Shuv's Racing Blue 200...................

[sevenfourate]

Still awaiting this 'black badge update' of yours Shuv!

Tomorrow my wife says to answer your question

 

[LOCKE]

All good this end @sevenfourate

 

[l33th3tr33]

Thankyou for the kind words. Not sure what the next move is - if any here TBH. Unless you can see some glaringly obvious 'must haves' I'm missing out on and my life wouldn't be complete without ? )

Priority is to get a second / track car with my son and leave this one for sunny weekends only if his (our) insurance allows...

And @Johnny 99 - my Boss is a huge Military vehicle fan. Him and his Dad have a few Willy's jeeps, a follow-me jeep, personnel carrier, a lorry of some sort, an M715 or two, a Humvee and others I don't know much about ! You a fan ? Can soon rattle off some pics for you...


******Updated specs now read:

2010 Clio RS-200: Renault Racing Blue.
Mileage - circa 40k

ENGINE:

Toyo-Sports Stainless 4-2-1 manifold
Scorpion Resonated stainless system (1 x Cat removed)
Ram-Air panel filter in standard airbox
Acoustic Valve removed
Modified Acoustic Valve inlet / Cold air feed into air-box
Engine dynamics Remap (199.8bhp / 158.4lb-ft)
Yellow Silicone vacuum Hose and Aluminum one-way valve
Various VT Customs dress-up bolts etc and some Yellow colour-coding
Streamline Carbon - "RENAULT sport" inlet manifold badge
Custom-made Carbon Fibre radiator reservoir-bottle cover
Custom-made Stainless Alarm plunger bracket
Powerflex (Yellow series) Engine and gearbox mounts
Fuchs Titan Fully Synthetic engine and gearbox oil, Bosch oil filter, NGK plugs.
Cambelt, Aux Belt, Dephaser, Tensioner, Water-pump, Camshaft seals etc changed with Renault parts October 2016.

CHASSIS:

Continental Contisport-5 XL (215/45-17) tyres
Powdercoated Gloss Black / lacquered 'Speedline' wheels
Black Renault centre-caps
Black wheel-nut covers
Meyle uprated / stainless-steel heavy duty drop-links
Meyle Uprated / stainless-steel heavy duty anti rotation links
Camber / Toe / Caster set-up on Hunter Hawk-Eye
Eibach Pro-Kit lowering springs (15mm drop front / 20mm drop rear)
5mm Hubcentric spacers - Front
10mm Pure Motorsport stub-axle extenders - Rear

BRAKES:

Standard Brembo 4-piston calipers front / Standard rears
Brembo High-Carbon 312mm vented front discs
Brembo rear discs
Ferodo DS2500 front brake pads
Mintex 1144 rear brake pads
ATE Superblue fluid
Hubs painted with Hammerite smooth

EXTERIOR:

Gloss Black "Classic" rear spoiler
Gloss Black door rubbing strips
Carbon-fibre Black Renault badges front and rear
Satin Black Carbon Fibre 'B'-pillar decals
Black Renault flag decals on rear quarter's
Stubby Aerial
"CLIO" badge removed on boot
White sidelight / indicator bulbs
Xenon number-plate bulbs
Uprated headlamp / side-light bulbs
Bosch wipers all-round

INTERIOR:

Custom-trimmed Recaro CS seats in Anthracite Leather; with Silver stitching.
Custom Leather steering-wheel by 'Royal' ; with Orange centre-band and stitching
Leather gear-gaiter with Orange stitching
Tailored floor mats with Orange trim
Custom dash-decals with Orange highlights + other Orange highlights
RENAULT Sport "RS" Aluminium gear-knob
Xenon Bulbs: Courtesy lights front and rear, door-cards, boot and number-plate
JVC CS-DR520 speakers front
JVC CS-J520 speakers rear
12mm Sound-proofing under carpet in boot.

I'm sure I can think of something [emoji6][emoji23] currently looking at things to do interior wise.
I've plastidipped my A pillars black, they match the dash a lot better, something to think about.

Can you remember what size the internal diameter of the yellow vacuum hoses were? Looking to get some for mine, as they've seen better days....


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[///M]

Cant wait to see your visions come to fruition too. I know you've been keen on a re-trim for about as long as i was. And i know the savings scheme Mrs M had in place had to be unfairly raided at times too......

Who are you marking up as a likely candidate for the work Mes ?

Yeah mate, it's been a long and steady save but as you said, it's been raided a couple of times sadly so not happening as quickly as I'd like.

Once the remap is out of the way, and hopefully everything is ok, we'll get on it with a bit more gusto.

As for who, B-Trim, Capital, Edge or Lawrence GT are the possibles at the moment. But I've not gone fully into it yet.

As for my vision... hmmm... still undecided on that but Mrs M has already got a few ideas. I'm really excited to get it done now.

 

[sevenfourate]

 

[Big Ben]

Not bad lol

 

[Pav]

are you happy with them Syer??

 

[Johnny 99]

A lot of folk have been waiting a long time for this post! Looking good. Glad you can now start to enjoy them.

 

[peter]

looks great, syer. good thing you didn't go for orange stitching.
that steering wheel looks fat!

 

[///M]

BLOODY HELL AT LAST!!!

Myyyyyyy GOD they look absolutely bang on. Going for the grey was a brilliant touch. They suite so well with the rest of the car. Thought they would but they look even better than I was expecting. Close ups look MINT.

Come on mate, you must be thrilled? That's such a massive massive upgrade!

It's only Monday and that's post of the week winner nailed already!

 

[Benno]

Absolutely love it. Definitely going to have to look at changing my seats now...this makes my car look about 10 years older!!

It's taken a long long time but I bet you're well chuffed with this result, worth it in the long run. [emoji3]


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[///M]

Is it me or does the leather have a slightly pearlescent character to it?

 

[l33th3tr33]

Is it me or does the leather have a slightly pearlescent character to it?

Don't.... his OCD will go off the chart [emoji23]


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[Chris]

Wow!

They look excellent! Really do!

 

[matt9566]

Top marks!! They fit in with the rest of the car brilliantly, bet you're well chuffed!

 

[sevenfourate]

Thanks guys - really chuffed with them. Look great in-car and feel pretty special too. Off to get the airbag light sorted tonight via clip; by a very kind member here and that's 'job done'.

"Pearlescent" is more a reflection(sic) of my photography skills - not on some newfangled coating on the leather.

**Not sure why - but the seats semi / fairly-matt and slightly textured finish is exactly as shown in the close-up pics of the stitching. Some of the full shots make them look smooth and shiny. But i assure you it's only my head that has that finish these days

 

[Micah]

Lovely! This has now rewarded you with a very special feeling every time you park your bottom to go somewhere.
In terms of other mods, I think a caliper refurb in metallic silver (or orange) would be the next thing. Alas, it's no major requirement, as long as it stops, that's the main thing, and the money can be used for more exciting things like a track car

Oh, and happy birthday!

 

[///M]

Thanks guys - really chuffed with them. Look great in-car and feel pretty special too. Off to get the airbag light sorted tonight via clip; by a very kind member here and that's 'job done'.

"Pearlescent" is more a reflection(sic) of my photography skills - not on some newfangled coating on the leather.

**Not sure why - but the seats semi / fairly-matt and slightly textured finish is exactly as shown in the close-up pics of the stitching. Some of the full shots make them look smooth and shiny. But i assure you it's only my head that has that finish these days

I think the finish looks absolutely spot on mate. My pearlescent comment was just from looking at the pics. It seems to have hints of all sorts of different colours in it. Looks showbiz!

And the texture looks perfect.

Mate, they look SO good. Inspired choice on the colour!

 

[sevenfourate]

Lovely! This has now rewarded you with a very special feeling every time you park your bottom to go somewhere.
In terms of other mods, I think a caliper refurb in metallic silver (or orange) would be the next thing. Alas, it's no major requirement, as long as it stops, that's the main thing, and the money can be used for more exciting things like a track car

Oh, and happy birthday!

Thanks for kind words on the seats. And you'd know

Funnily enough Brakes are being 'serviced' Thursday. No colour-change pencilled in mind ! This Orange wheels thing is going round in my head again though....

I think the finish looks absolutely spot on mate. My pearlescent comment was just from looking at the pics. It seems to have hints of all sorts of different colours in it. Looks showbiz!

And the texture looks perfect.

Mate, they look SO good. Inspired choice on the colour!

If i was hyper-critical Mes; the leather could have been 1/4 or 1/2 a shade darker to be absolutely perfection. Perhaps...... (?)

In saying that i was also aware that i'd rather be a hair too light than a bit too dark. I didn't want a dark-looking 'big black hole' of an interior going on.

I offered swatches up inside the car - but it has come out lighter-looking with the whole things done - than the small piece's offered up as a test, or infact even when i took the sections cut out to have the Recaro logo stitched on; into the car for comparison purposes.

But it's trivial in the scale of things and in no way at all am i unhappy. You just know what my standards and expectations are. Merely an observation about how very difficult getting 110% EXACTLY the right shade is. Put it another way though - i could have chosen 25 Blacks / Greys and combinations of that would have looked alot worse !!

So. Now my 'stress' is over/ I can sit-back, chill-out and watch you and your good lady 'fret and sweat' over yours

Good luck buddy.

 

[///M]

Thanks for kind words on the seats. And you'd know

Funnily enough Brakes are being 'serviced' Thursday. No colour-change pencilled in mind ! This Orange wheels thing is going round in my head again though....




If i was hyper-critical Mes; the leather could have been 1/4 or 1/2 a shade darker to be absolutely perfection. Perhaps...... (?)

In saying that i was also aware that i'd rather be a hair too light than a bit too dark. I didn't want a dark-looking 'big black hole' of an interior going on.

I offered swatches up inside the car - but it has come out lighter-looking with the whole things done - than the small piece's offered up as a test, or infact even when i took the sections cut out to have the Recaro logo stitched on; into the car for comparison purposes.

But it's trivial in the scale of things and in no way at all am i unhappy. You just know what my standards and expectations are. Merely an observation about how very difficult getting 110% EXACTLY the right shade is. Put it another way though - i could have chosen 25 Blacks / Greys and combinations of that would have looked alot worse !!

So. Now my 'stress' is over/ I can sit-back, chill-out and watch you and your good lady 'fret and sweat' over yours

Good luck buddy.

Ha, fretting and sweating is on the way I'm sure!

Mate, it's good you're hyper critical, that's why your car has ended up being so bloody brilliant. It's amazing how dark a swatch can look and how light it ends up being once it's all done huh? From what I can see though, it looks absolutely spot on. Honestly, it was an absolutely inspired choice and has really made me rethink what we should do.