Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.
UPDATE 28/06/2012
Well i havent really had time to update this for a while, so here goes... it was coming upto modified nationals and the car was in pretty good shape, however i needed to change the radiator and after a mix up with postage etc it turned up the night before i was leaving for modified nationals, so a mega quick strip down of the front end was done, new radiator fitted bled the system twice and back up and running... all good!
After modified nationals it was 2 weeks till FCS 12 and i had been told i got into top 25 so the car needed to be looking as good as i could get it, sound easy?? up at 6am every morning going to work then getting back at 5pm doesnt leave much time.
So anyway the flocking on my dash was like 4 years old now and looking battered and tired... few options was retrim or reflock... after a good think i decided to get the dash redone, however i wanted a lower spec dash without the airbag so i went hunting in my spares shed and found my old dash out my 1st clio. so i got booked in with floc-king to get it done! so i stripped the old dash out and took the other one to his unit.
I then came home and thought the doorcards are looking quite tired too and needed to be freshened up... so while i was waiting for the dash i decided to have ago at retrimming the doorcards... wish i hadnt started them but they came out ok and will do untill the winter....
Part of the doorcard back in
then i set about repainting bits off the dash as it was abit dull inside for me so stripped bits off
Then flatted, primed, colour, clear coat
Then a set back came the dash wasnt going to be ready untill the day before FCS... and i have no garage and the weather decided to be against me with heavy non stop rain! so after work i jumped in the car plugged the ecu in and cable tied my gauges in and drove it to my mates unit who kindly let me have the keys for the weekend... so work began on friday at 8pm i finished trimming the doors, painted some engine bits and my girlfriend trimmed my sunvisors!
Doorcards finished
I left the unit at 2am and the car looked like this
I got home at 3am and was up at 6am to go and pik my dash up 3 hour round trip! so saturday morning and lots to do, so we set about it... my mate has his own business detail uk and said he would give the car a good going over paint correction and detail etc! bonus! so while he was starting on that i was pputting my lovely new dash together.
meanwhile detailing was going on check the c2 V6 with NOS in the background
Also while i was doing bits and bobs i sprayed the rear badges black and fitted them, also my other mate had some spare fly-eye so did my fogs for me! i think its looks quite mean!
Also i wasnt happy with the fuel pump and swirlpot cover in the boot, plain metal... no thank you so my mate who runs deadlydecals said he would wrap it for me and i picked that up saturday afternoon.
not to everyones taste but i love it!
Then everything was thrown back together and ecu was wired back in! then at 8pm saturday night she was ready to roll and left in the unit to stay nice and dry until the morning.
tucked up in the dry!
A few snaps from the show on top 25, the paintwork looks amazing nice one Detail UK
finished interior
Then the awards came... and my name was called out! i was so happy! performance car of the show! makes all the hard work feel worth it!
Thanks all for now!
