Renault Clio to go - now gone!
Discussion
Having had my Clio for about a year I decided it ws time to chav it up a bit; with luck, it moght attract a few extra customers (it was used for driving instruction). Here it is in its virgin form, quite pretty but a bit boring:
So I thought I'd put some stripes on it. Then it snowballed a bit when I had a look on eBay and realised there were plenty of cheap alloys around ... and cheap lowering springs too!
Of course, I should have realised that 30mm wasn't a huge drop, in fact you have to look hard to see the difference! It did corner much better though, the stiffer springs and lighter unsprung weight helped - the different offset may have had some effect too (38mm as opposed to 45).
Anyway the upshot was, it didn't bring in any more business, so the wheels came off (on our MX-5 track car now, and painted yellow), and the car's now been sold. Couldn't remove the springs as I no longer had the originals, and I left the stripes on too.
Looking boring again with the original 'orrible plastic wheel covers:
Have now bought a 206 GTi as my daily driver.
So I thought I'd put some stripes on it. Then it snowballed a bit when I had a look on eBay and realised there were plenty of cheap alloys around ... and cheap lowering springs too!
Of course, I should have realised that 30mm wasn't a huge drop, in fact you have to look hard to see the difference! It did corner much better though, the stiffer springs and lighter unsprung weight helped - the different offset may have had some effect too (38mm as opposed to 45).
Anyway the upshot was, it didn't bring in any more business, so the wheels came off (on our MX-5 track car now, and painted yellow), and the car's now been sold. Couldn't remove the springs as I no longer had the originals, and I left the stripes on too.
Looking boring again with the original 'orrible plastic wheel covers:
Have now bought a 206 GTi as my daily driver.
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