Ashes RB 182

[Ash']

A little bit of background info...

Started off with a PH2 1.2 8V, great little car, put up with me till this day had it for over 2 years. Had the cambelt snap on me, but that was down to me not getting it changed sooner. Learning from my mistakes got the car sorted, only mod was a CD player i didn't see the point in modding a 1.2 IMO.

After building up my NCB i bought a PH1 172 in black pearl, which was lovely only had 72k on the clock was a complete bargain. However it became a bit of a garage queen i had the intentions of keeping it for a while to restore/mod a bit but i lost interest and set my eyes on a 182!

Just before i sold it

So finally... bought myself a RB 182, not a FF however it had auto-lights, wipers, xenons blah blah...

The night I bought it home

Gave it a clean, reflectionnnnn

Added splitter, silvavisions, xenon's etc...

So far;
Added a 3/4 number plate
8000K HIDS (es a bit chavy, looks good on a RB though)
Bosch flat blades
New clio boot badge
LED sidelights
LED fogs
Fabia Splitter
Silvavisions
Clio Sport lanyard/air refresher holder mod lol
CS Sticker

Plans;
Wheels to be refurbed and powder coated in satin black
Remove acoustic valve
Cup spoiler
Remove 'renault sport' badge and replace it with the newer renault 200 rs sport badge
Genuine RS mats
Coilovers
New discs and pads + brake fluid renew (Dot4)
Belts to be done
Service
Get interior bits and bullets sprayed anthracite with RB stickers, writing.
Yozza exhaust
Spray the grill, fog light surround black
Recaro trendlines
New Steering wheel + boss
A few others as well i'm going to keep a secret :rasp:

 

[sam55]

Very nice! Good choice of colour! The front grill is looking like mine was when I got it, I'd give it a coat or 2 of satin black as it's looking grey. Transformed the front end on mine

 

[Stefan.]

looks a good project fella. looks very nice. i was never a fan of rb but it has well and truely grown on me!

 

[Ash']

Very nice! Good choice of colour! The front grill is looking like mine was when I got it, I'd give it a coat or 2 of satin black as it's looking grey. Transformed the front end on mine

I'm looking forward to seeing the results of spraying the grill black

looks a good project fella. looks very nice. i was never a fan of rb but it has well and truely grown on me!

It's growing on me more and more as well now tbh!

 

[Scott™]

Looks tidy mate. Will keep an eye on it.

 

[Ash']

Looks tidy mate. Will keep an eye on it.

Cheers mate! I'm yet to see your cup about

 

[Scott™]

Where you from mate? And you won't likely see it as I'm hoping to PX it this week.

 

[Ash']

Where you from mate? And you won't likely see it as I'm hoping to PX it this week.

Pembroke, PX what for mate?

 

[Ash']

Just ordered genuine RS mats from ebay! :cheers:

 

[andywa]

Good start mate. The 172 looked stunning.

 

[Ash']

Good start mate. The 172 looked stunning.

Cheers fella, when i bought the 172 it was in a bit of a state, i bought it due to its low mileage and mechanical soundness. Spent hours cleaning, making small fixes etc... really came out well . Was gutted to see it go, glad I've got the RB now!

 

[scott.p]

Looks nice, best colour too.

 

[Burty182]

Love it mate!

 

[Ash']

Cheers guys, im going for a piper exhaust and decat on payday

 

[chris_p]

Best colour

 

[Ash']

Best colour

You know it

 

[Ash']

Gave the car a quick clean this morning got rid of the renault sport badge, ready for when i get my new R.S. badge. IMO it will look a lot less clutter, much better



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Keep on getting a squeaking noise i think its from my exhaust heat shield, thats going to have to come out when i change the exhaust.

 

[200 Alex]

Should look tidier with the new RS badge mate, progress is good!

 

[Ash']

Should look tidier with the new RS badge mate, progress is good!

cheers mate, will have lots of updates soon when i get paid. After a cup spoiler

 

[DrewBear11]

Looking good mate !!

Get ITB's and a polybush dogbone !!

 

[Ash']

Looking good mate !!

Get ITB's and a polybush dogbone !!

cheers mate its on the list!

 

[rollerdan]

Looking smart dude immnot far from yOu im from carmarthen !

 

[Ash']

Looking smart dude immnot far from yOu im from carmarthen !

Nope not far dude i'll be up camarthen way soon too

 

[Hodgins]

Looks really clean that RB mate

 

[Ash']

Looks really clean that RB mate

Thanks bey

 

[Ash']

Update today got rid of the acoustic valve and fitted my new fog light bulbs

Just pulled back the arch lining and was confronted with this mess


Loosened the horn bracket off, removed the connections into the valve and prized the free.


While i was there i took out the old fog light bulb.


Then the new one.


Comparison between the two.


All tidied up cabled tied the old connectors etc away.


After snapping the two clips to hold the lining into the arch i had to use a cable tie just as a temporary fix.


Wire brushed the hub and added new copper grease before putting the wheel back on. Moved onto the other side to replace the fog bulb. Managed to not snap any clips this time...


Tidied it all up again etc etc, job done.

 

[Scott™]

Pictures no working.

 

[Ash']

Pictures fixed.

 

[guysy]

Good mods, apart from the fogs, shouldn't need them on etc

Lovely colour, new RS badge will look good.

 

[Ash']

Good mods, apart from the fogs, shouldn't need them on etc

Lovely colour, new RS badge will look good.

cheers mate, yeah true but with my hids and having yellow fogs i wanted to keep the colours the same and got the 4300k ones.

 

[DrewBear11]

Tidy, thats something that ive always wanted to do, even though i rarely use the fogs.

Feel free to annoy A shift on the way into/out of work.

 

[Ash']

Tidy, thats something that ive always wanted to do, even though i rarely use the fogs.

Feel free to annoy A shift on the way into/out of work.

It's a piece of pee to do, and i will do

 

[cb10]

looks good mate, thinking about takin the acoustic valve of myself, is it easy? also where did you get the bulbs from?

 

[rosco454]

Looks great,really tidy! Racing blue has really grown on me.I was never too fussed about it until I joined up here,the amount of good examples on the forum must have swayed me somewhat

 

[Ash']

Looks great,really tidy! Racing blue has really grown on me.I was never too fussed about it until I joined up here,the amount of good examples on the forum must have swayed me somewhat

Cheers mate! want to swap ? your cup is mint!

Just a teaser below....



Looks great, a top job from Si hes been great to deal with . Looking forward to receiving this in the post, should be here for Saturday or Monday expect to see an update soon

 

[182_sport]

Nice car mate, best colour

Got a link to where you got the fog bulbs from??

Pm me cheers

 

[Ash']

Nice car mate, best colour

Got a link to where you got the fog bulbs from??

Pm me cheers

Best colour IMO , and PM'd about the fogs.

 

[Ash']

Just a small update received the cup spoiler this morning, nice one Si it looks stunning. Went ahead and fitted it;

The spoiler





Amazing finish on this fairplay

Old spoiler removed





Was faced that mess ^^^ i removed that red clip as it was stopping the new spoiler to fit. Also had to adapt/butcher the old brake light clip to fit into the new brake light in the cup spoiler.

Finally got it to work after blowing a fuse



Job done



Looks good, however as soon as i drove down the road the engine management light came on? :S i think the car doesn't agree with it. It's driving fine no lack in power, stuttering prehaps a dirty sensor or a dodgey connection somewhere?

 

[Joe#]

Looking great.

I love RB

 

[Ash']

Looking great.

I love RB

cheers mate