Clio Big Steve's RB Clio 182 Cup Restoration

[Big Steve - Raider]

Buggering about with the door panel today:


From the factory there’s adhesive strip running round the bottom of the door panel, that’s always the first to disappear when the door panel is removed. You can see in the picture below, where some of it remains, and then some places it’s still present:

First job was to remove the remaining seal with a scraper:

Then I got hold of a rolls of 8mm butyl tape which is the closest I could find to the original stuff:

It was then just a case of applying it Inbetween the pre-determined “dots” that Renault put on the door panel to show you where it should go:



I then mounted the panel onto the door and gave it a little clean.
Final job was to fit the new speaker into the door panel:

Went for the same Rockford Fosgate speakers as I fitted to the 11 Turbo. I then finished it off with the speaker grille:


Thanks for reading

 

[gordini stu]

I use thousands of rolls of the butyl strip a year sealing joints in the cladding we install a 5x6 mm bead works really well . I reckon your attention to detail should be used on cars with a higher price tag

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

I reckon your attention to detail should be used on cars with a higher price tag

You know I’ve thought that myself over a few weekends recently myself... problem is, the cars and parts are just so much more expensive, I know Renaults fairly well now, and they’re still my passion. So I’m stuck here for a while yet

 

[DaveL485]

So I’m stuck here for life

Corrected that for you.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Been working on bringing the exhaust heat shields back to life from a mix of brand new, and used parts. The final count was 2 new and 2 old. (Any guesses on which is which?)


Fair amount of work to bring the used ones back to life, as the old tin worm had given it a good nibble. But chuffed with the result.

Next job over the coming days, is to get the underbody of the car to match.


That’s going to be an equally grotty job...

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[Will D93]

Honestly I can’t tell you which are new and which you’ve cleaned up.
Looks good, next job will be a fun one!

 

[DaveL485]

1 & 4 are old, 2 & 3 are new at a guess, but you've done a spectacular job there... you must have a LOT of time on your hands!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

1 & 4 are old, 2 & 3 are new at a guess, but you've done a spectacular job there... you must have a LOT of time on your hands!

Absolutely bloody SPOT ON @DaveL485 !!! 10/10 mate, you guesses totally correct!

Yes it's fair to say we ALL have a lot of time on our hands at the moment!!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Been spending a crazy amount of time on my back under the Clio for the last 2 days... but I think the final results are worth it.

First step was to remove all of the underfloor fixtures & fittings - Brake/Fuel Lines, Clips etc.. I then had a good dig round under the car with a scraper to find as much grot & rot as I could. As you can see on the GIF below, the plastic clips under the body are responsible for a lot of the rust, as they hold onto the damp/dirt/debris that allows the rust to set in:


After I'd scraped as much of the old under-seal and rust off the bottom of the car, I then treated the rust with my usual FE-123 Rust converter which goes on like milk, but then converts the existing rust into a hard black coating:


After that had dried, it was then covered with a coat of Zinc Primer:

I let this all then dry over-night before moving onto the next step of under-seal with Dinitrol 4941:

First step was to put the Dinitrol into a tub of warm water, to soften it up a little bit ready for spraying. Whilst the tin was warming, I then masked the car, to stop over-spray:

I'm so pleased I bought myself an Aldi compressor for my garage, it's come into use SOOO many times!! Bought myself a Schultz gun for my R11 Turbo Restoration:

Then it was on with the Under-Seal!


Chuffed to bits with the finished results:


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[andybond]

Brilliant results Steve!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Now I'm becoming quite deft at spotting the small pieces of corrosion that turn into something bigger when you start to dig at them with a scraper, I'd seen a couple of small points in the front arches next to the brake line bracket that caught my eye:

After a quick dig around, I soon uncovered this:

And then after giving a few more points a scrape... this lot turned up!!

So again it was a quick overcoat with FE123 Rust Converter:

I'll give it a coat of Zinc Primer and then Dinitrol 4941 in coming days.

Thanks for reading

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Now the underneath of the car is coming together, I started to have a look at some of the brake-lines I got for the car, and noticed that on one of the Front to Back lines the fitting had rusted away, which mean the 11mm spanner wouldn't grip it enough to tighten... So I whipped out the brake line kit, and made a new replication.
Original Pipe:

New piece of pipe, cut to length:

Then a good fight with the pipe and the benders... resulted in:

That pipe is now laying in the garden, with a fresh coat of Green paint drying on it

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[Adey]

proper job on this. whats next? whats going to be the next resto?

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Managed to finally get hold of a

proper job on this. whats next? whats going to be the next resto?

A Dauph...??

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

I finally got hold of a used pair of the correct grey insert Halogen headlights, as my Clio was fitted with some incorrect black insert ones.

Managed to smuggle them to @jas_racing and he's worked his usual magic on them:


Thanks for reading

 

[jas_racing]

...the plastic clips under the body are responsible for a lot of the rust, as they hold onto the damp/dirt/debris that allows the rust to set in:

Glad it’s not just Fiat’s!

 

[davemaygtt]

Next resto, don't you mean previous? Where's the 11?
Good work Steve, it's the grotty bits that really seperate the men from the boys

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Where's the 11?

I’m trying to get the Clio rolling at the moment... BUT, The 11 needs its headlining putting in and I’m still not decided on what Glue I’m going to use to put it in..

Knowing that on a hot day the roof gets really hot I’m struggling to find an adhesive that won’t just melt and let the roof lining droop down...

 

[davemaygtt]

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[Big Steve - Raider]

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Thanks for the link, I’ve looked at that, but the problem is it’s not a R11 headlining I’m fitting in, but a R9 and there’s more than a “spray adhesive” amount of gap in some places...