Polished 172 Cup - Now with Custom Eibachs, BTB & 3/4 plate

[Wests Renault]

Woke up for the first time on a Sunday in a long while without a hangover, the sun was shining and I thought it would be rude not to give the cup some TLC!

Before pics:

After pics:

 

[Harpham]

Awesome stuff, Tom.

 

[Will.]

<3

 

[VIICarCare]

looks awesome, lovely shiny bits too

 

[RDH]

Nursing a semi.

 

[Cookson]

Looks lovely!!

 

[Daniel]

You're mad getting rid of that!

 

[Russ_16v]

Looks just perfect!!

Standard looking Cup with the smaller front plate, if I had a Cup thats exactly the way id want it - looks mint and you're mad to sell!!

 

[BREMBO]

Very very nice

 

[Slammed172]

Proper exhaust !

 

[Daz.]

Ooooft want that!

 

[Wests Renault]

Cheers for the kind comments guys, cleaning a car does make you fall back in love again, but it only lasts a short while before I start looking at scoobys again!

 

[Matt Cup]

Lovely

 

[leeds_182]

Great ride height.

 

[Russ_16v]

Id take that over a Scooby any day, in fact I did, I sold my Impreza to buy my first Ph1! lol

 

[Wests Renault]

Just been out for a drive and love everything but just want a bit more oomph, think I need to have a ride in a clio which is called, rs2'd or throttle bodied....

 

[Kieran..]

Lovely! As said don't sell!

 

[sam55]

Stunning! Inspiration for me to refurb my wheels and fit some lower springs!

 

[Christopher]

Cups are awesome.

 

[Austin-182]

Looks great!

 

[The Fatty]

looking good. what products did you use? Also, how do you get 'custom eibachs'?

 

[Wests Renault]

Cheers for the comments again guys, making me want to keep it more and more!

The eibach sportlines have been rewound to sit lower but retain the ride quality. I would say the ride is a little harder than standard eibachs but not too bumpy etc

Today was just quite a quick wash with the 2bm and autoglym shampoo then polished with autoglym super resin

 

[The Fatty]

im suprised the alloys cam up so clean then?! That autoglym shampoo must be amazing!

 

[Wests Renault]

Oh yea forgot about the wheel cleaner just some acid based wheel cleaner from work

Also used sone bug spray for the front too

 

[Stu-]

Looks 100 times better clean! I like it.

 

[AdamSmith]

Looks amazing Tom.

It looks so good after a basic clean because it's been seriously well looked after!

You've finished it off as far as I'm concerned :clap:

 

[Wests Renault]

Looks amazing Tom.

It looks so good after a basic clean because it's been seriously well looked after!

You've finished it off as far as I'm concerned :clap:

Yep, machined it in march when had that nice weather too. Need to get a few layers of wax on at some point but couldn't be bothered today lol

 

[imprezaworks]

Id keep that tbh

 

[Wests Renault]

Id keep that tbh

Swaying this way tbh....

Got this pic set as my background on my phone, love it lol

 

[imprezaworks]

That would seal it for me, better the devil you know.

 

[AdamSmith]

RS2/Trumpets.

Done.

 

[Cookson]

This has just made me decide on my next 172

 

[Cookson]

You got a hi-res one of this?

 

[Jimbo_M]

The car looks fantastic tom!

 

[Y7 ADW]

That's lovely mate.

 

[Wests Renault]

You got a hi-res one of this?

Yes mate pm me your email address

 

[Šįk]

Such a lovely example cup! Perfect spec too!

If your selling pm me details please.

 

[andywa]

Great stuff mate.

 

[Wests Renault]

Such a lovely example cup! Perfect spec too!

If your selling pm me details please.

Caught in 2 minds now, keep the clio and do some engine mods, or sell up and buy something quicker to start with. Just don't want to plunge a load of money into the Clio and never see it back. Suppose if I buy second hand parts I'm not going to loose a lot when it comes to resale.

 

[Šįk]

Spending money on N/A engine mods is a waste, I wouldn't do it if I were you Unless it was due it's belts then maybe cams but still that's a dear doo too. What other cars are you thinking of upgrading too?