Austin-182
ClioSport Club Member
182
Welcome to my progress thread,
I have wanted to start a project thread for a long time now, however, I haven't got round to doing it until now. Better late than never (ha)
I bought my Renaultsport Clio BG (black gold) 182 in October 2008 after owning my first car, a clio mk2 1.2 for 3 years.
I paid £8k at the time of purchase from a Renault dealership, the Clio 182 came with a years warranty and 12 month's tax, this was one of the higher priced 182's at the time but after searching and viewing across the Country for 4 months I knew straight away this was the one.
The Clio had one previous owner and 24k on the clock when I picked it up the next week after leaving the deposit.
Here's a couple pic's when it was standard apart from a smaller aerial i put on, it was immaculate and I couldn't stop smiling all the way home from Blackpool where i had bought it.
My plans were to change the "look's" of it but keep it smart/clean and nothing OTT, the first upgrade I made was changing to coilover's.
I decided on GAZ which cost £550, I wanted it to be very low so wound them rite down.
I changed front and rear indicators bulbs to silver-visions, and also got a bonnet bra for my birthday off my girlfriend.
The summer came and me and the lads went to FCS 09, this was the first car show I had been to and had a great weekend away.
It was the first m.o.t time with the 182 and all was good as it passed straight away.
Next I changed the front discs and pads, group n discs and mintex m1144 pads which didnt fit so had to change them.
Next i decided the only thing not so good about the clio was the massiiivve steering wheel so for christmas my girlfriend bought me a omp uno trecento 300mm, I had trouble fitting this as the omp boss was not for a cruise control model 182 and didn't have enough room for the wires to fit through, this was then changed for a momo boss which was perfect.
I wanted to tidy the bay so gave it a good clean and got a carbon fuze box cover
I have wanted to start a project thread for a long time now, however, I haven't got round to doing it until now. Better late than never (ha)
I bought my Renaultsport Clio BG (black gold) 182 in October 2008 after owning my first car, a clio mk2 1.2 for 3 years.
I paid £8k at the time of purchase from a Renault dealership, the Clio 182 came with a years warranty and 12 month's tax, this was one of the higher priced 182's at the time but after searching and viewing across the Country for 4 months I knew straight away this was the one.
The Clio had one previous owner and 24k on the clock when I picked it up the next week after leaving the deposit.
Here's a couple pic's when it was standard apart from a smaller aerial i put on, it was immaculate and I couldn't stop smiling all the way home from Blackpool where i had bought it.
My plans were to change the "look's" of it but keep it smart/clean and nothing OTT, the first upgrade I made was changing to coilover's.
I decided on GAZ which cost £550, I wanted it to be very low so wound them rite down.
I changed front and rear indicators bulbs to silver-visions, and also got a bonnet bra for my birthday off my girlfriend.
The summer came and me and the lads went to FCS 09, this was the first car show I had been to and had a great weekend away.
It was the first m.o.t time with the 182 and all was good as it passed straight away.
Next I changed the front discs and pads, group n discs and mintex m1144 pads which didnt fit so had to change them.
Next i decided the only thing not so good about the clio was the massiiivve steering wheel so for christmas my girlfriend bought me a omp uno trecento 300mm, I had trouble fitting this as the omp boss was not for a cruise control model 182 and didn't have enough room for the wires to fit through, this was then changed for a momo boss which was perfect.
I wanted to tidy the bay so gave it a good clean and got a carbon fuze box cover
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