Extra Stripey Gordini - Recaro pics added
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Don't no, in starting to wonder. What with car tax on the up, speeding fines and now insurance about to go up might be better off flat pimping
Jimmy
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Gordini
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Yes I was going to do the arch vents white but the jury's currently out. Black is slightly ahead. Re handles, was going to do them like the side bullets or flip the colours (white with blue stripes). However, the carbon looks ace
Good to see you're already contemplating some mods for yours
Gordini
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I was thinking renaming it to extra chavvy Gordini after your other comment
Don't want to think how much I've spent, it makes to sense at all!
Makes us all feel a lot better thinking how much you've dropped on GordiniI was thinking renaming it to extra chavvy Gordini after your other comment
Gordini
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Thanks Jimmy. Yes they are covers but more solid than the handles underneath, kind of like armour for the handlesThe handles really do look good Simon, I like them a lot! Forgive me if I've missed this, but are they just covers, or full replacement handles?
EDIT: I've just seen the other thread that says they are covers, I knew the answer would be there somewhere
Gordini
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Don't know Shuv, I'm sure there are lots of exciting things to do in a flatA well furnished one too.
Wouldn't be half as exciting though.....
Haha I like carbon. Looks great. I will stop spending at doing conversion and then keeping it on the road!I was thinking renaming it to extra chavvy Gordini after your other comment
Gordini
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It's not my daily , sometimes use it twice a month so no point bitchin it upI may remind you of that in the future!
Gordini
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I’ve been deciding for ages what to do with my rear spoiler. I thought long and hard about a cup spoiler but couldn’t make my mind up. It may be something to do with the angle of the photo, or the colour of the car and/or spoiler, or even how it complements the other mods, but sometimes they look great, sometimes they don’t. In the end, I didn’t fancy messing about with the rear hatch as I have the GT rear spoiler as standard and the cup spoiler isn’t a simple fit.
As a result I decided to look for a different option. I looked at a one-off Austrian spoiler but decided it was a bit big and bordering on the barryboys look. I looked at a genuine Skoda WRC rear spoiler, which was great but spectacularly expensive in a carbon/kevlar mix, and also spectacularly large. This is a hard spoiler to pull off without at least a 400bhp engine and more aggressive looking bodywork. I looked into wide arches from a rallycross team in Sweden to meet the latter requirement but in the end decided it was all a bit too extreme, both in terms of cost and butchering my car (a sledgehammer to crack a nut).
In the end, after a lot of research, I decided upon a simple spoiler extension/cap. My inspiration was the Sierra/Sapphire Cossie look which used black rear spoiler lips.
So began my search for a suitable candidate. I have purchased and returned (thank you distance selling rules) a few spoilers without success. In the end I purchased another Clio GT spoiler (which I will be selling now its done its job) to send around to manufacturers/retailers to have them do the hard work for me of test fitting (how lazy is that!). A big thanks to Mario at Maxton Design who found (after trying about 20-odd different designs) that of all things a Vauxhall Corsa item fits. Mario only confirmed this yesterday but assured me it is virtually made to measure for the Clio GT spoiler (only a small trimming of the ends may possibly be required). May have a photo later today and hope to have it in my hands to fit in the next few days, when I will take more pics. For now, here are the only photos I have of the item. Remember it is just the lip I'm hoping to fit, not the whole spoiler
As a result I decided to look for a different option. I looked at a one-off Austrian spoiler but decided it was a bit big and bordering on the barryboys look. I looked at a genuine Skoda WRC rear spoiler, which was great but spectacularly expensive in a carbon/kevlar mix, and also spectacularly large. This is a hard spoiler to pull off without at least a 400bhp engine and more aggressive looking bodywork. I looked into wide arches from a rallycross team in Sweden to meet the latter requirement but in the end decided it was all a bit too extreme, both in terms of cost and butchering my car (a sledgehammer to crack a nut).
In the end, after a lot of research, I decided upon a simple spoiler extension/cap. My inspiration was the Sierra/Sapphire Cossie look which used black rear spoiler lips.
So began my search for a suitable candidate. I have purchased and returned (thank you distance selling rules) a few spoilers without success. In the end I purchased another Clio GT spoiler (which I will be selling now its done its job) to send around to manufacturers/retailers to have them do the hard work for me of test fitting (how lazy is that!). A big thanks to Mario at Maxton Design who found (after trying about 20-odd different designs) that of all things a Vauxhall Corsa item fits. Mario only confirmed this yesterday but assured me it is virtually made to measure for the Clio GT spoiler (only a small trimming of the ends may possibly be required). May have a photo later today and hope to have it in my hands to fit in the next few days, when I will take more pics. For now, here are the only photos I have of the item. Remember it is just the lip I'm hoping to fit, not the whole spoiler
Gordini
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No the Clio one was the first I tried. Doesn't fit the GT spoiler. Neither does the Megane one
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I know I wanted to keep the Vauxhall bit quiet
I think it will be carbon effect to match the other bits 
I'm interested to see what this is gonna look like as you know I wanted the cup spoiler too but doesn't fit ours, is this mario sourcing the spoiler and trimming/fitting it? Does it cover the brake light in our spoiler?
Good to finally know ours is the gt spoiler tho lol.
And I wouldn't see it as a Vauxhall part improving the Renault, more that it's taking a Renault car to improve a Vauxhall part
Good to finally know ours is the gt spoiler tho lol.
And I wouldn't see it as a Vauxhall part improving the Renault, more that it's taking a Renault car to improve a Vauxhall part
Gordini
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Mario apparently works in the warehouse so he has gone out of his way to help me out when he had quiet periods. Full credit to Maxton Design for allowing him to do this also, I can imagine a lot of companies wouldn't be pleased to be opening all their stock to try it out for size.I'm interested to see what this is gonna look like as you know I wanted the cup spoiler too but doesn't fit ours, is this mario sourcing the spoiler and trimming/fitting it? Does it cover the brake light in our spoiler?
Good to finally know ours is the gt spoiler tho lol.
And I wouldn't see it as a Vauxhall part improving the Renault, more that it's taking a Renault car to improve a Vauxhall part
Maxton don't offer a fitting service but it just sticks on with 3M tape supplied or you could bond it on too. It will cover the top face of the high level brake light but you will still see the light from behind.
I like your pint glass is half full type approach of me upping the level of the spoiler to Renault standards
