James' Phase 1 Clio 172

[Danith]

Shoved my inspection camera down into the rear drivers side arch earlier on to check for rust.
Seems to be all good!
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Sweet!!!! As if I sold this on. I know you'll do a better job than I could though with my halfords socket set

 

[Daz...]

That’s very tidy. Result!

 

[Akay]

Ive found most exhausts to be drony without the mid silencer, might be worth having a ride in a car with one and one without.

 

[Djw John]

Pms with centre section and recessed isn't drony at all. Or cheap. But I'm liking it.

 

[Danith]

No centre section usually means more rasp too. Does with the civics, not a fan. Fit well tho!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Full set of cup shocks and eibach sportlines are on the way to me.
Also got my Snappy steering wheel fitted. Well impressed!

 

[mintno1]

Full set of cup shocks and eibach sportlines are on the way to me.
Also got my Snappy steering wheel fitted. Well impressed!
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Makes me want to send my wheel off to him, spoke to him last year just haven't organised it yet, have a spare wheel as well to send, it's on the to do list ?you must be chuffed with that, how long did it take from him receiving the wheel?

 

[imprezaworks]

Looks great.

 

[182_steve]

That looks really smart!!

 

[yeecup]

Miss my ph1s. Such cool little cars

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Well for the first time in over a year I've actually done something with this. Wheel are off and tomorrow they're off to be painted silver.

Now it's up on stands with the wheels off I'll start to crack on with all the jobs I have been meaning to do for ages.
I managed to pick up an uncut bumper last week so the powerflow will be coming off in favour of a standard one, and then bumpers swapped over.

I'll get the cup shocks and eibachs on aswell while it's up in the air.
Hoping to get it MOT'd and back on the road in a month or two.

Needs a bloody good clean tho! It's covered in dust

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

 

[Coops Mk1]

Love all the phase 1 resurrection threads, old or new. Frankly as much as I love my RB the phase 1 is just closer to a proper clio

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Love all the phase 1 resurrection threads, old or new. Frankly as much as I love my RB the phase 1 is just closer to a proper clio

I'd love to add an RB alongside this and my 220. Might have to suggest the idea to my Mrs haha

 

[Crayola]

I'd love to add an RB alongside this and my 220. Might have to suggest the idea to my Mrs haha

If you want to continue porking her then don't

Mine started swinging when I mentioned a 5th car 😂

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

If you want to continue porking her then don't

Mine started swinging when I mentioned a 5th car 😂

Continue? We've been together 11 years mate. You assume we still touch each other

 

[Crayola]

Continue? We've been together 11 years mate. You assume we still touch each other

You have nothing to lose then 😂

 

[Louis]

If you want to continue porking her then don't

Mine started swinging when I mentioned a 5th car 😂

Didnt realise you were swingers mate. Makes sense now...

 

[Crayola]

Didnt realise you were swingers mate. Makes sense now...

Only on Tuesdays and Wednesdays

 

[Ant1]

Come on lad get it done!!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Come on lad get it done!!

What's the rush 😁

 

[Stefan.]

What's the rush 😁

He wants to buy it..... 😂

 

[Danith]

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Yessssssss

FYI - not going to lie, it's only just now that I've realised you're old Tarby!! I thought James had sold the car on then, lolzzzzz

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

More s**t going on

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Wheels are done. Not picked them up yet so dunno how good the finish is. It was cheap though so not expecting a great job, but at least they're silver again

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Spent a few hours in the garage today doing some bits.
The front shocks and apex springs are out. Cup shocks and eibach sportlines are now in.
Rear has been stripped out ready for the new rear cup shocks from RPD getting delivered tomorrow.

Quick before pic

Will get some afters tomorrow. The yellow calipers are now silver aswell.

Rear bumper is off and so is the powerflow exhaust that came on the car. OEM exhaust is ready to go on, aswell as an uncut rear bumper.

Will be doing a full fluids change over the next few days

 

[Danith]

The yellow was a bit much, silver will look lots better.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

The yellow was a bit much, silver will look lots better.

Yeah it does mate 👍👍

 

[green]

Shut down is great isn’t it

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Shut down is great isn’t it

Yeah, I've done more in lockdown than I've done in the past 18 months 🤣

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Getting my spare driver's seat demoulded and cleaned up ready to swap over tomorrow. Will give it a shave aswell

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Old v new

Forgot how easy working on these is. Full suspension swap on my own in very little time at all. Be even quicker if I put some effort in, but the sun is beating down on the garage and it's like a b*****d sauna in here!

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

 

[Jekyll]

Much better than the hard Apex.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Much better than the hard Apex.

Yeah defo mate

 

[Crayola]

Sell me them old springs @Old Tarby! 😂

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Sell me them old springs @Old Tarby! 😂

Apex specials?

 

[Coops Mk1]

progress! miiint! commuted in mine again today, black grape blaring out from the minidisc, love a phase 1

 

[Crayola]

Apex specials?
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Nah I was kidding mate. I had Apex on my old dCi rep and it was like being a brick in a washing machine😂😂

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

progress! miiint! commuted in mine again today, black grape blaring out from the minidisc, love a phase 1

Got a minidisc player in yours? Proper retro!

Nah I was kidding mate. I had Apex on my old dCi rep and it was like being a brick in a washing machine😂😂

Someone off Facebook will buy them no doubt. I can't actually remember what it drove like with them on, but I'm sure as hell it'll be a load better now!


Operation under bonnet tidy up has begun today whilst I wait for a few other bits to be delivered.

Not going mad with it, just want to clean up the cam cover/inlet/top mount so it looks fresh. It's not getting painted as I like the natural look. Just needs to be clean!

New sparkplugs and inlet gasket are on the way from RPD, aswell as gear oil and new sump plugs.

I really want to change the inner anti roll bar bushes, but they look and sound like an absolute nightmare! I could just have them done when it goes for MOT I spose, but it would of been nice to do myself. Outers look easy