Clio 182 FF Black Gold

[Pete.M]

Ok so it has been a while since I bought my car so I thought it was about time I did a thread about it. Some of you may remember it as I posted some pictures up when I had only just got it. Done about 1500 miles now.

Oh and I wasn't sure where to put this as I'm not sure if its really a project, but I can't seem to find a section for just cars.

Firstly the previous cars I’ve owned include:

Fiesta 1.1 – Black

Clio 1.2 Phase 2 – Black

Clio 1.2 Phase 3 – Grey

Golf Mk1 Convertible – Black

Clio 1.2 Phase 2 – Green
I can’t find any photos of this one will have a look on my work PC tomorrow for one.

106 GTI – Diablo Red

Audi B5 S4 – Nogaro Blue

Now I have a Clio 182. I bought the car from salvage as a Cat D with fairly minimal damage, just wing, bonnet, front bumper and headlights. First pictures show it being picked up, then a couple of progress pictures and the ‘complete’ article (I say completed but it’s not painted yet so the colour doesn’t quite match as the parts are off a 172 which has a different paint code to the 182)

Fitted 4 T1R’s as well as all the tyres were pretty low.

Recently taken delivery of carbon fibre exhaust trims (as these were missing and at £50 for a pair are cheaper than Renault who want £30 + VAT for one!!!)

Recently bought a length of Alcantara and planning to re-trim the roof lining eventually and a few other bits a bobs.

 

[Greeny.]

Great fix mate, love it

 

[Kane.]

black 182s are the dog b****cks.

 

[clancy]

looks sweet mate

 

[Pete.M]

Great fix mate, love it

Cheers

black 182s are the dog b****cks.

Yea I never new until I got this they were a different colour to the standard clios... on a sunny day the gold is just awesome. Just need to get my bonnnet and bumper matching in colour!

looks sweet mate

Cheers

 

[Daza]

very nice mate

 

[welshname]

how much did the repairs cost you total? and im assuming you did all the work yourself.

including the original buy? PM me if you dont want to post...or tell me to F off. lol

 

[Pete.M]

how much did the repairs cost you total? and im assuming you did all the work yourself.

including the original buy? PM me if you dont want to post...or tell me to F off. lol

Its an interesting question:

I made a reasonable saving over buying a straight car, and when picking up parts for it I bought other bits I didn't need and sold them for more than I paid which kept costs down.
As to what it cost over all, well its not yet finished as its not painted and that could add another 300-500 onto the price and its also due the cambelt as I don't have much service history so don't know if its been done in the past (one pitfall of accident damaged cars) Therefore any price I gave wouldn't be a true reflection at the moment.

Along with this would you class things like tyres as part of the repair, they cost £270 but were only replaced as the existing ones were down to 1.6-2mm - this is not down to the accident in anyway. I also bought a spare wheel to take on long trips as I don't want the risk of a puncture and being stranded.

Yes all the work has been carried out by myself.