Looks good however im surprised you kept that cover on mate, mines in the shed as it keeps keeps the heat in.
No fuel rail cover on yours too?

Whats with the winky face? Are you meaning you have seen something like this before? lol

I think it looks much better with the cover and the painted inlet. I do have a fuel rail cover, just painting the same gloss black as the inlet.


31/03/13 - 64, 825 miles

Today I changed the front and rear brake lines to goodridge braided lines and put in some new brake fluid. Brakes are much sharper now. It amazes me how some people overlook changing their brake fluid!

Started off up in the air, usual sight for a french car! :



And fitted:





Much better! :)

Good work on the fluid, I did mine a few months back with 5.1 motul. The stuff in there looked original. As you say its amazing how many people just leave it

I used some castrol Dot 4. Does the 5.1 stuff not need changed every year or so?

Yeah I think thats the score with it, its more hydroscopic I believe but its not a massive job to do with a self bleeding kit. A good dot 4 will will be more than enough anyway, I only used the dot 5.1 as I got 5l free.

Aye, I borrowed one for today, and I will definitely be buying one for my self, a very handy tool! I still went round each caliper and did them once manually though. Just to make sure :)

10/6/13 - 65, 800 miles


So yesterday I fitted my new k-tech exhaust as my miltek had cracked rather epic-ally (see pics below) I went for the supersports version without the silencer and it sunds much better imo. No more blowing everywhere! Its quieter on idle, and doesn't drone when cruising at 60-70 so Im very happy. Ordered it thursday evening and it arrived Monday, so a quick service also. :)

No fitted pics yet, as I still need to sort out the third mount at the back of the exhaust.




New gasket at the manifold:





Now for the cracked miltek, it had cracked at both sides of the box, so the box could pretty much move freely! Not impressed with the quality at all, and definitely will not be buying anything from them!

A quick video of my KTR exhaust (Why cant I embed the video here?)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrkni...ature=youtu.be

Sounds nice that does! That Miltek is shockingly poor and they arent cheap either. Are you covered by any guarantee?

It really does. Doesn't drone at like 60/70 either. Nice and quiet until you are really giving it some. Aye, I always thought miltek were a decent brand. Not sure, it was on the car when I bought it, but I dont think there is any receipts for it. I was just going to get it welded then sell it.

I have read a few bad reports about milteks with these to be fair, although its luck of the draw. Were you using poly exhaust mounts?

Most other cars I have heard good things about them, ford, audi/vw etc. Nevermind. Hopefully this exhaust will last the time of me owning it. Nah just standards.

A few more scenic pics I have found:







And a recent one of it after removing all the tar and then polishing and waxing it.




I also now have a machine polisher(Das 6) so I will give this a going over with that hopefully soon. Get rid of the light swirl marks on it :)

Love this colour, RS clio's always sound great with an exhaust

Lovley mate !! Really like these i badly want to drive one my cousin had one planned to drive it and he went and sold it !

Cheers. Aye, they really do. Better with some itbs, but thats just not going to happen. Probably... lol

Thanks. You should try one. See if you can find one at a dealer or something? Thats what I did when I tried my first one. Turned out to be a bit of a shed, so didn't buy it!

Ye i wouldnt mind going there to try one but dont know if i could go to a dealer knowing im not going to buy it, i drive an astra vxr 290bhp :), just think the 182 would be fun though

24/07/13 67, 430 miles

Fitted cup rear shocks. Back end was starting to feel a bit "loose" (ooh-err) Should hopefully sort that out! New windscreen fitted today, so MOT tomorrow. See how that goes :)

was there not cup shocks on this already?

Nice Clio

I used to have one in this colour, I miss it so much

Non cup pack suspension on this. One of the shocks had been leaking so that probably caused the lively back end!

Thanks. :) I do really like it now, its really grown on me. Certainly different anyway.

ah I thought it had the cup packs on it

Nah just the spoiler cup pack. Not that there would be much of a noticeable difference anyway with the suspension anyway. Drove one with the cup suspension before this and it never felt much different tbh. Might look into coilovers and solid top mounts next year.

To be fair the difference is so minimal its not worth it, if anything the springs you fitted cause more difference

Ticked over a years ownership the other month, and still very pleased with the car! Looove it! Also did my first trackday on sunday, really enjoyed it and will definitely be booking up again! :D Going to need some other tyres though, T1rs took a beating!

Awesome pictures there mate, looks like it was fun

Also how did you fair against the blue turbo'd cup behind you in the shots?

It was great fun! Cant wait to do another one. Errr, not well. It wasn't behind me for long! I held him up in the corners a bit as he was faster through them, so i let him past.

Bought these the other week:



Came up for a nice price I feel, having just had the front 2 rebuilt. Fitted them today, and the ride quality is vastly improved. Its firm, but smooth at the same time, unlike when it was previously only lowered on apex springs. So, next on the list is to get some solid top mounts. Looking at the Pure Motorsport kit, but just seeing if there is any bargains second hand just now. Also, I need to sort the exhaust mounts. Think I will do the polybush "mod" that seems to be quite popular. Hopefully last longer than the standard crap mounts!

Anyway, a few pics of the fitting: Swapping over the top mounts:




Then fitted to the front.




Still need to adjust the heights, but the front is about the same as before (not bad for a complete guess at setting the adjusters!) Rear is currently higher, but will wait till daylight and find somewhere flat to adjust them.

Cheers for looking.

How it sits now. I think I might lower the front a little bit more. Will see how it goes.