Back into a mad one: Renault Clio V6

[moktabe]

[mattlgreenwood]

Not normally a fan of tyre writing or decals in general, but this is one of the few cars that suit it. Looks really good mate!

[moktabe]

Better pic of the changed seats and steering wheel...taken before vacuuming!

[Oh Behave]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

I don't mind the tyre decals but the rest look a bit pony IMHO

Car looks awesome but I agree with LOH. Life would be boring if we all had the same tastes ;-)

[MDL111]

Looks great
Ah crap another car to add to the “I want to own list” ... I had nearly forgotten about them

[moktabe]

This should be with me in the next day or so..



It's a replica of the V6 Trophy front splitter that will hopefully help to keep the car feeling planted, when up to 70mph, , the front can feel a little light.

Pic of a car with one fitted....



Also awaiting a price for an electrically operated plumbed in fire system, have a rough idea on cost and if the quote is similar to my rough idea it'll be done. Although I have a very good agreed value on the insurance, if the worst came to the worst and I got paid out I'd still have to try and find another good one.

It's getting there

[moktabe]

The front splitter has now gone on, finishes the front of the car off perfectly.



The original fixing points where the original oem rubber jobbie was secured were reused, whilst it may get knocked off, one certainty is it isn't going to fall off

[tripleB]

That splitter does look the business to be fair, top choice! Not 100% sold on the yellow fogs, but get the "french" look you've gone for - its an absolutely lovely car

[LupoSport16V]

This is awesome!

[Torqz]

Think i may have seen this a few weeks back, on the a6 heading into Derby. Looked quality at the time.

[moktabe]

Torqz said:

Think i may have seen this a few weeks back, on the a6 heading into Derby. Looked quality at the time.

Highly likely,

I live just off the A6 and it isn't a garage queen.

[moktabe]

It's looking very likely that a major component manufacturer is going to do a feature / blog on the car....watch this space

Some pics here that have been sent to them,

[moktabe]

[moktabe]

[moktabe]

[Bright Halo]

Awesome looking car!
I probably like many others on here regret not buying one of these when you could get a decent one for £10k.
Very nice indeed.

Edited by Bright Halo on Sunday 25th February 20:47

[anonymous-user]

Tis a funny old world. I've always been a ph2 man myself and own a nice clio 172 cup................

























..............However this may just have convinced me that the ph1 is equally as nice, if not more so!

[moktabe]

No offence to any Ph2 owners however,

I prefer the Ph1 as I think the front end looks a little madder and for me, all it's inherent faults and idiosyncrasies add to it's character.

[glazbagun]

GhostWKD said:

Don1 said:

I still really miss mine. Sold for £11k a few years ago....

I'd wager you already know this but don't look at the classifieds!

I remember the £5-10k PH competition ages ago, I entered wanting to buy / daily drive a Clio V6

I bought the "best cars for under 10K" Evo issue and this came joint first with the Impreza RB5. IIRC they said that driving one you wouldn't know which way the Impreza went, but you wouldn't care.

[moktabe]

Toyed with the idea of fitting a half cage and harnesses, until I had a chat with Scott @ SG ( the guy who looks after it ).

He pointed out the downsides....awkward to get engine covers off, very fiddly to actually fit..quite time consuming which would lead to quite a bill for something that'd really be no more than decoration, engine covers having to be cut and if ever the car had to be returned to oem they aren't easy to find new ones, having to lose inertia seat belts so even going for a short run would mean wearing a harness...which would be a pain.

So when the car goes in for the fire stuff, he's also going to fit a set of Willans 4 point harnesses but still retaining the inertia belts, best of both worlds then.

No cage purchase plus fitting costs leaves a fair amount in the pot to go towards manifolds and cats, happy days