Time has come to sell my clio trophy with 39k on the clock
Heres a brief spec of things ive done/replaced in my ownership since june 2010...
Genuine timing belt kit changed,fsh with mainly fuch oil inc gearbox oil,plugs,disks and pads all round with brembo max disks and ferodo ds2500 pads...
brembo
clio
dampers
dents
evo
exhaust
gearbox
great
lambda
motorsport
ownership
pads
renault
service
shocks
springs
standard
steering
track
trophy
tyres
wheels
Just got my steering wheel back from Snappy on cliosport who retrimmed my wheel to the way i wanted it.
Very happy with how it turned out.The quality of work is top notch.
The difference in the colour of the airbag and wheel isnt as bad as the pic makes out.From the other pics of trimmed...
Just back from 3 days away going round scotland.Been wanting to do this for ages !
Left Dundee Monday morning and headed over to go up Loch Lomand,over to lochgilphead then up to Oban.
Tuesday went from Oban to Glencoe,Fort William,Glen Nevis then upto Applecross.
Wednesday went from Applecross...
Hi, my trophys on 31k and had the front dampers refurbished a few months ago by bg motorsport.
The car is on mark fish springs with koni rear dampers.
Ever since i got the dampers refurbished the springs creak "as if ur hearing them compress" when braking hard and then when u let off the...
15'' lightweight oz superleggeras
'7x15 ET38 4x100'
I bought these to get refurbished and track tyres put on them but now have change of plans.
They are all straight,no chucks out them,no welds etc.they just need powdercoated as they are scabby and flaking.
one of them has been sandblasted...
Right the spending continues on the trophy.Car has hankook rs2 tyres on all round.
The fronts have 2mm tread and the rears have 5mm tread.
Wanting a new set of front tyres.Am eventually wanting michelin ps3s all round but want to get use out of the rears 1st so thinking of getting 2...
Bored today and even although they seemed fine decided to take off the sach dampers to get them refurbed.
Going to drop them off to get shot blasted this week then get them painted etc then get them sent to BG motorsport.
Will put up more pics as they progress.
have come across quite a few posts over time of pics of peoples front sach dampers that have just been refurbed and afterwards have went and repainted them etc but been searching there and cant find any.
anyone got any links there
thanks
just gave the trophy its weekly clean as it only comes out at the weekend if its dry
thought id take some pics as its had a few modifications
just fitted a pipercross filter and samco hose
heres the recently fitted scorpion rs192 cat back exhaust
love the way the tailpipes are angled...
heres a small video of my trophy i got taken to see what its like on the move as im always driving it and i never see another one on the road.will have to get more taken.came out clearer on the iphone to what its like on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGyj5qbB5yU
steve
whats the easiest way to get a pic up as ur avatar.have done it a while ago but been trying to redo one there but cant get the size down enough without it being a microdot.ha
and easy steps too please as im a computer mong
thanks...steve
yesterday my boot worked fine as usual but today when i try unlocking it i can only hear the door mechanisms working but not the boot and the boots locked shut.
is there something u can do u turn it off the central locking or that as set the car beeped a few times when i was locking the car up...
For Sale.....
Full stainless piper exhaust and ktec decat.Just got the exhaust today and only done 30 miles.
prefer the standard exhaust.must be getting old.
£300
Got koni rear dampers with mark fish springs and the rear ride is pretty 'crashy' just from the rear when going over bumps as if its bottoming out.Are u ment to use different shorter bump stops ? or is anyone else finding this ? put the dampers on the softest setting are the probs still there...
Heres a few pics to help with the assembly of koni rear dampers as found nothing online and aparently the instructions you get with the konis arent straight forward to make out.
Im getting a slight crashy knock from the rear of my trophy after fitting the rear koni shocks when going over bumps.
I take it ive not done the correct proceedure of the washers,bumpstop etc ? heres the pics....
And heres what sits under in the wheel arch...
Has anybody got pics of a clio 197 steering wheel in a trophy and do they know if it was a easy fit and the steering controls etc still work ?
thanks........steve
Finally got round to fitting my mark fish springs and koni rear dampers.
I measured the top of the alloy to the arch before and after fitting and after just rolling it out the garage the fronts dropped 15mm and the rear 20mm.
Heres the car with standard suspension...
Heres the car with...
Had my clio trophy no283 just over a month now and has 23k on the clock with FSH.
It has Brembo max disks on the front with ferodo ds2500 pads and Hankook RS2 tyres all round and a modified airbox with KTR panel filter.Will mayby get a stainless piper cat back exhaust at some point aswell...
How many litres of gearbox oil would i need to do a change on my trophy ?
Been looking through the net and finding different figures.just so i order the right amount.
Thanks....steve
is this the stuff to put into my trophy.just it says for motorcycles but is the 5w40 silkolene pro s
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Silkolene-Titan-R ... 414edb8217
thanks steve