My Clio detailed

[spaz]

Took my clio round my mates today to have some nasty swirl marks and scuffs sorted out with his meguiars g220 polisher doo da, and very pleased with the results. Main thread here http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=64083 but here are a couple of pictures:

I'll also sneak in a present I gave the car last week too:

 

[Ben M]

looks nice and clean now, nice job =]

and liking the brakes =D what size?

 

[Smokey McPot]

Some pretty serious looking swirls there!

 

[CliffyBiro]

Now that's a job well done. Nice motor.

 

[spaz]

looks nice and clean now, nice job =]

and liking the brakes =D what size?

They're the same size as standard, 312mm just with the megane r26 drilled discs. Got some new redstuff pads on too and certainly stop me rather well!

 

[wassap]

Wtf, you had that from new didnt you? how did it get in to that kind of state

 

[loltim]

Looks great mate, how's the gearbox?

 

[Doonhamer]

Looking nice, not liking the ugly lump of grey plastic on its arse though.

 

[spaz]

Wtf, you had that from new didnt you? how did it get in to that kind of state

Nah it was an ex-demo so I'll blame the dealer chumps for most of it

Looks great mate, how's the gearbox?

It's great! No crunching and revised 5th and 6th gear so drops 70mph from 3500rpm all the way to 3200rpm

 

[Flukester]

Looking nice, not liking the ugly lump of grey plastic on its arse though.

I think it looks great, you obviously dont understand what it does ...function can lead to designs that are striking and individual. Most manufacturers dont have the bottle to put rear diffusers on cars, though they are a good thing they think the public wouldnt understand.. as you have proved.

Pure looks are not everything...

 

[Ben M]

I think it looks great, you obviously dont understand what it does

I think it looks good as well, but does it actually make a real-life difference? I'm quite synical when it comes to things like this

 

[Draeger]

Looks excellent!!!

Well done on the elbow work to get it into the state it's in now!!!

 

[Doonhamer]

I understand what it does, dosnt mean I automatically like it though.

 

[Flukester]

I think it looks good as well, but does it actually make a real-life difference? I'm quite synical when it comes to things like this

prolly not a lot until v high speed.. but i bet it makes some difference...

It gives more downforce to rear by slowing the air existing, decreasing air pressure under the car. It also angles the air up slightly to increase downforce also... i think there is a lot of physics stuff to it, but i had some guy in a F430 try and explain it to me once

 

[Booner!]

The bit at the back sells it for me, I only like the Clio V6 and this one...

 

[Ben M]

The bit at the back sells it for me, I only like the Clio V6 and this one...

Is there a V6 in this shape yet?

 

[Jonny69]

Don't rear diffusers rely on the car being flat bottomed and low to the ground, and they have to be long with fins so the pressure is forced to reduce?

Edit: Ah I see, that type of diffuser is designed to reduce drag. Got it

 

[melchy]

No V6, there's not likely to be one either Wonder if the Megane Sport engine may eventially make it into one.

 

[spaz]

Don't rear diffusers rely on the car being flat bottomed and low to the ground, and they have to be long with fins so the pressure is forced to reduce?

Edit: Ah I see, that type of diffuser is designed to reduce drag. Got it

It is reasonably flat underneath, not great though. To be honest I doubt it does anything at all but oh well it looks reasonably cool

 

[Tom|Nbk]

I have to say that Clio looks pretty awesome from the back. Good job.