Renault Sport Clio 182

[Simon182]

Check for full service history, cambelt a need replacing every 5years/77k. If the belts have been done and it sounds like a diesel at idle the dephaser will need replacing. If you search YouTube for 'Clio dephaser' you can hear the noise. While a noisy dephaser has never caused engine failure it's a full cambelt replacement job to have it changed.

Apart from those it's just your usual car stuff to look out for. So far the only thing that I've had to replace due to it breaking was a rear shocker burst, 2 genuine ones were less than £80 from a dealer on the Clio forum.

If you find any, if you show me the thinks I can give me opinion on them if you'd like

[Simon182]

Glad you managed to get something . When I get home from work I'll have a look at the thread as the photo's are blocked at work.

[Simon182]

One blank flattened down and one half way through polishing



Both polished up nicely

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My luck was going far too well , fell out of my short pockets and fell on the floor so I'll be redoing that one

Edited by Simon182 on Tuesday 29th April 21:07

[Simon182]

Washer blanks fitted and now hoping to get my headlights restored if the rain will hold off long enough this weekend.

[Simon182]

11/05/14 by Simon_89, on Flickr


Cleaned for CITP by Simon_89, on Flickr


Cleaned for CITP by Simon_89, on Flickr


Cleaned for CITP by Simon_89, on Flickr


Cleaned for CITP by Simon_89, on Flickr

Some recent photos of the washer blanks and before Cars in the Park last weekend.

[Simon182]

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197 Steering Wheel[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

Clio Sport 197 steering fitted tonight

[Simon182]

Got rid of my ktec racing air filter today for a more favourable mod, a whiteline arb. In place of the air filter I've got a ktec panel filter, with a silicon elbow in a standard air box.


Whiteline ARB


Air box

Edited by Simon182 on Sunday 31st August 19:36

[Simon182]

I did Blyton last week and to my pleasure my cheap alloy wheels didn't explode like some thought they would, first thing was to try and find a starting point for the tyre pressures. I'd read on here that you had to run them at quite a high pressure otherwise the sidewall could end up with excessive wear and fall to bits. Initially I had it at mid to high 30s and the car just wasn't happy and just seemed to bounce about everywhere.

After speaking to a friend with a 106, he recommended I try around 26psi cold in the tyres and take it from there with running a couple of PSI less in the rear tyres too. Needless to say I gave it a shot, first few laps were a bit wobbly but once the heat got into the tyres the difference was amazing. By the end of they day my tyres looked something like this

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Federal RSR[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

It was a great day and met a few people too off the forum.

Gave the car a much needed wash after last weekend, the wheels were filthy from brake dust and I even found a few bit of rubber stuck to the inside of the alloys too!

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Dirty Alloys[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

Whilst I had the alloys off for cleaning I was checking the tread to make sure there wasn't any damage and found a stone embedded into the tyre, I removed it and it had lodged itself in quite deep. There's also still signs of the tyre melting, I thought this would of warn away by now or when it was all coming off down the M180 and hitting my back bumper!

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Stone in tyre[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

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Grainy Tyre[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

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Melted Tyre[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

and finally one of the car cleaned, not bad for a daily track car that turned over 109k on track last week!

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Clean Car[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

[Simon182]

I've only done the one track day on them and once I had worked out pressures they were brilliant and I suspect there is still further scope to get more out of them too. For the money you honestly can't go wrong

[Simon182]

I was running around 26psi front and 25psi back when they were cold/cool. Once they were warm they were really impressive but I reckon there is still room for improvement

[Simon182]

So this weekend turned out to be quite an expensive one, an expense I shouldn't need to spend again any time soon hopefully. There was a rolling road day on at RS Tuning, thought I'd pop down and have a gander at what cars were down there. Earlier in the week I had emailed Tony Banks about a custom exhaust as I had tended to a broken handbrake cable the week prior and noticed it in a sorry state....

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Cracked Exhaust[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

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Cracked Exhaust[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

So I popped down to Tony Banks on Saturday and had a look at the tail pipe options they did; took a liking to a 2.5" outward rolled tail pipe. Turns out they had a free space in the morning and it turned into a 'take my money' moment

So this is the outcome, I asked for the trim to stick proud of the bumper and I'd say they've done a great job....

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2.5" Outward Rolled Exhaust[/url] by Simon_89, on Flickr

They even ditched the rubbish Renault exhaust mounts in favour of their own custom ones which utilise standard exhaust rubbers which can be replaced.

Overall really happy with the look

[Simon182]

Car is now sold!