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The Twingo

Prab

Well-Known Member
Well i've had the beast almost a year now so thought i'd better start a project report!

here she is when i got her:

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First mod:

Pressed plates:
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Silver indicator bulbs:
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Dump valve tishh:
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soon after i ordered these:
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At trax with alex's twingo!:
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08/06/09

Finally got around to fitting the front plate: its velcrod on so i can still run a legal plate and switch for shows:
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Tinted the rear lights
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Thats how she stands now, lowering springs should be coming wednesday, and the exhaust is being done wednesday

Prab

Update!

Look what the postman brought me this morning!

Renault plate frame
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Here it is with a standard plain yellow plate:
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Will get it fitted after i've had me brekkie! my springs still havent turned up :(

Fitted!, using velcro and screws, and as the clips didnt feel secure holding the plate its also got some bluetac just for precautions sake!

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Update! 10/06/09

However this bad boy was fitted this morning, and it sounds just right not too loud, quiet on idle with a nice burble but let rip and it purrs!
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I wanted twin 2.5" tails but he only had twin 3's and the letterbox fits the car well!

Prab

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Well haven't updated it in ages, fitted a new headunit (pics to follow) and relocated the boost gauge (still need to tap into the wiring loom for lighting)

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Update 23/07/10

Well some goodies arrived this morning, may fit them tommorow, gave the car a full on Detail today:

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Products used for the detail:

Ixtar Car Shampoo
Halfords Advanced Claybar Kit (its surprisngly good!)
Mer Glass Polish
Autoglym Super Resin Polish
Meguiars Step 3 Carnuba liquid wax (easy to apply will see how long it lasts..)
Meguiars hot rims wheel cleaner
Autoglym tire dressing

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10/8/10

Quick update:

I'm away at the moment, but Dale (Bigfoot) helped to lower my car on sunday. springs still need to settle a tiny bit, but if you saw it before and now you'll notice its sitting ALLOT lower:

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Also wen't down to langport somerset yesterday, and picked up some Rota Slipstreams, ebay bargain of £55!

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they just need a clean with shampoo and wheel cleaner and maybe a coat of sealant!

Prab

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14/8/10

Quick update, fitted the wheels today, chucked a tyre fitter 25 quid to swap the tyres over from my standard wheels

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Prab

15/8/10

Well the new wheels were on and the car was pretty filthy, so gave the outside a quick spruce up at a jetwash, shampoo and rinse for 2 quid ( i know i have sinned)

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Prab

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24/8/10

Well rang up the local dealer to see if my LHD driver side visor had come in (our twingos don't have a passenger side mirror!)

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Its quite a nifty mod for £8.50

Then i fitted a sticker to the visor (ive got 2, ones going on the exterior probably top corner of windscreen)

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Also this morning, this nifty little device arrived and it works like a dream:

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Prab

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25/8/10

These Arrived today, they were free & brand new i only had to pay the £7 postage:

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26/8/10

Fitted the wind deflectors today:

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Also my Megane interior light arrived today:

Old light:
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Megane light:

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Had some stickers i hadn't fitted so fitted them:

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Sorry about the camera phone pics, my mums on holiday and borrowed my camera

Prab

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Update 3/9/10

last night some twat decided to do this to my fog light!:

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on the plus side my rear strut brace arrived yesterday and i fitted it this afternoon, after lotsa swearing and use of a hammer it was on!

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Update 4/9/10

Quick mod before trax, finally fitted my Tow Eye:

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update 5/9/10

Did my first show of 2010 today, Trax

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Prab


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Updated 8/10/10

These arrived last week, so got around to fitting them yesterday:

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Sorry about the camera phone pics, also forgot to take a pic of the speaker sitting in the adaptor and i wasn't going to take teh doorcards off again lol, i wanted to relocate the standard front speakers to the rear, as on some twingos (not all in my case!) pre existing wiring with the renault plugs is fitted, however this wasn't the case on mine so will be purchasing some aftermarket speakers and run cable direct off the head unit, i'm very impressed with the dynamat aswell!, while i had the rear cards off i decided to fit the orange 133 seatbelts i acquired

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Prab

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Update 14/10/10

These arrived the other day:

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Got around to fitting them today, however got pics of the process involved (did a how to for TOC) but forgot to take pics of when they were mounted in place doh! will grab a pic of em tommorow nice orange glow behind the panel and they sound minto especially for the money!, also i bought a load of concave LED bulbs off ebay, so thought i'd fit them around the car:

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Again sorry about poor quality pics still havent found my camera charger!

Prab

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19/10/10

Fitted LEDs into rearnumber plate lights

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They look much brighter, then what the pic suggests

also replaced the LED sidelights with philips bluevision pure white bulbs, these are better as you can see them in the day, the LED's were a bit weak power wise but i may switch back!:

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20/10/10

These arrived this morning:

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Old:

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Fitted:
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Prab

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30/10/10

Well this was suppose to arrive yesterday but nobody was in to sign for it so i went to collect it this morning ;)

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My wiring kit also arrived today :D

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So between lectures and work, i'm going to start on my boot build, will be getting MDF on monday from B&Q Probs.

My H.I.D kit arrived the other day, fitted it this morning:

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Ballast on passenger side:
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Neater wiring on driver side, may get some plastic wrap cable covers
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Ballast hidden in battery box:
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Need to get some night time shots:

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Prab

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18/12/10

Got around to finishing the boot the other day:

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Also a manual boost controller arrived i fitted it but then removed it as it wasnt accurately upping the boost, generally 1 full turn on the dawes type is around 4 psi, however i need to refit it by tapping into the actuator piping:

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Also an air fuel gauge came:

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will look like this fitted:
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The standard dump valve always used to hiss under partial throttle and at motorway speeds and as it was a sealed unit i couldnt adjust the spring so i refitted the bosch recirc without the recirc pipe attached, it doesn't hiss, and it still gives off a lovely whoosh tish:

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Prab
 
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Took it off after i took the pic, the deal on backboxes was any tailpipe up to 2.5" for 99 quid, this tailpipe took it to £140 but he did it for 125 for me

Prab
 
nice wheels they'll look alright on ur Twingo. I got beat by a renault sport twingo yesterday, got me at the change to 2nd and under took me onto a roundabout the fecker!
 
Yeah mate they are quick fuckers, but it doesn't help that the cabbie weighs 200kg more then the 19 hatch
 
I was going to mention before prab one in the same colour as yours tried playing a bit at the big roundabout north side of Grays a couple weeks ago!! They certainly are quick little buggers. Not quite F7R quick though hehe.
 
Yep but a few lads have upped the boost, fmic, injectors etc, running 140ish hp its the most the standard clutch can take, the RS is pretty quick but its not as fun, i prefer turbo power now!
 
To quote an old fashioned and well-informed Southern American bub...

"Turbos make torque, and torque makes fun!"
 
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