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6 months today this car will be attending a trackday at the Nurburgring 😳 Well that’s if it gets back together and the world pandemic settles down 😂 Attention has turned to the engine. With the block painted i’ve cleaned up the head. This looks good apart from the engine mount / cam belt...

Many hours have been going into getting the sills back together. The worst one was the front drivers side. It was down to me letting the car slip off the jack a few years back which caused damage to the side skirt. I sourced a spare one from a breaker a few months back ready for when I started...

I’ve been listening to them and loving them. The early days of Evo are interesting. Harry basically got £250k loan out for a barn and spent it setting up Evo 😂 The weird bit for me is he mentioned in one podcast abouta biker called ‘Barron Von Grumble’ who basically took a superbike green...

I’ve turned my attention to the engine for the moment. First up i’ve been cleaning the aluminium bits at the top. I’ve used some cleaner which is working well bits it’s hard work. I’m trying to avoid painting the top of the engine and associated bits. I’ll be happy with the frosted aluminium...

As above, my near side one came loose once

I’ve kind of cornered myself ATM as i’m waiting for some consumable parts. Etch primer, black hammerite and special engine cleaner for the soon to be shinny engine parts. I’ve started with the engine but as always it proved to be a tough start. When I had the cam belt changed the mechanic...

You're definatly right about the satisfaction, its's starting to resemble a car again which is nice! My main concern was damaging the powder coating on the sub frame. I used two trolley jacks with microfibre clothes on them to prevent damage. There must be better ways....:D

Cheers, TBH the spend is down ATM as I had all the bits or had already paid for them. The problem is the clutch I want is expensive so the build might be coming to a stop shortly. I have the £££ but COVID-19 makes it hard to justify the expense ATM. TBH there's so many bits I want to do I'll...

Last night I removed the old steering column. No mean feat in a single garage at night time. This took a few hours to achieve . I didn’t make brum brum noises but it’s the first time I’ve sat in the drivers seat of the car for nearly a year and it felt good ;) Today I swapped all the stalks...

Hi I'm just putting my Clio 182 back together and the old expansion tank is yellow and manky so I'd like to change it. The new OEM expansion tank is £50+. Has anyone run one from Euros (circa £15) on and has it been ok or do they fail/blow up after a year or so?! Cheers

Momentum is good at the moment. Bits have started coming out of the loft! First up was the ABS module. I forgot the case was in poor condition so had to clean it up and paint it. Its now silver as I've run out of black due to COVID-19. I also took time to put new clinch nuts and bolts that...

Cheers, i’ll Have a look through your build thread and see if I can see the ones at the front. I’ve seen the ones at the back. Do the water lines get in the way of the wiper mechanism?

I got mine second hand so don’t have the instructions. I can/will google them. I was just seeing if there’s any good/easy places with the 182 to save time or to get better coverage should it go off. Mines a 6 nozzle btw

Hi All I've purchased a plumbed in fire extinguisher but want to check where's best for the nozzles? I've had a look at a couple of the race car builds. I'm guessing two along the bulkhead area and two at the front with one of these aiming at the fuel rail? Also with the ones on the plate at...

Had a nice evening with the car tonight. I've managed to build a few bits up but the nice bit is I wasn't covered in rust, crap or paint when I finished! First up I fitted the bulkhead cover plate. I've adapted this to cover the old AC lines which I've cut back. I'll be changing a lot of the...

Cheers for the comments (y) I try my best , sometimes it goes well and sometimes it doesn’t! I’m no mechanic and I don’t have the budgets of the fancy race cars. This cars definitely become a labour of love

Big day today - first bits went back in! Also painted the last few bits. Only posted as we’ll see how long it takes from today to getting it started and getting it running....

Daunted as in there’s a lot to do and I don’t have much spare time, it’s hard to work in a single garage, there’s a lot of new bits going in that are different to before, I don’t want to forget one part and have to remove bits again to fit them, I want it back up together soon, I’ve been here...

With the upcoming COVID-19 isolation I've done my best to stock up...………………………………. on Clio parts to fit! Firstly the powder coating is back. Most is grey but there's a couple of cleaned up cast items. Looks smart but to be honest I haven't taken the bubble wrap off as I don't want to damage...

Had the call today to say the sub frame etc is ready at the powder coaters. I’m looking forward to getting the bits back as that signals the start of the rebuild. Most of the other bits I’ve painted are now ready. Made a bit of a mistake with the wishbones. Thought they were dry when I turned...

Added more silver to mine recently.....

Unless they’ve already been done bushes and other potentially worn out bits!

This weekend I managed to complete the wishbone strengthening. I was going to send this away for powder coating but I couldn’t get the camber bushes out of the wishbones without bending them so decides to tape them up and paints them in house. Of to my trusty mate for the welding. Today I...

Last weekend I managed to clearcoat the engine bay ready to start bolting some bits back in Found a bit of time at the weekend to run up and pick up the gearbox. On the way up I stopped at the Silverstone experience. It was nice to see one of the cars that got me into ‘cars’ again...

Cheers, I’m unsure on the EPAS as i’m still to drive one with it on. But there’s definatly a lot of bits that get removed! As for the paint, I used a grinder with a knotted wire wheel brush on it. I must have taken over 75% of the paint off. All the chassis legs, turrets etc. The bulk head was...

Cheers for the comments 👍 Went and checked on it today, it’s still looking good! There’s one bit I wanted to keep so I covered it in masking tape before I painted it .........

A day late as I was high on the paint fumes 🤪 Painted the front end including the wheel arches.......

Many many hours have gone into getting to today but at last the rebuild begins! Over the past couple of weeks every spare moment has gone into removing rust and crappy paint. As I don’t want to do it again I ended up doing the whole engine bay and both wheel arches. I etch primered everything...

I purchases mine new summer 2016 so imagine Gen 1