About time I shared my clio with you all

[16v_paddy]

It's been 7 months since I had a little oversteer induced off road excursion ops: and done this damage to my baby as well as the all the suspension damage



I wasn't too worried about the cosmetic damage as the plan ever since I bought it was to get full respray. So the buying started, with some rust free doors on ebay, rsi skirts & wilwood 4 pots 8), rear bumper, tailgate, and a set of wheels for me to refurb.



I went to the bodyshop at the end of march and booked it in for the respray at the end of may. In the meantime I swapped these for these beauties 8)


Then when she went in I made a start on the wheels, here's what they looked like when I got them back from being shot blasted
Then filled & sanded all the kerb marks & missing chunks with chemical metal and 4 coats of primer (no short cuttin)

Then the 1st couple of coats of gloss black paint

Then a few more coats, rubbed back with some 1500 grit wet and 3 coats of lacquer

Here they are on the car wrapped in brand new yokohama paradas 8)


Here's a gratuitous pic of my housemates new car lol
The work in progress



Last look with old battered sill

New arch & sill welded in

New arch & sill ready for painting

N/S arch replaced



Nearly ready now


The end result of all my hard work & saving up like a basrard







Since the weather was good, I gave the car a clean and fitted some new goodies 8)

1st is the replica of the original sticker in the rear window



And my PH sticker





A few interior pics





GOODIES!!! brand new original items 8)





Old (on the left) and new comparison





Some smoked side repeaters as well



Here's it all fitted, new lights, fogs & indicators all brand spankin new genuine renault items 8)

[bones33]

tasty 16 there you have done a good job

[ph1l5]

looks like its just left the showroom.

[number2301]

Stunning, I love valvers

[Basil Hume]

I had a black 16V with leather back in the day - lowered slightly on refurbished 5-spokes like yours. I have very fond memories of that car: the wide arches, bonnet bulge, high-revving engine and sublime handling. Like many Renaultsport cars, the 16V had variable power outputs but I'm glad to report that mine was a belter and hung onto some comparably exotic cars in a straight line (plus embarassed them on the twisties).

I later moved onto a Williams (No.123 of the first series no less!) and through various other hot cars before my current Clio 197. The 197 reminds me the most of the 16V - it's pretty much the same recipe for fun, with an added dose of quality and refinement.

[loose cannon]

youve done yourself proud there buddy looks great

[p3t3]

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK MATE

[16v_paddy]

Thanks for the comments guys makes all the time & effort put into the car worth it

I'm currently starting to strip & rebuild a 2.0l engine to go into the car, will be higher compression with individual throttle bodies