Wow.
Bright and brave. lol
Looking good mate
Infact, it's bordering into the cross dressing stage.
Looks good Oli, looking forward to seeing the man cave Saturday
Im concerned.
Mine definitely needs doing - capsicum pink, of course! I like this a lot though, mate, good effort!
Hate the white. But at least it's tidy and will show where if you have leaks.
You or the car? TMR!! LolHa ha, don't worry - once its in, it will get oily and spanked about on track again.
You know me! I'll regret it after about 10 mins when some oil has seeped out onto the rocker cover!
I can't wait to put my dirty hands all over that rocker cover.
New gloves for Burgess....
Have just read this thread start to finish...epic. Keep up the good work. New to the world of Renault but some proper decent lads on here by the looks of things.
You massive tart you!! It looks great though mate. I think we should re-name this thread "Oli builds a 172 from just mail order parts"
Looking forward to putting it all back together on Saturday. Exciting stuff.
Buy a box of gloves from somewhere if you haven't already mate. Invaluable.
Engine looks good.. white really is a brave choice for a rocker cover lol! I thought I was brave with white heat wrap on my manifold, which I would like to state is already brown after a 100 miles!
Cars looks good mate looking forward to seeing it Saturday
See you Saturday, i'm hoping the GTI is running as I haven't seen it for a while. I am sure it will go brown, but to be honest, at least its been cleaned up and freshened up underneath the new layer of oil / grime that will appear
I did over a 100 miles in the car last night without any problems so providing nothing happens between now and Saturday all should be well and I will be along in it. Only problem I hit last night was water got in through some places that I didn't expect it to so the inside of the car was like a fishbowl in places. I will be addressing this issue with grommets, mastic and foil tape this evening lol!
Advantage with white is its easy to see you have any leaks, it will stay clean if you keep on top of it.
You best get round early bud, the Budgie and Herbertez are unleashed on it from about 9ish!
Gloves, sorted!
See you Saturday, i'm hoping the GTI is running as I haven't seen it for a while. I am sure it will go brown, but to be honest, at least its been cleaned up and freshened up underneath the new layer of oil / grime that will appear
FFS, I'll see what's left to do.. Wash it you say? That'll do.
FFS, I'll see what's left to do.. Wash it you say? That'll do.
Don't worry, as Mike said, there is rather a long list to tick off so there will be plenty to do. I need to sort the brakes out, which can't be done until Scrooge makes up the final brake line for the rear
And the PMS shifter will be an absolute delight to fit.....
FFSnake. As long as the exhaust isn't in the way this time I'm sure we'll be fine.
Why are the F1s not white?!! Tut
Looking forward to seeing the end result.
It's projects like this (and the others on here), that make me wish I could buy an older Clio to tart up for track use.
Got no way of towing it there though. Lol.
Cheers bud, it is a long term commitment. No point spending money on an older clio unless you plan on keeping it for some time. That is my view anyway.
Tow? Just drive it there and back you big fairy
They came from @Christopher. in black and were far too good a price to turn down! I'll see what they're like black, then may get them powdercoated white when I put a new set of AD08s on them.
Cheers bud, it is a long term commitment. No point spending money on an older clio unless you plan on keeping it for some time. That is my view anyway.
Tow? Just drive it there and back you big fairy @Jamie86 - lol, you have no idea the emotional payment I have to make.....