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Quick winter update. Nothing new to the outside, but has just had two recon driveshafts fitted, gear oil change and some nice new shell helix into the engine. Front brake hoses looked worse for wear so replaced and fluid flush and change.Also straightened up my toyo sport once and for all. Didnt...
All these colour names are confusing what happened to old fashioned blue silver and black lol
Mr beer does indeed have a white 172 cup.
Theres a liquid yellow in the lee mill area now as i found the bloke taking photos parked next to mine at tesco haha.
A few from my days moorland photo whoring
A few things added to the 'to do list'
This scratch bugs hell outta me some gotta be done
And my toyo sport continues to sit on the piss...so new clamps and poly mounts on order
Next up will be deciding to just refurb my wheels or go...
As i said i have found documented history of a belt change now, was done at renault main dealer and at 39,000 miles and only 18 mnths-2 years ago. I believe in specialists being worth there weight in gold for some things in particular....But...(know im opening up a huge debate now) are you...
I think i will leave out the dephaser as it silent. The waterpump im unsure of tho....ony old astra the bearing went in waterpump then boom off came the belt and destroyed the engine big time. Now rather weary of pumps lol
Okay so having thought about this alot i set about finding history on my car. I know have the service book which is showing a main dealer service and timing belt change at 39,200 miles in 2011. So when would it be next due if thats correct?
Its one of the crappy U-bolt ones. Ill be getting one of them then as i cant stand the rattle any longer...with that and the olive on the cat working loose because of speedbumps this exhaust is a nytmare
After selling my golf gttdi due to derv boredom i purchased my first clio rs from my best mate for a solid £1900. It came on 70k and 12 mnths mot. Altho it had apex lows and a stainless catback not much else had been done other than someone smashing the cup splitter to pieces.
How it looked on...
My 182 has an after market s/s catback exhaust (brand unknown) with major issues. It rattles on the bumper on idle constant.....so get under neath and twist the back section on the sleeve joint till its straight and away from bumper equally, job done i thought but noooo as soon as i drive down...
Another newbie here, i recently purchased an 04 reg 182 FF Cup, i admit i bought the car in haste off a close friend but it is now apparent theres nothing in the history to prove a belt and dephaser change :-(. He assures me its been done but he only owned it a short time, no noises from...
Hahahahaha remove fibreglass and improve with carbon...thats just how i roll! And chris was it not you ordering a delta bodykit for your teacup and a pack of cable ties to fit it lmao
Thank you peoples :-)
Chris: I will be doing a project thread in the near future...as you know the clios gone from lame to insane in one weekend.
McGherkin: the windscreen sticker has kinda always been a thing on all my cars, but must admit i was sat today thinking wether to remove it just...
Hello everyone, picked myself up a mint 182 with both cup packs a few months ago, and after much thought of wether to keep or move it on i took it upon myself to make it my own. it wears real carbon fibre (no nasty wrapping here) uprated exhaust, induction and suspension. i wont go into the full...