Looking good as ever!
You got a link for the mats? Need some for the ph1, the original blue mats dont match the ph2 interior
What condition are you blue mats in matey?
Want to sell them?
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Chris' Petrol Blue Project
- Thread starter Christopher.
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What condition are you blue mats in matey?
Want to sell them?
I only have the drivers one, got rid of the rest presuming no one wouldn't want them! Your the 3rd person to ask lol
Was hoping to update the thread with videos and pictures from FCS today but with the pi$$ poor track organisation and lack of interest about the actual show i don't have squat ! TBH the highlight of the day was meeting Joe, ROB91. Both your cars are awesome.
The safety briefing took far to long as the marshal was trying to make 7 too many jokes, the organisation between marshals was poor, and to top it off my car leaked something so cut the session short an hour for me ! The prime candidates are Brake fluid or Power steering fluid. Not to fussed as it was a tiny tiny amount and stopped once the car was rested. The couple of times i did manage to get out on track the car preformed pretty well The brakes were fading towards the end of a 15 min stint and the tyre pressures were up but it held on well. Will need some new tyres for Llandow so in the mean time the other set of 182 alloys have gone on with there ditch finder fronts and miss matched rears on
Got home and with Le Mans round the corner i decided to swap the wheels on mine and give the Clio a once over for the old man to use while i take the 120k 530d with us. Also while the Clio was jacked up i realigned the exhaust.
The safety briefing took far to long as the marshal was trying to make 7 too many jokes, the organisation between marshals was poor, and to top it off my car leaked something so cut the session short an hour for me ! The prime candidates are Brake fluid or Power steering fluid. Not to fussed as it was a tiny tiny amount and stopped once the car was rested. The couple of times i did manage to get out on track the car preformed pretty well
The brakes were fading towards the end of a 15 min stint and the tyre pressures were up but it held on well. Will need some new tyres for Llandow so in the mean time the other set of 182 alloys have gone on with there ditch finder fronts and miss matched rears on Got home and with Le Mans round the corner i decided to swap the wheels on mine and give the Clio a once over for the old man to use while i take the 120k 530d with us. Also while the Clio was jacked up i realigned the exhaust.
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
The BMW has done waaaaayyyy more than 120k I know. unless it's been clocked Chris
The BMW has done waaaaayyyy more than 120k I know. unless it's been clocked Chris
Flol my bad ! 220k
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Stefan.
ClioSport Club Member
Such a nice car
Cheers mate
This didn't look mint at FCS like everyone likes to make out
Thanks mate, seen your car a few times at Combe now it's beyond mint. Do you know what bolt sizes you used for refreshing your engine bay ? Mainly the air box and slam panel ?
This didn't look mint at FCS like everyone likes to make out
Cut and shut init !
Thanks man! Drop me a PM mate to remind me and I will dig all my invoices out to find out for you mate.
Not yet mate. Enjoying it farrrr to much at the moment.
Update time. Had a brilliant time in LeMans this year and again the old mans 220K 5 series preformed faultlessly. Sadly shes no longer bound for this earth, hes looking at getting rid for a Msport version. We had one set of the alloys refurbed this week and got them back today, no pictures at the moment but they will look lovely with some new BMW center caps.
Anyway on to the Petrol Blue. Got a whiteline ARB thanks to Ear's Motorsport last week before heading to LeMans. Had a half day at work so got home and got it fitted. Excuse the mismatched tyres that are on the wrong way.
No plans for it in the foreseeable future. Want to get the original alloys refurbed and some new decent tyres put on them but that wont be happening till the end of the year !
Anyway on to the Petrol Blue. Got a whiteline ARB thanks to Ear's Motorsport last week before heading to LeMans. Had a half day at work so got home and got it fitted. Excuse the mismatched tyres that are on the wrong way.
No plans for it in the foreseeable future. Want to get the original alloys refurbed and some new decent tyres put on them but that wont be happening till the end of the year !
Looks good Chris. what setting have you got it on?
Hardest, really have to push it to notice it tbh. Lift off oversteer's a lot easier now
Yes mate. Just need to sort a couple of bits out and I'm ready to win the show and shine
Gave the car a good going over with the machine and then sealed it up. Just need to get a layer of wax on there now to make it sparkle.
Also got a Connects2 box installed in the car so i can use my iPhone, got a 3.5 jack mount in the cup holder well. Very OEM if i do say so myself. There will be a guide up soon
Also got a Connects2 box installed in the car so i can use my iPhone, got a 3.5 jack mount in the cup holder well. Very OEM if i do say so myself. There will be a guide up soon
Love it Chris...! Looking forward to the Connects2 guide
Mind if I put your pics here on the Origine RS FB page?
Not at all. Please do mate
V6 255, 172's, JCW,
Thanks mate.. Were you aware that there's going to be 3 Petrol Blue 182's at ORS?
Thanks mate.. Were you aware that there's going to be 3 Petrol Blue 182's at ORS?
Too common now !!!
V6 255, 172's, JCW,
Did they make dome more? Lol... I think Couzens is after your crown dude..
crown? If you mean cleanest PG / PB then I think I should be the judge of that before I pass it over.
Although perhaps I shouldn't have sold it
williams This guy owns it now: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?733709-Newbie-on-here-Petrol-Blue-182-owner!
Quite bad rear quarter damage but at least he is apparently repairing it.
Christopher. 's is very nice though. I may make it to Origine so will be nice to see it!
Quite bad rear quarter damage but at least he is apparently repairing it.
Christopher. 's is very nice though. I may make it to Origine so will be nice to see it!
V6 255, 172's, JCW,
Cheers John... Darren is the third of the PB 182's that are booked in to ORS. Would be good to see you!
Ahh so its Darren that has my old one, that's his name! Drivers side - Roof - rear corner. Weird paint **** up from the factory (Makes it worth twice as much IIRC
)I'm in Derby for the week so provided I'm back I will be there! Can I pay the £20 on the door?
V6 255, 172's, JCW,
Ahh so its Darren that has my old one, that's his name! Drivers side - Roof - rear corner. Weird paint **** up from the factory (Makes it worth twice as much IIRC
I'm in Derby for the week so provided I'm back I will be there! Can I pay the £20 on the door?
I'm interested to hear all the story with your PB..
Unless you're showing a car, entry is just a tenner. There will be a few tickets available at the gate.
Balls !!!!
Got a new one on the way ready for paint. Hopefully my mates new paint system can get a decent match for it :S
Got a new one on the way ready for paint. Hopefully my mates new paint system can get a decent match for it :S
VIICarCare
ClioSport Club Member
255, 230, 172, R26
looks an absolute peach!
^^ Cheers guys.
So got the new (non original) flap and got it to my mates for painting. Its a very very close match and looks absolutely fine on the car. It is a tiny tiny bit too gold/green in certain lights but you have to look at the right angle to see it. He's going to add a bit of blue to the mix and see if that dilutes the gold anymore and spray the original. All in all im happy with it. Now on the look out for a cheap if not free bonnet
The second picture looks worse than it really is. The flap doesn't sit square on the recess so it caught a funny light
So got the new (non original) flap and got it to my mates for painting. Its a very very close match and looks absolutely fine on the car. It is a tiny tiny bit too gold/green in certain lights but you have to look at the right angle to see it. He's going to add a bit of blue to the mix and see if that dilutes the gold anymore and spray the original. All in all im happy with it. Now on the look out for a cheap if not free bonnet
The second picture looks worse than it really is. The flap doesn't sit square on the recess so it caught a funny light
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
Stunning! Love the colour so much
Hmmmmm :slap:
Not how i planned to spend my Sunday !
We were out with a couple of members on a Sunday morning run. Completely my fault, we came up to a bridge with a bit more of a bump in it than i thought there was. Was going far to fast for the road, hit the bump and landed hard enough for the sump to blow a fairly decent size hole in it. Sump guard as you could imagine came off completely and ended up with the large hole draining all the oil. Im pretty confident i got it switched off in time and no further damage was done (fingers crossed) Having had a quick look the inside of the sump looks undamaged so i hope the metal didn't head north into the engine ! Everything under the car is covered in oil and a fair amount ended up on the rear of the car, also on the chap behind me. Stopped the car about 6-700 yards down the road where more oil poured out. Everyone in the group stopped and waited for the recovery truck to turn up.
Again thank you all for stopping Jake who was behind me says it looked very impressive. A foot of air i believe someone said !! To be honest if i was going any faster or had any thing other than standard suspension id be writing a different story !!!
After swapping trucks got it home and jacked up to inspect the damage. Gave it a clean to get the oil off and had a look underneath. From what i can see its looking like a new sump and associated bits, Front bumper respray and hopefully once we have had a camera in the block the internals are ok. Currently thinking of spending a bit of time and money on the car to get it minty mint i.e Bonnet respray as well, tidy the bay up and getting to a very very high standard. Got OrigineRS planned for August and also Llandow but thinking on time scale and budget alone there too close sadly. Not a massive problem to get the car running again but for the sake of a show and a trackday the car can wait. I dont use the it everyday so it can take its time.
Il report back once we have had good look over the car.
Not how i planned to spend my Sunday !
We were out with a couple of members on a Sunday morning run. Completely my fault, we came up to a bridge with a bit more of a bump in it than i thought there was. Was going far to fast for the road, hit the bump and landed hard enough for the sump to blow a fairly decent size hole in it. Sump guard as you could imagine came off completely and ended up with the large hole draining all the oil. Im pretty confident i got it switched off in time and no further damage was done (fingers crossed) Having had a quick look the inside of the sump looks undamaged so i hope the metal didn't head north into the engine ! Everything under the car is covered in oil and a fair amount ended up on the rear of the car, also on the chap behind me. Stopped the car about 6-700 yards down the road where more oil poured out. Everyone in the group stopped and waited for the recovery truck to turn up.
Again thank you all for stopping
Jake who was behind me says it looked very impressive. A foot of air i believe someone said !! To be honest if i was going any faster or had any thing other than standard suspension id be writing a different story !!!After swapping trucks got it home and jacked up to inspect the damage. Gave it a clean to get the oil off and had a look underneath. From what i can see its looking like a new sump and associated bits, Front bumper respray and hopefully once we have had a camera in the block the internals are ok. Currently thinking of spending a bit of time and money on the car to get it minty mint i.e Bonnet respray as well, tidy the bay up and getting to a very very high standard. Got OrigineRS planned for August and also Llandow but thinking on time scale and budget alone there too close sadly. Not a massive problem to get the car running again but for the sake of a show and a trackday the car can wait. I dont use the it everyday so it can take its time.
Il report back once we have had good look over the car.
SharkyUK
ClioSport Club Member
Oh bollox mate! That's a damn shame I'm glad you are ok though. I'm sure most of us have misjudged a bump / humpback bridge at some point whilst on a spirited drive! I look forward to the coming minty mint version...
I'm glad you are ok though. I'm sure most of us have misjudged a bump / humpback bridge at some point whilst on a spirited drive! I look forward to the coming minty mint version... 
