My DCI 100 thread, (her name is Carmel)

[Owen_m]

Okay so bought this car about a month a go and work has started, me and my girlfriend named it Carmel The Clio, here is how it looked when I first bought it:





Then in preparation for FCS2012 I bought some lowering springs, unfortunately (due to money) I had to buy apex springs, however they're like new and I intend to upgrade to coilovers at some point. They are off a 1*2 and are around 50mm lower. Which is just about right for me



Fitting them was easy enough, apart from some stupidly over tightened wheel nuts presume it was someone at a garage with a snap on air gun or something.

In the process of fitting them here:


Two of my mates giving a hand, finishing up

Made a big difference at the front

The finished deal


After a quick once over with a microfibre cloth and autoglym rapid detailer + clean wheels.




To get the paint looking like that, i dipped some money in to a clay bar kit from autoglym, (to go with my autoglym collection) I use the clay bar over the whole car, then used the high resin polish (however its rubbish). I like my detailing, so will be attempting to recreate the perfect finish, with a little machine polish help in a week or two.

The sort of spec i'm aiming for:

Paint and refurb wheels in anthracite, same with badges.
182 interior needs to be mint though to keep up with the rest of the car.
Uprated intercooler, airfilter and then a remap i aim for 130bhp
then colour code the bump strips and maybe the front and back ones too.
and a light tint on the windows, with the sunroof being tinted completely black.


Would like to here you're feed back, and opinions. Thanks for reading, the progress so far

[StevenMc29]

Plans sound good and the drop looks nice! One suggestion I would have is the RS Grill. I really dislike the front grill on the newer Ph2's

[Owen_m]

Cheers bud, I'm undecided as to whether to go with an rs grill, I'm going to paint the whole front plastics black to get them looking a bit smarter.

edit: I forgot to add i intend to get some spacers on it too, so it sits a bit better.

[TonkaTruck]

Lovely car, looks well with a small drop!

Nice plans except for the tints.

[Owen_m]

Only going for very light tints, (not anytime soon) cheers bud

Looking forward to french car show

[Wests Renault]

Looks good, RS grille is a must tbh!

[Owen_m]

Cheers mate Really happy with it so far

[matty a]

looking good what drop are the springs please

[Jimbo_M]

Good work mate, plans sound ideal. Some RS mats will go in the interior nicely

[Knuckles]

looks awesome: as said, rs grill would be a big improvement

oh, look at this guys project thread, its possibly the best non sport ever!

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Lovely car, looks well with a small drop!

Nice plans except for the tints.

[Skott_Dci]

Looks mint, looking forward to the changes, remap will be the best by far!

[Owen_m]

looking good what drop are the springs please

The 40-50ishmm springs (its not an exact science they're apex springs mate eibachs are better handling wise, but these give a better look

Good work mate, plans sound ideal. Some RS mats will go in the interior nicely

Going to have to wait till next payday for them mats! but i'll get some autoglym interior shampoo to clean it all to even more mint (I'm a clean freak when it comes to my car)

looks awesome: as said, rs grill would be a big improvement

oh, look at this guys project thread, its possibly the best non sport ever!

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Tonkatruck's is sick, cheers dude Think i'm going to have to get an RS GRILL NOW!

Looks mint, looking forward to the changes, remap will be the best by far!

Cheers dude, yeah defo needs more power. I'm really looking forward to that stage of the project, hopefully with the uprated intercooler + exhaust i should be looking a good gains and reliability.


Cheers boys really appreciate the comments and advice

[HMS Derv Destroyer]

looks awesome: as said, rs grill would be a big improvement

oh, look at this guys project thread, its possibly the best non sport ever!

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wheres my part in this.....

[HMS Derv Destroyer]

looking good mate , your interior is completely emaculate compaired to mine ( saying that i think the original owner of mine had horses... haye all under the gear stick suround )

gets some turini's RS and a set of nice coil overs and your sorted

keep up the good work !!

[Owen_m]

yeah man, i'm enjoying my car. now its settled its alot lower than photo'd i'll take a pic in a minute! you'res itss sick too raz. wait till you see the mats i'm going to get for it too! looking forward to metting up with you boys at french car show.

loving the car though, raz use vanish (for carpets) or autoglym interior shampoo for you're interior will make a MASSIVE difference.

I have dirty seat belts how do i clean them?

[HMS Derv Destroyer]

yeah man, i'm enjoying my car. now its settled its alot lower than photo'd i'll take a pic in a minute! you'res itss sick too raz. wait till you see the mats i'm going to get for it too! looking forward to metting up with you boys at french car show.

loving the car though, raz use vanish (for carpets) or autoglym interior shampoo for you're interior will make a MASSIVE difference.

I have dirty seat belts how do i clean them?

iv uses vanish deep powder clean on my carpets, i took the out last weekend, safe to say they look all new black now. its the seats that look s**te atm, tried turtle wax interior cleaner and its not touch it

seat belts, thread on here somewhere, parently sticking them out the door full un wound and soaking them in something ( cant remember the product ) and then pressure washing them brings um up nice. USE a cloth behind the belt tho so no scratches on your paint work happens.

[Knuckles]

wheres my part in this.....

whoops! get trendlines and xenons and youll be 1 up on tonkatruck :P

op... look at raz's build thread... best part rep ever!

are you still going forward with that laguna engine?

[HMS Derv Destroyer]

whoops! get trendlines and xenons and youll be 1 up on tonkatruck :P

op... look at raz's build thread... best part rep ever!

are you still going forward with that laguna engine?

200 seats ? :P 197 steering wheel and exenons :P

yeah luggy engine going in proper when insurance drops.

lots of work to fit in proper but i like a challenge :P

[Knuckles]

200 seats ? :P 197 steering wheel and exenons :P

yeah luggy engine going in proper when insurance drops.

lots of work to fit in proper but i like a challenge :P

if you do that your car will be utter porn lol! recaro sportsters theyre called :P

what have they quoted you for the swap?

its got to be caged and have a lower mounted engine doesnt it?

[HMS Derv Destroyer]

if you do that your car will be utter porn lol! recaro sportsters theyre called :P

what have they quoted you for the swap?

its got to be caged and have a lower mounted engine doesnt it?

£400 ontop of my insurance atm but they said it will drop allot when it comes to renewal time!

haha recaro sportsters it is then. full role cage needed as its one big heavy lump and very torque with what i have planned :P
hybrid veriable vin turbo from a bmw or something German.

engine will have to be lowered so dry sump and stand alone oil pump ect.

hoping to get 200bhp out of it. already a 165bhp engine as from factory :P

so basicly, DCI RAZ's rep wil be a proper sport almost, just with a very fun derv up front :P. oh and car might change colour again