Neil's any colour but black (so black) 197

[montana]

Brilliant progress, good to see care and attention going into the maintenance :thumbup1:

Those calipers looked a pain! How did they manage to extract the pins?

 

[Lewis.]

Very nice work mate and great photos too.

 

[dunny83]

Thankyou everyone for the kind comments. I hope the lines go smoothly. I'll report back on if there is an improvement in performance

 

[dunny83]

Brilliant progress, good to see care and attention going into the maintenance :thumbup1:

Those calipers looked a pain! How did they manage to extract the pins?

I didn't see what they did (probably a good thing lol), however I think they pressed them out

 

[dunny83]

A week later than I'd planned due to the weather but I got my HEL brake lines fitted today and got the ATE blue fluid flushed through and replaced with MOTUL RBF 600. I'm hoping in a day or two my squeaky clutch will sort itself out (fingers crossed).

My old mucky rear lines



Much better


The front ones running the correct route so no rubbing but I'll be putting in an extra bracket to ensure they stay like this


Will be taking it out tomorrow for a proper run to see if they make any difference to pedal feel.

Cheers

 

[dunny83]

Well I got carried away over easter and finally ordered my H&R springs and 19mm spacers. Fitted it all without any dramas. I think the car looks great now, whether there is any improvement or reduction in handling is hard to tell as work is only a short drive. However I'm heading upto the Evo Triangle tomorrow morning so that should tell me all I need to know. Just put my name down for the forum Wales run next moth so looking forward to that. Cheers

 

[dunny83]

Just a few photo's of the last couple of weeks with my springs and spacers fitted, along with my morning at the Evo triangle last weekend.

Exciting day getting everything together finally spending money on some fun stuff





I always said if the spacers affected the handling badly in any way they'd be straight off. I'd never want to put looks before performance so I went to wales for a shakedown run to see what I thought.













I'm happy to say IMO the car still handles bang on, the H&R's are great as they handle a B road blast without being jumpy but cornering is slightly flatter.

Cheers

 

[Jimmy]

Good to hear that the spacers haven't changed the handling. I've toyed with the idea of putting some on, but was curious about the handling being affected.

Did you enjoy the triangle?

 

[dunny83]

Good to hear that the spacers haven't changed the handling. I've toyed with the idea of putting some one, but was curious about the handling being affected.

Did you enjoy the triangle?

Yes I did thanks, had it pretty much much to myself for the first hour and then more people started turning up. Easy to get chatting to people over there and some nice cars around. Will definitely make the trip again

 

[montana]

How easy was it to replace the lines? Did it make much of a difference?

 

[JamesB]

[MENTION=51315]dunny83[/MENTION] where did you get the spacers from?

 

[dunny83]

How easy was it to replace the lines? Did it make much of a difference?

Changing the lines was quite easy, it's just bleeding it all through that took the longest amount of time. I'd say you only really notice a difference when your leaning on the brakes hard, gives a little more confidence further down the pedal travel. I can't say make a drastic difference, I only really changed them as I got a good deal and wanted to finish my brake upgrade 100%. Cheers

 

[dunny83]

@dunny83 where did you get the spacers from?

Hi [MENTION=52420]surfrus[/MENTION] they are k tec 19mm ones. I wanted H&R ones but everywhere was sold out at the time, they seem well made though

 

[montana]

thanks, any tips for bleeding?

 

[Pav]

How easy was it to replace the lines? Did it make much of a difference?

not that diff mate...the bleeding is a pig though..unless you done it before leave it to a specialist..brakes are very crucial to be messed with...

Good to hear that the spacers haven't changed the handling. I've toyed with the idea of putting some on, but was curious about the handling being affected.

Did you enjoy the triangle?

i believe it all comes down to your personal feeling/preference..after i had fitted mine the car felt awful in the bends..thats why they went after a few months and got some better wheels with bigger offset...

 

[dunny83]

thanks, any tips for bleeding?

Get a patient helper for sure lol. Main thing is to make sure you keep the reservoir topped up cos if it gets too low you'll end up pushing loads of air into the system and that can play havoc with some of the ABS parts on these clio's I read somewhere. This video was the most helpful I found https://youtu.be/RsuO3MG0UXM
Hope that helps

 

[montana]

Cheers , yes done it a few times before but never on brembos like these. Good to know there's nothing drastically different.

 

[dunny83]

i believe it all comes down to your personal feeling/preference..after i had fitted mine the car felt awful in the bends..thats why they went after a few months and got some better wheels with bigger offset...

Yeah I spent months reading mixed reviews on spacers, I think you just have to give it a try and see how you feel