F7R Coupe

[Shanukes]

Now i know this is the saxo club and like i have explained in my newbie post i am interested in the VTS saxos, dont currently own one but would/hope to purchase one in the future after i finish my current project. This project is a Renault Megane Coupe 2.0 16v F7R, bought standard about 4 years ago and this is still an on-going project for me....heres what i have achieved so far...

Please if anyone has any problems with me posting this car on here then can a moderator or admin close and delete this...i just thought maybe most people are like me and enjoy reading up project diaries of any french car....

Renault Megane Coupe 2.0 16v

Introduction
Bought this Coupe for a bargain at £2600 from Newport. Its blue, 55k mileage, and its pure standard! Got BIG plans for this baby so watch out!

Plans
To be revealed in the next couple of weeks








Got the mods underway today, was lowered 40mm front and 1 click rear, Full Scorpion exhuast system, mudflaps, GB plates, pedals were also added...enjoy












Car was put away in the garage, wil be sleeping until Jan 2006

[Shanukes]

So got the car bk just now....work done to it

New Tappets:


PiperX Induction Kit:


Alu Tax Disc:


Gear Knob:


Did the calipers yesterday.....went well without any probs ... Did the rear first then the fronts as i wasnt keen on having the car on axel stands with all four wheels off




Im happy the way it came out





New wheels arrived Kei Racing Force 8s 18"






Got the standards bk on as i wanted a colour change on the Keis.......



Got wheels done in white.....one problem....left the wheel caps on the drive in a bag and i reversed over them....windy day So heres the pics




Got the center caps aswel and the Kei Racing stickers :





Well just come bk from talking to my sprayer....and hell i was happy with his quote.....1900 for all the work inc paint and all the little mods ive asked him to do.....car booked in for April the 25th.....said he will do me a progress CD so ill see what the car looked like in stages....heres some egs of the guys work.....





All these cars belong to my mates and ive seen them up close...nothing at fault :nod:

[Shanukes]

Then came home and thought id put the Astra mk4 spoiler on to see if it looks alrite....





Cant wait!











Well all washed up and put bk in the garage ready for her respray at the end of next month....





Just spoke to the guys at R-Tec, i got the last angels in stock from them for 209 and has been dispatched to my house....

[Shanukes]

Car went into bodyshop...





















sills arrived..



So i thought i should bring this topic to an end for the time being....

[Shanukes]

Finito















All credit goes to Mr Ray Parker for the amazing work he has done on my Coupe





Sold the wheels then as i wanst happy with the 18's, too big



How poo does she look now

[Shanukes]

Next new wheels were 17" Rotaspeed white alloys also 45mm front was dropped...









Update....black mesh, rear boot resprayed, angel light fixed and a beast of a horn form a phase 2 IDE....job done for 2006 for the exterior....now just coilovers required















Just to add some recent pics

[Shanukes]

A little update





Excuse the steamed up angel light, going to sort that on Mon

Just dropped these off to be sprayed at the bodyshop..should be on the car on Friday so will post pics then :nod:








Everything will be on the car tomorrow. Except the eyebrows btw

[Shanukes]

Arches and alloys cleaned....

Dirty....

[Shanukes]

Hi,
Your coilovers have been shipped from France to us Thursday last week, should arrive here tomorrow, with you for Friday I would hope.

Cant wait

I then sold the wheels as yet again i wasnt happy



Car also given a quick wash....




Coilovers should be going on by the end of the month



Then the search for new wheels continues..

Coilovers finally added













Car now put in the garage for another 4 weeks, new wheels will be added then...

[Shanukes]

Got the new wheels then...17" Gold Torque alloys..








































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Put to rest till the end of Feb 2008

[Shanukes]

Got the car back out of the garage...took the wheels off to be refurbed white and at the same time i refurbed my standards black.













I arrived back home last week and as the car is SORNed i couldnt drive the car So after 7weeks of the car being stuck in the garage i thought i better get some air/sunlight to the paint/interior for a while. Just took some random pics....









i drove it back in the garage after a bit where it shall stay for just over a year or so. About the plans, i really dont have an idea what im going to do with the car...only time will tell i suppose

[Shanukes]

The gold Torque alloys were refurbished white and the car was taken to its first car show, the French Car Show Along with this mod the car was given a full service dated and stamped also a new MOT, Tax....finally polished in a full week ready for the show

































And abit of fun

[Shanukes]

Alrite i was meant to keep this under wraps but i didnt want to fall bk on the log and forget things...during the summer the car was once again SORN'ed, reason being i felt the car needed to go a different direction, so out comes the tools and i started to strip the car....the white wheels were sold to "Baby j" and the car went back on standards.....















and finally put back in the garage.



Plan was to take this out in the summer but with horrid weather and me being away i had no time so this is what is next on the cards.....the plan is to remove the engine, exhaust etc, then the underside/wheel arches will be prept, sanded down, etc and treated with anti-rust and sprayed over in black......after this the car is going for a whole new respray, a colour on which i havent decided as of yet. Regarding the interior, depending on which colour i choose for the exterior the seats will be retrimmed to match the paint colour Regarding the wheels, still in the process of choosing.....will update this once the engine is out

[Shanukes]

Came back home last night, pulled out the car this morning. Was abit mouldy inside and the tyres were all down









Need to go and speak to my sprayer tonight and put my ideas across to him. So just pulled Ice Maiden back in the garage...



New leather:



All my badges came also my coilover suspension has been seized on for a while now so required replacement threads and rings from Ktec....they gave me one free and had to pay £35 for the other one....which i was pleased about.....now trying to get front seats off today but weather pretty crappy so hopefully during the week



I took a trip down to Lidls today and saw this storage compartment, just £3.90....came home and mounted it on my leather i bought a few weeks back. Basically i found a piece of wood and cut it into the dimensions i wanted them in...seen as the rear seats fold down and divide into 2 i had to cut the wood....then i un-zipped the back cloth on the leather and placed the 2 pieces of wood in its correct position underneath the cloth. Once done i measured up where the buttons go and screwed them into the wood and zipped the rear cloth back up....that way its secure. Heres how it turned out, very pleased



You can add alot of items inside:





Seen as the bumpers were off i thought i should have a go at restoring behind the bumpers...sanded it down then primered twice....then with a fine paint brush used Black Hammerite, came out well...only did the front end but will crack on with the rear when the weather is better :rockon:

Before:



After:







And also added the FCS 09 Sticker



Started stripping the suspension as my coilovers were seized, Leigh took them off and put the replacements on, then i noticed the rust in the arces so i told him to stop the work so i can treat the rust like i did behind the front bumper....its taking me a long time to sand down the arches also i decided to do under the car aswel as the main beam was rusted





Work now is to finish the arches and get the coilies back on then off for painting

Both front arches finished off today, also did the front cross member (basically under the engine) and lastly did the rear. Very pleased with the work, esp on the arches









Rear arches completed today also built the front end back up..Coilovers also added



Got some paint on the lip but thats being cut out as the arches are being repainted due to some rust issues as when i was running my 18s the wheels touched the lip and broke the seal, and then started to rust so have asked to cut the lip out either side and re-painted :nod:






Also got my car in next months Performance French Magazine

[Rob-6]

love it especially in white!

[Shanukes]

thankyou mate

[Chr15]

Ive said it before, it looks the tits! I love it!

[Shanukes]

cheers matey new wheels come this week, well i hope

[TU-Tuning]

Love it mate, really different. Not normally into the Meganes but yours is a stunner. Was liking it most on the Slipstreams with the big fog front bumper though. Nt a massive fan of the angel eyes, but other than that shes a beut. Look forward to seeing the new rimmage

[ashie695]

looks like u've put alot of effort into it mate it looks lush i love it keep it up mate