Micah's Glacier White 220 Trophy

[Pav]

cant believe Renault is not capable of painting the hubs from factory..such an easy thing to do...
good job Micah

 

[sevenfourate]

OEM rust never goes out of fashion.....

Unreal on a 66 plate car though.

Never the less - great job sorting it !

 

[kevlar]

Looking good saw a matt white one in a local dealer, the detailer in me cried a little when I saw it - wife liked it though, sadly 'no one was available' to take us on a test driver...on a saturday afternoon...typical Renault dealers.

Like the TPI bolts, just such an obvious thing to be done why dont the manufacturers do this as standard where black wheels are sold on the car?!.

Agree it is very much a different car than the MK3 - obviously Renault tried to lure in new customers not familiar with the brand I feel the Trophy is the kind of 'Renault answer' to the poor feedback to the 'new 200'.

100% agreed with you its a different car for a different buyer, I totally understand the 5 door thing to with this they suddenly open to buyers with kids, if it wasnt an auto only option I would seriously consider one that engine must be spot on...straight for a remap though!.

 

[///M]

Good work Micah. I SO need to do ours!

 

[nutnutwelshman]

Been a bit quiet lately as there’s not much I was going to do to the car, but there was one thing that really disappointed me (though completely unsurprised by it), and it’s called... OEM rust!
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I mean, just look at it! It was pretty much the same thing with the wheel bolts, truly shocking for a 6 month old car!
Some Hammerite smooth later, and some TPI bolts and the wheels are completely transformed.
Apologies for the lack of cleanliness, that’s a job for this Friday coming.

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Next up, installing the RLink software update. Quite a handy thing to be able to do from the comfort of your own home.

But rust weights less so iam told

 

[nutnutwelshman]

I'll have a look at me in a few weeks before I go to Spa I'll take all the wheels off and have a good look round just to be sure

 

[Chris]

Been a bit quiet lately as there’s not much I was going to do to the car, but there was one thing that really disappointed me (though completely unsurprised by it), and it’s called... OEM rust!
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I mean, just look at it! It was pretty much the same thing with the wheel bolts, truly shocking for a 6 month old car!
Some Hammerite smooth later, and some TPI bolts and the wheels are completely transformed.
Apologies for the lack of cleanliness, that’s a job for this Friday coming.

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Next up, installing the RLink software update. Quite a handy thing to be able to do from the comfort of your own home.

Nice - I need to do this on my new discs!

 

[Big Ben]

Nice - I need to do this on my new discs!

Trackday soon surely mate

 

[Jimmy]

Good work on the rusty hubs Micah, and the black bolts make all the difference! Will be nice to see the car in the flesh at CSF this weekend

 

[matt9566]

Great work Micah! I also need to do mine desperately

 

[Cossers]

Lovely looking car that! Have to say in the rs form they are growing on me! Even in 5 door! Lol

 

[Micah]

Lovely looking car that! Have to say in the rs form they are growing on me! Even in 5 door! Lol

I know what you mean. I always used to park my 200 on this hill and loved looking back at it. Now the same is happening with the Trophy. I think it has its own sense of ‘presence’ - probably helped by the 18” wheels.
As for the 5 doors, I hardly notice, and it’s bloody handy!

 

[jamesgw200]

i wanted tpi bolts but i was put off by they didnt have floating washers like the oem ones..

 

[Micah]

i wanted tpi bolts but i was put off by they didnt have floating washers like the oem ones..

What's the benefit of the floating washers?

 

[Chris]

Ive not had issues with my TPI's on both my RS cars...

 

[Micah]

Ive not had issues with my TPI's on both my RS cars...

Same

 

[Pav]

have had mine on for over 3 years now and never had a single issue..

 

[Chris]

have had mine on for over 3 years now and never had a single issue..

Jesus has it been that long????

 

[Pav]

Jesus has it been that long????

ohh yeah and still going strong..thanks for selling them to me

 

[Chris]

ohh yeah and still going strong..thanks for selling them to me

Still remember looking out my window early in morning and seeing you with your car jacked up putting them on - wide awake, whilst I was half asleep lol!