Trophy Anonymous

[dmn1989]

So i thought i'd finally sign up here, some of you may remember this car:
was the one there was a thread on here advising people not to buy it.

However i did work for A/C at the and decided to take the risk to get it brought into my garage to have a good look at it and decide whether i wanted to purchase it or not.

Bought it in December and took it home on X-Mas Eve.

lots of updates so will add them all
so its a 55 plate, 40k with FRSH

the splitter has been lost so ive bought a carbon one from ktec







new pics:

fitted front tow eye.

still waiting on carbon splitter coming from ktec!

 

[dmn1989]

So thanks to Mick for fitting my Splitter in the pishing rain yesterday, he also fitted my ITG air filter too <3




also decided ive had enough of listening to the same cds and radio stations so i fitted my dvd player earlier on


Not really the biggest fan of vibe but found a set of Vibe SEK50s lying about in my garage from my black clio (2cars ago) so decided just to fit them to add a bit more sound quality than the paperthin renault ones:



also just agreed a price for a set of 4 Toyo R888s so just need to get them here now from England.

so arrived home to this nice little box:


wonder whats inside? Brembo discs and ferodo racing pads maybe?




discs are brembo high carbon vented discs.

Stayed at my gfs house last night and went down to my car this morning to go get my phone upgrade and found this, not very happy as you'd expect!


Just a wee pic of the new track day tyres



also ordered some Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2s in black for la track.

 

[dmn1989]

so set off last night at 6pm to head to Mark Fish Motorsport. got to the hotel room at 1:30 am, alarm went off at 7:45 and straight to Marks workshop to get the following done:



De-Pin front dampers

Replace all "road" springs

Replace rear dampers with Koni Adjustable Dampers

Set up front & rear camber

and wheel alignement.



Honestly can not praise mark and the boys at his workshop for the work they done, car feels fantastic and definately worth the long long long journey to his work shop.



will post up pics when i have a chance.



Currently sitting with 2 degrees negative camber.



just about to order front & rear strut braces and getting the car booked into Kenny Browns to get the cage properly fitting, harnesses fitted and the strut braces fitted also.



the exhaust has slightly dropped at one side so will need to get sorted but waiting on the Yozza system being back on order and will just get that.

Pics of Exhaust:


Some Pics of how the car sits with the new suspension:




Harnesses:



Bought the Mrs a helmet for the track also:




And random pic of the dog:

 

[dmn1989]

Sold the cage

picked the slag up from Kenneth Brown Motor Engineerig at Hillington.

What i was meant to be getting done was fitting cage, removing rear interior and fitting the harnesses.

Decided to sell the cage instead and considering getting a full cage, not sure tho.

Pics of the work done:





Also picked up the helmet i ordered:




roll on ists!

 

[dmn1989]

here is some pics from ISTS. thanks to the people that took them
















Car is booked into rstuning for catcam 421s next month, and will be getting booked into c+c exhausts for custom decat and removal of midsection silencer on exhaust

todays little jobs, took off old "Renault Sport" badge and replaced with the current "Renault Sport" badge from the 197/200:



Also removed the cover of the boot lid and the little plastic bit on the inside of the boot:



and a few more random pics:






Total work so far:

Sparco Harnesses
Mark Fish Suspension Upgrade by Koni
Full Janspeed/K-tec exhaust system
ITG Panel Filter
Custom Tow Eye
Rear Stripping
Alpine DVD Player
Vibe Components
New Windscreen.

cars booked into C+C Custom exhausts for decat and removal of middle silencer

hope you like

Many Thanks
Darren

 

[dmn1989]

few we updates
New exhaust system, Decated and removal of first silencer:



got a engine engine cover:



latest little goodies;

Carbon Diamond and Exhaust surrounds:



Rear strut brace:



Ordered this today also, cant wait!



pics:
Badge:




Steering wheel came today, mega quick postage, only bought it yesterday aswell


Thats all for now

 

[keith185]

Looks good, love that steering wheel What circuit is that your pictured on?

What was reason 'not to buy it' ? Was it the one without the plaque?

 

[tallandy]

Wow you've certainly transformed that Trophy

Enjoy!

 

[son of solo]

yeah it was me that posted that warning to avoid...
basically for the money they were asking it was a bad deal, it wasnt in good shape and for your average Trophy buyer wouldnt have been a good car.
but credit to you... =D> you've done a good job.

did you ever get anything sorted about the plaque then ?,
I have the direct phone number of JT at RSUK - PM me if you want it, i know of him supplying replacement plaques to other trophy owners however they are the "spongy" type as fitted to the V6 not the metal trophy ones

 

[dmn1989]

i got discount off it and got the rear bumper repaired also

i phoned renault customer services to trace the number of it, but had no luck, they phoned the factory also.

do you think he would be able to get it? or is it just wishful thinking? would be nice to know what number she is

 

[keith185]

do you think he would be able to get it? or is it just wishful thinking? would be nice to know what number she is

Have we had a look on here with the number register? Surely we could trace down a handful of possible numbers then eliminate them one by one and get yours???

 

[Sam_K]

Looking good mate! i take its mainly for track use though?

Where abouts did you get your steering wheel from? looks fantastic

Cheers

 

[son of solo]

basically there's no way to work out the number...
RS in both the UK and France have no records of what No. matches what VIN.
Trophy numbers do not run in line with the VIN - i.e a trophy with higher Vin could have a lower number than a car with a lower VIN.
if anything you might just have to settle on a plaque without a number.

 

[dmn1989]

tempted just to get trophy anonymous made up for abit of a laugh.

you'd have thought they wouldve kept a record of it all. Silly Renault.

em from R Sport in Southampton i think it was.

£130 + VAT iirc

will look out the number for you

 

[son of solo]

so did you add the climate control unit ? in noticed it in the last photos.
is it simply just a straight swap over?
never hear of anyone doing this before...well not on here anyway

 

[Cue]

son of.... i think that picture is from another car - he was using it as an example of the steering wheel....

 

[son of solo]

oic

 

[power ranger]

Is the suspension still the sachs dampers( front )as it certainly sits really low?

 

[dmn1989]

its still the sachs front dampers.

its only a little lower than standard ride height

yeah thats just a generic pic from another car

 

[Sam_K]

Do you have any pics of your car stationary with the team dynamics on? just interested what it looks like (i imagine pretty good )