Back in a cup!!!

[Pops52]

A few years back, I brought a 172 Cup off a mate and signed up here. Only kept it for a few months until our little girl was born when it was deemed too small for the buggy (even though she had a Scenic!). I was a bit gutted as it was immaculate and only had 50k under its belt.

Any way, picked this up for under a grand yesterday (found a £1 coin under the seat so it cost me £999) very straight body wise and all seems solid mechanically too - which was a surprise. Standard other than a stealth S/S exhaust and a wierd induction kit. May keep the exhaust as its not too loud and I'm aiming to use it for the occasional track day - on the lookout for a standard air box/panel filter.

Niggles are: squeaking on initial startup, Aux belt kit reqd, Steering wheel looks like its been in the oven, Cambelt kit not due for 10k, but needs doing ASAP ready for a trackday

 

[Semtax]

Love that colour with the silver wheels. Looks tidy, enjoy mate:race:

 

[Stan.]

Welcome back.

The car looks great, especially for £999!

 

[Pops52]

Cheers fellas. Colour looks good in sunshine and rain!

 

[PP200t]

Looks really nice. Welcome back to clio ownership. The induction kit isn't the hallowed bucket mod is it??

 

[Pops52]

It's a jap style mushroom type

 

[ABOO]

Shocking value for money fun! Seen a couple under a grand now, real performance bargain!!

 

[Richyy182]

Looks like a cracking buy. Enjoy

 

[cupkiller]

This one looks great.

 

[Pops52]

Been quite lucky really. Brought it blind, travelled 4 hrs on the train and a 3 1/2 hr drive home...as said above, it's almost spotless and other than belts, really needs nothing doing.

Plan is to keep it near standard, bar maybe the exhaust and some suspension. I do 14000 miles a year so will see how it runs as a daily with the odd trackday. Averaging 39 mpg at the moment which is great considering I've not nursed it...

Managed to grab another set of wheels and tyres for trackdays

Any recommendations on a trustworthy place to get the belts done - tip ex free??? I'm in the midlands near Wolves

 

[klem]

BTM or Diamond Motors.

have a look in the trader section, lots of positive feedback.

 

[Pops52]

Will do, Cheers.

 

[Ade182]

Nice buy, I absolutely love that colour!

They are fairly economical for a 2L, I'm surprised at how little juice my 182 drinks even when on that particular drive, my right foot feels kinda heavy.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Lovley mate! I brought my Exclusive back in April for £800 but also found £4 under the seat lol, budgie cheap!

 

[Alex H]

BOUGHT.

And my sub-£1k Cup was an NJ52 too

 

[Pops52]

BOUGHT.

And my sub-£1k Cup was an NJ52 too

Must be the area - this was from the north east. Seen a few up there go for less than there worth. Think people from down south are daunted by the journey.

 

[Matt W]

f**k me!

I bought my 172 cup for £4k and it was a shed, spent a few grand on it to get it tidy. Can't believe they are so cheap now

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Good buy mate

Enjoy it

 

[Rhauri]

Gorgeous, love that colour so much!

Congrats on the bargain.

 

[s0ck]

Noice

 

[Pops52]

Cheers.

Booked in at BTMperformance in brum tomorrow for belts/Dephaser. Might start a mini project thread...lots of bits to do to Make it my own, whilst keeping it looking and sounding near standard.

 

[brewer07]

nice car mate! I have a cup aswell but whatever u do don't change the wheels. my brother had mine before I swapped him for my corsa and he put normal 172 wheels on it and tey are no where near as nice as cup wheels. looks like a really good buy

 

[Pops52]

No danger of that - I think the Turini's are probably one of the best standard wheels out there. Collected some standard 172 wheels yesterday for track tyres though!

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

If you figure out how to stop the squeaking on start u, pm me or something haha

 

[Pops52]

Cars been at BTM Today, still there - been a nightmare...A cambelts turned into a head off job, but should have it back tomorrow - Fred's worked his socks off...

Loads of bits pointed out that need sorting.

Turns out he Aux belt was routed incorrectly meaning it was rubbing the cambelt housing which may have been the squeeking

Also, as thought, the timing was was out, belt tension was slack and the tensioner was set incorrectly...

 

[Stan.]

What other bits has he found?

 

[Pops52]

Other than the belt issues above, rear pad carriers were on the wrong sides and the inlet/throttle body were dirty. Couple of ball joints have a little play too.

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

It'll be transformed once he's sorted them issues for you mate