Acid yellow 182 project

[Balbasra9477]

So I thought I would make a thread on my 182 and keep track of all the work that done or will be doing.

After owning the car for 4 yrs, Ive already done a bunch ranging from:

Full respray to clio v6 acid yellow
Low boost kit
Coilovers
Top end engine rebuild
Gearbox rebuilt with a blackline ATB
And a few more small bits

Theres a few bits and bobs Im looking to sort and Im hoping to turn this into a clean car that I can enjoy on track and take to shows

I have a bad habit of not taking enough pictures so hopefully this thread will help me with that😭

Currently, the car is on stands with the engine removed as the sump seems to be leaking so I thought id remove the engine, sort the leak and get round to painting the engine bay to match the rest of the car

After removing and wiring and boost pipes out the bay I gave it a decent clean as it was caked in dirt oil and grease

Fast forward to today, I wanted to spend some time on getting the engine bay prepped for some epoxy primer and I also wanted to see if i could do anything to my front jacking points…

Which led me to this…

I knew they were bad and needed some attention but I had no idea what was hiding under the underseal… I decided to get stuck in and cut out any bad metal and make a plan on welding in some fresh metal

So this is where Im up to now, still need to do the N/S but I might concentrate on the O/S for now

 

[Balbasra9477]

Got some more done on the rear jacking point, getting to the point where i can start fabbing some of the pieces for the inner sill

 

[Louis]

Looking good mate.

 

[PP200t]

This is beautiful! Do you have any better/more pictures to drool over? The colour suits it really well!
Good progress on the rust repairs too. Strange how these are so bad, I was sure they were galvanised from the factory!

 

[Balbasra9477]

This is beautiful! Do you have any better/more pictures to drool over? The colour suits it really well!
Good progress on the rust repairs too. Strange how these are so bad, I was sure they were galvanised from the factory!

Im so bad for taking pictures but Im sure i have some better ones

I think the factory underseal hides a lot of the horrors underneath, as soon as the rust sets in, its only a matter of time sadly, im glad Im sorting mine while it’s relatively minor

 

[PP200t]

Those pictures really show off the colour. Suits it so well!! (I know it’s a Clio (v6) colour, but still!) I wonder why they didn’t offer it alongside liquid yellow and petrol blue.

 

[Balbasra9477]

Those pictures really show off the colour. Suits it so well!! (I know it’s a Clio (v6) colour, but still!) I wonder why they didn’t offer it alongside liquid yellow and petrol blue.

I guess it makes the v6 even more special!