Thought it was about time to start a project thread for my car.
Bought it back in late November looking like this:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Not ideal, but the important bits were all good. Belts done by Engine Dynamics, box is fine etc.
Cosmetically it wasn't the prettiest, a number of age related dings and marks, but most of these are easily sorted out with some TLC and relatively little money.
Spec/mods as bought was:
Got it home, and set about ordering some of the basic CS bits to tidy it up:
Before:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
After:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
After this, with the help of @JamesBryan, we did:
Headlights before:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Headlights after:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Other than these, I've added/mended/replaced:
Currently looks like this:
BG Clio 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG Clio 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Plans for the future are:
Just got the hefty insurance price to pay in March, then I can get on with all of this!
Bought it back in late November looking like this:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Not ideal, but the important bits were all good. Belts done by Engine Dynamics, box is fine etc.
Cosmetically it wasn't the prettiest, a number of age related dings and marks, but most of these are easily sorted out with some TLC and relatively little money.
Spec/mods as bought was:
- Powerflow custom exhaust (decat, non-res)
- Eibach Sportlines
- Remap
- Team Heko wind deflectors (Not sure on these yet)
- LED rear numberplate light
- Metal footrest
- Spare wheel added
Got it home, and set about ordering some of the basic CS bits to tidy it up:
- KTEC Induction kit
- Custom 3/4 plate and plain rear plate
- Phillips Silvervisions
- Bosch Aero front wiper blades
- Bosch rear wiper
- Dash strips/wheel trim and gear knob insert back to original plain silver 182 ones from the 172 ph2 ones it had
- Debobbled the seat/doorcard alcantara
- Removed the awful 'Renaultsport Clio' etched vinyl stickers in the rear windows
- Added a CS Sticker
Before:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
After:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
After this, with the help of @JamesBryan, we did:
- Powerflexed the dog bone
- Larger throttle pedal (70mm wide, standard one is 50mm wide)
- New Bosch pre-cat lambda sensor
- O/S rear caliper sliders copper greased
- Restored the headlights with an Autoglym Headlight Restoration kit
Headlights before:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Headlights after:
BG 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Other than these, I've added/mended/replaced:
- 3 injectors replaced (after a mis-fire)
- Alternator (and aux belt kit) replaced
- Alternator splash guard added
- N/S rear light connector block replaced
- New rear numberplate light (kept the LED bulb and put in this)
- Battery clamp added (with help of @JamesBryan)
- Boot net added
- Top engine mount replaced with good second hand one (with help of @Brett)
- Front engine bay seal replaced with good second hand one
- Seat belts cleaned
- Manifold to decat genuine exhaust fitting kit added (again, with the help of @JamesBryan)
- Rear wiper motor replaced with second hand one (with the help of @JamesBryan)
- Rear wiper arm replaced (third party one, genuine Renault one will be being bought)
- Alternator live wire ring connector replaced
- 2 new front Yokohama S-Drives
Currently looks like this:
BG Clio 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
BG Clio 182 by Niall97, on Flickr
Plans for the future are:
- Bilstein B14 coilovers
- Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2, gloss black
- Yokohama AD08R's
- Whiteline ARB
- Matched Inlets
- Miltek exhaust, decat non-res
- Remap at EFi
- Renaultsport Sparco steering wheel
- Powerflex the usual front end components
- Powerflex top engine mount
- Replace bonnet (Laquer peel on this, picked up a good second hand one from @cs_dave)
- Replace O/S front wing (Picked one up already from Ebay)
- Replace both doors (both are fairly beaten up)
- Renaultsport mats
- Genuine Renault rear wiper arm
- Bootlid dent repaired
Just got the hefty insurance price to pay in March, then I can get on with all of this!