Renault 11 Turbo Phase 2 Restoration

[gordini stu]

Spot on mate , a good man in the stores is worth their weight in gold.
In stock as well , jammy . Good luck with the installation.

 

[plvehicles]

what a result, this will make steve one very happy camper

 

[Chris Sadler]

Good afternoon in the garage today... Made a concerted effort to try and get all of the hoses back in the engine bay (Carb Overflow pipe & Boost) together with the Intercooler:

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I then realised that the O/S/F corner of the engine bay was (relatively) complete, so I thought I would have a go at fitting one of the headlights. Dug a box out of the secret stash:
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And then chuckled when I looked at what date it was delivered.... FFS!
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Headlight fitted - AND IT ONLY BLOODY WORKS!!!!!!!!!!! :
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Then I fitted the indicator:
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Thanks for reading

foooookin hell, that engine bay looks amazing cracking job Steve

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

I'm hoping I'll get the headliner back in the 11 Turbo this Bank Holiday Weekend!!

True to my word, I got the bit between my teeth today, and tried to get the head-lining back into the 11. First job was to clear out the inside of the 11 so I could climb around inside:

I then dug out a pair of brand new sunvisors I'd picked up YEARS ago:

I then laid out the roof-lining and after taking one of my special SUPER brave pills, I got the adhesive flowing:

You can see that I ran out of adhesive on the final run across the headliner but of course, I couldn't do anything about it.. so with the help of @Millie_Bee, we transferred the roof-liner into the car. I then fastened the front of the liner to the roof with the sun-visors - Now you see why I mentioned them above!!

With the front of the roof-liner fixed up, we then pushed the adhesive against the roof, and held it all in-place with the trusty old Ironing board, and some foam:


SO DID IT TURN OUT OK??? I'll tell you when I remove the ironing board... I'm leaving it as-is for 24 hours, to give it the best chance of sticking.. (Fingers Crossed!!)

With the head-lining hurdle finally jumped, I then dug out the bag containing the rear 1/4 windows, and seals. I have 2x sets of rear windows, one from my car, and one from the Red 11 Turbo I broke. I was looking which was the best ones to use, and then saw that one pair of windows, had been etched with a Registration number that was from a completely different car...?! So it made it very easy for me to pick the right ones I would use. Problem with the chosen windows was the black plastic frames, had all faded, and were actually covered in silver spray, from a janky spray job that the car had some time ago:

No end of G-Tecniq was going to make these black, so it was a job for paint. First task was to mask the windows:

Then a couple of coats of Plastic paint:

Which brought them out lovely & black, compared to the original finish:

Next I cleaned the window seals up, and fitted them to the car:

Then offered the window up:

WOW! Looks great!! But i'm missing the trim?? So out with the paint again:

And then fitted the rear 1/4 trims to the car:

Chuffed to bits how it looks, and that things are progressing again once more!!

Thanks for reading

 

[Duncan Grier]

Really is starting to look like the end is in sight....good call on not rushing and giving final bits the same treatment

The urge must be strong to just get stuff bolted on

 

[gordini stu]

Looking good , the best thing I have seen an ironing board used for , I have seen an iron used to sort a gt turbo headlining that got a little creased when removed . Can’t wait to see it in the flesh ,

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

SO DID IT TURN OUT OK??? I'll tell you when I remove the ironing board... I'm leaving it as-is for 24 hours, to give it the best chance of sticking..

Solid as a rock!!

@jas_racing you need to see this sir!!

 

[andybond]

Result! That looks fantastic

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Result! That looks fantastic

Wait till you see it in the flesh mate, looks proper plush!!

 

[Chris Smith]

Good work Steve

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Another little job ticked off the list tonight, got the original “Plip” housing re-fitted to the headlining.
The rear retaining clip broke when I removed it from the car, so I knew I would have to come up with something to re-fix it to the car.

Not going anywhere now..

Thanks for reading

 

[andybond]

What did you use to secure it?

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

What did you use to secure it?

In the end I used a panel clip from a set of plastic clips I’ve got and painted it grey. Then drilled a hole accurately and bobbed it in!! I had to use a bit of ingenuity to get over the issue I drilled the hole too big... but once I got over that, she’s now stuck in there like to a blanket!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Had a Wheely good couple of days on the 11 Turbo..

New Conti tyres arrived. Went for Continental’s as they’re the newest design of tread pattern that’s available on this old odd wheel size:


Got them loaded up into the back of the Meggy:

Then before you know it, they were on!

Dug out my NEW OE wheel centres that I found some years back:

Then they were on the car!!
She looks very nearly complete in this photo..

Thanks for reading

 

[gordini stu]

. Loving it coming together. Just try those 10mm spacers off the 182 to see what you think .

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

. Loving it coming together. Just try those 10mm spacers off the 182 to see what you think .

I like your thinking..

She’s got the Renault 19 16v rear beam on already, so those wheels are already spaced out by about 7-10mm

Will see how she looks when she’s on her wheels to see if any more spacer is required..?

 

[Duncan Grier]

Looking good and sure newer rubber compound can only be a good thing!

Check front spacing to keep in check with new 16v wider rear beam setup

Of course you could space rear out more but I would add the extra to the front to compensate as a starting point for oem handling characteristics

 

[gordini stu]

My mistake didn’t realise you had the 19 axle in the back . I put a 12 mm spacer on mine with VW wheel bolts if my memory is correct . It’s not the arch that didn’t look write it was the back edge of the skirt that bothered me I think .
It was easy for me back then , engineering company next door to make what was needed .

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Needed to finish off the rear of the head liner. When I had it recovered, I'd asked the trimmer to leave 30cm of material spare so I could wrap it around the back of the roof, to cover any gaps that were left from using the Renault 9 headlining board:

I pulled the excess material tight and secured it with a couple of clips/clothes pegs

Then fitted the original trim piece to secure the material:

Next was to fit the rear quarter mouldings to ensure everything is held in place and looking good:

Then I trimmed off the excess material. Very pleased with how it's turned out:

I then fitted a new boot seal:

Now the Interior is clear to go back in, I started with the gearshift, and handbrake. I re-built a gearshift assembly some time ago and put it away in my "stores", so I dug it out, together with my brand new OE 11 Turbo Leather gear knob that I found many years ago:

Liberal use of big feck off hammer, soon had it thrashed onto the gearlever:

I then assembled the handbrake:

The it was a case of installation:

Now the handbrake is in, I can get the handbrake cables finally fitted, and the final piece of heat-shielding to go on, underneath.

Thanks for reading

 

[Adey]

starting to really come together now well done