Newbie, just done up a 1.2 for my son

[Clio Wil]

So I'm a newbie here, over the past few months I have been doing up a 2004, 1.2 for my son to learn to drive in and i dare say i will be gleaning lots of info from the site on how to sort various things on the car :up:
Upon arrival last october it looked like this ( very un loved by the previous owner )

And how it looks now ( very much loved by the new owner, my son )

 

[Stay Puft]

Looks much better, paint looks good too! Unsure on the stripes, but it's his first car and my first car (yellow saxo) was much more chav'd.

Welcome.

 

[Clio Wil]

Thank you, i think the fact that nothing had been done to it helped as there were no mistakes to correct, i bought myself a machine polisher to sort out the paintwork, and it came up great, all the colour coding was DIY with rattle cans as were the wheel refurbs and all told the car has come up well. I agree 100% regarding the stripe it is a bit chav but we were all 17 once !!!! although i am having to reign him in on other mods....
this weekends jobs are a throttle body clean as a warning light came on a couple of weeks ago, it was cleared and hasnt come back on since but i have been advised that a clean wont do any harm and a new ignition coil pack is going on. for some reason the one thats on looks like a HT lead has been shortened ( i dont know how ) but its way too short and wont follow the correct route to be clipped in place so i have a replacement sorted

 

[jesus]

That looks fantastic, you've done a great job with that. I've always liked that colour

 

[Mavez]

Looks ace that, well not a fan of the stripes but the work you've done makes the bodywork look brand new! well done

 

[Clio Wil]

Thank you, Here are a couple of additional pictures

Nothing was needed in the interior apart from a good clean, the dash inserts were painted the same colour as the wheels

DIY wheel refurb

 

[Knuckles]

That looks really tidy!

The stripes are marmite but well done on the refurb.

Iirc, @Daniel sold one of the first clios in that colour in the country

 

[Clio Wil]

I think it's a case of some of us , lets say above a certain age and with taste!!! dont like the stripe, me included. But FYI again it was another DIY job, i bought a sheet of sign writing vinyl for a fiver, cut it in to strips then put a black 6mm regular car stripe around the outer edge. job done. i wasnt prepared to spend alot just incase he didnt like it. the additional cost on the insurance was more than the stripe !!! They have charged £15.00 for ' additional exterior cosmetic changes'
I remember when you could do almost anything to a car without worrying about insurance....

 

[Mr Plums]

That looks great and I love the colour, I think he and his friends will love the stripes at 17yo, and the chicks

I dont think he will care that a few of us boring old people off cs think they are a bit chav when he's on his way to McDonalds listening to 'Scooter' with four birds in the car.

 

[Clio Wil]

That looks great and I love the colour, I think he and his friends will love the stripes at 17yo, and the chicks :smile:

I dont think he will care that a few of us boring old people off cs think they are a bit chav when he's on his way to McDonalds listening to 'Scooter' with four birds in the car.

Love it, made me smile, god i wish i was 17 again !!!!!:tongueclosed:

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Love the colour!

Some tyre shine and that'll look spot on! Good work!

 

[rctempire]

Great colour.

Welcome.

 

[Darren S]

Good effort - and a decent car for him to get on the ladder of insurance. Hopefully he appreciates all your hard work spent on it!

 

[imprezaworks]

That looks great, I hope he's grateful lol.

 

[Clio Wil]

That looks great, I hope he's grateful lol.

Are they ever grateful at 17??? To be honest i'm enjoying re living my youth doing it up, it's been donkeys years since i used to go searching through wreckers for parts for my MK1 fiesta and here i am doing it again.

 

[Clio Wil]

Love the colour!

Some tyre shine and that'll look spot on! Good work!

It had some Autoglym Tyre dressing on it, I have since moved on to Meguiars long lasting tyre shine

 

[RenaultVirgin]

I think he and his friends will love the stripes at 17yo, and the chicks

Stripes get your birds?... I'll be right back chaps
Also, wish I had a dad like you!
Cars looking good mate

 

[JamesBryan]

What colour is that? I've never seen one like that before.

Must be quite rare.

 

[N4TH4N]

Looks a great example! Nice colour and tidy. I wish I was 17 again!

 

[Mr Plums]

I cant get over how nice that colour is, its like storm grey on the 200's.

 

[BGEarles]

Sure I saw this on Detailing World a few months back?


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[Clio Wil]

What colour is that? I've never seen one like that before.

Must be quite rare.

Hi,
I dont believe the colour was that popular so it wasnt made for long it is 'B65 Gris Agathe' it is a bit different from the norm but trying to find parts in the same colour is near on impossible

 

[Clio Wil]

Sure I saw this on Detailing World a few months back?


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Hi Mate, you did indeed see it on there, i learnt alot about car cleaning and cleaning product it's a fantastic place for info and if it wasnt for DW i wouldnt have had such success with the spraying and paint corrections. Now it's time to start looking at the mechanical side of things i have come to the Clio experts, I find that if you drop on the right forum with the right members they are amazing places to learn.

 

[BGEarles]

Hi Mate, you did indeed see it on there, i learnt alot about car cleaning and cleaning product it's a fantastic place for info and if it wasnt for DW i wouldnt have had such success with the spraying and paint corrections. Now it's time to start looking at the mechanical side of things i have come to the Clio experts, I find that if you drop on the right forum with the right members they are amazing places to learn.

Its a good thread on Detailing World, i read it all, wish my old man did something like that for me for my first car. Good on you! I'm sure you'll be more than fine here leaning bits and bobs.


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[Clio Wil]

Its a good thread on Detailing World, i read it all, wish my old man did something like that for me for my first car. Good on you! I'm sure you'll be more than fine here leaning bits and bobs.


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Thank you, i must admit after joining and looking through the threads i feel a bit intimidated, everyone has a 172 or 182 or a sport, i though have i joined the wrong site?? ( i suppose the clue was in the site name really 'clio sport' 😌 Doh... )
still im here now and just try getting rid of me!!! i will no doubt be back at the weekend when the throttle body wont go back on and the ignition coil wont spark :weary::weary:

 

[N4TH4N]

Thank you, i must admit after joining and looking through the threads i feel a bit intimidated, everyone has a 172 or 182 or a sport, i though have i joined the wrong site?? ( i suppose the clue was in the site name really 'clio sport' 😌 Doh... )
still im here now and just try getting rid of me!!! i will no doubt be back at the weekend when the throttle body wont go back on and the ignition coil wont spark :weary::weary:

Doesn't make any difference what car you've got mate. Most people here don't even have clios anymore. Stick around for the "bantz" and the lolz. Great bunch of lads on here, mostly.

 

[Mr Plums]

Thank you, i must admit after joining and looking through the threads i feel a bit intimidated, everyone has a 172 or 182 or a sport, i though have i joined the wrong site?? ( i suppose the clue was in the site name really 'clio sport' 😌 Doh... )
still im here now and just try getting rid of me!!! i will no doubt be back at the weekend when the throttle body wont go back on and the ignition coil wont spark :weary::weary:

You havnt joined the wrong forum mate this place is ace, its also got great fair mods/admin and you will learn a zillion things on here, not just about cars.

I bet 50% of members on here dont even own a Clio, nevermind a sport lol.

There is also a thread dedicated to non sports and its a huge thread, you could maybe get some more ideas from there too

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/non-sports-in-here.331979/

 

[Clio Wil]

You havnt joined the wrong forum mate this place is ace, its also got great fair mods/admin and you will learn a zillion things on here, not just about cars.

I bet 50% of members on here dont even own a Clio, nevermind a sport lol.

There is also a thread dedicated to non sports and its a huge thread, you could maybe get some more ideas from there too :smile:

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/non-sports-in-here.331979/

Thank you for that i hadnt seen the non sport thread i will have to check it out

 

[basket491]

Looks great


Your son is deffinately winning at getting that as a present don't think I even got a card :laughing:

 

[Scrooge]

Welcome!

Good effort on sorting that out for your son

 

[Benjiboi]

Welcome. Car looks good mate. Being only 22 myself I love the stripes haha. And seriously don't worry I don't own a sport. I have a 2013 non sport its French blue you will find it on the non sport thread towards the end h enjoy you time here

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