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I paid £300 for the lot. Sounds expensive but take into account how much would it be to shot blast and paint all of that at a normal spray shop? £170-£250?? On top of that it's J37 paint code which is more £££ then on top of that to get it all professionally ported matched and englarged £££££
So I enquired about these to a guy I found on the Internet. Wanted the whole works (Ported, Matched & Gasflowed inlets, Fuel rail guard & Enlarged Throttle Body) all painted in my choice of "Any colour"
Whilst I recently bought my first 182 in BG
Project thread here...
Sounds good! Keeping the front and rear diamonds silver or going to go black?
Back when I had my Arctic for all of a week I had plans to change all my interior trims to 172 cup ones as they're all Arctic blue. Dash trims, gear stick insert, steering wheel insert and even the speedo clock...
Yeah dude! Get some cleaning stuff, if like me you can easily waste/enjoy 2hours or so just cleaning/detailing it then defo invest (; results always worth it. Arctic blue would look immense shiny wet look clean. Black however lasts around a day before blemishes like dust show up -.- plus you can...
Thanks dude, slowly but surely it's coming along.. And it's not even moved anywhere the last almost 2 months now hahaha.
Also forgot to mention I also achieved this ultimate mirror shot today with my new cleaning/detailing thiiiiinnnngs.
I REALLY need a proper camera.
Also bought and...
Some Liquid Yellow love going off in this update. Got sent these photos just now from the guy who's matched and ported my custom inlets and enlarged Throttle Body.
Looking spot on Liquid Yellow! Should recieve it all on Wednesday/Thursday so I'll update with loads of pics then on...
This! Is this guy a member on here? This is the first 182 I bought around a year ago and lasted about a week before I sold it on again.
Been wondering for a while if it'll pop up again and here it is Hahahaha. No way.
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With that I tackled the bonnet of the car. Rinsed, snow foam, De-tarred & De ironised, wash and wax, dried, glossworkz(ed) and then Butter wax to achieve this;
Worlds best iPhone photos there. :up::up::up:
Proper camera would show the shine even better.
Also with the...
Haha it's happening mate! I'm not expecting any gains from it, just the price for it to be enlarged professionally and painted professionally is worth it (:
Meanwhile my somewhat favourite past time of cleaning/polishing has become borderline OCD. Past month alone I've spent close to £120 on...
Another pointless slow update but because *cough* race car *cough* ..
I like it (: plus it's only a sticker and can be removed before people start to hate. Fits well with what the car generally is.
Cars also filthy and been neglected sat in the back yard for so long that the battery is now...
I can't win :weary: going to have to dedicate a whole day for this.. For it to then probably rain the next day.
So..
Iron X
De tar (what brand/product?)
Clay.
?
Right so now it's:
Rinse
Snow foam
Rinse
Wash&wax shampoo
Rinse
Dry
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Iron x (spray on, sponge around, wait, rinse? Panel by panel)
Clay (iron x and clay probably once every couple of month?)
**
Black hole glaze (panel by panel, wax on wax off instantly?)
Finish with whatever wax I decide...
Don't kill me I'm new at this haha, I love a clean car but my life experience of noob cleaning has always just been Wash and then auto glym wax. Bad I know but now I'm more into learning and trying I've come across a "wait what" moment.
I've never used but now bought a Glaze (black hole) I've...
Had to sell my Arctic 182 after 6 days as insurance as well as other things was just stupid money to run! So fair play to you for doing it now (:
And awesome I'll check it out (:
Cheers guys. Had this for 3 years now! Got another project going off with a BG182 I've bought and equally sinking as much money in here:
http://www.cliosport.net/threads/joes-bg182-money-pit.776087/#post-10824350
But yes. I have had quite a few people trying to initiate a race or tailgate me...
Cheapest I found on moneysupermarket was around £770 a year with admiral. However I'm going to give Greenlight a go and see what they offer, I PMd Neil on here last night about it actually, providing i do under 5K a year (easy) as a really rough estimate probably around £550-£650 a year. I'll...
Haha yeah dude! Can't beat abit of spending. Think about it after (;
Unfortunately for me though it's all spend and no play. Barely have time to fit half these things. Basically spending it as quick as I earn it. Not driving it yet either. Waiting til the 3 years NCB rolls up in October...
+1 to xenons. I have a rep and went down uprated lights route before xenons. Waste of time, Nothing compares to xenons when it comes to lighting up the roads. A "sheet of white light" as I call it. Plus they look the part too.
Buy a set off here or ebay or local breakers yard. Make sure...
In other news I bought a V6 airbox today from James breaking his PH1 (unfortunately. It looked clean!)
So this is now on my to do list which will all happen at once later down the line when I start driving it.
Came with a pre fitted K&N. I'll clean it up and probably subtle decal it too at...
Thanks man (: I've recently bought dodo juice lime prime pre wax and poor boys liquid nattys blue wax. I'm after a proper wet glossy look so I'll see how all that turns out.. But need a better camera other than iPhone first