Tom's 200 Track Toy

[peter]

that CAE shifter is insane.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

So I manged to get the short shifter fitted last weekend along with new brakes up front, all ready for Cadwell Park on Wednesday.

I didn't get many pictures of the process but I have the end result. The CAE shifter wasn't as bad to fit as I was anticipating, but it certainly helped having a mate on hand to operate the shifter while I adjusted it. Overall it worked great on track, its so much more of an occasion changing gear!

20170507_104252 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170507_104232 by Tom R, on Flickr

After that it was time for a brew! And then onto the front brakes, Brembo high carbon disc's and some Mintex Pads, but as these things go something had to go wrong. Drivers side retaining bolts for the disc would not give, so after plenty of heat and heavy persuasion, left hand drill bits and a stud remover all failed, I resorted to a drill and a tap. After all that they fitted up a treat just in time for some punishment at Cadwell.

20170507_105131 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170507_120322 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170507_121122 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170507_121132 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170510_175110 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170510_175047 by Tom R, on Flickr

 

[sevenfourate]

What Mintex pads are they Thomas ?

You at Cadwell today ???? Have fun and stay safe. Great track for a Clio i imagine........

 

[Pav]

nice nice..looks like a very good piece of kit..enjoy tracking your car..

 

[R32pete]

Too much want!

Let us know how it is after a good beating.

 

[tombate911]

Looks awesome, more photos of the car needed. Might give me more ideas for mine!

 

[Thomas Rogers]

What Mintex pads are they Thomas ?

You at Cadwell today ???? Have fun and stay safe. Great track for a Clio i imagine........

I'm not sure what pads there were, a friend of mine got them for me but ill see if i can find out. I went to Cadwell Wednesday, first time for me and my Dad but it was great fun, the Clio never missed a beat.

Also as requested some more pictures of the car after a wash this morning. Next I need to fit the rear brace, rear pads and probably set about removing the front fog lights?

Anyway on to the pictures:

20170514_104936 by Tom R, on Flickr

20170514_115240 by Tom R, on Flickr

20170514_115418 by Tom R, on Flickr

20170514_115126 by Tom R, on Flickr

20170514_114845_001 by Tom R, on Flickr

20170514_114949 by Tom R, on Flickr

 

[Hyde200]

Car looks awesome! Makes me want to paint my diffuser a different colour.

Rear brace is a waste of money, does fuck all. All the other braces for me work well!

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Well I can not say if the rear brace offers any benefits for myself as yet, and you may be right that it does nothing but either way I got it fitted and at the very least it looks the part.

20170514_130019 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170514_125959 by Tom R, on Flickr

Also I added a few more Decals, courtesy of UltraRacing.

20170514_131241 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170514_130849 by Tom R, on Flickr

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Also if you guys can offer any advice, I am considering removing the door card and replacing with either ali or some sort of plastic sheeting. If you know where best I can get the right kind of material and what its call that would be a great help.

 

[suj]

You need something like 2mm ABS plastic, then use the OEM doorcard as a template, a link below to show what it will look like when done:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-C...526210?hash=item33ccdf6b82:g:hzEAAOSwB-1Y4f3k

Reading online, you might need "door handle spacers", other people can correct me if I am wrong:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Door-hand...34adbe0&pid=100005&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=222480526210

Something like that.

 

[Christopher]

CAE is porn. No other words for it.

It's on my dream list of mods. Can you see any way of keeping the factory trim in place with the shifter installed?

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Thanks for the links suj, I'll look into it later this evening.

Christopher, the trim looks like it would fit back into place, however I'm guessing it will need a bit of modifying to work. If you are wanting to get one of the CAE shifters though, I would certainly encourage it!

 

[Thomas Rogers]

I have found this carbon effect ABS plastic http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3mm-Carbo...Sheet-ABS-1000mm-x-600mm-panels-/332193729834.

Has anyone had experience with the stuff

 

[Hyde200]

Also if you guys can offer any advice, I am considering removing the door card and replacing with either ali or some sort of plastic sheeting. If you know where best I can get the right kind of material and what its call that would be a great help.

Contact CM Composites on Facebook mate. He does a front and rear door cards with the door handle spacers which you require! They're made from Foamex Board. You just need to cut holes for the window switches if you want to and screw em on!

 

[Christopher]

Thanks for the links suj, I'll look into it later this evening.

Christopher, the trim looks like it would fit back into place, however I'm guessing it will need a bit of modifying to work. If you are wanting to get one of the CAE shifters though, I would certainly encourage it!

It's on my list 100%, but I really want to keep it as factory looking as possible.

There's no realy way of me mocking it up beforehand either. CAE's are a rare thing on Mk3 Clios.

 

[peter]

Can you see any way of keeping the factory trim in place with the shifter installed?

i got these photos sent by someone on here, because me too wanted to know how the shifter would look with the factory trim in place ...





looks brilliant, doesn't it?



@Thomas Rogers ... hope you don't mind spamming your thread.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

Not a problem, it looks good with the factory trim in place,

 

[Christopher]

i got these photos sent by someone on here, because me too wanted to know how the shifter would look with the factory trim in place ...





looks brilliant, doesn't it?



@Thomas Rogers ... hope you don't mind spamming your thread.

Oh my perfection. Holy shit.
Hellllooooo credit card.

 

[Thomas Rogers]

So a small update for the little track toy. I got around to making up some door cards, (all bar the handle spacers, which I'm waiting on) I just need to do a bit of painting on the top of each inner door skin to tidy things up.
At the moment I'm not sure how I feel about the overall look of the door cards, hopefully they will grow on me . . . . .

Anyway this is what I started with, some Carbon effect plastic sheeting.
20170520_094109 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170520_094121 by Tom R, on Flickr

Got myself some door pulls also.

20170520_094050 by Tom R, on Flickr

20170527_105544 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170527_105643 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170527_101934 by Tom R, on Flickr

I also bit the bullet and purchased a roof scoop to hep out with the cabin ventilation.

20170527_104952 by Tom R, on Flickr
20170527_105011 by Tom R, on Flickr