Been away from CS for a while now, just been looking through my many old pictures of the car and picked a couple goodish ones out, past to present.
Pictures speak louder than words so ill keep it short and sweet.
To begin with I had the opinion that body kits were the b****cks and max power was awesome, it didn't take long for me to change my mind. After 'baby eating bumper' and 'cs snow plow jokes', and realising that body kits are a bit naff.
Not long after having the kit, I had removed it and set about lowering the car on custom springs.
After deciding the 17's were too big and a bit hilarious I went for some fake splits and more lows. Which received much flaming and 'your car looks broken' comments
I ended up with two sets of coilovers as the first ones didn't go low enough
My winter setup. (the same every winter).
Then the Porsche 928 wheels. I refurbed these bright pearl orange and had custom adapters made to get them to fit. I really liked these but, and had them for quite a while, eventually the custom adapters (40mm) began to cause problems with the ABS, and the 165/40/R16 tyres were a nightmare to get hold of and bone shatteringly uncomfortable. Thus it was time for a change.
Just recently I swapped the Porsche wheels with a set of Borbet A's. The Porsche wheels went to a guy planning on fitting them to a mk1 Caddie, slightly more suited than a clio. They aren't in great condition and needed two new front tyres, but I liked them.
Wheels fitted. Big ol' arch gap.
Car went for it's Mot, all was good apart from one advisory. Need to replace the outer anti roll bar bushes, which will be done in the next couple of weeks.
And finally some quick pictures once the coilovers have been wound down.
This will be how the car will stay for now. All to be done now is some tidying up of the paint work, wheels need a refurb and replacing the bushes. (Are powerflex bushes available for the non-sports?)
New wheels spec
Fronts 7.5J ET25 195/40/R16
Rears 9J ET15 195/40/R16
Sorry for the pictures being all different sizes, and the latest ones aren't great, they've just been taken on the iphone.
Pictures speak louder than words so ill keep it short and sweet.
To begin with I had the opinion that body kits were the b****cks and max power was awesome, it didn't take long for me to change my mind. After 'baby eating bumper' and 'cs snow plow jokes', and realising that body kits are a bit naff.
Not long after having the kit, I had removed it and set about lowering the car on custom springs.
After deciding the 17's were too big and a bit hilarious I went for some fake splits and more lows. Which received much flaming and 'your car looks broken' comments
I ended up with two sets of coilovers as the first ones didn't go low enough
My winter setup. (the same every winter).
Then the Porsche 928 wheels. I refurbed these bright pearl orange and had custom adapters made to get them to fit. I really liked these but, and had them for quite a while, eventually the custom adapters (40mm) began to cause problems with the ABS, and the 165/40/R16 tyres were a nightmare to get hold of and bone shatteringly uncomfortable. Thus it was time for a change.
Just recently I swapped the Porsche wheels with a set of Borbet A's. The Porsche wheels went to a guy planning on fitting them to a mk1 Caddie, slightly more suited than a clio
. They aren't in great condition and needed two new front tyres, but I liked them.
Wheels fitted. Big ol' arch gap.
Car went for it's Mot, all was good apart from one advisory. Need to replace the outer anti roll bar bushes, which will be done in the next couple of weeks.
And finally some quick pictures once the coilovers have been wound down.
This will be how the car will stay for now. All to be done now is some tidying up of the paint work, wheels need a refurb and replacing the bushes. (Are powerflex bushes available for the non-sports?)
New wheels spec
Fronts 7.5J ET25 195/40/R16
Rears 9J ET15 195/40/R16
Sorry for the pictures being all different sizes, and the latest ones aren't great, they've just been taken on the iphone.
