Yes i FINALLY did it!!

[B7JLS]

Yep i fitted my RS Grille, but not by choice! :dapprove:

was driving in the rain monday night, after a hot day, my rear near side tyre tap a manhole cover on a corner, travelling at 25mph, the rear end started to slide out... i thought whoa fun as i started to counter-steer, but then just span out and hit a f**king wall

heres the crappy mob pics...

after a quick touch up....

 

[VeinAST]

Bloody good touch up

Looks better though! Will be awesome once the bumpers properly repaired

 

[Aluco]

I'd get a new bumper mate or professionally repaired can still see the scratches !

grille looks good though, Beware oversteer in clios the rear end seems to feel really heavy and just spins round unless you catch it early. Not that i condone promoting oversteer on public roads

 

[Alastair.]

lol, silly boy

 

[B7JLS]

i need a new headlight- because the plastic joints have snapped, cross member (i think) and bumper

 

[Aluco]

I don't even know what a cross member is :clown:

 

[Merk]

"I thought, woaaah fun" LOL.

 

[Aluco]

"I thought, woaaah fun" LOL.

pmsl!

 

[B7JLS]

^^ lol yep, not untill i bounced off the wall then faced the wrong way round, on the otherside of the road.

so glad no one else was involved...

 

[Aluco]

^^ lol yep, not untill i bounced off the wall then faced the wrong way round, on the otherside of the road.

so glad no one else was involved...

Sounds like a go on dogems lol!

 

[Dave..]

As with most accidents, there is usually a lot more damage on the underneath, as said, cross member will need seeing to, and might be worth taking a more detailed look under the body parts

 

[B7JLS]

^^ lol yep, not untill i bounced off the wall then faced the wrong way round, on the otherside of the road.

so glad no one else was involved...

Sounds like a go on dogems lol!

yeh just wish the ride was £2... and dont have to repair it when this happens

 

[Aluco]

yeh just wish the ride was £2... and dont have to repair it when this happens

:rasp:

I spun mine before the first month of ownership was over. You will learn from it lol.

Luckily mine only cost me £15 for a new rear light from f0xy, the Duke of staffordshire never did contact me about repairing his fence...

 

[B7JLS]

dave88 i think thats it, didnt touch the alloy or wing, just the front corner...

 

[Dave..]

ah, you might have got away luckily then. I spun my fiesta in the first 6 months i passed my test, and i swear i must have had angels watching over me, i mounted the curb at the only flat part, so no damage to the wheels, and hit a bollard, rather than the wall behind it, which plumits into the river derwent

 

[couzens]

nice one and bloody good touch up dude! looks sweet with the rs grille!

 

[B7JLS]

lol at dave, i did shhit myself when i realised i was gonna stop skidding in time... how annoying...

 

[B7JLS]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Front-Cross-M...3657477QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

is that what sits under the headlights, and what the bumper attaches on to? cheap as chips

 

[martandem]

Sounds like you had a pure adrenaline rush going on there!... shame it werent a sponge wall!

 

[Michael172]

unlucky mate. gran turismo taught me how do drive. rally stages ftw.

 

[bmh.01]

unlucky mate. gran turismo taught me how do drive. rally stages ftw.

lol!

 

[Tigger]

Glad you got sorted out and it wasn't any worse - looks better now too

 

[Jon.L]

good excuse to get a sport bumper then now!

 

[Revels]

Glad you got it sorted. Youve managed to make it look a lot better.

But do you honestly expect anyone to believe you lost the rear of a FWD 1.2 Clio on a drain cover at 25 MPH?

 

[Gary-Lew]

Crashed at 25mph

 

[Brett]

Unlucky mate - no exactly how you feel because i did exactly the same thing back in january, wet road, right bend, back out, hit wall. was gutted but its all good now.

 

[B7JLS]

Glad you got it sorted. Youve managed to make it look a lot better.

But do you honestly expect anyone to believe you lost the rear of a FWD 1.2 Clio on a drain cover at 25 MPH?

after weather being 26'C + for days then a heavy rain, it doesnt take much on a little car to lose traction,

i was driving at 25mph when it started to slip, but bumped the wall on a skid out. otherwise there would be a lot more damage...

 

[MarkCup]

Amazing how much difference just a grill change makes. Impressive.

 

[Craig.M]

i've been sideways in mine before an managed to control it, but i dont have power steering, good touch up tho, you can still see the scratches as everybody says tho

 

[B7JLS]

^^ i only put it back together and did a light t cut polish

 

[Craig.M]

not bad for t-cut polish then, when first looked at the pic i thought u had put a new bumper on and thought that must some touch up, lol
grill looks better than the old 1 as well