BG 182

[leeds2592]

 

[dann2707]

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Properly wondered where that was going then

 

[Louis]

Properly wondered where that was going then

 

[hopgop1]

Well it's the end of an era with this but I will be breaking it for parts unless someone wants to part with £5k for it.

Pricing everything up I'm looking at about £9k in parts so a huge difference.

It has been and continues to be a fantastic car, has never missed a beat and wasn't actually burning too much oil like I initially worried. Seems the same as usual, approx 1L per 10k miles. Having picked up an E92 for daily use and finding out I've a baby on the way seems its the right time for it to go!

Can't say I won't miss it, I'm sure I'll be back in one!

I’d be very interested in all the sat nav gubbins, I.e. dash top, screen, any loom for it etc.

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

I’d be very interested in all the sat nav gubbins, I.e. dash top, screen, any loom for it etc.

5k, comes with free Clio attached

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Reckon you'll get 9k in parts?

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

Reckon you'll get 9k in parts?

His seats are worth more than a normal 182 so I'd hope so🤣

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

His seats are worth more than a normal 182 so I'd hope so🤣

Ahh s**t yeah I forgot he had Recardos

 

[Flob]

Properly wondered where that was going then

 

[imprezaworks]

What’s wrong with it

 

[Clio_fool]

What’s wrong with it

It's old and rusty and the FB groups probably value it at a grand while ignoring the fact 80% of it is only a few years old.

 

[Flob]

What’s wrong with it

Its f**king fucked mate

 

[imprezaworks]

Ah

 

[Louis]

What’s wrong with it

The cambelt is overdue and it has some rust on the offside rear arch. All arches are treated internally so it's just scabbing.

Otherwise the car is absolutely fine and been in daily use, I just won't see the money it's worth without breaking it!

 

[leeds2592]

It's old and rusty and the FB groups probably value it at a grand while ignoring the fact 80% of it is only a few years old.

If Louis put it on FB, it’d go something like….

“Hur hur hur, not werf that, its rusty and belts are well overjew”

Not realising that the seats alone are worth more than their dogshit silver 172 😂

 

[Clart]

Just read the whole thread. Really enjoyed it, some proper love gone into this car.

 

[imprezaworks]

Buy it.

 

[Stiamh-JM]

Just read the whole thread. Really enjoyed it, some proper love gone into this car.

 

[Clart]

 

[dann2707]

Just read the whole thread. Really enjoyed it, some proper love gone into this car. Would you take £3k

I see your game Mr man

 

[Flob]

I have avoided clicking on this because I had no clue who @Ling Long Greenmax was.

Now I need to try and work out the reason for the name change 🤦‍♂️

 

[Clart]

@Louis

I have avoided clicking on this because I had no clue who @Ling Long Greenmax was.

Now I need to try and work out the reason for the name change 🤦‍♂️

i have no idea who it is either

 

[Flob]

The one, the only:

 

[Mr Underhill]

I have avoided clicking on this because I had no clue who @Ling Long Greenmax was.

Now I need to try and work out the reason for the name change 🤦‍♂️

A thumbnail of a car in a ditch and Ling Long tyres?

 

[dann2707]

A just dunt mind Chinese tyres

 

[Louis]

What a day.

Decided I was going to make use of the good weather and fit my brembos today. Unfortunately my hardlines were rusty (obviously) so I needed to replace them. Spoke to BRT motorsport and with help from @Touring_Rob , @RichValver and using catcar I got the dims needed. Had a pair of braided lines made up and cracked on with fitting them.

Now this isn't easy with the engine in place so I had to tear out the fabric heatshield to gain access.

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I disconnected the hardlines from the calipers and plugged them with some blank m10x1 plugs. Absolute game changer!

Hardlines out and ABS pump plugged this is where I was at.

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Old lines were fucked! Now routing the new lines was a pain but got there in the end and basically got the lines clipped into all of the oem guides.

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Whilst I was here i decided to attack the rust. Now there's a fair bit in the arches and I definitely didn't get it all, but it's a start. Used my die grinder, wire brush and flap discs to attack the rust. Coated with hydrate 80 then some epoxy mastic. Now I still have other areas to go on but I ran out of time. Plan is to get the rest then gravitex and dynax ub it.

Fitted the brembos and needed to tighten pretty much every fitting. Getting the lines to seal on the pump was tough as there's not much space for leverage but got there eventually.

Brembos were bled but will definitely need doing again.

Some quality machining got the ds1.1.1.111s in the perfect position.

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Fingers crossed no leaks in the night!

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Also thanks to porl for the great brackets 👍

@MrBlonde

 

[Louis]

Reading this thread makes me cri

 

[Advikaz]

Reading this thread makes me cri

Dw mehttt, it’ll live on in the RB money pit

 

[Louis]

REST IN PIES

 

[dann2707]

So after months of scrolling through ebay for sale ads I finally bit the bullet and purchased a BG 182. Having owned my 1.2 and making it somewhat into a sport replica over the past year I'm glad to finally own a real sport! I will be keeping my 1.2 until January when my insurance renewal comes round so for now this will be my little project.

The car was advertised on ebay with a 99p start with no reserve and free mainland delivery. Ending at 3:40pm on a Tuesday led me to putting a cheeky bid in and winning it fairly cheaply! Having not seen the car before it was a risk, but one i'm glad I took.

It's a BG 182 with 120k miles, lots of history, KTR Induction, Polybushed dogbone, KTR engine mounts/gearbox mount, toyosports catback exhaust, decat, polybushed dogbone mount and best of all, in-built satnav! It's a little bit dated, but looks awesome and having 1 of only 10 in this colour in the UK with it installed makes it even better! It's a car I hope to keep for a long time so this factory sat nav can only add to the value.

A couple of bad parts of the car... There's a small scuff on the front bumper and the bonnet has a bubbling edge and a few dints where someone has pressed too hard when shutting it. Easy fixes really!

Anyway, a few pictures from the advert...
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Having trawled through the history it's clearly been looked after during its life, with evidence of belts being done in around 4 years ago IIRC. There is a receipt from Paul Temperton at renparts for dephaser pully and aux belt from 2014 but unfortunately no history in regards to them being replaced! I managed to find details from a PO and added them on facebook. He sent me more pictures from his ownership and told me how when he had the car it had receipts for belts being done in 2014 however I dont have this now!

First thing to go were the horrible stickers on the windscreen, the "modified cruise scene" and the rear renaultsport sticker. I'm still in two minds about the clio cup ones on the rear quarters but they will probably go when I get some RS-182 stickers made up for the skirts.

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Although the scuff is more visible now, people aren't drawn to it as much!

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Much better.

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Yesterday I gave the car it's first clean and polish (Nothing fancy, looking to buy some king of gloss/ black hole sometime soon).

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Fairly tidy alloys

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Another picture I took today of the car in sunlight.

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First task was to give my seatbelts a bit of a clean as they were dire.

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A washing tablet, fairy liquid and a scrubbing brush got us here. (About the only thing demon shine is good for... holding belts off the ground!)

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They need pressure washing or some vanish ideally but they'll do for now.
Next job was cleaning up the boot carpet as it had some stains..

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I also bought some fresh plates and they came today! You just have to go for 520 x 85 and the service from proplates was incredible. Ordered Monday came Wednesday! Only £21 delivered for both front and rear.

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Old plates off.

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New plates on.

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IMO new plates should always be the first thing done as they just transform a car! Hate seeing modified cars with dirty old number plates as it just ruins them.

As the car runs satnav I took out the radio to see whether I could run a connects 2 system for auxillary as they're linked and a new headunit would stop the satnav from working so i'm led to believe.

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A yellow and blue connector are removed in this photo (Yellow sat nav, blue cd changer) so I dont think there is a way to use connects to unfortunately. Unless I splice into the cabling?

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Moving on, I also bought some new xenon LED sidelights. Fitting was a ballache with the KTR but got there in he end.

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New

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Having read that the throttle body should be cleaned fairly often when an induction kit is fitted I set about doing this.

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Makes me happier knowing this is done, and also seemed to run a little better too.
@dann2707 also popped round to drop off some rear mats and alcantara a pillar and spotted this...

wtf.

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If it works it works i guess... Will be buying a new negative connector soon!

A few more pictures.

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Here's the dent in the bonnet.

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Not too bad but will be on my list to sort.

Have a few things to come really! Going to order a new brake switch as my ABS, Traction control and SERV light are on and the one fitted feels pretty fucked after Dan showed me it wobbling. If that doesn't rectify the issue i'll be ordering new ABS sensors as it just had new abs rings fitted so could also be down to this... Hopefully not! Can I just clean the original sensors?

Looking to clean up the engine bay and respray the inlet manifold, new bolt dressing kit, new floormats etc. Will update the thread as I go on!

Glad to finally own a 182 and look forward to getting to some meets.

Looks absolutely brilliant this.

Do you still have it?

 

[Louis]

Looks absolutely brilliant this.

Do you still have it?

Glad to finally own a 182 and look forward to getting to some meets.

 

[dann2707]

Glad to finally own a 182 and look forward to getting to some meets.

You only got it bevause I told you the meets were full of c***s but you took it literally you TOP SHAGGER

 

[Flob]

Sad times.

 

[Clio_fool]

Is that all that's left of it? I knew it was rusty but wow 😱.

 

[Louis]

I'll post some lovely throwback photos later

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

If anyone wants to buy a BG 182 let me know

See if there's any suckers in here getting reminiscent

 

[Louis]

If anyone wants to buy a BG 182 let me know

See if there's any suckers in here getting reminiscent

How much mate? Thanks

 

[TheBandit]

Hi, is this still available?

 

[leeds2592]

When this photo was taken, who have thought a few years later, you’d get rid of that bag of s**t and end up with the best car in the world?

P.S look at how intact that e92 splitter is 👀

 

[Speedo Gonzales]

When this photo was taken, who have thought a few years later, you’d get rid of that bag of s**t and end up with the best car in the world?

P.S look at how intact that e92 splitter is 👀

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And how silver the wheels are

Every time I've seen that car since the wheels have been like a coal miners arsecrack