Arctic 182.... (foxee) an owners diary

[Robj182]

Well after owning various cars (bmw cooper S, puma's, zafira GSI etc etc) and getting heavily involved in french tin previously in the form of 106's and being part of the 106 owners club for a couple of years and having two well known cars on there:

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy328/robj2502/IMG_1743.jpg

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy328/robj2502/Cherry129155.jpg

I had had enough of small cars and thought I would get something a little bigger so I moved away from french and bought an Impreza:

http://i804.photobucket.com/albums/yy328/robj2502/IMG_1948.jpg

which I liked but it was an absolute pig to work on so after not very long and being a hot hatch man at heart I fancied a change so swapped the impreza for an artic blue 182 (pictures from advert):

as far as I can tell it is FF 182 with virtually brand new aftermarket speedline turini's otherwise it is completely standard in everyway. it has done just over 100k and has a few little problems:

Steering wheel is worn (not the thumb grips surprisingly!!)
exhaust mounts are shot
Exhaust is blowing from centre to back box joint (not badly)
passenger seat doesnt slide
steering feels a little loose as does the front end (not badly but just enough to not feel right)
rear brakes could do with replacement
wear to gear knob
excessive movement from engine mounts
some paint blemishes/small dents/scratches/swirl marks

So not a massive list and certainly nothing too serious and probably to be expected from a car with over 100k on it.
Hopefully these will be addressed in the very future and I will get some better pictures of it hopefully in the next few days once its had a decent clean and polish

 

[Robj182]

Well finally managed to give it a decent clean and polish but it was p**sing it down so no outdoor pictures but here's one post clean in my works carpark:

I have also fitted a new steering wheel so removed this:

Fitted the boss (as a side note to this the OMP boss doesnt fit the CC plug through it without a fair bit of filing!!!)

fitted these 3.9ohm resistors to remove the airbag light:

I also made these so that I could use the OMP horn button:

and the finished result:

and and you can just about see from the pic above I have also bought a carbon gearknob cover with blue decals:

Whilst messing about with this little lot I have also temporarily bodged the exhaust mounts (with some cut up mounts from my old impreza and some cable ties) so that the exhaust now sits pretty square and at the correct height.

Hopefully will be buying the parts to give the suspension a refresh in the next week or so and I may also get the poly dog bone mounts at the same time which should sharpen the car up a great deal.

More pictures to come if the weather's good

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Looks lovely mate. But it doesn't have a cup spoiler so it's not a FF. It may have cup packed suspension though.

Cup spoilers come up for sale quite often and it is probably the best modification you can do imo.

I bought mine from Autocrash off here.

 

[Robj182]

Thanks very much

I thought FF was the term for the standard car with all the toys then you could have FF plus cup suspension, FF plus both cup packs (FF cup) or am I mistaken??

The cup spoiler is something I am looking out for as I agree with you they look much better than the standard jobbie.

Anyone have any idea if the cup spoiler is still available from Renault and if so how much?

 

[bright]

FF is for the car with the nice interior, -and- both cup packs

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

A full fat is a non cup 182 with both cup packs ie suspension and cup spoiler.

I'm guessing that a new cup spoiler from Renault (if they still do them) will be astronomical money.

Keep an eye on the for sale section on here ans also watch out on eBay as they sometimes come up on there too.

Might be worth pinging a message to Autocrash (find him in the traders section) he might have one waiting to be painted.

 

[Robj182]

FF is for the car with the nice interior, -and- both cup packs

I stand corrected

 

[Robj182]

A full fat is a non cup 182 with both cup packs ie suspension and cup spoiler.

I'm guessing that a new cup spoiler from Renault (if they still do them) will be astronomical money.

Keep an eye on the for sale section on here ans also watch out on eBay as they sometimes come up on there too.

Might be worth pinging a message to Autocrash (find him in the traders section) he might have one waiting to be painted.

As above I stand corrected

I just missed one on ebay in the correct colour aswell

I will check out autocrash and see what they have

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

I'm not sure if that's a cup spoiler or not??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-C...r+Make:Renault|Model:Clio&hash=item232971d641

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Might be worth asking for a better pic of it

 

[Robj182]

I'm not sure if that's a cup spoiler or not??

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-C...r+Make:Renault|Model:Clio&hash=item232971d641

Thanks for the link I had looked at this one but it didnt look like an original to me. As you say it may be worth asking for a better picture

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

Yeah I did wonder about it.

If I see any ill give you a heads up.

Post a thread up in the wanted section on here.

 

[Scott™]

Nice car mate. Where did you get the gear insert?

 

[Robj182]

Yeah I did wonder about it.

If I see any ill give you a heads up.

Post a thread up in the wanted section on here.

cheers buddy

Nice car mate. Where did you get the gear insert?

thanks alot

I actually got it off ebay but I think the same guy is one here under carbon central in the cliosport traders section

 

[Robj182]

Well as can be seen below I finally managed to get some pictures outside in sunlight which I am happy about but whilst giving the car a good clean and also clearing some items off my to do list I have a few more to add so:

The old to do list plus additions:

Steering wheel is worn: Now replaced with OMP WRC however service and ESP lights are now up (think this is something to do with the clock spring/squib that tells the car the steering angle being in the wrong position but cant get it to work even after realigning the sight glass and dot)
Exhaust mounts are shot temporarily repaired
Exhaust is blowing from centre to back box joint (not badly)
passenger seat doesnt slide
steering feels a little loose as does the front end (This is getting progressively worse)
rear brakes could do with replacement
wear to gear knob now replaced with a carbon piece as above
excessive movement from engine mounts
some paint blemishes/small dents/scratches/swirl marks/scuffs/stone chips
Front tyres are in need of replacement as they are cracking/worn/look old in actual fact all 4 tyres could do with replacement as they are cheap nexan rubbish
Oil on top of the cam cover
Oil down the block (cant be bad leaks as no drips under the car maybe related to the above)
Oil looks old/dirty
Front seat belts are scruffy/dirty/starting to fray a tiny bit
Parcel shelf is cracked in the middle
headlights are crazed/discoloured

Anyways enough of the bad news here's some pictures outside as promised: