How did you go about the importation process from Oz?  Is it difficult to up spec to the "Lux" pack?

Thanks, for the welcome, Yes the wheels need to be refurbish but I will try to stick to the silver, Don t get me wrong, I like the blue/Gold combo but in a Clio Williams.
Any way the idea now is to try to refurbish the interior, Exterior and then start to improve the the drive train, but I will try to keep it as much standard as possible, they are getting pretty rare nowadays.

Thanks.

Unique colour that, haven't seen many phase 1's in that particular hue.

Speculating here, but gold wheels might look quite OK on that.

Enjoy.

Quote from: Matariki on July 15, 2020, 01:03:58 PM
Thanks for the tips.  Is your R26 NZ new or did you import it?

Car come from Ozstralia. Have had to replace a few bits.

Window regulator, wiper motor.

I am converting the interior to "LUX" spec that NZ and Aus didn't get, have dome leather interior and sound deadening.

Welcome to Fast Frogs, DLX.

Your Clio looks in fairly good condition and should make a nice tidy-up project.

There are some Renault fans here who should be able to help if you have any questions.

Hi, My name is Ariel, I'm From Argentina, But I been living in Auckland for the last 6 year. Just recently acquire a clio rs Ph1 as a tidy up project.
Attach is a photo as how bad stand today.

Thanks for the tips.  Is your R26 NZ new or did you import it?

Welcome.

Quality is average on all Renaults, but, that is how the French build cars, they never intend them to last more than 5 years let alone 10....

I have two 10+ year old Renault RS's and they drive well, my yellow R26 has 190,000km on it and its tight with normal maintenance items over the years.

Parts are reasonable if you know where and what to shop for, K-Tec in the UK offer god pricing and freight on parts... and joy, "pic-a-part" places are starting to buy the odd Renault that can be handy. Failing that just buy two or three of the same model.

Thanks, I didn't realise that there was a quality difference between the Clio and Megane.  Yes, I've found early sport Meganes hard to come by.  That later Meganes are cool, but aren't as quirky as the earlier one.

Yep - Megane is a step up in size and quality. The Clio is an entry level car, and the RS is obviously a racier version of it. The Megane is bigger all round, and has higher specifications in most areas.

In my opinion, the earlier Clios are awesome. There are very few of the sporty early Meganes in NZ (which is a shame), but the later turbo Meganes are also pretty cool (if you are ok with a turbo instead of a ropey N/A engine).