172 Cup OEM+

bowen86 · May 5, 2024

Recently @Alastair. advertised his Clio 172 Cup and although I messaged within 10mins of it being advertised, I'd missed out. @*lee* beat me to it.

A week later I get a message on FB from Lee explaining he'd bought it on a whim and what he really wanted was an R26 Megane. He'd seen a Megane and now the Clio was back up for sale and did I want first refusal. It seemed like a scam at first, I even messaged Alastair to check and yeah, it all checked out.

A deposit left and the missus and I jumped on a train to Swindon to get it.

Lee met me at the train station and let me drive it to his.

It was exactly what I expected and what I wanted. Something, clean, fresh, OEM and usable on the road.

Money paid, paperwork done and off we went.

Took the scenic route home

The car drove great. I said to my missus "I could daily this", that's not the plan but it emphasised how nice it was on road.

Other than Cooksport springs and a Ktec exhaust it's unmolested.

My plans, keep it OEM with maybe a few small tweaks, that said it's so nice as is I may just leave it. It seems to have the sound aktor and the original cup splitter which goes to show how standard it is.

Further reading on this Cup and for my own history previous threads:

@Alastair. thread

Clio 172 Cup, keeping it fresh and original.

Another Clio for myself and @baysthebest Snapped this one up on ebay a couple of days ago, didnt bother viewing it, just had it recovered to my house. Its a great base for us being original with loads of recent work done including the cambelt, dephaser and water pump done at Beaniesport last...

cliosport.net

@cliocollins thread

172 Cup Restoration Progress

Hi, I thought I'd start a thread for the 172 Cup as momentum has gathered and the parts have started to arrive. The car itself belongs to my partner, she's been interested in picking up a clean one of these for a while now. After numerous days, weeks.. months. Searching on Ebay, Facebook...

cliosport.net

One last pic from Alastair's thread as I love it

More over on Instagram @its.bowz

Cheers

imprezaworks · May 5, 2024

That looks ace

Alastair. · May 5, 2024

So glad its staying within the CS community. ❤️

The Chubby Pirate · May 5, 2024

Seen this on instagram and thought i recognised it, very well looked after thing.

gez 172 · May 5, 2024

Absolutely stunning - shame an owner was added for almost no reason.

Keep the pictures coming.

bowen86 · May 8, 2024

Took the Cup for a spin over local roads and it's great. Very compliant over the pothole'd roads of South Wales and it's just the right or 'raw' to feel special.

I did notice that the EML flashed very, very briefly.

Took a quick reading of the resistance at the Injectors.

x4 new genuine injectors from AETmotorsport.

Next. Rust.

I noticed that the previous owners hadn't mentioned rust and when I put this 172 Cup on Instagram I had some comments "How IS the rust?" which made me think "oh sh1t".

I peeped in the rear door cards and

I'll take that. Other side was much the same but no photo as I was filming it and took stills.

I also noticed the sideskirts had the original Renault rivets in. So out they came and off came the side skirts.

And whilst there I cleaned out the archliners

(sorry for the image sizes).

Overall I'm really happy and it's a huge credit to @Alastair. for its up keep to this point. I won't F it up.

Mr Underhill · May 8, 2024

bowen86 said:
Took the Cup for a spin over local roads and it's great. Very compliant over the pothole'd roads of South Wales and it's just the right or 'raw' to feel special.

I did notice that the EML flashed very, very briefly.

Took a quick reading of the resistance at the Injectors.
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x4 new genuine injectors from AETmotorsport.
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Next. Rust.

I noticed that the previous owners hadn't mentioned rust and when I put this 172 Cup on Instagram I had some comments "How IS the rust?" which made me think "oh sh1t".

I peeped in the rear door cards and

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I'll take that. Other side was much the same but no photo as I was filming it and took stills.

I also noticed the sideskirts had the original Renault rivets in. So out they came and off came the side skirts.

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And whilst there I cleaned out the archliners View attachment 1691769

(sorry for the image sizes).

Overall I'm really happy and it's a huge credit to @Alastair. for its up keep to this point. I won't F it up.

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Result. It’s a rare beast not to have rust in those places. Well done!

Alastair. · May 9, 2024

Nice, i think i did take some pics from behind the rear door cards in my thread.

Unlucky ref the eml light, never had that come on 😢 probably due a fresh set of injectors anyhow 👍

Brigsy · May 9, 2024

Looks spot on.

Get a load of cavity wax on the inner rear arches and inner sills, will stay rot free for years.

bowen86 · May 9, 2024

I think you may be right.

EML light. It's a 21 year old car. These things are to be expected.

Thankfully ClioSport.net came to the rescue and suggested it could be an injector.

All four replaced and it's running like French watch. 😂

bowen86 · May 9, 2024

Brigsy said:
Looks spot on.

Get a load of cavity wax on the inner rear arches and inner sills, will stay rot free for years.

On the cards.

How do you get cavity wax in the inner sills? Is there a trick to it?

Mr Underhill · May 9, 2024

bowen86 said:
On the cards.

How do you get cavity wax in the inner sills? Is there a trick to it?

Under the side skirts there’s a sticker, peel it back. If you buy BH S50 Dynax it comes with a lance.

Push the lance as far in as you can and slowly draw it back as you spray. Then turn the other way and repeat. It’ll usually hit those rear quarters without taking the inner cards off.

Brigsy · May 9, 2024

As

bowen86 said:
On the cards.

How do you get cavity wax in the inner sills? Is there a trick to it?

As @Mr Underhill said above get the lance in. Id whip rear doorcards and blast it in on the rear arch seams and sill.

Dont forget to put some cardboard or whatever underneath the sill as the cavity wax will run out of any small gap onto the floor.

Done my Trophy a couple of years ago.

ixell · May 11, 2024

I have a very similar condition cup and was wondering how much you paid please

*lee* · Sunday at 8:54 PM

Looking good buddy, keep up the good work

bowen86 · Sunday at 9:44 PM

*lee* said:
Looking good buddy, keep up the good work

Thanks mate. Appreciate you getting on touch with me first when you decided to sell! 🙏

bowen86 · Wednesday at 8:55 PM

Mr Underhill said:
Under the side skirts there’s a sticker, peel it back. If you buy BH S50 Dynax it comes with a lance.

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Push the lance as far in as you can and slowly draw it back as you spray. Then turn the other way and repeat. It’ll usually hit those rear quarters without taking the inner cards off.

Is this sticker on later cars as I can't see it on this Cup?

Mr Underhill · Wednesday at 8:57 PM

bowen86 said:
Is this sticker on later cars as I can't see it on this Cup?

Not sure fella. You’ve got the side skirt off?

bowen86 · Wednesday at 9:25 PM

Mr Underhill said:
Not sure fella. You’ve got the side skirt off?

Yeah, skirts off. Stood here now and no silver sticker.
Unless I am blind.

Skirts off and the black rectangular brackets twisted just to check it's not under one of them.

I remember all my previous 182s having a silver sticker under the sill and not knowing what it was for, but this is my first 172 (and the oldest clio I've had being an 03).

Mr Underhill · Wednesday at 9:25 PM

bowen86 said:
Yeah, skirts off. Stood here now and no silver sticker.
Unless I am blind.

Skirts off and the black rectangular brackets twisted just to check it's not under one of them.

I remember all my previous 182s having a silver sticker under the sill and not knowing what it was for, but this is my first 172 (and the oldest clio I've had being an 03).

Mr Underhill · Wednesday at 9:28 PM

bowen86 · Wednesday at 9:28 PM

I've gone in the traditional route via the rear door cards.

Mr Underhill · Wednesday at 9:30 PM

At least you can see how clean it is under there. Looks a minter 😍

172 Cup OEM+

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