Clio 197 Ultra Red 2007 from Finland. April, time to start driving.

[Legend@wheels]

As usual looking great mate.
Im glad you back
Looks like it has been treated very well and kept like new.
Also belts service done recently,good for you!
Good luck

 

[Legend@wheels]

Some parts arrived, most parts from UK.

Inner tie rods & spark plugs


New heated left mirror glass

Touch up kit

Front brake pin kit

Cabin filter, not included in renault optimal service.

Btw hows their paint products?high quality?
You provided the paint code before they gave you this kit?

 

[Antti O]

As usual looking great mate.
Im glad you back
Looks like it has been treated very well and kept like new.
Also belts service done recently,good for you!
Good luck

Hi
It is not like new, it was normal dailydriven 365 days in year when previous owner had it.
Between october-may lot of salt, dirt and snow here. Cars which are only driven in summertime are usually really good condition. My previous Gordini was mint, but it was imported and not driven in winter.

Belt was done 1 year ago. If you look first page "to do list".. it is long. Front spring still needs replacing, brake fluids are old, little paintjob for chassis and alloys..i will update how things are going. Paintjob is scheduled for april or may, when we have better weather.
That touch up paint kit was good, they had it listed in ebay with correct renault paint code.

 

[Legend@wheels]

O i see
What parts you want to paint on the chassis?
I also might want to paint the chassis under the battery tray (battery's acid spread on it and made some rust there)
The thing is im looking for diy job to do that cuz if ill take it to thr garage they might want to remove most of the parts around it..

 

[Antti O]

O i see
What parts you want to paint on the chassis?
I also might want to paint the chassis under the battery tray (battery's acid spread on it and made some rust there)

Left rear side panel. It was previously painted and shade of red is not correct.

 

[Legend@wheels]

Left rear side panel. It was previously painted and shade of red is not correct.

I see..
Well red isnt an easy color to match at all.

 

[Antti O]

I see..
Well red isnt an easy color to match at all.

Yep, you can see here the difference if you have good display

 

[Legend@wheels]

It seems to match @ my phone lol

 

[Antti O]

New bulbs for my projector conversion.
Centre caps from China

H1 Night breaker unlimited
H7 Night breaker unlimited
Osram LED W5W parking light







We have good mirror glass in my city

 

[Antti O]

Little upgrade

Osram W5W 6000K led
Genuine register plate lights x 2



Rear bumper do have swirl marks.. Have to do correction with rotary polisher when i have time.
Here we have new register plate lighting..

 

[Pav]

cant go wrong with some LED lights..

 

[Antti O]

Projector conversion done.
It was not so difficult thanks to great how-to. It took approx 1.5hours to do slowly..

Old units before removal


Projector light installed


Completed.

 

[peter]

looks so much better.

 

[Antti O]

looks so much better.

I agree, really worth 150eur for this upgrade

 

[suj]

Love what you have been doing Antti, it keeps getting better!

Is it plug and play on the projectors? I have wanted to put them on my car, but wasn't sure how they wire up etc.

 

[Antti O]

Love what you have been doing Antti, it keeps getting better!

Is it plug and play on the projectors? I have wanted to put them on my car, but wasn't sure how they wire up etc.

Yep, i bought genuine renault lights (valeo) which included level motors etc.
Really easy replacement. Straight fit without any modifications.

 

[Legend@wheels]

I want to visit in finland
So snowyyy
Hopefully next trip to finland & uk

 

[suj]

Yep, i bought genuine renault lights (valeo) which included level motors etc.
Really easy replacement. Straight fit without any modifications.

Oh brilliant, even better!
Where do the self-leveling motors bolt onto? As I know when I did my mates Audi TT his went onto the wishbones.

Thanks for the reply

 

[sevenfourate]

looks so much better.

So much more modern looking at the front-end now. Really transformed it.

Major change Antti for not 'silly' money......

 

[Dystant]

Projectors really finish off the front of our cars, give it that modern touch! Really good mod for 150 EUR.

What's next on the list?