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Some more movement on the 182. All the interior is back together, seats Bolted back in underneath. Swapped the cat over and sold it to the cat man, not happy with the olive joint so chopping it off and installing a fabricated connector that I made on the flamer project All new shocks on...

Some more updates on the 182! Pretty much finished the rear now, bumper is back on. Cleaned up two alloy wheels which were heavily pitted. Brushed down the drivers sill and protected with primer. Still working on fuel filling surround. Side skirt is now back on. Working on OSF arch. New...

I’ll see if there is any adjustment when I get time.

Not fitted it yet mate, however the last one I bought for Flame Red 172 project went through MOT fine with no emission lights.

Rear underneath all rust treated and Hammerite painted on. Polished up the exhaust, haven’t a clue what brand it is. Just had a delivery from RPD, so threw the new rear shocks on.

I think I would be climbing the walls if it wasn’t for the little Clio! 🤣

I ordered a pattern one from cat2u. the old one looks tired and it generates some cash towards the refurb work.

Cleaned up the rear beam, wire brushes, rust treatment and soon to paint with black Hammerite. The rear callipers look brand new. Had a sift through paperwork they were installed 2017, along with discs, bearings and pads. The brake lines are also Goodrich New Catalytic Converter just arrived too.

Some more progress since I’m home and isolating away in the garage.. managed to fix the leak🤞 scuttle panels blocked. Jet washed the carpets and cleaned up the interior Removed both front arches and side skirts to remove the normal soil build up and give the sills a good scrub. With the...

Due to C-19 and visiting Thailand, work have forced me into a two week isolation. Perfect time to tinker with the 182! Saturday morning I had the car dropped off, and was able to have a nosey. The ‘slight leak inside’ was actually a swamp. It had turned the carpets white. My first job was to...

The standard loom for the spots plugged into pre wired connector on the car loom near the horn (left wheel arch), so unsure how you would hard wire it from scratch..

I have a ph1 fog light loom somewhere sat in an envelope, someone on here asked for them but pulled out. If any use?

Another silly decision whilst browsing the classified ads, ended up buying this... 2004 Arctic Blue Clio 182 with both cup packs. 3 Owners from new with a stack of history, 118k miles Nice receipt for over a grand for recent Belts, Dephaser, Water pump and a new Alternator MOT failure on a...

Yep all round. Here’s a before pic

Yes mate 10mm with extended bolts.

Put the Interior back in again, added some 182 alloys, much prefer these to 172 standards.

I wasn’t planning on doing.. I think I will put the door cards and boot trims back, to give some sound proofing. It’s very noisy in this state ? It’s also on gumtree for sale. So really unsure what direction I’m going in now it’s fixed! ?

Today I got bored, so decided to strip out the Clio, see what all the fuss is about! De wiper, and basically everything from the behind the front seats back.

I really didn’t like the Magnex Exhaust, so removed it for a cheap and cheerful backbox for now. Looking much better.

Not updated this for a while! The car was sent to Diamond for an MOT, and to sort a problem with the rear brakes and lose gear linkage. A new rod donated from a 182 fixed this, it was on back to front! New handbrake cables and she flew through the MOT

Thanks for your comment. It feel as though the gears are more to the right, than previous 1*2. I’ve ordered a second hand one anyway ?

Does this gear linkage look bent to you? I’m trying to compare it to a google image, mine has a lot of turns/ twists, and does hang down quite low under the car. It’s going into a specialist soon to be looked at, so it maybe a good idea to buy a spare one ready to swap. (172 mk2) Thanks

Clio is all done ready for a trip to Mick @ Diamond in two weeks time. New shocks all round, New Catalytic Converter Lots of cleaning underneath New Horn Brake pads Cup splitter Cup spoiler Can’t wait to finally drive it!

Only the drivers front jacking point was bent/curled around. Bent it back with a small bar and some mole grips, sanded down surface rust and used rust converter. Let it dry and go at it with red primer, and use Wax oil on the inner sides.

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New Cat installed with made to fit reducer. Drivers side skirt removed and paint bubbling sorted Drivers arch cleaned up Bent jacking point repaired Engine painted

Currently away on holiday, but here’s some updated photos from the past few weeks of work. Basically removed the arch and skirts and removed a bucket load of soil, this has happened on every MK2 I’ve bought over the years. Also picked up a Black gold Cup spoiler. Will be painted at some point...

New shock on. Will replace all once I’ve got it through an MOT.