Renault Clip from AliExpress - Recommendations?

[poisonblue]

I have a 2008 Clio 197, and was thinking of getting a Clip interface, but I really don't know much about them, seems to be the Renault specific features outside of the regular OBD2 features I take it?

I've had Audi stuff in the past and had a generic adapter for VCDS, which I got from AliExpress at some point years ago.

For the Renault, is there any recommendations people have, I saw this one in the link, was wondering has anyone bought one or similar?

Renault VCI2 CAN CLIP

 

[burrellbloke]

I bought one of the older CAN Clip clones a few years ago. It is clunky and my one does regularly disconnect when trying to do longer tasks like changing the firmware on a new radio. It was fine for doing things like coding out airbags.

The new hardware in your link looks interesting as it is substantially cheaper than the older clones like the one I bought. If you do buy one I would be interested to know if it works just as good as the OEM devices.

 

[turkie172]

I bought a VCX Nano about £105 and runs Renault clip software 2.19 no stability issues and the genuine Renault software. I bought a Renolink but the software is crap and watch out for that total scammer selling them the hardware was Ok but he does not have the rights to the software so you cant activate it and he does not respond. The problem is the interface because the 197 is older the software for each component is completely in French but seems to be very powerful

 

[poisonblue]

@turkie172 really really appreciate the response, was it this one you got?

VCXDIAG NANO

I take it the CHIP software you download seperate (it's not mentioned in the listing)

 

[turkie172]

Mine is the same colour but say power for OEM the link is here
https://www.obdiitool.co.uk/wholesale/vxdiag-vcx-nano-rvdiag-scanner-for-renault.html

It took a while coming from China I thought it was coming from UK but the software download for 2.19 was included

 

[turkie172]

There seems to be different versions like an se that you can buy support for other car brands later but each must be limited to the type of protocol used to communicate as without paying big money get one box to to talk to all brands.

 

[poisonblue]

That is super, I figured it would come from China and that crowd will ship direct to Ireland, so I'll buy exactly the same one as you, great help, thanks so much!

 

[R20BTG]

Mine is the same colour but say power for OEM the link is here
https://www.obdiitool.co.uk/wholesale/vxdiag-vcx-nano-rvdiag-scanner-for-renault.html

It took a while coming from China I thought it was coming from UK but the software download for 2.19 was included

What hardware are you running this on? I’ve just received it and installed CliP etc, but my laptop won’t recognise the device via USB. I’m running Windows 11 on a Virtual Machine inside MacOS on an M1 equipped machine and I’m wondering whether that’s the issue. Might have to get a cheap Chromebook running Windows 7 natively.

 

[LiamP]

What hardware are you running this on? I’ve just received it and installed CliP etc, but my laptop won’t recognise the device via USB. I’m running Windows 11 on a Virtual Machine inside MacOS on an M1 equipped machine and I’m wondering whether that’s the issue. Might have to get a cheap Chromebook running Windows 7 natively.

I think it needs to be 32bit

 

[Frank Perry]

What hardware are you running this on? I’ve just received it and installed CliP etc, but my laptop won’t recognise the device via USB. I’m running Windows 11 on a Virtual Machine inside MacOS on an M1 equipped machine and I’m wondering whether that’s the issue. Might have to get a cheap Chromebook running Windows 7 natively.

I'd suggest Mac & Windows as a VM is probably the cause... Grab a cheap low-end laptop off ebay. IF you got a few pennies spare you would probably do well buying a MS Surface Pro 4/5 from ebay. They're fast enough and run Win10/Win11 and come in at around £100. Light, portable and decent to keep in the boot as opposed to a chunky oldschool laptop!

Something like THIS is a good deal - works out just under £120 with keyboard and charger. i5-6th gen, 4gb ram and 128ssd is plenty!

 

[R20BTG]

Thanks both, bought a refurbed Dell Latitude 7280 for £135 on eBay, i5, 8GB, 256GB. It can live in the garage. Comes with Win 11 64bit but can reimage with Win 7 32bit. I’ll get my IT guy to sort it

 

[Frank Perry]

You should be fine with Windows 11 64bit - it still supports the WoW64 emulator so you can still run 32bit apps in 64bit Windows 10/11 O/S. No need to downgrade to a 32bit O/S.

32-bit also only support 4GB RAM, so you'll lose half your RAM capacity by downgrading. CLIP should be fine on Win 11