Cl10 ftw

[marshall]

Could have sworn I'd done one of these, but it appears i haven't so here we go.

After ordering on November 2nd 2010, it finally turned up January 15th 2011

The spec:

Liquid Yellow
Cup Chassis
Cup Spoiler
Black Speedlines
Cornering lights
Bluetooth Tunepoint Cd player
Yellow interior pack
Recaro Bucket Seats







This made way for it

 

[marshall]

First off, went to the Europe in May 2011. Epic trip. The people. The cars. The sights. The 'Ring....all unbelievable! Best thing ive done in my life....FACT!


http://potdoeseurope.blogspot.com/ <== Full write up. Hit older posts at the bottom to go through the days.

The ring

Hockenheim

Heading up the Alps

Monaco

Col De Turini

Major thanks to James for sorting that. Car was faultless and soaked the miles up with ease

 

[marshall]

On friday a mate of mine mentioned that his dad and him were doing a Novice taster session at the new Snetterton 300 with clubmsv. For £25 for 20mins i thought i may aswell join them so off we went this morning. Great track, the revised layout with the new infield is great fun and the clio handled so well. 20mins was over way too quickly so need to get me some more track time.

Marks gtv....this thing takes everything they throw at it....unusual for an alfa!

 

[marshall]

Dont know why the 200 never had xenons, massive fail on Renaults behalf so HIDs were added.




Silver indicator bulbs front and rear





Black nut covers and black centre caps





After a bit of reading, I decided it would be worth while rebuilding the Brembos as the pads and pins are prone to seizing in. Im officially in love with the Brembo design, so easy to swap pads in and out (providing they arent seized of course)





Decided it would be rude not to give the wheels a quick spruce up and wax as it was the first time id ever taken them off! Bilberry wheel cleaner has really impressed me!

Before



After



Finally in the sun at Cadwell sunday.

 

[marshall]

ITG Filter added for good measure



And some ABS black diamond covers



Picked up the kit Saturday...designed for the new style top mounts. Why anyone at Renault decided to change the design halfway through 2010 i do not know.





The new smaller plate, fits the recess loads better.



Looked better without though IMO



Grrrrr

 

[A2ON]

Looking good.

 

[Riaazc]

awesome work mate, looks great

 

[Radders90]

:thumbup:Looks awesome mate nice build :thumbup:

 

[Jason]

Looking good buddy! Some nice subtle tweeks. I'm considering the black badges.

 

[Zoe]

Some good pics there, nice car :thumbup1:

 

[Fernandez]

Awesome mate, some great pics and some really tasteful mods.

 

[930Tech]

Looks great, great plate too.

 

[Foxspeed]

very nice :thumbup1:

 

[jimpy9]

looks great i love this in the flesh

 

[Smith200]

A good project so far mate looks nice

 

[marshall]

Well the HIDs have died, Bulb went this morning on the way to work.

Pair of Philips Diamond visions have been ordered to try out....Hopefully get my radio reception back!!

Bumper off again to remove all wiring but oh well. If i like the bulbs will get matching for the cornering lights, main beam, fogs.

 

[jimpy9]

Are the hids more hassle than they are worth

 

[marshall]

Defo bud.

Couldn't get any radio due to interference and couldn't ever get the beam pattern right....people still flashed even though they were set low. Something to do with the projector unit being built for halogen bulbs...the hid bulb doesn't sit the right distance away from the lense to produce a correctly focus'd beam pattern.

Will be sticking to halogen from now on.

 

[jimpy9]

Thanks for letting me know hids were on my list to do when i get one

 

[marshall]

There's definitely a reason why audi etc charge so much for their xenon units. Alot of work goes into getting them right.

Dads new a4 doesn't ever get its main beam used. How they get the dipped beam so focus'd that its way up on the horizon and doesn't blind everyone is way beyond a £140 hid kit you just slap in your standard lights.