates!).

:up: Thanks Jesus!

It's like a personal journal for my car, I do end up previewing most posts and removing a lot of the writing as pictures do the talking! I'm far from finished with it but then I don't think my cars are ever finished :smile: Would like 182/Treadlines interior really but would want it immaculate!

Looking good mate, big fan of the Williams wheels but the Turinis do suit these cars so well. Glad you took the stickers off aswel

Get some more pics of the R5 up :up:

I love the Williams but they need 195/45 tyres, spacers and more lows on this to pull it off I think.. The Turini's always do it for me.. just the worst colour, can't stand black wheels on road cars generally !

Cheers dude..

The 5...erm... pictures don't really give the truth.. it needs a lot of work still!

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Brightest silver you can find for the Turinis then I'm guessing

 

[Chris_Beer]

Trophy 205-110 Colour

Silver

Or White..

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Any of those would look good Chris, but Silver would be my choice

 

[JCjack]

Wow, what a thread!

Just read from start to present..completely transformed the car. Far from my cup of tea when you first brought it but the attention to detail is unreal it now looks awesome!
I've had a few friends buy cars in the past and later found things like you have, completely agree on "why do people do things like this" and Sh*t bodge jobs. Hats off to you for the patience.

Also, need to see more pictures of the 5. My brothers owned 2 TG's and a black one.. always loved them.

 

[Chris_Beer]

Any of those would look good Chris, but Silver would be my choice

Indeed, the White I think would be inpractical for road use, if I had extra cash I would be tempted to run another set of Turini's in the summer in bright white but can't really justify that.

Trophy colour is most likely, however I wouldn't mind a photoshop of silver as well..

Anyone willing? :smile:

Wow, what a thread!

Just read from start to present..completely transformed the car. Far from my cup of tea when you first brought it but the attention to detail is unreal it now looks awesome!
I've had a few friends buy cars in the past and later found things like you have, completely agree on "why do people do things like this" and Sh*t bodge jobs. Hats off to you for the patience.

Also, need to see more pictures of the 5. My brothers owned 2 TG's and a black one.. always loved them.

:up: Thank you Jack, some of the things I really could not get my head around, cutting corners or sunday afternoon jobs with no where open for parts perhaps.. glad they have all gone!

Cannot beat the character of a 5 though.. I've had a few but this is my first GT Turbo, however one previous campus did have a complete GTT subframe bolted up (drivetrain/engine etc).. that was huge fun even with 14 psi on the T2 turbo :laughing:

Pics of your brothers ones please!

 

[JCjack]

Cutting corners would take my vote, relief they're all gone I'd imagine.
More character to come seeing as they'll only get rarer. Haven't got many pictures myself but came across an old thread of his on here..
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/renault-5-gt-turbo-f7p-turbo-powered-tungsten-track-car.572886/

 

[Chris_Beer]

Cutting corners would take my vote, relief they're all gone I'd imagine.
More character to come seeing as they'll only get rarer. Haven't got many pictures myself but came across an old thread of his on here..
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/renault-5-gt-turbo-f7p-turbo-powered-tungsten-track-car.572886/

I remember this thread! Looks a great car!

The black GTT, the grill and indicators I have in my garage :smile: 'BAJ' has a thread on another site

 

[JCjack]

Was a shame it was never finished, I drove the grey one with the F7P engine. one hand holding the cage that was just resting in the car, tracking miles out and seats barely bolted in. Ignoring all that my god it felt quick!!

Nice, any threads for your 5? I recently found BAJ on Instagram, still going strong.

 

[Chris_Beer]

I'll start with saying a special thanks to @McGherkin for providing me with some ClioSport electricity

Got the car back home and chucked on the multi meter which gave me this (Car running and voltage slowing dropping off)

Out with the battery as it ran completely flat, and gave it a good day and overnight charge.. Meow

Thanks to @Renault Wolverhampton for sorting this out..

Out with the old...

In with the new !

Impeccable timing... ever feel like all you do is pay car tax That time again!

Whilst we are on that track, @Renault Wolverhampton then sorted some of these bits out, ECP are the other bits..

ELF Evolution SXR 5L
Renault Oil Filter and Sump Plug Washer
Gearbox Oil Washer
Renault Type D Coolant 5L
Renault Thermostat
Renault NGK R Plugs
'Prospark Leads' Pretty pleased with these for the price
Bremi Coilpack - Thanks to @JW-172 for the patience with this


Oh.. and thanks to Halfords for the special offer on Screen Wash!

Got to work with the ignition side of things due to a lead popping off and melting on the manifold.. resulting in a misfire..

Plugs were terrible..

All torqued up and new leads

Gave the inside of the TB a good wipe down whilst I was there..

Done...

Fluids and Brake and Gearbox fluid change soon, but will do this all together.

Next... I cleaned my airbag...

Because my steering wheel got naked penmouth:

Merry Christmas from my misses whom is now my 'fiancee / wife to be be!' :hearteyes:

To replace this monstrosity which has grated on me since day one...

Thanks to @snappy for the TOP WORK, what people say was true, these are excellent:

Retrimmed Wheel
White 12 O'clock
White Stitching
Perforated Thumb Grips and Bottom Section

 

[Chris_Beer]

Extremely happy with how this next part is going so far.. Renault should of done this from factory IMO!

Thanks again to @McGherkin for his patience with sorting these Dial SMD's.. nothing is plain sailing!

Glovebox

Boot

Got dismantling the MFD / Clock / Radio display

Before (Both bulbs blown and only sunlight providing this)

With the power of Acetone.. Bleached the orange away

Got myself a new soldiering iron to replace my old 'hot broken spoon' I had before

Ended up with this.. Not the look I was after :dizzy:

Ordered some translucent filter sheeting and made up a replacement filter..

Done, camera makes it look a little odd here?!

With that done, interior light time... inspired by the guide on here... !

Number Plate Lamp

And lastly.. A sneak peak of the new 182 interior if anyone hasn't spied this yet

More on this later.. that's enough for now !

 

[McGherkin]

Coming on leaps and bounds!

Happy to help mate, looking good and nice to see the inspiration you've taken, and good work on finishing the centre clock, next on my list so we might need to hook up again

Interesting that you had to notch the interior light out though to fit the SMDs, the panels I had (all used now!) fitted perfectly, looks like finding more is going to be a pain!

 

[Adam93]

Just read the lot from the start, lovely Clio; never thought white would work but it does.... stunner.

 

[MrBox]

Very smart! Lots of little changes which makes a huge impact.