Hi all,
I got this car last friday and had allready located some bits by sat aft. A good friend of mine is parts manager at renault aswell so thats a big help.
Heres a few pics from when the car turned up



It was a shame the car had been partly stripped before i got it, (obviously for the insurance asessor to inspect) so on to the ramp it went for a closer look at the damage.
I managed to get a complete secondhand front suspension corner. I would of loved to put new on but all the bits came from a very good condition car so seamed a no brainer to be honest.
So off with the old

Decided to swap the subframe at the same time , it was an easy job so seamed silly not to just incase it had taken a bit of damage allthough we couldnt see any.
Decided to have the bits powder coated before i fitted them. for some reason all the front crosmembers that holds the rads seam to of been starting to rust so all this should last miles longer now .



On with the new



Ive been in this morning to finish some bits off then decided to have a go at the calipers.
They had been brush painted red, so wernt up to the standard id like so got some paintstripper on them and luckyly all it removed was the red and left the silver underneath still with the brembo sticker on lol.
Next job is to get the pins out so i can paint them but my good there well and truly stuck in (anyone any tips) ive got them soaking now in some freeing oil.



So thats where im up to, its been a busy week.
Next job is to give the inner wing a pull then align the new wing etc, im just struggling to find a bumper and headlamp but may splash out on new if nothing turns up.
Thanks for looking Rick
I got this car last friday and had allready located some bits by sat aft. A good friend of mine is parts manager at renault aswell so thats a big help.
Heres a few pics from when the car turned up



It was a shame the car had been partly stripped before i got it, (obviously for the insurance asessor to inspect) so on to the ramp it went for a closer look at the damage.
I managed to get a complete secondhand front suspension corner. I would of loved to put new on but all the bits came from a very good condition car so seamed a no brainer to be honest.
So off with the old

Decided to swap the subframe at the same time , it was an easy job so seamed silly not to just incase it had taken a bit of damage allthough we couldnt see any.
Decided to have the bits powder coated before i fitted them. for some reason all the front crosmembers that holds the rads seam to of been starting to rust so all this should last miles longer now .



On with the new



Ive been in this morning to finish some bits off then decided to have a go at the calipers.
They had been brush painted red, so wernt up to the standard id like so got some paintstripper on them and luckyly all it removed was the red and left the silver underneath still with the brembo sticker on lol.
Next job is to get the pins out so i can paint them but my good there well and truly stuck in (anyone any tips) ive got them soaking now in some freeing oil.



So thats where im up to, its been a busy week.
Next job is to give the inner wing a pull then align the new wing etc, im just struggling to find a bumper and headlamp but may splash out on new if nothing turns up.
Thanks for looking Rick
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