Budget Clio

[Dweeb]

well this is my car
it is a PROJECT, so please nobody say "urr it needs painting", i will don't worry.

on a very tight budget, only spent around 200 on the car, got the car for free!

so far:
debadged boot = £0
smoothed bonnet = £0
Coilovers = £186
induction kit = £20
Smoothed bumpers = 0

i repeat i will be painting it asap!

the yellow on it is primer, will be going back silver!

plans:
spacers
painting
Dual Optics
and maybe some ph2 rear lights


Comments and criticism please!

FIN

 

[Tez.]

nice how much it cost ya?

 

[unfortunately_french]

Free car, can't complain lol. I'd get that side strip sorted out aswell while your doing the body work, don't know about spacers on steels either how about some alloys (sports or ph2's) Ph2 rear lights will make it look a bit more up to date.

 

[Nick172Cup]

Hopefully it'll look alright, get it painted sooner rather than later though as primer and water/damp dont go well and will leave you with lovely ripples in the paint!

 

[Tez.]

 

[ekaJ]

I would happily sell mine and drive that for free haha.

Looks good

 

[Struggler]

what about the cost of filler/sand paper/primer??

looks good but the boots look 10X better if you smooth the handle off too!!
and maybe even the doors

 

[Whiskerz16v]

stick a roof rack on it and 4 different alloys and call it rat lol

 

[Joe#]

looks good so far, i think it would look good euro, borbet t's??

 

[Dweeb]

looks good so far, i think it would look good euro, borbet t's??

yeah man maybs, wanna get some really crazy deep dish wheels! borbet a's are so nice

what about the cost of filler/sand paper/primer??

looks good but the boots look 10X better if you smooth the handle off too!!
and maybe even the doors

yeah well i didnt include filler and ting :rasp:

maybs man, costs bare to repaint the doors, and then i may as welll just the whole car done = cant afford it!
gonna smooth the door strips and paint the handles fo sho

 

[Dweeb]

what about the cost of filler/sand paper/primer??

looks good but the boots look 10X better if you smooth the handle off too!!
and maybe even the doors

oh and yeah i was toying with the idea of smoothing the boot handle off too, but i have no idea how a solenoid works etc...

 

[Dweeb]

what are everyones thoughts on smoothing the front fogs into the bumper?

 

[Stu.]

smooth fogs into the bumper for sure! i did but i never got round to getting it painted so it never went on lol! and the solenoid in the boot is easy mate. I wired mine upto a switch the hour before i left for FCS last year after i got my delocked/debadged boot on! this has potential to be pretty cool

 

[Dan29]

Just matte black it all!

 

[Dweeb]

smooth fogs into the bumper for sure! i did but i never got round to getting it painted so it never went on lol! and the solenoid in the boot is easy mate. I wired mine upto a switch the hour before i left for FCS last year after i got my delocked/debadged boot on! this has potential to be pretty cool

im undecided on the fogs :dapprove:

where did you have your switch?

i have de wipered it so it would be easy to use the rear wiper switch on the stalk but may not be the most practical thing.

cheers dude x

 

[Stu.]

have a look through my low pikey build thread i think i had pics of it somewhere. and was a small switch next to the ash tray, wiring it into the rear wiper switch would probbaly be a ball ache if you dont know much about how the wiring works lol but defo worth de-locking it a it looks so much better

 

[Dweeb]

have a look through my low pikey build thread i think i had pics of it somewhere. and was a small switch next to the ash tray, wiring it into the rear wiper switch would probbaly be a ball ache if you dont know much about how the wiring works lol but defo worth de-locking it a it looks so much better

couldn't see anything about the popper man

but you car looks lush!
did you get the lines in the bumpers filled?

 

[Triki]

Get some rimz

 

[Dweeb]

i quite like my steelies :rasp:

is it illegal not to have front washer jets?

 

[Earpl]

Yes, and retarded not too ............

On the other hand..................

Find some the right size + convert it to wash blades

e.g http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEUGEOT-807-C...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2eb3dea2e4

 

[Whiskerz16v]

Do what stu had for winter with the steelies random colours :rasp:

Im with stu though smooth fogs into the bumper would be sweet

 

[Dweeb]

Yes, and retarded not too ............

On the other hand..................

Find some the right size + convert it to wash blades

e.g http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PEUGEOT-807-C...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2eb3dea2e4

would be cool to delete the washer jets off my bonnet!
so would these be legal - with the washers on the wipers?

 

[Earpl]

Yep, standard on quite a few things.

 

[Dweeb]

Started smoothing the fogs, just fillerd the seams for the moment.

Might do the numberplate recess as well? Thoughts?

As always comments and criticism welcomed

 

[Dweeb]

might do this to the bumper :

ie lose the bottom grill bit and just have a big square?
opinions?

 

[Whiskerz16v]

Do it! But make sure you make a grill for it...

Use competition mesh or something to make a gril to fit

 

[Narf]

yeah do it!.. personally i wouldnt fill the number plate recess, theres a very fine line between having a nicely smoothed car to OTT!,

 

[tonksy26]

^^^ looks good with 1 big grille at the bottom. I like.

I have some Ph2 rear lights for sale if your interested mate ? I know alot of Ph1 owners upgrade to the Ph2 rear lights.

£30 posted

 

[Dweeb]

dunno really, mesh = chav imo

he hasn't got any :rasp:

 

[K1NGY]

That picture you put is spot on

Personally having the number plate recess filled in makes it look s**t

Other than that, keep it going!

 

[Rob]

No need to use mesh, just butcher a lower grille from a mk2 ph2 sport.

Without it you'll have issues with stones etc I'd imagine.

I really like it though, do it.

 

[Narf]

dunno really, mesh = chav imo

he hasn't got any :rasp:

might just be my computer screen but if you look closely there is mesh there

 

[Joe#]

Looks really nice like that, as mentioned RS lower grille would go well..

 

[blind-in-texas]

It looks like there is mesh there I'm really wanting to do this to my wee clio. how do you go about smoothing out the black bit on the bumper just prime it with plastic primer then fill and sand or do you just slap the filler straight on? i hate the black bumper strips on my car like, it really lets the car down.

Kris

 

[Stu.]

Put a 182 lower grill in. You need to shorten the hold though! I did it to mine, ill stick a pick up when im in of it

 

[Dweeb]

might just be my computer screen but if you look closely there is mesh there

ah yeah man i just saw that haha

 

[Dweeb]

back is done. needs painting proper though. havent got any money!

front is nearly done just needs a bit more doing to the bumper

and the coilovers are off as its time to learn to drive!

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[Wick]

That bottom grill looks really good... As above, in that pic it looks like they have a fine black mesh on my computer screen