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Looks great dude. So nice to see examples of these kept so well. Inspiring for the rest of us ?

Dropped the car with Alex at AW Motorworks tonight for a few days. She’s in for a fair bit of love. Cambelt kit. Aux belt kit. Dephaser pulley. Cam oil seal kit & caps. Crank bolt. Water pump & Antifreeze. Full OEM clutch kit with release bearing Gearbox oil Engine oil/filter All being...

If I’m honest Chris I can’t say as I haven’t experienced that on my car. I won’t recommend or comment on something unless I have first hand experience of it. However I will say it’s a huge improvement over stock and has had no detrimental affects at all. So if you find the powerflex item is...

Not sure if anyone else has seen one of these yet, but i am so impressed by it, I felt the need to share. I recently fitted a new prototype Poly dogbone from PhillipM. This is really quite impressive, much improved gear selection and control of the engines torque reaction. However absolutely...

I nearly purchased that car, it was for sale in Norfolk from a chap named James. I needed a back seat so it was a no go from me, looked a lovely example with lots of nice parts on it. Congrats

I have a 6S that the battery life started to get really bad. I got a new genuine apple one from ebay for about £15 with the tools to fit it. Did it myself in about 10 minutes and its been perfect ever since. In fact so good that I changed the battery in the wifes one too. They're like new...

Not much to update but a few more odds and sods. Wen I first owned the car I fitted what was at the time a pretty high spec Alpine HU. FFwd to now and I wanted one that would stream from my phone as well as have a full high speed iPod connection. So swapped out the CDE-113BT for a CDE-178BT...

If I were to do it I think id get a single Pole Position or similar. Personally I've never been a fan of Trendlines at all both in appearance or comfort. I've got a carbon Prodrive Sparco from the Impreza i'm tempted to put in, but its bolsters are too high for a daily and it wouldn't suit the...

In my mind I fancy a proper drivers seat, a PMS shifter and Vibratechnic mounts. Just to get the feel and control of the car as it is now. As to be honets, as it is, its pretty sweet in terms of ride/handling. Some reduced body roll would be nice, but not sure I can achieve that without going to...

Agree there’s no definitive answer, however there is certainly a trend of well balanced components that make for a perfectly useable and comfortable but well focused road car. I’ve an alpine with Bluetooth and full speed iPod too. It’s essential for a road car imo. You say you’ve gone too far...

This is exactly the kind of reply I stated this thread for. The guys that have modded and then actually gone back to OE or a less extreme version of the upgrade in some instances. Cars that have been honed for the owners perfect idea of their road car.

Without wishing to digress the thread too much. When I first owned the Clio it was along side my Impreza and I can honestly say hand on heart that I had every bit as much fun in the 182 as I did in the Impreza dispite being a whole 400bhp short. I still own the Impreza although I’m breaking the...

How do you find the VT mounts day to day?

In fairness I was probably quite harsh by saying that nothing short of £500 per corner was worth looking at, however I do think that budget coilovers are absolute pants, and in my experience and not worth the agro of owning or fitting. Often they make the car worse both to drive and live with...

LMAO (facepalm) :D

I bought a bag of 100 black peel rivets from RivetWise last week for £5.40 delivered. Its so cheap its not worth worrying about, i've got plenty of spares and arrived within a couple of days.

Rivetwise do them, its about £5 for 100, just buy a bag and have spares :)

This is very true, but seeing as I have another car and this is just my fun daily. I'd like to think you guys have a good idea of where I' coming from when I say perfect road car. You know my history more than most so know the kind of thing im looking for :)

Sounds like a lovely car :) Not sure im familiar with an R3 airbox? Already have braided hoses as I fitted these on my first tenure of the car. Uprated dogbone mount has indeed been ordered and is on route. :)

You mean this STI? ? I am indeed that Frayz

So get a VT gearbox mount? Uprated DB I’ve ordered. Is there any truth in the an OEM Kangoo upper mount being firmer that that of a stock Clio mount?

So what’s the overall thoughts on the PMS shifter and Vibratechnics mounts on a road car? Yay or nay?

15s, not a bad idea. I used to drive on NS2Rs & RSRs all year, but currently only on PS3s. Wonder if 15s would look too small without coilovers as the the relatively subtle drop of the Eibachs may make the car look odd on 15s

AWM is doing the belts and clutch on the 17th of this month so it should be bang on.

Pretty much as expected. Not really bothered about upping the power to be honest, but if it would help up the torque and smooth the drivability it wouldn't hurt.

Interesting a few folk mention a map. I'm still on the stock map, but wonder how much improvement is available in the drivability? Engine Dynamics are my local tuners for these I assume, much to be had from a £200 quid tweek?

I've got Sportlines on my otherwise stock Cup chassis and although they do look better, the OEM Cup springs rode better. Agree coilovers are superb if they're very high spec units. However my idea of decent coilover suspension is more than the cost of most 182s. Ha

Nope, keeping it sensible :)

Big fan of the MOMO Prototipo myself. Leather for a daily or alcatara/suede and wear gloves. No smaller than 330mm

Not sure what coilovers would offer over cup dampers other than ride height adjustment at their price point. In my experience with suspension, id need to spend a minimum of £500 a corner to buy coilovers worth fitting IMO. £2k vs £140 for Cup dampers is a tough spend, especially when the ride...