Clio Williams restoration

[andy1969]

Thanks for all the comments. I will be taking very good care of her now she is back to looking her best. I will be taking her to Knebworth car show in auguest and maybe the Renault worl series at silverstone.....who knows maybe even Le Mans next year

[sideways danny]

Had this on the ramp at work today. So massively jealous of this car I can't put it into words. Stunning

[andy1969]

Im taking it to the Renault world series event at Silverstone this sunday. Il be parked in field in the Renault Collectors show area. Is anybody else going ?

[AliV6]

Lovely cars. Very cool! But i never gel'd with mine!

[bmthnick1981]

Really nice, have looked at these a few times but always end up with a 172. Must get one one day, get the feeling most of them need a bit of work these days though.

[Drclarke]

C2james said:

I'd love to get a Clio Williams but the insurance is around 3-4 grand which is just a joke.

Sorry for the slight hijack but why is it so expensive??!!!

[HonestIago]

Absolutely lovely looking car, even having a Trophy there's something about the Williams I really hanker after.

[willyturbo]

try classic insurance, about £20 per month!!!

[16v_paddy]

Drclarke said:

Sorry for the slight hijack but why is it so expensive??!!!

Will be down to individual circumstances I reckon. When I was looking at buying my valver the insurance quotes for the williams were double that of the 16v.
This was back in 2007 when I had 0 no claims mind you, I paid £1,300 TPF&T to insure mine, the cheapest quote I got for the williams was £2,650

[Droid]

Awesome mate

[C2james]

Drclarke said:

C2james said:

I'd love to get a Clio Williams but the insurance is around 3-4 grand which is just a joke.

Sorry for the slight hijack but why is it so expensive??!!!

sorry for the very late reply, because when i got the quote i was only 18, im 19 now but even if i insred it next year (when im 20) it would probab;y be around £2500-£3000 because of my age and i would only have 2yr ncb.

[dom9]

Absolutely fantastic - I will buy one of these when I move home, again

[andy1969]

ok its time to start part two of the restoration (yes i know this will seem back to front) im about to have the engine/gearbox out so what i need to know from you guys is

1, who would you reccomend to rebuild the gearbox ?

2, i would like to have the head refaced, the lifters replaced and the valves reseated, who would you trust to do this ?

3, finally i would like to remove the lowered springs from the front end and return the car to its original set up, were can i get the springs ? (renault were no help with this )

would appreiciate your input guys many thanks

[Swervin_Mervin]

IIRC the original springs were the same as used on the mk2 Clios, so surprised Renault have been no help. The 16v used to have a white spot painted on the spring, but I can't remember if the Williams ran the same springs. I think it did, but different dampers.

Best to ask on Williamsclio.co.uk or clio16valver.co.uk. I got a set cheap off ebay from someone lowering their 172, when I had to repair my 16v.

[16v_paddy]

andy1969 said:

ok its time to start part two of the restoration (yes i know this will seem back to front) im about to have the engine/gearbox out so what i need to know from you guys is

1, who would you reccomend to rebuild the gearbox ?

2, i would like to have the head refaced, the lifters replaced and the valves reseated, who would you trust to do this ?

3, finally i would like to remove the lowered springs from the front end and return the car to its original set up, were can i get the springs ? (renault were no help with this )

would appreiciate your input guys many thanks

I believe the springs from the 172 cup are the closest to original williams items. Renault are pretty useless tbh, get in touch with Paul at Renault Parts Direct, they're a main dealer but have been incredibly helpful to a lot of us Mk1 owners so will be able to help out

As for the other 2 points go see danny at 519 automotive, he's got my silly spec high compression F7R engine in his workshop atm & I trust him with that. The gearbox, he will recommend a company called Agency transmissions (or something like that) as that's where he sends anything gearbox related

[andy1969]

Thats great gents ,thanks very much. When i spoke to renault (ware) he said that there are five different colour spings listed and he cant tell me which ones i need unless i can tell him what colour it had
I did have Dan in mind to do the whole job but have decided its about time i got my hands dirty and learned something useful. Im taking the car to le mans this year so ive got until mid june
dont panic dont panic !!

[Swervin_Mervin]

I'm pretty sure it's the white ones.

[16v_paddy]

If you're getting your hands dirty my advice is don't even bother touching the gearbox, in fact there's a guy on williamsclio & clio16valver with a brand new JB3 & a very very lightly used new JC5 that he's selling

[andy1969]

oh no im not going near the box thats going to someone who knows what they are doing. which reminds me i have a valver box to get rid off in the garage

[DaveL485]

Love love love that Clio. Top work that man.

I have a Renault 9 Turbo and R21 Quadra I want that done to, so i've bookmarked the bodyshop website. Would you say they were reasonably priced?