I finally cleaned the Trophy.

[Sir_Dave]

Essentially, on Saturday, somebody parked their rather clean looking Trophy in our car park next to mine, the gf noticed & said, 'that red clio's really nice'. After then explaining to her that it was a Trophy, just like mine, & that under all the dirt, they were both exactly the same colour ... i thought i had better get the bucket out

So, having owned it since September, with the only clean having been done in November, by a friend who got fed up with it looking so minging, i got to work. For all the detailers, i used a pressure washer, bucket, & sponge. All from Halfords.

It now looks awesome!! From a distance. Up close, its covered in swirls, scratches & black tar/rubber/stone chips, but meh, its track car so who cares!


















Spec wise:
Espace V6 airbox ith Pipercross filter
Pure Motorsport aircon delete kit (inc. lightweight alloy pulleys)
JMS 98 Ron remap (higher limiter)
BTB catback exhaust

15" Pro Race 3's with T1R's (road)
15" clio 16v wheels with R888's
Ferodo DS2500 front pads (& Carbon Lorraine RC5's for track)
Eibach Sportline springs
Eibach camber bolts (-2.8 degrees front, -1.8 rear)
Whiteline rear ARB (set to stiff)

Bimarco Futura buckets, OMP sidemounts/subframes & OMP 4" 4 point harnesses
'OMP' dished suede 350mm steering wheel

Picking up a MSV half cage on Saturday, so that'll finish it off nicely for a little while i think :twisted:

 

[marrow]

I think you've put a cheeky coat of wax on her :wink:

 

[BenG]

You've changed! =;

 

[Sir_Dave]

I think you've put a cheeky coat of wax on her :wink:

Nah, definitely no wax, thats probably the sunlight catching the swirls :lol:

I had planned on claying/machine polishing it if im entirely honest, but the lure of going for a drive was too great!!

Is it me, or can you only see half the pics as well #-o

 

[liam1610]

I was going to post up on cs when i saw this yesterday, your eibach rear springs seem to have dropped the hight a bit more i think since you last posted up pictures, looks much nicer now.

Need to clean the engine bay i can see dirt on the top mounts lol.

Would be good to see the half cage in there should look nice with everthing else thats done, how is your car running since the jms remap? Has it smoothed the idle slightly?

 

[Sam_K]

Yeah i can only see half the pics?

 

[trophy380]

Have you had a change of heart Sir Dave!? lol I never thought I'd ever see you right a post about cleaning the T ;o)

 

[hoolio]

Dave you've been missing a trick here, all this time that you've been taking the p*ss out of us serial cleaners we've been laughing as we long ago realised that less dirt means less weight and a slippier faster car

 

[jack_davey]

Much better

Sell me the BTB!