Hi all,
Been lurking a while but finally decided to put together a progress thread, hopefully get some feedback and possibly some suggestions
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So here's a few pictures of the car when I first got her:
![VYvax1el.jpg VYvax1el.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93431-e6fe2e2c0bbeec3207b858dfbbd1d193.jpg)
![gjdJmo2l.jpg gjdJmo2l.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93432-aaedf7e0b532e6dc7d9f72b6fb4c02ba.jpg)
![TPuCxgtl.jpg TPuCxgtl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93433-d3d3bc13b4a3192ad9325df290f11c4d.jpg)
I don't really have any plans to do any power mods I'm fairly happy with the power of the car, and from what I can piece together reading posts on here you have to spend a small fortune to see any real performance gains.
So my first mod was to sort out the interior a little bit, got myself some custom made floor mats with the renault sport logo (messaged the ebay seller with a picture of the logo I wanted on and he happily did it for me), and purchased some white carbon vinyl to wrap the dash trim as the plain grey was a little dull for my liking (this needs redoing though as it's started to bubble up on the edges
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![0lnZ0hgl.jpg 0lnZ0hgl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93434-093f6bc747bcd15b0c8f01d63f8a32d4.jpg)
![8t6ckiKl.jpg 8t6ckiKl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93435-c515e1e65e8808d6ecb42356c96113fb.jpg)
![XxxeHNhl.jpg XxxeHNhl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93436-32ba3f5758a27de88806497d2de7408e.jpg)
![2o210yQl.jpg 2o210yQl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93437-0cdd81154b7ba6a0a9f6aa0ce71c958f.jpg)
Next on the list was to get rid of those horrible grey wheel caps which Renault decided was a good idea to supply with black alloys. After looking on Fleabay and seeing the black RS ones at £40 odd for a set, I just decided to spray them black, so nipped to halfrauds and got some plastic primer and satin black spray.
![YdFYQ90l.jpg YdFYQ90l.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93438-c2def7223c3355d6268ff0fe53bf7c3f.jpg)
![jejjtarl.jpg jejjtarl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93439-fe3ccf1eae6f36fe5207a0865058ee12.jpg)
![84FvwVWl.jpg 84FvwVWl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93440-ab9b07297b340221e34bdafaec16c268.jpg)
Took about 2 days sanding down, priming, waiting to dry then spraying black then waiting to dry, but I think they turned out really well, and the Halfrauds satin black spray is a pretty damn close colour match.
After the car being in and out of the garage for 4/5 weeks the mechanics went to town on my seatbelts and the once pearl white was now a musky brown, so they had to be cleaned. I got a nail brush from Tesco and some generic upholstery cleaner and gave em a good scrub they cleaned quite nicely but I reckon I could have done a better job with a bit more elbow grease.
Before:
![iNkZGlsl.jpg iNkZGlsl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93441-1595e5ba092a1f8ea467d3bd34bafc15.jpg)
After:
![kJFa0kfl.jpg kJFa0kfl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93442-99db1e2f4918942de2b808db6443f0e9.jpg)
By this point I was getting sick of the fried egg indicator look on the front and back, so invested in some osram daidem indicator bulbs. I was tempted to go with the daidem chrome so they blended in, but I really like the blue hint the standard daidem ones have.
![iXn2GJXl.jpg iXn2GJXl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93443-604e0f11256c2434074911746f7514b8.jpg)
![OUXo9BIl.jpg OUXo9BIl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93444-37f956499cec85fa0fe3d32c9f3ce523.jpg)
![vZjEN5Xl.jpg vZjEN5Xl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93445-06ebf949af60d568ac6c5e3f4bfb74ac.jpg)
Done
To-Do
That's all for now, thanks for reading and any suggestions are welcome![Smiley :smiley: :smiley:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Been lurking a while but finally decided to put together a progress thread, hopefully get some feedback and possibly some suggestions
So here's a few pictures of the car when I first got her:
![VYvax1el.jpg VYvax1el.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93431-e6fe2e2c0bbeec3207b858dfbbd1d193.jpg)
![gjdJmo2l.jpg gjdJmo2l.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93432-aaedf7e0b532e6dc7d9f72b6fb4c02ba.jpg)
![TPuCxgtl.jpg TPuCxgtl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93433-d3d3bc13b4a3192ad9325df290f11c4d.jpg)
I don't really have any plans to do any power mods I'm fairly happy with the power of the car, and from what I can piece together reading posts on here you have to spend a small fortune to see any real performance gains.
So my first mod was to sort out the interior a little bit, got myself some custom made floor mats with the renault sport logo (messaged the ebay seller with a picture of the logo I wanted on and he happily did it for me), and purchased some white carbon vinyl to wrap the dash trim as the plain grey was a little dull for my liking (this needs redoing though as it's started to bubble up on the edges
![0lnZ0hgl.jpg 0lnZ0hgl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93434-093f6bc747bcd15b0c8f01d63f8a32d4.jpg)
![8t6ckiKl.jpg 8t6ckiKl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93435-c515e1e65e8808d6ecb42356c96113fb.jpg)
![XxxeHNhl.jpg XxxeHNhl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93436-32ba3f5758a27de88806497d2de7408e.jpg)
![2o210yQl.jpg 2o210yQl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93437-0cdd81154b7ba6a0a9f6aa0ce71c958f.jpg)
Next on the list was to get rid of those horrible grey wheel caps which Renault decided was a good idea to supply with black alloys. After looking on Fleabay and seeing the black RS ones at £40 odd for a set, I just decided to spray them black, so nipped to halfrauds and got some plastic primer and satin black spray.
![YdFYQ90l.jpg YdFYQ90l.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93438-c2def7223c3355d6268ff0fe53bf7c3f.jpg)
![jejjtarl.jpg jejjtarl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93439-fe3ccf1eae6f36fe5207a0865058ee12.jpg)
![84FvwVWl.jpg 84FvwVWl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93440-ab9b07297b340221e34bdafaec16c268.jpg)
Took about 2 days sanding down, priming, waiting to dry then spraying black then waiting to dry, but I think they turned out really well, and the Halfrauds satin black spray is a pretty damn close colour match.
After the car being in and out of the garage for 4/5 weeks the mechanics went to town on my seatbelts and the once pearl white was now a musky brown, so they had to be cleaned. I got a nail brush from Tesco and some generic upholstery cleaner and gave em a good scrub they cleaned quite nicely but I reckon I could have done a better job with a bit more elbow grease.
Before:
![iNkZGlsl.jpg iNkZGlsl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93441-1595e5ba092a1f8ea467d3bd34bafc15.jpg)
After:
![kJFa0kfl.jpg kJFa0kfl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93442-99db1e2f4918942de2b808db6443f0e9.jpg)
By this point I was getting sick of the fried egg indicator look on the front and back, so invested in some osram daidem indicator bulbs. I was tempted to go with the daidem chrome so they blended in, but I really like the blue hint the standard daidem ones have.
![iXn2GJXl.jpg iXn2GJXl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93443-604e0f11256c2434074911746f7514b8.jpg)
![OUXo9BIl.jpg OUXo9BIl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93444-37f956499cec85fa0fe3d32c9f3ce523.jpg)
![vZjEN5Xl.jpg vZjEN5Xl.jpg](https://clio197.net/data/attachments/93/93445-06ebf949af60d568ac6c5e3f4bfb74ac.jpg)
Done
- Osram Daidem indicator bulbs
- Spray wheel centre caps black
- RS matts
- Wrap dash trim
To-Do
- Recaro seats (probably way in the future as they're pretty expensive)
- Projector headlights
- 3D Gel resin number plates
- Replace headlight bulbs with whiter/bluer ones, not decided yet
- Powerflex lower engine mounts and upper torque arm brush
- Match wing mirrors (last owner must have knocked one off and decided it would be awesome to replace it with the one off a clio197, so they don't match (this bugs me a lot, but they're like £40 to replace))
- Spray wing mirrors once matching gloss black
- Replace all wheel nuts with black ones (currently got some cheap covers on them as they were starting to show rust)
- Grooved brake discs
- Ceramic brake pads possibly... constant brake dust is driving me mad
- Reacquire two cold air feed pipes as the last owner removed them completely when he added the K&N cone filter
- Spray centre console and vent inserts satin black
- RS Gearknob (probably way in the future as £90 is a bit OTT for a gearknob ... but it does look nice)
- Get wheel refurbed/resprayed, last owner scuffed them quite a bit and painted over them with what looks like black nail varnish
That's all for now, thanks for reading and any suggestions are welcome
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