Renault Sport Clio 172 Ph1

[BREMBOV6]

Well I picked this Phase 1 172 up a week or so ago. I seen it on Auto trader and noticed the car as being local. I also recall seeing it kicking about Edinburgh from time to time; I also knew where it stayed lol
Anyway I don’t need another car but had a feeling it would be a good one and I fancied a little project, I went to view the car on a Sunday and having just spent a good couple of hundred pounds on the Audi for a service and just booked a holiday on the Saturday I was thinking to myself I was being a fool! Anyway it now sits in the lock up.
It’s a black Phase 1 172 (x plate), it’s had the same owner for over 10 years (makes sense and is something which is always appealing) he bought it off his best mate from new. It’s done just over 64,000 miles; cambelt was done around 52k but is coming up for over 5 years in about 5/6 months, various stamps in the book (not full) and all MOT certificates and books etc.
It’s fairly standard minus the sub and amp, this was put in by the first owner and in fairness was the thing to do in 1999/2000! I can let that one slip. Also has a K-Tec exhaust as the older exhaust was rotten so the owner which I bought it off found this as a cheaper replacement.
My intentions - It will go one of two ways either a track car or to tidy it up and make it OEM – I’d imagine it will be the latter.
Anyway pictures of the car as it stood and with its cooler beefed up brother:








I then went about cleaning it up but before this the years of dirt/grime and moss












Before the cleaning began, I removed the sub/amp thing from the boot – it’s a beast:



Also tried fitting it into my best mates S2 (didn’t work lol)


Car also came with the original mats which I was very pleased about as they are rare in the blue and I also noticed the rear spare wheel as never been used or possibly touched which again is a positive:





I then went about removing the plates for cleaning and the side strips.





Given a good snow foam:




Tardis with various brushes and a mitt


Various gutters cleared – satisfying!


Iron X’d – no pictures with it being a black car


Clay’d


Door shuts done:




Fully detox’d body ready to bring back to life hopefully


That’s it for now. I will try my best to keep this as up to date as I can.
More pictures on FlickR which I will try to keep up to date -
https://www.flickr.com/photos/120452696@N08/sets/7...

Edited by BREMBOV6 on Wednesday 10th December 10:07

[grenpayne]

Great find and well done for saving it, looks great especially after a clean! Please, please keep it OEM, the Mk1s are getting rare now and loads have been turned in to track cars already. Definitely get the cambelt done on time and don't forget about doing the aux belt at the same time

[TheDoggingFather]

That looks fantastic, it came up really well I know they're a lot of fun on the track, but I think this is too good to strip out.

[BREMBOV6]

TheDoggingFather said:

That looks fantastic, it came up really well I know they're a lot of fun on the track, but I think this is too good to strip out.

Thanks. I agree with the above.

Will try to keep this as updated as I can going forward. OEM and all that

[Pixelpeep7r]

beautifully anal cleaning. Love it. Having owned 2 black cars i would never have one again.

agree with the OEM requests. Unless you want to supercharge/turbo it, that'd be ok lol - but keep the outside clean and stock

[182RS]

great cleaning ! I saw a black Ph1 yesterday on 16" OZ F1, looked the part. That was the first black one i saw, looks good.

[BREMBOV6]

Boring update, done this a few weeks ago need to find more time/pull the finger out!

Started polishing
Wheels all cleaned - amazing difference!
Bolts (cleaned up)


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Will probably get the wheels refurbed, but may try this myself. Still lots to do:

Again more pictures here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/120452696@N08/sets/7...

Edited by BREMBOV6 on Tuesday 20th January 13:52

[Andy665]

Going through a similar process with my recently acquired 182, can't help feeling the front end of the 172 is much nicer than the 182

[melvster]

Looking great, love a nice PH1.

[BREMBOV6]

Done a few more things over the weekend and picked up a couple of new bits to keeps things fresh/OEM. Anyway pictures!


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Epansion bottle will be replaced in due course/when serviced

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Door/boot rubbers all removed/cleaned

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This is getting painted

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All calipers will be painted silver

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This will be also go silver, just awaiting new gaskets

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Cleaned/Painted heatproof/firewall

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Getting there very slowly, glad with some progress I have made, new bolts etc also ordered for engine bay/arch liner etc then will hopefully get the alloys refurbed, serviced and MOT as this is due in April. Starting to get a wee soft spot for it!

[Nutty9000]

What an epic little project! Sorry to resurrect the thread but my post is highly relevant; I'm picking this up tomorrow!





What happened to your project?