Recent content by Brian J

and painted: Big shout out to the Chris at the Chop Shop in Stratford upon Avon for the work. Once the 205 has finished emptying my wallet I will get some PDR booked to sort the tailgate and the bonnet and it should be properly presentable!

Update from the Bodyshop: it’s done and ready to collect. Rust was worse than expected and the inner sill, arch and support panel were also going: Fortunately I had a cut including all sill panels: Solid again:

Finally got my Bodyshop pinned down. Dropped off for replacing the rear half of th n/s sill. Hopefully that will see me rust-free for a few years. The o/s is really solid, just the n/s had a new quarter and they didn’t rustproof the rear. ☹️ Photos when I get it back…

Thx

Hi. I have a friend who is looking for a more insurance friendly Clio 2. I have seen a nice looking ph1 1.4S in budget and local. It is nicely looked after with impeccable history but he says it has a timing chain, not a belt. I wasn’t aware of any chain driven Clio engines. The reg is W181WOE...

Hi. a friend is looking for a nice mk2 Clio as a runaround and is too young to insure anything sporty

I had blasted the gearbox with carb cleaner to try and get a totally clean pass, but I’ll take that anyway… Legal for another year.

Amazing. Thanks. That’s a worry off my mind. Although my anally retentive side will still not allow me to leave them unfixed. Things that do t work on cars just bug me too much…😂

The MOT coming round has prompted a spate of progress on this. First up was my hard won NOS passenger drive shaft. (Both boots shot on the old one and grease and gearbox oil everywhere was getting tiresome. The O/S driveshaft outer boot was also worse for wear due to some careless span wrong...

It’s gone down. He offered it to me for 13k😁

Reality is NOT the point here!🤣🤣 If I get budget to buy an LY or a trophy and make my wife happy at the same time that has got to be a win🏆

Thanks all. I got blinded by the gorgeousness of the LY. 😅 I see the overspray on screws and the bungs in the tailgate recess now it is pointed out. At least a black engine bay doesn’t clash! If I was going to go that route, 4K would pay for mine to be sprayed and I’d know what I had as well!

My wife keeps saying she doesn’t like me driving the clio because other drivers never seem to see it!! (Titanium 182) her exact weirs we’re can’t you get a yellow or red one… (well, if you’re asking…😁) I notice there’s a LY 182 on the bay at present. Clicky Looks really nice, basically...

Hi, yes. My timing was indeed out by around 7 degrees. I got it rest at a specialist, and it is like a different car. Both in terms of idle and drivability. I have an after clip on my tidy up thread in the projects section If that helps. Although doing a timing belt on these is a pain...

Fair shout. That would work.