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So I decided last year that I was going to go for a colour change. I knew exactly the colour scheme I was going for as I’d done it previously on my 182 cup; Racing Blue and black. Now the question was paint or vinyl wrap...
Having costed both up and then thought through the implications of both I decided to go with the wrap. I liked the flexibility, the reversibility and the fact that paint protection is thrown in for ‘free’.
Now the issue was who to get to do it. It was nothing simpler than a google search for wrapped ph1’s and a company called Totally Dynamic popped up Totally Dynamic
Phoned them up and spoke to a great guy called Scott (franchisee owner). He remembered doing a ph1 in matt black (seen around London by some) and said it would be no problems to get everything sorted for mine.
Once prices were agreed and a slot was booked I drove it down to Enfield and dropped it off. Now I knew that Scott did a lot of expensive machinery (have a look at the gallery section on the link above...) but it was a nice suprise to be able to have a half hour look around this
The whole process took less than 48 hours and the results were pretty much bang on. Scott showed me how to repair the vinyl should it be required and Totally dynamic offer a standard 3 year warranty for failure of the material. He said with the few miles the vee sees and the fact it's garaged etc the wrap should last at least 5 years. He also explained that parts of the wrap can be replaced (kind of like a vinyl version of a bumper/bonnet/wing respray) for peanuts.
I left a very happy chappy.
The car now looked like this at the front:
And this at the back
Closer shot of the carbon effect wrapped 'splitter'
In my mind it still needed a couple more finishing touches in keeping with the RB and black theme.
1) Black headlights
2) Ph2 tail lights
3) Black badges
4) Wrapped fuel cap
First up were the headlights. Having read the how-to guide to removing a ph1 bumper I set about doing it. It took a long time but then again I was going purposely slow to make sure it was done right (think twice, cut once and all that). In the end it was really rather straight forward and I didn’t even have to fully remove the bumper to get the headlights out
Lights out:
I then disassembled the lights in the oven [smilie=icon_eek.gif] 150 degrees for 8-10 secs at a time until the adhesive had softened enough to peel the lights apart.
Nasty silver bits ready for sanding:
Once sanded/primered and painted I left them for a couple of days to thoroughly dry and then reassembled the lights (exact reverse of disassembly) and fitted the lights back in.
Headlights back in:
Whilst waiting for the headlights to dry I carbon vinyl wrapped the petrol cap and housing. This was a very simple process other than it took a while to get the carbon ‘weave’ of the wrap on the housing to match up with the carbon ‘weave’ of the wrap on the petrol cap once it was closed. Bit of time spent and this was done satisfactorily. Will try and get upclose pics of this at some point
Headlights now sorted it was time for the rear lights (sourced brand new for £28 delivered!!) . Now having taken the best part of a day to get at the headlights I was prepped for a struggle with the tail lights. This (initially) turned out to be the easiest job I’d yet had to do. I started on the left tail light and, again following the how-to guide, loosened the wing nut, removed the tail light changed the wires round to ph2 fitting and then replaced and secured the light: 5 mins in and I’m already half finished!!
So far so easy. Then I moved onto the right hand tail light....
Followed exactly the same process but was met with no ‘plug’ and a bunch of wires soldered onto connectors :s I phoned Renault for a quote for the connector and they priced it at £150!! (connector comes as part of the loom). I couldn’t be bothered with the hassle/time of contacting scrappies so I just decided to use my GCSE soldering skills and solder off the old wires and solder them back on in the correct ph2 configuration.
Left tail light – 5 mins
Right tail light 4 hours :evil:
Now the taillights were done I had to attend to the badges. They obviously had to go black so I removed them all (in the process broke the R off the ‘Renault’ – Renault wanted £35. Got it for £3 delivered from a scrappy!!) sanded/primered/sprayed up and left for a day or so.
The ‘Renault’ and the ‘Clio’ are attached by plugs on the ph1 so they slotted straight back in. The ‘sport’ and the ‘v6’ need adhesive and I didn’t have any so I left them off. Then I got used to the look and actually quite like it, so they’re staying off for now.
My favourite angle of the car:
And a random FCS photo from Modifiedcars.com
So that’s it pretty much set for the summer now. I’d like the stance lower – especially at the rear – and also have to source a front splitter as the car is alarmingly twitchy over xxxmph on the ph2 18’s (a full geo setup wouldn’t go amiss either!!). No idea where to start with the splitter :s Options anyone?!?
Next winter I’ll start the whole process again to get a straight through exhaust system, continue work on the interior and consider my options for the engine!! I really do love this car :bow:
So I decided last year that I was going to go for a colour change. I knew exactly the colour scheme I was going for as I’d done it previously on my 182 cup; Racing Blue and black. Now the question was paint or vinyl wrap...
Having costed both up and then thought through the implications of both I decided to go with the wrap. I liked the flexibility, the reversibility and the fact that paint protection is thrown in for ‘free’.
Now the issue was who to get to do it. It was nothing simpler than a google search for wrapped ph1’s and a company called Totally Dynamic popped up Totally Dynamic
Phoned them up and spoke to a great guy called Scott (franchisee owner). He remembered doing a ph1 in matt black (seen around London by some) and said it would be no problems to get everything sorted for mine.
Once prices were agreed and a slot was booked I drove it down to Enfield and dropped it off. Now I knew that Scott did a lot of expensive machinery (have a look at the gallery section on the link above...) but it was a nice suprise to be able to have a half hour look around this
The whole process took less than 48 hours and the results were pretty much bang on. Scott showed me how to repair the vinyl should it be required and Totally dynamic offer a standard 3 year warranty for failure of the material. He said with the few miles the vee sees and the fact it's garaged etc the wrap should last at least 5 years. He also explained that parts of the wrap can be replaced (kind of like a vinyl version of a bumper/bonnet/wing respray) for peanuts.
I left a very happy chappy.
The car now looked like this at the front:
And this at the back
Closer shot of the carbon effect wrapped 'splitter'
In my mind it still needed a couple more finishing touches in keeping with the RB and black theme.
1) Black headlights
2) Ph2 tail lights
3) Black badges
4) Wrapped fuel cap
First up were the headlights. Having read the how-to guide to removing a ph1 bumper I set about doing it. It took a long time but then again I was going purposely slow to make sure it was done right (think twice, cut once and all that). In the end it was really rather straight forward and I didn’t even have to fully remove the bumper to get the headlights out
Lights out:
I then disassembled the lights in the oven [smilie=icon_eek.gif] 150 degrees for 8-10 secs at a time until the adhesive had softened enough to peel the lights apart.
Nasty silver bits ready for sanding:
Once sanded/primered and painted I left them for a couple of days to thoroughly dry and then reassembled the lights (exact reverse of disassembly) and fitted the lights back in.
Headlights back in:
Whilst waiting for the headlights to dry I carbon vinyl wrapped the petrol cap and housing. This was a very simple process other than it took a while to get the carbon ‘weave’ of the wrap on the housing to match up with the carbon ‘weave’ of the wrap on the petrol cap once it was closed. Bit of time spent and this was done satisfactorily. Will try and get upclose pics of this at some point
Headlights now sorted it was time for the rear lights (sourced brand new for £28 delivered!!) . Now having taken the best part of a day to get at the headlights I was prepped for a struggle with the tail lights. This (initially) turned out to be the easiest job I’d yet had to do. I started on the left tail light and, again following the how-to guide, loosened the wing nut, removed the tail light changed the wires round to ph2 fitting and then replaced and secured the light: 5 mins in and I’m already half finished!!
So far so easy. Then I moved onto the right hand tail light....
Followed exactly the same process but was met with no ‘plug’ and a bunch of wires soldered onto connectors :s I phoned Renault for a quote for the connector and they priced it at £150!! (connector comes as part of the loom). I couldn’t be bothered with the hassle/time of contacting scrappies so I just decided to use my GCSE soldering skills and solder off the old wires and solder them back on in the correct ph2 configuration.
Left tail light – 5 mins
Right tail light 4 hours :evil:
Now the taillights were done I had to attend to the badges. They obviously had to go black so I removed them all (in the process broke the R off the ‘Renault’ – Renault wanted £35. Got it for £3 delivered from a scrappy!!) sanded/primered/sprayed up and left for a day or so.
The ‘Renault’ and the ‘Clio’ are attached by plugs on the ph1 so they slotted straight back in. The ‘sport’ and the ‘v6’ need adhesive and I didn’t have any so I left them off. Then I got used to the look and actually quite like it, so they’re staying off for now.
My favourite angle of the car:
And a random FCS photo from Modifiedcars.com
So that’s it pretty much set for the summer now. I’d like the stance lower – especially at the rear – and also have to source a front splitter as the car is alarmingly twitchy over xxxmph on the ph2 18’s (a full geo setup wouldn’t go amiss either!!). No idea where to start with the splitter :s Options anyone?!?
Next winter I’ll start the whole process again to get a straight through exhaust system, continue work on the interior and consider my options for the engine!! I really do love this car :bow:
Yeah, there was definitely some umming and ahhing over the lights!!! In the end I think the ph2 rear lights transfom the rear for the better. They just look more modern and the flat red against the flat blue didn't sit quite right for me.
The front headlights were more of a strange one. The rear badges had to be black to fit in with the wrapped splitter, this meant the front badge had to be black to match, which meant it looked a little strange next to two pale headlights. Once sprayed up the headlights blended with everything else. Before it looked a little like a blob eye scooby i.e. a bit awkward.
The front headlights were more of a strange one. The rear badges had to be black to fit in with the wrapped splitter, this meant the front badge had to be black to match, which meant it looked a little strange next to two pale headlights. Once sprayed up the headlights blended with everything else. Before it looked a little like a blob eye scooby i.e. a bit awkward.
So it’s been a while since I’ve updated this and I can report some progress after what seems like an age. [smilie=yay.gif]
The latest chapter in the ownership chronicle started all the way back in August last year. It was towards the end of last day of the Lakes meet, the sun was beginning to shine, the tarmac was drying nicely, the traffic was thinning and the roads and scenery kept getting better and better. We were stretching our legs a bit through the gears when I thought I heard a slight graunching sound when I went for third. Sure enough it was there again next time I tried. Got progressively louder until the gearbox threw a wobbly and third gear was off the menu. Bugger. Oh well, with mostly motorway on the way home and some nifty block changing I nursed the car home, where it sat for a month or so whilst I sulked and cursed the useless garlic muncher that took a nap when he should have been fortifying gearboxes.
Come early September and the decision was taken to SORN and mothball the car whilst I decided what to do. Every cloud has a silver lining and with my happy thoughts hat firmly on I realised that this was actually a chance to get a ph2 box with the closer ratios; I could have refurbed the ph1 box but if something breaks it makes sense to replace it with something better. Any silver lining soon vanished when I phoned Renault for a quote on a new ph2 box; pants down it's bumming time! I could have gone down the refurbed ph2 box road, but you never really know what you’re buying and to be on the safe side I would have wanted it stripped and inspected, which would have probably doubled the initial purchase price; add the labour to fit and we’re hitting some big numbers.
By this point I was feeling pretty fed-up as, whilst I don't mind spending money on the vee, I didn’t feel I was getting a great deal of value. So this was very much how we sat until earlier this month. A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to get my hands on a used ph2 box with the added advantage of it being attached to a badly front-ended car that had a sub 25k engine in it with some trophy coils. Kerching. A deal was done with the owner with the car being delivered to Scott’s last week.
Yesterday was the first day off I’ve had in a while and with the vee still SORN but needing to get to Scott’s for some major surgery I decided to use the day wisely. After a lovely 5am start I was at my Dad’s by 7am reconnecting the battery and going to start the vee up. I’m not going to lie, taking that car cover off for the first time in months there was an intake of breath. What a special beast a vee is.
Anyhow, sex wee over, a turn of the key and with no hesitation it fired first time having been sat idly in the garage for 10 months! French cars eh...
Half-hour later Phil arrived and we set about carefully prepping and lining things up. Through some Quicksilver induced lost in translation issues I ended up driving the car up the ramp rather than Phil. Sh1tting it would be an understatement. Weird feeling when all you can see out of the windscreen is sky!!
Part way through:
Couldn’t be more impressed with Phil’s care over the loading process. You can tell he regularly transports vees and his attention to detail is second to none. Nice guy too and, compared to some of the joke quotes I was getting, very reasonable. Highly recommended.
Leaving:
Elected not to follow Phil down at 56mph and ended up making good time to Scott’s so that I was at the Vee theatre of dreams just after midday. If it wasn’t a fleeting glance of all the vess parked outside the workshop I would have missed it. It’s like no garage I’ve ever been to!
I've spoken with Scott a lot of the past few weeks over email as we mapped out plans for the car so it was nice to put a face to the name. The intention was to spend an hour or so stripping a few bits and bobs from the car but I got a bit carried away and ending up completely stripping the whole interior bar the dash from the car. It’s now just a bare shell with an engine in it. [smilie=icon_eek.gif]
Ended up staying till Scott chucked me out! The opportunity to bruise all sorts of body parts and generally slice my fingers to pieces under Scott’s guidance was too good to pass up. The number of times his tips saved me hassle and time couldn’t be counted. He really does know every nut and bolt on these cars. Up-shot is I have a few more parts for sale (see my "Jumble Sale” threads) and a clear idea of where I’m heading with the project.
The car will be with Scott for a while whilst he transplants the ph2 engine and gearbox in. There are a few other mechanical things being done but I’ll save those other additions for later, suffice to say I should have a unique vee The size of the smile on my face when it’s all done is only going to be matched by the size of the frown on my bank manager’s face. Aim is get everything in and sorted by the V6Passion meet at the end of September. Fingers crossed.
Finally for now, just wanted to say a big thanks to Scott and Phil. I’m no mechanic and my basic tool kit was rather lacking for what was required. The time, effort, tools and coffee that both put in to the day when there were plenty of other things to be getting on with were much appreciated and is a real reflection on the way the business is run.
Will update in a couple of weeks when most of the hardware should have been transferred.
The latest chapter in the ownership chronicle started all the way back in August last year. It was towards the end of last day of the Lakes meet, the sun was beginning to shine, the tarmac was drying nicely, the traffic was thinning and the roads and scenery kept getting better and better. We were stretching our legs a bit through the gears when I thought I heard a slight graunching sound when I went for third. Sure enough it was there again next time I tried. Got progressively louder until the gearbox threw a wobbly and third gear was off the menu. Bugger. Oh well, with mostly motorway on the way home and some nifty block changing I nursed the car home, where it sat for a month or so whilst I sulked and cursed the useless garlic muncher that took a nap when he should have been fortifying gearboxes.
Come early September and the decision was taken to SORN and mothball the car whilst I decided what to do. Every cloud has a silver lining and with my happy thoughts hat firmly on I realised that this was actually a chance to get a ph2 box with the closer ratios; I could have refurbed the ph1 box but if something breaks it makes sense to replace it with something better. Any silver lining soon vanished when I phoned Renault for a quote on a new ph2 box; pants down it's bumming time! I could have gone down the refurbed ph2 box road, but you never really know what you’re buying and to be on the safe side I would have wanted it stripped and inspected, which would have probably doubled the initial purchase price; add the labour to fit and we’re hitting some big numbers.
By this point I was feeling pretty fed-up as, whilst I don't mind spending money on the vee, I didn’t feel I was getting a great deal of value. So this was very much how we sat until earlier this month. A couple of weeks ago I got the opportunity to get my hands on a used ph2 box with the added advantage of it being attached to a badly front-ended car that had a sub 25k engine in it with some trophy coils. Kerching. A deal was done with the owner with the car being delivered to Scott’s last week.
Yesterday was the first day off I’ve had in a while and with the vee still SORN but needing to get to Scott’s for some major surgery I decided to use the day wisely. After a lovely 5am start I was at my Dad’s by 7am reconnecting the battery and going to start the vee up. I’m not going to lie, taking that car cover off for the first time in months there was an intake of breath. What a special beast a vee is.
Anyhow, sex wee over, a turn of the key and with no hesitation it fired first time having been sat idly in the garage for 10 months! French cars eh...Half-hour later Phil arrived and we set about carefully prepping and lining things up. Through some Quicksilver induced lost in translation issues I ended up driving the car up the ramp rather than Phil. Sh1tting it would be an understatement. Weird feeling when all you can see out of the windscreen is sky!!
Part way through:
Couldn’t be more impressed with Phil’s care over the loading process. You can tell he regularly transports vees and his attention to detail is second to none. Nice guy too and, compared to some of the joke quotes I was getting, very reasonable. Highly recommended.
Leaving:
Elected not to follow Phil down at 56mph and ended up making good time to Scott’s so that I was at the Vee theatre of dreams just after midday. If it wasn’t a fleeting glance of all the vess parked outside the workshop I would have missed it. It’s like no garage I’ve ever been to!
I've spoken with Scott a lot of the past few weeks over email as we mapped out plans for the car so it was nice to put a face to the name. The intention was to spend an hour or so stripping a few bits and bobs from the car but I got a bit carried away and ending up completely stripping the whole interior bar the dash from the car. It’s now just a bare shell with an engine in it. [smilie=icon_eek.gif]
Ended up staying till Scott chucked me out! The opportunity to bruise all sorts of body parts and generally slice my fingers to pieces under Scott’s guidance was too good to pass up. The number of times his tips saved me hassle and time couldn’t be counted. He really does know every nut and bolt on these cars. Up-shot is I have a few more parts for sale (see my "Jumble Sale” threads) and a clear idea of where I’m heading with the project.
The car will be with Scott for a while whilst he transplants the ph2 engine and gearbox in. There are a few other mechanical things being done but I’ll save those other additions for later, suffice to say I should have a unique vee
The size of the smile on my face when it’s all done is only going to be matched by the size of the frown on my bank manager’s face. Aim is get everything in and sorted by the V6Passion meet at the end of September. Fingers crossed.Finally for now, just wanted to say a big thanks to Scott and Phil. I’m no mechanic and my basic tool kit was rather lacking for what was required. The time, effort, tools and coffee that both put in to the day when there were plenty of other things to be getting on with were much appreciated and is a real reflection on the way the business is run.
Will update in a couple of weeks when most of the hardware should have been transferred.
I like OEM+ theme 
OEM+ engine ....OEM+ Gearbox ..... OEM + Wheels ....... a little while later ..... oh dear lord .... it's the imaginary ph2 vee Renault never made [smilie=icon_eek.gif] :rofl:
Still piss all over ya at Santapod :rofl:
Glad its getting there mate its been a long wait and I cant wait to ride alongside ya rather than having your smelly ginger-haired ass in my vee
OEM+ engine ....OEM+ Gearbox ..... OEM + Wheels ....... a little while later ..... oh dear lord .... it's the imaginary ph2 vee Renault never made [smilie=icon_eek.gif] :rofl: Still piss all over ya at Santapod
:rofl: Glad its getting there mate its been a long wait and I cant wait to ride alongside ya rather than having your smelly ginger-haired ass in my vee
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