The little 172 Clio.
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Thought i'd post a bit about my 172, which I got in January 2013 with 75,000 on the clock, at the age of 19 and very expensive insurance. I've just ticked past 100k miles and it's been a fantastic car other than a driveshaft failing on me.
In my ownership, other than consumables i've had the Turinis refurbed, the expensive cambelt, dephaser etc done at the cost of £700
, gave it a decent machine polish, replaced the melted thumb grips and fitted a Connects2.
In my ownership, other than consumables i've had the Turinis refurbed, the expensive cambelt, dephaser etc done at the cost of £700
, gave it a decent machine polish, replaced the melted thumb grips and fitted a Connects2.
Edited by SDavyy on Thursday 17th December 19:43
Edited by SDavyy on Thursday 17th December 19:46
Drive Blind said:
is that a tidy 3dr Astra G SRi in the background?
I had one of them many years ago. Very under rated car.
The black one on the first picture? That's a very quick VXR who was tidying my paintwork at the time.I had one of them many years ago. Very under rated car.
Thanks, yes the colour is lovely, especially with the sun on it.
I'm going to spend a whole day on the paint work on Sunday, so i'll try and capture the colour a bit better.
Nothing exciting happened recently, gave it a once over with a few new detailing bits as I hadn't cleaned it since July I think! Also bought an a freshly painted engine cover from Sprayshack, it's really nice! Shame a screw was rounded and I don't own torx bits, so that can wait to be fitted.
Edited by SDavyy on Thursday 17th December 19:53
Managed to get round to changing the engine cover. What a pain the bolt was, had to grind it out in the end. Unsure on the colour, but it looks a lot fresher than before. I want to focus on tidying the bay so i'm going to get the upper inlet and fuel rail guard sprayed a bright silver.
Got a couple of other small bits done today.
Fitted the battery cover from Dan@MAD, and the bonnet seal from @davo172, which didnt need doing but I thought why not. Also changed the sidelights to LEDs.
I've bought some interior to replace some some bits which are worn in mine, which i'll fit in the week.
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Got a couple of other small bits done today.
Fitted the battery cover from Dan@MAD, and the bonnet seal from @davo172, which didnt need doing but I thought why not. Also changed the sidelights to LEDs.
I've bought some interior to replace some some bits which are worn in mine, which i'll fit in the week.
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Edited by SDavyy on Thursday 17th December 20:00
Kitchski said:
Looks lovely. Taipipe's a bit on the large side for my tastes, but I love the Turinis with the silver/red combo. My brother used to have one this colour, really liked it. Driving position is a bit funny, but you get used to it, and I'm pretty sure French cars get their unreliable rep from Renault, but the engine's a peach. Lots of grunt, sounds great, pulls hard. And to top it all off, it could manage 40mpg if you drove it lightly. Comfy seats too.
Yeah, great littlw cars for what they are worth. I often get low 40s mpg from Portsmouth to Crawley. I've never understood the driving position thing, seems perfect to me! Seats aren't bad, I want recaros but can't justify the odd £700
Last night me and a friend set about replacing the engine cover bolts with nice shiny plated ones from @davo172, and also the front seats, with ones in better condition. My old drivers seat had a tear in the cloth which had been worsening over the last 10K miles, and on the passenger seat my friend snapped off the lever to let people in the back.
A job which should take 30minutes, 8 bolts and a couple of plugs took about 2.5hrs and a lot of wiring. The old owner of my car had cut off a load of wires, leaving us with no idea what they were for. The old owner of the new seats had completely snapped off the seat position sensor and cut the wires for the pretensioner, so it took a while to sort.
Old wiring and seat:
Poorly and very dirty car:
The airbag light and service light was a massive pain, luckily had this at hand to properly diagnose and fix.
Gave it a decent hoover whilst all the seats were out, not sure what the white stuff in the picture is because I'm certain it wasnt there!
Job = Jobbed! Now they just need a good clean.
A job which should take 30minutes, 8 bolts and a couple of plugs took about 2.5hrs and a lot of wiring. The old owner of my car had cut off a load of wires, leaving us with no idea what they were for. The old owner of the new seats had completely snapped off the seat position sensor and cut the wires for the pretensioner, so it took a while to sort.
Old wiring and seat:
Poorly and very dirty car:
The airbag light and service light was a massive pain, luckily had this at hand to properly diagnose and fix.
Gave it a decent hoover whilst all the seats were out, not sure what the white stuff in the picture is because I'm certain it wasnt there!
Job = Jobbed! Now they just need a good clean.
Edited by SDavyy on Wednesday 9th December 10:18
Edited by SDavyy on Thursday 17th December 20:06
egor110 said:
SDavyy said:
I'm not sure if I'm coming towards the end of ownership (almost 4 years!). I love the car but fancy a Megane R26, if student funds allow. The clio needs a new clutch as the release bearing is a little noisy, so that's all ordered and i'll see where I'm at after!
Do they have to remove the subframe to get to the release bearing , my clutch change was 5 hours labour!
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