My little Rosie Rocket

[lgonzalez]

Hi all so I thought I would start a new thread now I have a new car, here is Rosie Rocket, a 2012 Capsicum Red Twingo 133. It has the cup chassis/suspension option box ticked with 10,200 miles on the clock when I picked her up.

Here she is on the forecourt when I went to pick her up, notice my old clio in the back which got traded in as part ex.

I have some ideas of what I want to do with it modification wise, and already have a few of small items coming through to post this week, I will keep this updated as they come. Also the clio 3 wind deflectors fit on the twingo, so I took my old ones and put them on

For now I'll leave you a couple more pics that I took round a friends house the other night

Any comments or ideas are welcome

Lewis

 

[oscar]

the facelift 133 is so much fatter looking, it's actually so strange how i hated it when it came out yet now i much prefer that style 133 by a mile! super aggressive looking, like a little chunky bulldog

 

[Dubz]

Ooooh pretty. I do think that a black stripe along the joins on the arches would look rather nice on the facelift 133's

 

[lgonzalez]

Yeah a lot of people say they don't like the front fogs...but I love the way it looks.

Also Dubz...what do you mean I can't picture it :-/ divvy moment lol

 

[lgonzalez]

First upgrade on Rosie was fitted today, it's not much but here goes... Purchased a set of Hel braided brake lines from Kam Racing in the translucent red colour option. Must say very pleased with them, brake pedal seems to be more responsive and the fitment is perfect.

Front before

Front after

Rear before

Rear after

 

[Rob_McLav]

Nice, we're they easy to do?

 

[lgonzalez]

Yes very easy, well I'm a mechanic at Renault so should be lol. Honestly though joking aside, only need 3 spanners, 9mm, 11mm, 14mm. 11 and 14 for the hoses themselves, and use the 9 and 11 for bleed nipples. Only thing to be careful of is making sure you done cross thread anything as they are quite a fine thread.

 

[mazmaz]

what is this yellow bar on the 2 last picture?

 

[lgonzalez]

what is this yellow bar on the 2 last picture?

It's the handbrake cable sleeve buddy.

 

[gtsteve]

love this.

 

[mazmaz]

really strange nether notice that on mine oO (and i spent quite some time under the car)
(maybe it's not yellow on mine)

 

[lgonzalez]

love this.

Thanks Steve

really strange nether notice that on mine oO (and i spent quite some time under the car)
(maybe it's not yellow on mine)

Maybe it's not yellow on yours, I was under a phase 1 gt at work today and noticed it was orange on that. Either that or its really dirty what with it being exposed to the road dirt (I did clean mine a little to make for a slightly better picture haha)

 

[lgonzalez]

Just a small update, a fairly standard upgrade went into Rosie's engine bay a couple of weeks ago in the form one one of these bad boys...

I must say, noise wise, not too different from just having the standard filter in the box with the bung out of the side (first thing I did when I got her was to pull that thing out) but has definitely improved the way it picks up from lower down the rpm range, don't get me wrong not by massive amounts but is noticeable.

On a side note...I noticed that coming off the airbox down into the n/s/f wheel arch almost is something that looks like another mini airbox...anyone know what that's all about and what's it purpose?

 

[Brad133]

Just a small update, a fairly standard upgrade went into Rosie's engine bay a couple of weeks ago in the form one one of these bad boys...

I must say, noise wise, not too different from just having the standard filter in the box with the bung out of the side (first thing I did when I got her was to pull that thing out) but has definitely improved the way it picks up from lower down the rpm range, don't get me wrong not by massive amounts but is noticeable.

On a side note...I noticed that coming off the airbox down into the n/s/f wheel arch almost is something that looks like another mini airbox...anyone know what that's all about and what's it purpose?

its the resonator box mate, a lot of people have taken them out, mines out but no difference

 

[lgonzalez]

Oh ok, is it worth taking it out then or not?

 

[lgonzalez]

So this arrived yesterday courtesy of madmatt (thanks once again buddy)

Got in on tonight

Love it

 

[Dubz]

Looking nice no video of it

 

[TheOnePC]

So this arrived yesterday courtesy of madmatt (thanks once again buddy)

Got in on tonight

Love it

It looks massive
Video, or it didn't happen!!!

 

[lgonzalez]

I have a vid but need to try and upload it somehow...YouTube and copy link??

And it is a gain size lol although I don't think stupid big haha

 

[madmatt]

It's not a super jap cannon, it's a suitable Jap cannon
3.5" tail I think. Just looks bigger on camera

The pipe diameter is 2" all the way through as well with no silencers so gives a nice weight reduction