My 200

[Rick Voskamp]

After i've intoduced myself a while ago i tought it might be time to make a project/progress thread here.

After about 6 months of ownership i have changed a bit on the car, did a few laps on the Nurburgring and i am really happy with it.

For the those of you who hadn't read my other post, i've bougth a Clio 200 Cup from 09'(I think 'Nimble' grey it's called?) It has driven about 122.800 kilometers (76304 miles) I bought it with about 119.000 kilometers, i bought the car for the main reason to use it as a trackday car. I't is in a very good condition, altough technically it has not got the attention that was needed. But i changed that.

The things i've did so far:

Wiechers saftery rear cage
Sabelt bucket seats ( turned the airbag light off)
Sandtler 6 point safety harnesses
Changed the brakes, Brembo discs and DS1.1 pads in front and DS2500 rear
Yokohama Ad08r 215/45/17 tyres
New oem swivel hubs
Right inner CV joint cover replacement
Changed the oil incl filter on the motor and gearbox
New air filter and cabin filter

Photos:

First time on the ring with the Clio
So the sticker is now allowed to come on
And here it is with the seats and cage, just drove 2 laps but WHAT a difference!! Awesome These springs came with the car when i bought it and are still on now, without the bucket seats i tought they where to stiff but with the seats in now its tottaly different, never heard of the manufactor by the way.Someone has tried to just renew the ball joint, it's not done correctly
So i ordered these, because i drive it on track i don't want any problems with the suspension, or loose ball joints One side on the carWith new bearings
New discs incl bearings for the rear end
On the car
Old brake pad vs new DS2500 for the rear
Old motor oil came off

Old air filter

And after adviced by a company here in the Netherlands, because i had trouble with the hard/ rough shifting to another gear, that is way better now. But i crunches a bit when i'm full on the power shifting to 5 gear. Syncromesh is on its way..

Fixed the license plate lights
The old tyres off And the new ones on
These are such great tyres, also have them on my other car
Here are they together
Bucket seats in!
And the cage fitted, love the color on it!

Another shot from the seats
Here is where i bought the seats and harnesses, real nice place to look around and very good with helping you
And this is by Reinhard Sesterheim in Uxheim near the Nurburgring. They drive VLN and RCN with it, real cool cars!

And in the back you'll see a renault 5
And bought these last week, drove a couple of kilometers and took it back off. Did not really like the look of a flush wheel on a Clio, i have to lowered it a bit more just to see the tyres a bit less. But i'm not planning on doing that, i think i want to go for the clio cup series setup, but then without the 8j wheels i think

Well, thats it for now. The Clio is getting winter ready now, i won't be driving it until April i think.

The plans i have for it:

-Steering wheel extender, i am in contact with Giacomo-RS from cliosport.net (i dont know if he is on here as well) how makes these for the original steering wheel
-Change the syncromesh rings from all gears, has anybody got a DIY or howto?
-Renault sport sun screen strip
-Rear 10mm axle spacers and 5 mm front spacers

And who knows in the future, do you guys got any good updates, modification that has to be done for a Clio?


Thanks for looking!

Greetings Rick from the Netherlands

 

[Pav]

very nice..lots of cool mods...

 

[Rick Voskamp]

very nice..lots of cool mods...

Thanks

 

[peter]

... i dont know if he is on here as well ...

he is. or was. last time i saw him in here, he got slated because some guys thought his spacer was too expensive. i bought one a couple of years back. improved my driving position enormously. wouldn't want to drive my car without it. quality item too.

another worthwhile mod ... https://www.vibra-technics.co.uk/renault/clio_3_rs_197_r27_200/585/REN420M/torque_link



if i was to use my clio solely as a track toy, i'd definitely get me some decent coilovers with adjustable top mounts and i'd polybush the suspension.

 

[Johnny 99]

After i've intoduced myself a while ago i tought it might be time to make a project/progress thread here.

After about 6 months of ownership i have changed a bit on the car, did a few laps on the Nurburgring and i am really happy with it.

For the those of you who hadn't read my other post, i've bougth a Clio 200 Cup from 09'(I think 'Nimble' grey it's called?) It has driven about 122.800 kilometers (76304 miles) I bought it with about 119.000 kilometers, i bought the car for the main reason to use it as a trackday car. I't is in a very good condition, altough technically it has not got the attention that was needed. But i changed that.

The things i've did so far:

Wiechers saftery rear cage
Sabelt bucket seats ( turned the airbag light off)
Sandtler 6 point safety harnesses
Changed the brakes, Brembo discs and DS1.1 pads in front and DS2500 rear
Yokohama Ad08r 215/45/17 tyres
New oem swivel hubs
Right inner CV joint cover replacement
Changed the oil incl filter on the motor and gearbox
New air filter and cabin filter

Photos:
View attachment 129816
First time on the ring with the Clio
View attachment 129850So the sticker is now allowed to come on
View attachment 129817And here it is with the seats and cage, just drove 2 laps but WHAT a difference!! AwesomeView attachment 129818 These springs came with the car when i bought it and are still on now, without the bucket seats i tought they where to stiff but with the seats in now its tottaly different, never heard of the manufactor by the way.View attachment 129819Someone has tried to just renew the ball joint, it's not done correctly
View attachment 129820 So i ordered these, because i drive it on track i don't want any problems with the suspension, or loose ball joints View attachment 129822 One side on the carView attachment 129823With new bearingsView attachment 129824
New discs incl bearings for the rear end
View attachment 129825 On the carView attachment 129826
Old brake pad vs new DS2500 for the rear
View attachment 129851 Old motor oil came off
View attachment 129852
Old air filter
View attachment 129853
And after adviced by a company here in the Netherlands, because i had trouble with the hard/ rough shifting to another gear, that is way better now. But i crunches a bit when i'm full on the power shifting to 5 gear. Syncromesh is on its way..
View attachment 129827
Fixed the license plate lights
View attachment 129831 The old tyres offView attachment 129834 And the new ones on
View attachment 129835 These are such great tyres, also have them on my other carView attachment 129836
Here are they together
View attachment 129837 Bucket seats in!
View attachment 129839 And the cage fitted, love the color on it!
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Another shot from the seats View attachment 129840
Here is where i bought the seats and harnesses, real nice place to look around and very good with helping youView attachment 129841 View attachment 129842 View attachment 129843 View attachment 129844 View attachment 129845 View attachment 129846 View attachment 129847 View attachment 129848
And this is by Reinhard Sesterheim in Uxheim near the Nurburgring. They drive VLN and RCN with it, real cool cars!
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And in the back you'll see a renault 5
View attachment 129857 And bought these last week, drove a couple of kilometers and took it back off. Did not really like the look of a flush wheel on a Clio, i have to lowered it a bit more just to see the tyres a bit less. But i'm not planning on doing that, i think i want to go for the clio cup series setup, but then without the 8j wheels i think
View attachment 129858
Well, thats it for now. The Clio is getting winter ready now, i won't be driving it until April i think.

The plans i have for it:

-Steering wheel extender, i am in contact with Giacomo-RS from cliosport.net (i dont know if he is on here as well) how makes these for the original steering wheel
-Change the syncromesh rings from all gears, has anybody got a DIY or howto?
-Renault sport sun screen strip
-Rear 10mm axle spacers and 5 mm front spacers

And who knows in the future, do you guys got any good updates, modification that has to be done for a Clio?


Thanks for looking!

Greetings Rick from the Netherlands

I like what you have done & your plans also.

 

[Sean197]

Really like that. Strangely I like the 200 in nimbus grey but not the 197!

 

[Rick Voskamp]

Really like that. Strangely I like the 200 in nimbus grey but not the 197!

Oh it's nimbus grey? Thanks!

 

[Rick Voskamp]

I like what you have done & your plans also.

Thanks

 

[Rick Voskamp]

he is. or was. last time i saw him in here, he got slated because some guys thought his spacer was too expensive. i bought one a couple of years back. improved my driving position enormously. wouldn't want to drive my car without it. quality item too.

another worthwhile mod ... https://www.vibra-technics.co.uk/renault/clio_3_rs_197_r27_200/585/REN420M/torque_link

View attachment 129862

if i was to use my clio solely as a track toy, i'd definitely get me some decent coilovers with adjustable top mounts and i'd polybush the suspension.

Yeah i think you can buy a aftermarket steering wheel for the price but then again that is not orginial. Thanks for the feedback!

 

[Big Ben]

Great intro. Car looks lovely. Look forward to more posts

 

[petercronin]

Looks good, great start.

 

[Rick Voskamp]

Great intro. Car looks lovely. Look forward to more posts

Thanks mate!

 

[Rick Voskamp]

Looks good, great start.

Thank you

 

[Rick Voskamp]

Hi guys, finally a update. I've got the steering wheel spacer delivered from Giacomo-RS. I have chosen the 8cm spacer. The splines has quite a bit of slack, but then the orginial steering wheel has the same. As he said the wiring for the airbag and stuff had to be made longer. Installed it today and go for a drive to pickup some parts for the company that i work for, and the coincidence is that i have to collect the parts from a Renault dealer After putting the driver seat a bit up the seat position is perfect! So very pleased with that, and what a great little car! Here are some pictures

Making the cables longer

It looks very nice

Renault Kleine in Doesburg here in Holland


So the next thing i'm planning on doing is rebuild the gearbox for the crunches in 5 gear and occansionally in 3&4 gear and try to resolve the sometimes hard putting in 3&4 gear. Also want to buy braided brake lines all around, replace the inner steering rods along with the outer ones. And go for the strut with nut conversion, but still thinking if want 25mm spacers, i use it for trackdays and with that in mind i'm not really sure about it.. If so the struts have to be ordered in a longer variant. Replace the thermostat because it the coolant temperature stays a bit cold.

And then the thing i've been reading a little bit about and the thing almost everybody here says is the best upgrade you can do, fit a LSD well i'm going to repair the gearbox.

I've seen the Quaife ATB for sale at KTR. Is this a good one? And is this a direct fit with new bearings? Or do you have to adjust things for that like shims or so?

I'm planning on ordering parts this weekend from KTEC.

Let me know what you're opinion is

Greetings Rick

 

[Rick Voskamp]

Update again, the braided lines, racing brake fluid ,inner trackrods and thermostat are ordered at K-tec. I'm not going to buy the diff a.t.m because i just find out that my front shocks/topmounts have play in them and give a knocking sound when driving over potholes. I've ordered the b14 from Bilstein at work today. Tomorrow i will here if the company can deliver them, if so i will order Compbrake topmounts aswell

 

[peter]

rick, if your budget won't stretch for a quaife diff, maybe this one is an option?
https://www.clio197.net/threads/val-racing-atb-lsd-review.61506/#post-713392

 

[Rick Voskamp]

rick, if your budget won't stretch for a quaife diff, maybe this one is an option?
https://www.clio197.net/threads/val-racing-atb-lsd-review.61506/#post-713392

Thanks for the advice! But what i like about the Quaife is that it is really a plug and play part. Maybe in the future i will go for a diff. The thing is also that a the Ring i didn't feel the need for a LSD so that's another reason why i'm keeping it stock for the moment. Time will tell

 

[Pav]

good maintaince is the key to a healthy motor..good job mate

 

[Rick Voskamp]

Hello again,

This week a few parts came in, aswell as the sunscreen sticker! So today i found the time to fitt it to the car, very pleased with it! In a couple of weeks i'm inspecting to get the bilsteins delivered. So just have to wait a couple of weeks and by then i'm going to repair the gearbox aswell.



Thanks for looking! (and yes i have to wash it )

 

[Rick Voskamp]

Goodmorning from the Netherlands, a have a big update. Only this time not for the Clio.. I've traded in the Golf for a Megane RS Cup, i was searching for one quite a while but there where not many cup's out there. Liquid yellow is my favourit but these are hard to find here. Very happy with the megane, the first impressions are REALLY good!

Hope you guys enjoy!

Greetings Rick