Hello all, I recently sold my Honda Civic EP3 Type R (fantastic car) and bought myself a GW Clio 200 Cup. I have wanted one of these little cars for a long time so finally got around to buying one. Kinda the wrong order, as most people go from a Saxo, to a Clio, to Civic Tye R, then onto Subaru etc. However, I love the design and handling characteristics of Renaultsport cars and fancied trying one out. I am also about 5 years behind all the other guys who owned a Saxo when I did (FMP etc.) and they have since moved on to bigger and better things, however, I am a late bloomer so to speak, so bear with me 
After many many viewings and test drives of a few dogs, I finally found one via one of the guys on here (Eddie) so thanks Ed! Had to go to Northern Ireland to find a good one with the specification I was after (Recaro's, White, Cup chassis) as all of the ones I looked at here were either not what I was after, or had something wrong with them. I don't plan to modify it as I don't think it's required. It's also my daily driver as I already have a highly tuned Peugeot S2 106 Rallye on bodies, so this is supposed to be my sensible machine! As you can tell I have a penchant for small fast French hatchbacks
Overall the car is very clean and in excellent condition, mainly owing to the fact that the lad who owned it before me is a Renault technician so he maintained it very well, and also liked detailing so the paintwork is mint. After the long ferry journey and drive back from Liverpool to Hertfordshire she was running nicely, and I was getting used to it.
I will probably just carry out a few small tweaks to tidy it up further, and get it really nice and mint. If I do anything mechanical it will be a brake upgrade in the form of some AP discs or the like. It already has an Akrapovic exhaust system so that satisfies my lust for modifications so far!
Needless to say, I am in love with the car already and it really does handle like a slightly softened race car. Fantastic little machine it is.
Firstly, after reading about the drain holes blocking and water ingress becoming a problem, I decided to tackle this as one of the first this afternoon. Went ok, not a bad job overall just fiddly, and it started p*ssing it down halfway through so I lost my sense of humour with it after a while. I also had to make a puller (bit rough but it did the job) as my wipers were on uber tight and I didn't want to damage anything by forcing them off. This worked a treat. As it happened my drain holes weren't blocked, but there was still a lot of dirt and crap in under the scuttle so gave it a good clean anyway. A few hours later i'd got the job done, cleaned and refitted all the plastics, and more importantly cleaned the scuttle area and ensured the drain holes were nice and clear. A few pics of the work. I will get some better photos of the car once the god-damned weather sorts itself out and I can clean the thing.
Interior:
Wheel and brake (calipers in great condition too, another seemingly difficult box to tick when finding one!)
My DIY bodged puller (really must buy a decent one at some point they are very handy to have):
Scuttle before:
Scuttle after:
With a bit of luck I can clean it tomorrow and get some more photos up.
Plans so far are to buy a full set of proper Renaultsport mats, some black Renaultsport 'RS' centre caps, two new front tyres, and possibly a silver Renaultsport steering wheel insert. A nice touch is that she has the FF steering wheel fitted, which is much nicer than the skinnier cup version.
That's all for now!
Lewis
After many many viewings and test drives of a few dogs, I finally found one via one of the guys on here (Eddie) so thanks Ed! Had to go to Northern Ireland to find a good one with the specification I was after (Recaro's, White, Cup chassis) as all of the ones I looked at here were either not what I was after, or had something wrong with them. I don't plan to modify it as I don't think it's required. It's also my daily driver as I already have a highly tuned Peugeot S2 106 Rallye on bodies, so this is supposed to be my sensible machine! As you can tell I have a penchant for small fast French hatchbacks
Overall the car is very clean and in excellent condition, mainly owing to the fact that the lad who owned it before me is a Renault technician so he maintained it very well, and also liked detailing so the paintwork is mint. After the long ferry journey and drive back from Liverpool to Hertfordshire she was running nicely, and I was getting used to it.
I will probably just carry out a few small tweaks to tidy it up further, and get it really nice and mint. If I do anything mechanical it will be a brake upgrade in the form of some AP discs or the like. It already has an Akrapovic exhaust system so that satisfies my lust for modifications so far!
Needless to say, I am in love with the car already and it really does handle like a slightly softened race car. Fantastic little machine it is.
Firstly, after reading about the drain holes blocking and water ingress becoming a problem, I decided to tackle this as one of the first this afternoon. Went ok, not a bad job overall just fiddly, and it started p*ssing it down halfway through so I lost my sense of humour with it after a while. I also had to make a puller (bit rough but it did the job) as my wipers were on uber tight and I didn't want to damage anything by forcing them off. This worked a treat. As it happened my drain holes weren't blocked, but there was still a lot of dirt and crap in under the scuttle so gave it a good clean anyway. A few hours later i'd got the job done, cleaned and refitted all the plastics, and more importantly cleaned the scuttle area and ensured the drain holes were nice and clear. A few pics of the work. I will get some better photos of the car once the god-damned weather sorts itself out and I can clean the thing.
Interior:
Wheel and brake (calipers in great condition too, another seemingly difficult box to tick when finding one!)
My DIY bodged puller (really must buy a decent one at some point they are very handy to have):
Scuttle before:
Scuttle after:
With a bit of luck I can clean it tomorrow and get some more photos up.
Plans so far are to buy a full set of proper Renaultsport mats, some black Renaultsport 'RS' centre caps, two new front tyres, and possibly a silver Renaultsport steering wheel insert. A nice touch is that she has the FF steering wheel fitted, which is much nicer than the skinnier cup version.
That's all for now!
Lewis
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