Thread update time, blimey it's been just over a year! Let me back track, aaah yes.
October 2022, new roof wrap in Hexis gloss black but with a change. A pillars and spoiler stay white so literally just the roof wrapped, at the same time Mark of B Spoke swapped out the OE aerial for a genuine Renault shark fin and removed the silver Renaultsport badge and replaced with a genuine black pack Renaultsport one. Black being the theme here to go with the black front blade and rear diffuser.
December insurance renewal with Keith Michaels, decent price considering a big claim in 2020 and a highly modified car.
As of then not much to report until July this year, well apart from the genuine Renault battery dying in less than 3 years so covered under the warranty. BUT absolute ballache as the battery was purchased by the previous owner in Carlisle and the Renault dealer there couldn't provide an invoice to show it was paid as they'd updated their IT systems. Spoke to Renault customer services and they said the battery wasn't covered as I didn't have the Clio recovered into Renault for them to have a tech test the battery. SADLY, the warranty department at my Renault branch FAILED to tell me this right from the start when I purchased a new battery to replace the dead one. Bear in mind I bought the battery in February, this process was still ongoing into July. All the warranty department kept saying for months was provide an invoice for the old battery and we'll put the claim in.
I'd had enough after speaking to customer services, I steamed into my branch and spoke to the branch manager who I know really well. After explaining the frustrating situation with him we both marched to the parts department in which within 20 minutes they refunded me the price of the faulty battery at a cost of £190, finally they sorted it out! Absolute pain!
Impending MOT gave me the kick in the butt to tick a few jobs off a list that quite frankly couldn't be bothered to deal with. Very unlike me but for months going through a phase of owning it but neglecting it, sitting out on the road looking sorry for itself. Since the MOT in 2022 she's done less than 3k
Thankfully through a friend Sash having work done on her Clio by a chap called Ed, Ed working for Renault as a tech had decided to go it alone as an independent mechanic setting himself up nice and local to me. With that I booked it in with him to replace the broken wiper linkage, have it MOT'd and give it an oil and filter change as well as the pollen filter. All parts bought from Renault and supplied by me, I also changed all the wiper blades from Renault too, even the keycard battery. So now the service light has been cleared, keycard battery low gone, everything
With all those jobs done I thought the Clio deserved a much needed clean commandeering my sister's driveway for a few hours. It's looking so much better, I really like it at the moment. 2 more jobs I'd like doing, a 220 steering wheel and finally I have someone making the adapter looms for the rear LED lights.




