Booked it in Monday for apr stage 2+ over 360bhp and 360lb
Kin hell!! What's power at the moment?
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What have you done to your car today ???
- Thread starter pastieman
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Kin hell!! What's power at the moment?
STRBramley
ClioSport Club Member
182 Trophy #404
Spent just under 5 hours washing, claying, waxing and restoring my paintwork. Well worth the effort. First time I've clayed a car properly but the paintwork feels so much better now.
Pics? Been reading about this claying thing and was thinking of doing it myself. Is it easy enough to do without making the car look worse?
STRBramley
ClioSport Club Member
182 Trophy #404
It's hard to tell from the photos I took today but the real difference is in the texture of the paintwork. If you rub a section that has been clayed and waxed it feels so smooth compared to an unclayed section.
It's amazing how much the clay bar can pick up that you can't even see on the car.
I'd definitely recommend doing it. I watched a quick tutorial on YouTube. I think the main thing to remember is to not push on with the clay and remember to keep the bodywork and clay lubricated.
hahaha
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
Painted the inlets and fuel rail guard. Fitted new ht leads and gave her a clean under the bonnet.
Sprayed my wheels gold , not to everyone's choice but I likey
Nice! Good choice.
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Well not today but yesterday I fitted:
Cup shocks
Cooksports
Fabia splitter
25mm M.A.D front spacers
15mm M.A.D rear spacers
Cup shocks
Cooksports
Fabia splitter
25mm M.A.D front spacers
15mm M.A.D rear spacers
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
Sprayed my wheels gold , not to everyone's choice but I likey
I followed you down days lane the other day, I'm sure of it?
1.6 Astra Sporthatch
Looked at getting a rotary polisher and realised I really have no idea where to start! Want to remove a few swirls and some scratches but keen to learn at the same time. Also fitted Citroen Xsara washer jets to the clio (mk3), involved some cutting but nothing major. Had to renew all my washer hoses too as they were cracking, thankfully it's 6mm hose the same as the reel of hose I have spare from my fish tank air pumps very pleased with that as the fish tank hose is a blue colour that looks a perfect match to the cars paintwork! Looks very OEM. Finally tried a tcut scratch pen, happy with how it hides scratches but needs alot of polishing after to get all the paint level and to smooth off the paint pen so it doesn't look like a line.
very pleased with that as the fish tank hose is a blue colour that looks a perfect match to the cars paintwork! Looks very OEM. Finally tried a tcut scratch pen, happy with how it hides scratches but needs alot of polishing after to get all the paint level and to smooth off the paint pen so it doesn't look like a line.
stripped it down ready to sell
1.6 Astra Sporthatch
Took it over the 40k miles mark, emptied the boot and contemplated how to secure the tyre weld in the boot so it doesn't toll around everywhere. Lastly started polishing back some of the touch up Paint so you can't see its been painted as at the moment there's an obvious lump where the paint rises slightly.
Clio 172 Flamer
Added Turinis
just replaced the droplinks or whatever u call them, (bushes connecting the stabaliser bar and controll arm) they seem to have been installed skew from the factory, as a result the bolts chewd through the rubber and was metal on metal, needless to say, car handles 1000 times better now used to roll around like a boat
used to roll around like a boat
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Some better clean pictures since fitting everything mentioned in my previous post:
Monaco 172 by welshname, on Flickr
Monaco 172 Rear by welshname, on Flickr
Monaco 172 by welshname, on Flickr
Monaco 172 Rear by welshname, on Flickr
CrippsCorner
ClioSport Club Member
Astra VXR
That is so f**king smart! Wow. For me, I'd put smaller plates on... but I understand if you want to keep it completely standard (although, just noticed the badge so it's not completely standard)
(although, just noticed the badge so it's not completely standard)
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
I'm getting a smaller front plate and obviously a clean rear one. But I'll also be buying a standard sized front plate too.
It's also not very standard, cup shocks, cooksport springs and spacers all round lol. Just looking for OEM+ really.
Cheers for the comments though
It's also not very standard, cup shocks, cooksport springs and spacers all round lol. Just looking for OEM+ really.
Cheers for the comments though
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Aaaaaaannd there goes my idea of OEM+. 5 seconds of glorly lol.
Bloody lovely car that.
Bloody lovely car that.
1.6 Astra Sporthatch
Some better clean pictures since fitting everything mentioned in my previous post:
Monaco 172 by welshname, on Flickr
Monaco 172 Rear by welshname, on Flickr
Truly stunning! Same colour as my Mk3 but yours looks so much more perfect and mirror finish. Do you machine polish it? How did you get it that smooth and perfect!
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Started tiddying up the interior.
Removing the tar residue, and painted the passenger footwell Iceberg silver.
Removing the tar residue, and painted the passenger footwell Iceberg silver.
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Didn't realise Mk3's came in Monaco. But yeah it's been machine polished. Still needs some work and there are a lot of bad paint repairs.
Here is the unedited version of the first photo (for some reason flickr is being a b*****d and will only let me have on of the image uploaded. All I've done is increase the exposure as I stupidly had my exposure to -2.)
IMG_3474 by welshname, on Flickr
It's a million times better than when I bought the car, so much more clarity to the paint now. Still needs another going over with something a little harsher so I'll be doing it this weekend.
1.6 Astra Sporthatch
Didn't realise Mk3's came in Monaco. But yeah it's been machine polished. Still needs some work and there are a lot of bad paint repairs.
Here is the unedited version of the first photo (for some reason flickr is being a b*****d and will only let me have on of the image uploaded. All I've done is increase the exposure as I stupidly had my exposure to -2.)
IMG_3474 by welshname, on Flickr
It's a million times better than when I bought the car, so much more clarity to the paint now. Still needs another going over with something a little harsher so I'll be doing it this weekend.
Well, if you get bored i'd love mine to look like that
Haha, looks stunning though! Makes me even more keen to start machine polishing mine. Asking for a rotary for my 18th birthday (August 14th ) and can't wait having seen yours, the paint looks so shiny and clean!Remind me never to get bored. Just started colour coding my spare side strips randomly, lucky I have a spare set i'm doing it on! Don't have the paint yet!
welshname
ClioSport Club Member
Well, if you get bored i'd love mine to look like that
Remind me never to get bored. Just started colour coding my spare side strips randomly, lucky I have a spare set i'm doing it on! Don't have the paint yet!
I use a DA rather than rotary. Much easier to use for a beginner and your going to have a hard time ruining the paint with it compared to a rotary.
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