PB 182 (1 of 29)
Right, had the Full Fat PB for about a year now and thought it was about time I started a project thread (this is actually my 500th post too).
Unfortunately the Clio has been a bit of a slow burn due to working full time, rebuilding a 400 year old mud and stud cottage and trying to spend time with the family..
Bought my PB in July 2011 (ish). After looking at a ropey Trophy in Wales I called in at Birmingham on the way home to see a "green" Clio 182 and bought it then and there after agreeing to a cambelt change being included in the sale (if I paid £200 over the asking price).
It arrived looking like this:
Unfortunately the Kia/Ford dealership had a go and made a mess of the cambelt. Luckily, Mick at Diamond Motors in Long Eaton sorted it out after finding the timing to be a nats nadger away from pistons and valves coming together. Mick fitted a brand new cambelt, tensioner, dephaser pulley, S/H pas pump, new aux belt and brimmed it with new oil. He also found the cam cover was leaking so removed it, cleaned and resealed it all within the job - really top bloke! (The dealer also paid the whole bill too).
So over to me...........
1st mods:
Alpine Headunit
CS Tax disk holder
I kept looking at the tatty looking bullets and decided to give them a makeover after sourcing some PB rattle cans from Autopaint St Helens:
Before:
During:
After:
A couple of weeks later I managed to get a K-Tec racing panel filter, and a silicone induction hose.
First big modification I wanted to do was get some new wheels, so when some Trophy Turinis came up on CS I went for them but after someone on here photoshopped some silver ones onto a PB I knew they needed to be silver so had a go and resprayed them. Once shod with 205/45 R16 Michelin Pilot Sport 3s they were on!
I also picked up a cheap Cup splitter on the net.
I then organised a group buy to get a Scorpion RS192 which arrived a few weeks later and I fitted it up.
Just some Silver Vision Bulbs all round, a stubby aerial and clean plates from Fancy Plates including a 3/4 front one and the PB looked like this:
Due to some (minor) melting I decided to get my steering wheel refurbed by Mikeyk18 on here. I bought another wheel from a member on CS who sent it directly to Mikey. He then recovered it, including new thumb grips, with leather to match the original with black stitching on the grips and a jade green thread on the rest of the wheel. The result is amazing and it instantly improved the interior and the feeling when driving.
The wheel:
I drove around happy for a while but decided to get a few more bits to improve the car further, taking a day off work I got busy and fitted the following:
Including Pure Motorsport solid top mounts and strut brace:
Fitted:
Eibach Sportline springs (I live in the sticks and have a sloping drive so can't go too low)
Whiteline rear anti roll bar:
I also fitted a set of Eibach camber adjustment bolts, a new front bonnet seal, a silenced decat and a new pair of front ball joints.
During the work I found out that both of the front springs had snapped what looked like a long time before:
The rear setup:
Despite the broken springs, the stance of the car definitely improved with a definite lowering at front and rear.
After all that was on I headed to The Nottingham Alignment Centre to set up the front with -1.5 degrees of camber and a smidge of toe, they measured -1.46 and -1.44 at the rear so it is pretty well balanced and it drives amazingly now, it is truly unstickable yet really comfortable too.
So that is where I am at at the moment but I have not finished yet.
I have just bought a pipercross cone filter (from a JMS RS2 set up) along with a 70mm Silicone 90 degree bend with some joiners to create an induction set up behind the passenger light. I am also going the order an RS tuner tomorrow to map the car.
I killed my splitter on my driveway so have got a Fabia one to fit until I get round to getting the drive changed and then getting another Renault cup splitter ordered. I've also got a boot net to go in.
The future plans are:
Front and rear spacers as the wheels are tucked too far into the arches for me
197 Renault sport badge
Matched inlets
Painted/polished engine bay
A genuine mat set
Dent master session
Colour coding of the dash strips and clock surrounds
Better speakers all round with some ampage and maybe a sub
Maybe get the front bumper and bonnet resprayed to make perfect
Some kind of brake upgrade (probably just Braided hoses, DS2500s and better disks) or I might look into the bigger caliper options
Beyond that I might look at cams, ITBs or RS2 or forced induction.......
I recently managed to get a contact at Renault to look at the import records and they found that mine was the first Petrol Blue to be imported to the UK so is essentially No. 1 of 29!
I think this is a definate keeper!
Comments welcome, thanks for reading this far!
Dean
Unfortunately the Clio has been a bit of a slow burn due to working full time, rebuilding a 400 year old mud and stud cottage and trying to spend time with the family..
Bought my PB in July 2011 (ish). After looking at a ropey Trophy in Wales I called in at Birmingham on the way home to see a "green" Clio 182 and bought it then and there after agreeing to a cambelt change being included in the sale (if I paid £200 over the asking price).
It arrived looking like this:
Unfortunately the Kia/Ford dealership had a go and made a mess of the cambelt. Luckily, Mick at Diamond Motors in Long Eaton sorted it out after finding the timing to be a nats nadger away from pistons and valves coming together. Mick fitted a brand new cambelt, tensioner, dephaser pulley, S/H pas pump, new aux belt and brimmed it with new oil. He also found the cam cover was leaking so removed it, cleaned and resealed it all within the job - really top bloke! (The dealer also paid the whole bill too).
So over to me...........
1st mods:
Alpine Headunit
CS Tax disk holder
I kept looking at the tatty looking bullets and decided to give them a makeover after sourcing some PB rattle cans from Autopaint St Helens:
Before:
During:
After:
A couple of weeks later I managed to get a K-Tec racing panel filter, and a silicone induction hose.
First big modification I wanted to do was get some new wheels, so when some Trophy Turinis came up on CS I went for them but after someone on here photoshopped some silver ones onto a PB I knew they needed to be silver so had a go and resprayed them. Once shod with 205/45 R16 Michelin Pilot Sport 3s they were on!
I also picked up a cheap Cup splitter on the net.
I then organised a group buy to get a Scorpion RS192 which arrived a few weeks later and I fitted it up.
Just some Silver Vision Bulbs all round, a stubby aerial and clean plates from Fancy Plates including a 3/4 front one and the PB looked like this:
Due to some (minor) melting I decided to get my steering wheel refurbed by Mikeyk18 on here. I bought another wheel from a member on CS who sent it directly to Mikey. He then recovered it, including new thumb grips, with leather to match the original with black stitching on the grips and a jade green thread on the rest of the wheel. The result is amazing and it instantly improved the interior and the feeling when driving.
The wheel:
I drove around happy for a while but decided to get a few more bits to improve the car further, taking a day off work I got busy and fitted the following:
Including Pure Motorsport solid top mounts and strut brace:
Fitted:
Eibach Sportline springs (I live in the sticks and have a sloping drive so can't go too low)
Whiteline rear anti roll bar:
I also fitted a set of Eibach camber adjustment bolts, a new front bonnet seal, a silenced decat and a new pair of front ball joints.
During the work I found out that both of the front springs had snapped what looked like a long time before:
The rear setup:
Despite the broken springs, the stance of the car definitely improved with a definite lowering at front and rear.
After all that was on I headed to The Nottingham Alignment Centre to set up the front with -1.5 degrees of camber and a smidge of toe, they measured -1.46 and -1.44 at the rear so it is pretty well balanced and it drives amazingly now, it is truly unstickable yet really comfortable too.
So that is where I am at at the moment but I have not finished yet.
I have just bought a pipercross cone filter (from a JMS RS2 set up) along with a 70mm Silicone 90 degree bend with some joiners to create an induction set up behind the passenger light. I am also going the order an RS tuner tomorrow to map the car.
I killed my splitter on my driveway so have got a Fabia one to fit until I get round to getting the drive changed and then getting another Renault cup splitter ordered. I've also got a boot net to go in.
The future plans are:
Front and rear spacers as the wheels are tucked too far into the arches for me
197 Renault sport badge
Matched inlets
Painted/polished engine bay
A genuine mat set
Dent master session
Colour coding of the dash strips and clock surrounds
Better speakers all round with some ampage and maybe a sub
Maybe get the front bumper and bonnet resprayed to make perfect
Some kind of brake upgrade (probably just Braided hoses, DS2500s and better disks) or I might look into the bigger caliper options
Beyond that I might look at cams, ITBs or RS2 or forced induction.......
I recently managed to get a contact at Renault to look at the import records and they found that mine was the first Petrol Blue to be imported to the UK so is essentially No. 1 of 29!
I think this is a definate keeper!
Comments welcome, thanks for reading this far!
Dean
