Who here owns a Renaultsport?

ScarySquirrel · 13 Jul 2011 at 15:54

PICS NOW PLEASE!!!!!

Haha, I want to know if I should get my spare set sprayed the same way, or whether to get them done the same as my current ones (Arctic Blue with Silver writing), but with a better colour match. I'm edging towards getting them done the same, with a better colour match, as I really like how it looks.

alexisonfire · 13 Jul 2011 at 18:32

Im considering getting mine done in anthracite with titanium letters, but its right at the bottom of things to do.

shep_no_platinum · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:46

Right guys, I'm now in a predicament about getting a Clio. I wanted a 182 and had my heart set on one. I saw the liquid yellow Clio which I fell in love with but the seller will only drop from £5750 to £5500. Now then I realise this is a lot of money for a Clio but it's beautiful and has some amazing mods (see previous page). However I had a look at some 172's and they are £2000-£3000 cheaper and are basically the same car in a different colour... I absolutely love the Monaco blue 172's as they remind me of the Clio Williams.

I have the money to pay for the liquid yellow but is it defiantly worth the money or is it overpriced?

Maccy · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:48

Depends how badly you want the colour? I had my heart set on one for a while but realised that deep down they're all the same so went for something cheaper that's just as much fun.
If I were you I'd put ~£4k towards a decent 182.

shep_no_platinum · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:56

Is there any other places to look other than pistonheads/eBay/auto trader?

Gustov · 13 Jul 2011 at 19:56

ScarySquirrel said:
PICS NOW PLEASE!!!!!

Haha, I want to know if I should get my spare set sprayed the same way, or whether to get them done the same as my current ones (Arctic Blue with Silver writing), but with a better colour match. I'm edging towards getting them done the same, with a better colour match, as I really like how it looks.

Give me 10 mins pal

BennyC · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:04

shep_no_platinum said:
Right guys, I'm now in a predicament about getting a Clio. I wanted a 182 and had my heart set on one. I saw the liquid yellow Clio which I fell in love with but the seller will only drop from £5750 to £5500. Now then I realise this is a lot of money for a Clio but it's beautiful and has some amazing mods (see previous page). However I had a look at some 172's and they are £2000-£3000 cheaper and are basically the same car in a different colour... I absolutely love the Monaco blue 172's as they remind me of the Clio Williams.

I have the money to pay for the liquid yellow but is it defiantly worth the money or is it overpriced?

If you plan on doing all these mods yourself then it, from memory, seemed to be reasonable providing the tyres & brakes have lots of life left in them etc.

If you want to do the mods yourself be prepared to take a hit on them as they won't add much value to the car itself.

Liquid yellow will always hold a premium over other examples.

Sounds to me like you're not sure yourself. See if there's anything else he can add in to sweeten the deal like a full tank and some of the stock parts?

I spent about £1k on mods on mine (remap, ds2500s & hc's & lines, milltek) and took just over a £1300 depreciation hit on it after almost 6k miles largely due to the release of the 200 and the 172's/182's coming down in price. For this reason again personally I wouldn't be happy putting over £5k back in to a Clio when you can get just as tidy examples in more common colours for a lot less. Out of interest how would an insurance company view it's value, I doubt they would take it's rarity due to colour in to consideration?

Skeeter · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:10

You will get a nice 182 for around £4k. Paying £5.5k just because its yellow is a bad idea, in my opinion.

But it is only my opinion.

alexisonfire · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:10

The car is overpriced, theres no question about it. The only question to ask is if you are willing to pay the premium.

Theres a nice 270bhp 182 turbo for sale atm for £4500 with 34k miles. When you put that against a 182 for £5700 because its yellow...

shep_no_platinum · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:16

alexisonfire said:
The car is overpriced, theres no question about it. The only question to ask is if you are willing to pay the premium.

Theres a nice 270bhp 182 turbo for sale atm for £4500 with 34k miles. When you put that against a 182 for £5700 because its yellow...

Link? Btw alexisonfire I absolutely love your Clio! It's amazing!

alexisonfire · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:20

shep_no_platinum said:
Link? Btw alexisonfire I absolutely love your Clio! It's amazing!

Thanks!

It was on PH, can't find the link now

EDIT: It was under renault parts, not cars thats why! And it was a 172 cup, same body panels apart from bumper, but has 182 engine.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/2876166.htm

Gustov · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:27

As promised

Before bullets (when it was nice and sunny and cleaned)

Taken with bullets 10 mins ago

Hope that helps SS! In terms of aesthetics I'm DONE! Considering getting the wheel re-stiched and need to get a new head unit for inside.

Maccy · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:47

Broken one of my centre air vents

The one on the left won't slide left to right, only up and down. Had the bits out and found the source of the problem -

Trying to source a replacement one!

Begbie · 13 Jul 2011 at 20:50

Looks great Gustov!

Very tidy little 182.

Mines will be going in for a machine polish and full detail. Been told £60 - £100 sound reasonable to me?

dazz25 · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:30

Begbie said:
Mines will be going in for a machine polish and full detail. Been told £60 - £100 sound reasonable to me?

Sounds a bit cheap to be honest. Do you know the guy thats doing it or seen any of his work?

Begbie · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:42

dazz25 said:
Sounds a bit cheap to be honest. Do you know the guy thats doing it or seen any of his work?

Friends brother, so I guess it is a bit cheap. Also had a chap from CS (also posts on DW) for £80.

Both work is very good, and would feel confident with either of them doing it.

BennyC · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:45

dazz25 said:
Sounds a bit cheap to be honest. Do you know the guy thats doing it or seen any of his work?

Sounds cheap for a proper 'correction'. About right for a valet/detail without a machine polish.

For a proper correction including clay, polish, seal, engine bay, interior the lot to what I'd call an anal standard between £200/300 and to leave it with them for 2 days or so.

If he's just going to buzz over it with a soft pad and light cutting compound which would remove about 50-60% of swirls/defects then maybe sounds about right.

Begbie · 13 Jul 2011 at 21:49

Its his hobby, not a full correction I would imagine. But he is needing it for the whole weekend, regardless for that price I am going to be happy.

Another of his work.

Gustov · 13 Jul 2011 at 23:39

All that effort for SS and he didn't even bother responding!

GIEF MICH ACHTUNG!

dazz25 · 14 Jul 2011 at 08:07

Looks good Begbie seems like you're grabbing yourself a bargain! Was just looking out for you so your car doesn't end up worse than it was when it went in!!