Austin's OEM+ BG 182

[tommy g]

Such a nice car Austin

 

[Owen_m]

spot on work mate very smart

 

[Austin-182]

Happy 7th Birthday.

 

[Stefan.]

looks proper nice!! bg fweeeeeend

 

[old man 182]

Looks really good Austin,BG is definately theee colour

 

[Cw Tuning.]

wow!

 

[Jekyll]

Lol at bg fweeend

Noticed you got some wind deflectors. Just got myself a set, does look good with them on

 

[Stefan.]

Lol at bg fweeend

Noticed you got some wind deflectors. Just got myself a set, does look good with them on

awww another bg fweeeend :approve:

 

[Austin-182]

Back on 182 cup wheels as the turinis need new tyres.

MOT and Tax done again for another year also.

 

[Cookson]

Looks better TBH

 

[Stefan.]

what coilovers are you on austin? and do you get scrubbing like that? or do the narrower tyres solve that. cheers

 

[Austin-182]

They are GAZ coilovers mate, no scrubbing at this height either

 

[Richyy182]

I think it looks better on the cup wheels also

 

[joe18two]

lovely BG mate

 

[davo172]

I think it looks better on the cup wheels also

This ^^^^^^ looks WAY better !!!

 

[Šįk]

Also agree it's better in the OEM wheels

 

[Austin-182]

I prefer the tirinis lol

 

[Jekyll]

I prefer the turinis also

 

[Austin-182]

 

[PP200t]

Love it mate, perfect stance and looks great on the cup wheels!!

 

[subarufreak]

stunning!

 

[Stefan.]

f**k me it looks amazing on cup wheels

 

[Austin-182]

Thanks lads, its all about the tyres on thr cup wheels to make them work. 195 40 16's with the perfect height.

 

[Jon.G]

Nah, Turini's are miles better.

 

[old man 182]

Yep,definately these are the best wheels,hope youre feeling better mate

 

[Austin-182]

Yep,definately these are the best wheels,hope youre feeling better mate

Thanks Alan, still feeling bad mate, worst flu iv ever had lol, now have shooting pains in my ears too!!

man flu-its a bloke thing haha.

 

[lilocky]

Love the ride hieght mate, also think i pefer i the Turini's but still a lovely car.

 

[Chris205]

Looks better on the cup wheels mate

 

[Dano']

car is gorgeous man, the interior is very nom!

Everyone says cup wheels are better... sell me the turinis?

 

[Austin-182]

Thanks Dmonz, trophy turinis are not going anywhere lol.

 

[christie-rs]

Lovely car. What like are the wind deflectors to live with does the windows still shut properly?

 

[Austin-182]

Lovely car. What like are the wind deflectors to live with does the windows still shut properly?

Thank you, yes no problems at all, windows work as normal.

 

[Austin-182]

End of 2012 update:

The engine bay hasnt had much atention in a while and its been on my list of things tondo for some time, as the weather wasndry today i decided i would give it a good clean.

I used engine degreaser and a bucket of car shampoo, along with an old toothbrush and some. Lothes. I know the detailers would have a list long of different products and expensive brushes for different areas etc, but for me, if what i have available at hand works, then thats good enough imo.

I wanted to start with the underside of the bonnet, first of all i covered the engine bay with a large black sack i had cut open, then i used my hand held dyson on the sound supressing material, then with the bucket of car shampoo cleaned the actual boonet itself, a few times. I dried, then applied a coat of polish to brighten it up as much as possible.

Next i removed the black sack first ha, the took off the engine cover and gave that a clean, again with a bucket of shampoo and also the degreaser,

I put that aside and started on the bay itself, the coolant bottle, power steering fluid bottle and the brake fluid bottle are allways a mess so i wasnt sure how well they would clean up, the pictures really dont do them justice as they look imaculate now, really impressed.

The rusty clips really let it down now,

The bay now looks really clean and fresh again,

Thanks
Austin

 

[Šįk]

Great work!

 

[Austin-182]

Great work!

Thanks Piers

 

[Chris205]

Looks a lot better, always one of those jobs that you put off for ages, after seeing this I'll have to get my bay 'detailed'.

 

[Austin-182]

Looks a lot better, always one of those jobs that you put off for ages, after seeing this I'll have to get my bay 'detailed'.

Been wanting to do it for a while mate, i have some new air box anodised bolts on order to replace the standard rusty ones. Going to replace a few other bolts in the bay also to tidy it up. Did you break the BG and just have the Trophy now?

 

[Chris205]

Been wanting to do it for a while mate, i have some new air box anodised bolts on order to replace the standard rusty ones. Going to replace a few other bolts in the bay also to tidy it up. Did you break the BG and just have the Trophy now?

Johnny has the trophy now, I've bought another BG with 47k on it ..shouldn't have really broken the first BG as I had a fault wrongly diagnosed as terminal issue's but it turned out not to be.....after I'd stripped half of the car....I'd spent around £2-300 trying to fix the fault and I'd just had enough in the end

 

[Rubicon_]

Nice work, spraying the inlet a fresh silver would finish that off nicely. I used BBQ spray paint from B&Q when i done mine.

 

[Austin-182]

Johnny has the trophy now, I've bought another BG with 47k on it ..shouldn't have really broken the first BG as I had a fault wrongly diagnosed as terminal issue's but it turned out not to be.....after I'd stripped half of the car....I'd spent around £2-300 trying to fix the fault and I'd just had enough in the end

Has he, does he have plans or just going to keep it clean?