My Yozza'd Arctic 182 (Its been a while!)

[Joe R26]

Well its been a while since I've posted any pics or updates. So here goes!

My Clio was looking a bit sorry for itself, it hadn't been cleaned for months. I think I lost the love a bit! So I ordered up some gear from CleanYourCar (great service!) to give her a good old clean up.

My kit consisted of:

Chemical guys citrus wash and gloss shampoo
Meguiars smooth surface clay kit
AutoGlym Super Resin Polish
Nattys blue paste wax
Ironx
AutoGlym Alloy Wheel Seal
Meguairs endurance tyre shine
Meguiars NXT metal polish
Meguairs NXT glass cleaner

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Some pics of the cleaning process...

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It was fairly grubby! not the worst but bad enough. I was running short on time so didn't photograph all the stages but heres the finished result

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And some photos I took later that night with a half decent camera!....

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I'm really happy with the way it looks and drives now and the love is definately back now I've fixed a few niggly things and got a Ktec induction kit on it. Sounds crazy!.

 

[Jekyll]

Awesome! Do mine?

 

[Cerrone]

Looks nice mate, IMO your crazy leaving it up on a trolly jack tho!!

 

[Jekyll]

Looks like its all up on axle stands and the jack is flat.

 

[Joe#]

Great work mate, it looks awesome!

Looks nice mate, IMO your crazy leaving it up on a trolly jack tho!!

Why? He's got 2 axle stands at the rear as well.

 

[jesus]

Lovely - definitely needed a clean!

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Looking nice. I've cleaned mine today with my mate and used iron x and meguiars clay kit. First time with using both.
Finished off with using meguiars 205 polish? (Was my mates)
Used this with his DA polisher.
Then applied zaino z5
Then finished it all off with zaino z8

Was so impressed with the end product. Never seen it so shiny. So happy. Think arctic blue is a rewarding colour.
Here's a couple of pics under petrol station light

Debadged the renaultsport badge on rear too.

 

[Joe R26]

Awesome! Do mine?

Why?! yours is probably still cleaner than mine even after all that work lol!.

Looks nice mate, IMO your crazy leaving it up on a trolly jack tho!!

Thanks. Yeah it had four axel stands underneath it

Great work mate, it looks awesome!

Lovely - definitely needed a clean!

Thanks, its far from perfect but I'm really pleased with how its cleaned up. Last time I waxed it was well over a year ago

 

[Jekyll]

Some good pics there aswell Joe. You still got your old camera or you got a new one?

 

[Bobby.]

Great results mate.

 

[Joe R26]

Looking nice. I've cleaned mine today with my mate and used iron x and meguiars clay kit. First time with using both.

Very nice results, wish I had access to a DA!. How did you find the meguiars clay?.

Some good pics there aswell Joe. You still got your old camera or you got a new one?

Yeah still got the old Fuji Finepix S5600. Its knocking on now though. Have to tweak all my photos to get the colour in them. lol.

 

[one in a million]

wow never seen your car clean before lol looking good tho mate

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Thought the meguiars clay was awesome. Never Clayed a car before so I was really impressed by it all. Iron x is great stuff too but it really does stink.

 

[Joe R26]

wow never seen your car clean before lol looking good tho mate

Lol. Thats because its always ruined by the time I get round the M25 to any of the meets!. haha

Thought the meguiars clay was awesome. Never Clayed a car before so I was really impressed by it all. Iron x is great stuff too but it really does stink.

I've never clayed a car before either, it didn't feel like it was doing much on most of the car. It was mainly on the low parts of the doors, and back that had all the crap stuck to it. And yes Iron x stinks, and its amazing how long it takes for the smell to go aswell.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I can still smell it on hands etc now and I've cleaned them loads since.

 

[chriscummins7]

looks lovely!

Decatted yozza and k-tec induction kit? FML i bet that sounds insane

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I want a ktec induction kit so bad. Struggling to justify the cost though. bet it's worth it though

 

[Richyy182]

Lovely artic 182

 

[Joe R26]

looks lovely!

Decatted yozza and k-tec induction kit? FML i bet that sounds insane

haha. Its a bit shouty yeah! lol. Its a bit much for day to day driving but its amazing when "its on song" as Dr Jekyll says lol.

I want a ktec induction kit so bad. Struggling to justify the cost though. bet it's worth it though

Quality piece of kit. Its expensive but sounds great and is good quality.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Think ill order one soon.

 

[Jekyll]

Joe, you need to to get some vids up of the decatted yozza and ktr induction kit

 

[Joe R26]

Yeah, you'll never get the true sound on a video though. Whens the next tunnel run? lol

 

[montana]

Decent job , always good to get the wheels off and give it a proper clean

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I'm still yet to get the wheels off and do them properly. Would be good, mine need a refurb anyway.

 

[Joe R26]

I'm still yet to get the wheels off and do them properly. Would be good, mine need a refurb anyway.

I had a lot to do Saturday so it was a half hearted effort, my front wheels are covered in cv grease where my cv boots leaked, so I guess I need some gunk to get that off. And ideally need some tardis as there was a lot of stubborn tar inside the rim which I couldn't remove.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I've ordered induction kit last night off ktec. How long did yours take to come?

 

[Joe R26]

Haha well done. Depends what colour you ordered and what they have in stock? Don't think you'll regret it.

I ordered black which they had in stock and it was with me within two days.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I've ordered a blue one. They called today saying they are waiting for blue hoses to come in within next few days then they will post. So fingers crossed its here by end of week

 

[sladen1720]

Looks nice mate, IMO your crazy leaving it up on a trolly jack tho!!

Could have put it back down again before taking the pictures needs lowering man!

 

[Joe R26]

Could have put it back down again before taking the pictures needs lowering man!

I'm really tempted to go down the sportline or cooksport route. I just don't want to ruin the ride or handelling.

I'd love coilovers but it seems that a half decent set is well out of my price range.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Improves handling by fitting sport lines or cooksport springs. I would go for it. I don't regret them one bit.

 

[Joe R26]

Improves handling by fitting sport lines or cooksport springs. I would go for it. I don't regret them one bit.

What ones did you go for?.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

The sportlines, the cooksports were still under testing when I ordered mine. I like the stance the eibachs give but the cooksports give a better all round drop.

 

[Joe R26]

Hmmm will have to think about that. Can't do anything before Xmas anyway.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

It's definitely worth it. 100%. Just waiting on my induction kit now. Can't wait

 

[Joe R26]

Have to save my pennies and get some!

Lol wonder if it'll come before the weekend?

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I hope it does come before the weekend. Is it straightforward to fit? Take old air box out. Fit the new kit?

 

[Joe R26]

Fairly. I did mine in the cold and dark but there's a bit of messing about.

You gotta remove the feed from the acoustic valve. That's what took the time. I couldn't get the pipe off the acoustic valve. Ended up taking the wheel off and doing it that way.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

I think mine may already be removed. As when I cleaned filter in air box before the cold air feed for the underside was removed. So fingers crossed.

 

[Joe R26]

Yeah that's the easy one to remove. It's the one on the side of the airbox that's tricky. It does just pull off but mine didn't wanna budge.