Hi all, bought my first Renault a couple of weeks ago - a nice example and low mileage example of an R26 in deep black. I was initially after a LY one but couldn't pass this opportunity up. So coming from this immediately before this was a 330bhp 450nm S3 which was good but it was mainly just power and wasn't too good with handling and I must admit I'm a lover of good handling cars. This was always on the list of cars that I liked. This has a KTEC sports cat 3 inch all the way through, an intake and a remap with some spacers on the front and back So here we are now! I'll be doing a few bits to it soon but first I had plans to change the gearbox oil with genuine stuff and a few other bits! I want to remove the rear seats and stick i brace in the back - mainly for aesthetic reasons as I won't be using the rear seats much at all anyway. Got some genuine stuff and changed that which has improved the shifting so it's something that needed doing but gave the car a good check over as the MOT is being done on Saturday! I did the brake fluid too as it wasn't looking its best.. After that I gave it a clean and tried to get rid of an awful attempt at removing a scratch with my polisher and the results came out really well Before - After - I then took the camera out and got some picture of it while it was clean and it's safe to say I do love this car. It drives amazing (yes I will change the Triangle tyres for matching PS4's) but I'll just be enjoying it for a while as updates may slow due to the arrival of our first baby in May 2021! More to follow! Thanks!
Hi and welcome, very nice car once you polished it a bit. Its amazing how better a car looks once you take care of it and give it the TLC it needs even for a car of that age. Enjoy the car as it was made for putting a grin on peoples face
Thanks! I only managed to get that rear quarter done just to see if I could get it gone but i'm looking forward to going over the whole car as I was really surprised with how well it came out
watch those tyres mate..premium on the front..ditchfinders on rear. Might be worth swapping them back to front for now,just to make sure you have more grip on the rear,and avoid any unexpected oversteer moments due to the grip difference.
scratch that comment..i see you have mentioned , that the car has that well know brand"traingle" on the rear!
Yeah awful tyres, I had a little bit of lift off going round a corner the other day so will be getting matching pilot sport 4s to replace those triangle ones haha
Welcome Adam! It looks great after polish job, holy patience!! I hope you enjoy a lot, and take sure when you taste the PS4S will be like day and night
Little update - managed to remove the rear seats and get the carpet down in the back. It's come out really nicely just need a brace and it'll be finished. Tucked away the rear belts in the trims and removed the strikers so it's nice and clean without anything there! Got some new plates to go on as well and the new PS4 tyres coming tomorrow!
Thanks, yeah just tidies it up a lot and doesn't mean you have to remove a tonne of trims to actually remove the belt.
Looking good! What’s the deal with the boot liners on these? Mine doesn’t have one like yours so the carpet sags in to the spare wheel well slightly. Is mine missing or something? because yours looks so much better.
I think it's just a plastic storage bit that's molded to where the spare wheel would be - I'm new to these so possibly someone else would come up with a better answer haha
Fresh MOT on it today! PS4 tyres fitted the other night too so now the tyres are done I will start looking at refreshing the suspension. First will be new shocks and will be looking at cooksport springs as they currently have 20% off!
Also, if people are on Instagram then feel free to follow me on there as I'll upload more on there - a_rowland91
Yes, yours is missing, you can either get another one (cheap and from any Megane Mk2) or put a small board over it, which is have done.
An update on the car! I purchased Cooksport springs (thanks black friday) and got some new genuine front shocks and top mounts all ready for the rebuild and took on the job myself. I took it into work yesterday morning and decided to crack on.. and wow was this job an absolute pain! I had advice on the best way to remove the shocks and that was whole hub and lower arm out and I can now see why that is the best way to do it! An absolute pain of a job which took me the best part of all day for the fronts and about 20 minutes on the rear! Here are some joyous pictures - when the suspension has settled I will go out and take some pictures!
Managed to clean the car at the weekend and took a few pictures of the before and after suspension. Waiting for a rear brace to be painted and then will get that fitted!
Looks good. Got my dampers/springs etc.to fit now. Wish I had a garage so I could crack on. Bit cold and wet to do it on the drive especially as I know I won’t be the fastest.
Looks good. How are you finding the springs. The arch gap needs coming down a bit on mine but turn between cooksport and grams.
Thanks chappers. I must say I wouldn't have liked to do it on the floor, probably weigh up the option of paying a workshop to get it done over stress for yourself haha. I stressed enough and took long enough on a ramp!
I think they're prefect! I use the car daily and it is a lot stiffer but feels so much better on the roads! I'd definitely recommend the cooksports
Somehow it's nearly been 4 months! I haven't done loads to the car in that time, mainly just enjoying it and cleaning it. I have fitted a rear brace and had it painted gloss black - painted the front Renault badge black too as I think that makes it looks loads better. Here's a few pics to update the thread anyway
