Dr Jekyll's BG182 Project Thread

[Jekyll]

Hi all,

I thought I'd restart my progress thread mainly because i lost all my pics in my previous thread and to just give it a general tidy up Ill try and keep it in order of parts aquired but ill probably get all muddle up when uploading the pics!

I started off looking for a 182 at the end of 2010. I'd had a bg182 a few years before so i was set on either that or a rb182. Unfortunately no rb's were resonably local within budget. I eventually found a clean bg in cambridge in december 2010. Car was standard barring a knackered K-tec carbon splitter, nearly touching 51k, some service history, and owned by a member off here. Unfortuantely i dont have any pics while it was like that.

The car was originally up for £4600, then £4100 and after a look we settled on a final figure of £3700 I had to wait till early jan to pick it up but that gave me some time to do a bit of research of a few bits i wanted (although a few kept turning into a few more lol) and to join here

The first thing i wanted was a better exhaust. Being a daily i didnt want anything too loud so i opted for a scorpion rs192 non decat system.

A few pics of me and my dad swapping it over:

RS192 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

RS192 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

RS192 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

RS192 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

RS192 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

I also noticed my exhaust mounts were shagged and seen as there was a reanult dealership directly across the road, i purchased 2 new exhaust mounts and fitted them.

Next i bought myself a new K-tec carbon splitter, silvervisions all round, some eibach sportlines, pipercross viper induction kit and a carbon engine cover. (2nd hand off ebay for around £50!) I then took it down to a local spraypainters (www.customexotics.co.uk) to them spray my wheels and side bullets in blackgold with the "2.0 16v" and calpiers front and rear done in red, and have all the parts fitted and cover re-buffed

Black Gold 182 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Black Gold 182 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Black Gold 182 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

I then painted the inlets, fitted my alloy footrest and played with some carbon wrap:

Black Gold 182 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Black Gold 182 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Black Gold 182 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Black Gold 182 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Then i decided to get a few carbon goodies:

Carbon Parts by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Carbon Parts by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Carbon Parts by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Carbon Fogs And Splitter by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Carbon Rear by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

I also took the trek up to Newcastle to pic up some Recaro Trendlines that i got at a great price:

Reaco Trendlines by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Recaro Trendlines by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Got myself some carbon interior door handles off a member off here:

I also went down to JMS and had a 12k service, decat made and the engine works pack which consisted of ported inlets, V6 airbox with pipercross filter and ecu remap.

I decided that i'd had enough of my melted steering wheel so i had it retrimmed:

Retrimmed Steering Wheel by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Got myself the newer 197 badge for the rear

Old:

Old Badge by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Old Vs New:

Old Badge/New Badge by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

New:

New Badge by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Then sprayed the front grill satin black:

Painted Upper Grill by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Grill Shot by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Bought a set of Yokahama Parada spec 2's:

I got some red rim tape and put it on my spoiler to go with the red/black theme. Subtle touches

At this current stage the car looked like this:

Side Shot by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Front Angle by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

 

[Jekyll]

I had my mountain bike up for sale but with no joy. The sale was going to pay towards some coilovers and 2118's. Then got a pm off a member off here to say he was interested in a swap with my wheels and bike for he's cup packed vmaxx and anthracite 2118's. We set the deal and off i popped back up to Newcastle to pic them up

Pics old old bike: (This is where i got my user name and carried on the black/red theme)

My Dr Jekyll by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Identiti Dr Jekyll by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Here's some pics with 15" 2118's on sportlines:

I then changed over the suspension from sportlines to vmaxx:

Fitted:

Out came the rim tape again:

Rim Tape by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Then i decided to re-do the engine bay and put my original airbox with ITG panel filter back in:

Found this off ebay for £8 so that was next to go on: (the seller is called topgaiters and does different colours)

Then got more carbon goodies:

DSC_0002 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

These were cod liver oil bottle lids that i had done as i found with a little slice that they fit nicely in the centers off the 2118's and decided to have these as center caps, alhough i didnt think it looked right after a while as they stuck out too far so i removed them.

DSC_0004 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

DSC_0023 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

DSC_0018 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

DSC_0013 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Made myself some "solid" exhaust mounts with tiger seal:

Then decided that my headlights needed polishing:

Got myself a silcone 90 degree bend and breather filter:

Also got a set of harnesses while they was on offer at my local halfords. To stop the seatbelt beeping i undid the clip and wiggled the 2 metal stems apart so they dont touch. I used the original mounting points for the fronts and the rear ive put in the isofix mounts and bolted the isofix bar on top. I have also kept my original seatbelts in "just in case":

Picked myself up a CS tax disc holder and decided to get artistic!

 

[LewisTaylor]

Your car looks awesome, how do you rate v-max coilovers interested in them myself

 

[Jekyll]

I treated myself to the Jamsport wilwood set up:

This also came with 295mm Pagid discs, Caliper brackets, Earls braided hoses, Motul 5.1 fluid and Ferodo DS2500 pads. ON the day i decided to fit them the weather didnt look that bad however it did get a little worse....

Got myself a renault tunepoint off here and fitted that with some velco under the glove compartment:

Rear calipers painted black to match the wilwoods:

Got some 2nd hand RS mats:

Little red touch:

IMG_1084 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Got the dent guy out:

And a few other bits ive collected in no particular order:

I recently had a knocking on the rear and picked up some trophy dampers for £20 which sorted that out.

The car is not mint. Infact i think its looking a tad tired. As of this moment the car is coming up 9 years old and is on 70k but seen as im keeping this for a few years longer i plan to get it looking really clean with a few mods and more goodies along the way. After all, this is a project thread

Thanks for reading,

Mark

 

[Kyle 86]

Shes looking lovely i used to own a BG 182 i love the carbon touches ill look forward to seeing ya sat night if your still coming and meeting at thurrock servs at half 6

 

[domsclio182]

Time for some power upgrades, looking good as always.

 

[Jekyll]

Your car looks awesome, how do you rate v-max coilovers interested in them myself

Thanks The vmaxx's are ok but nothing more than that. They are more crashy than my sportlines but compared to the ever slight more expensive gaz's there not as good imo. Under heavy braking the car does feel more planted and not so twitchy on the rear and are good for lows but unless you get a decent priced 2nd hand set I'd go for the gaz's or for little extra money the spax's. The vmaxx's are only height adjustable also.

Shes looking lovely i used to own a BG 182 i love the carbon touches ill look forward to seeing ya sat night if your still coming and meeting at thurrock servs at half 6

Yeah ill still be there. Hopefully it will be cleaned and look ok!

Time for some power upgrades, looking good as always.

I know Dom. I'm concentrating in the body work first then engine after that I think.

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

WOW, Best car iv'e seen on here for a while.

Cracking job mate.

 

[Bobby.]

"Not mint" yeah right. I remember seeing this at CSS12 and it was properly mint!

 

[Rubicon_]

I love this car so much, great work mate. Makes me regret selling my 182 want one again .

 

[Christopher.]

As said before, one of the best cars on this forum. Well done Mark

 

[VIICarCare]

superb details on her. I did prefer the black on black though !

 

[Jekyll]

Must add that I've got a new wing off chris205/BlackGold as mine has been scuffed and a new sports grill also. Going to get som Gtechniq c4 weather sealer for the plastics.

 

[aldo_87]

Dedication! Minus the red theme thats similar to how id like mine. Sensible fast road setup! Lovely car mate.

 

[Jekyll]

Wow! Thanks guys

WOW, Best car iv'e seen on here for a while.

Cracking job mate.

Thanks dan. I'm looking forward to your bits

"Not mint" yeah right. I remember seeing this at CSS12 and it was properly mint!

Haha. It's not but I'm going to do my best to to get it on the way.

I love this car so much, great work mate. Makes me regret selling my 182 want one again .

Cheers azza you'll be back....

As said before, one of the best cars on this forum. Well done Mark

Cheers big man, although I dunno about that mate

superb details on her. I did prefer the black on black though !

Thanks dawn. Black on black did look good. You know ;

 

[Jekyll]

I've also got coming a battery cover and front strut covers from dan@m.a.d anodised black They should be here this week hopefully

 

[Knuckles]

love it! my favourite BG on here


and sorry but flol at

I had my mountain bike up for sale but with no joy. The sale was going to pay towards some coilovers and 2118's. Then got a pm off a member off here to say he was interested in a swap with my wheels and bike for he's cup packed vmaxx and anthracite 2118's. We set the deal and off i popped back up to Newcastle to pic them up

what are the odds lol

 

[Jekyll]

Thanks Scott

I know! Although when I actually met the chap he was about 6ft2" and me being a little lad meant my bike frame was quite small so I did worry that I might have made a 250 mile journey for him to back out. Fortunately it paid off

 

[Jekyll]

Got a few things I want to get done next year:

Get roof sprayed. The reason for this is that 1. I have a dent in the roof and 2. The windscreen rubbers are ruined and don't sit in the grooves as they should but on the roof themselves and have been glued down leaving markings. Ill upload a pic tomorrow showing this

Get a new carbon splitter as mine is very stone chipped and is recently cracked

Get a new carbon rear bump strip as this one has pulled away from the original plastic.

Get both bonnet and front bumper sprayed as the have 70k's worth of stone chips. These are all things that I will be getting done to get it up to standard, body wise.

The car is oil changed regularly by myself but the downfall with that is no stamp in service history in the book. Ill do an oil change and change coolant in the next few weeks seen as I already have a spare bottle of elf oil. Ill probably get it garage serviced by a trader off her next year.

I currently have this come up:

This warning light comes on every 2/3 months due to the decat (my 2nd lambda is clipped in but the sensor part is tucked in the heatshield) but goes off after 2/3 days, however its stayed in recently. It seemed to be running oddly too, holding the revs at 3k-ish for a couple seconds then picking up again. Im not sure what the "T" means. Plugged it into a members code reader and it came up with this:

I googled it and looked on here and it came up with 02 oxygen sensor. I swapped both my lambda sensors over. It hasn't hesitated on revs since and seems to drive ok but the dash light remains. Dmallett off here is sending me a couple of lamda sensors he's got. I gave it a full tank on Friday and reset the trip computer. I have been driving normally for the past couple of days but the mpg seems to be going down from my normal average of 34mpg to 29mpg. It also seems to smell richer on tickover. Any thoughts?

 

[Knuckles]

Thanks Scott

I know! Although when I actually met the chap he was about 6ft2" and me being a little lad meant my bike frame was quite small so I did worry that I might have made a 250 mile journey for him to back out. Fortunately it paid off

haha, glad it worked out

also chuckled at using the lids as centre caps :approve:

 

[Jekyll]

It was worth a try seen as 2118's don't have center caps. I have since just painted the centres black.

I will one day get a set of center caps. The problem is the front hub nuts stick out further that the rears meaning you can't have anything flush against the wheel like you can on the back. I guess the answer could be to get a domed set of caps off another car but you'll have to find the correct size.

Im not giving up the idea yet though lol

 

[Knuckles]

whats the diameter of the centre cap 'gap' and how deep are they?
do you know anyone with a lathe? i could draw them up for you if you like?

lol my mates polo was the opposite, he stuck some wheels on the front and was well chuffed, then stuck them on the rear and the caps went flying

 

[danward]

Amazing!! Love the carbon stuff, it must of cost a small fortune!

 

[cremat]

I love ur car!!!

 

[Jekyll]

Got Ady from n2grafix to make me up some team f1 stickers to go under the side repeaters (although im having second thoughts so i'll put one in the engine bay and one under the clio badge on the boot.) I didnt want them in the traditional colour as i have a bit of a black/red theme going on so i got him to make them like this:

IMG_1257 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

I also fancied doing something in the rev counter. I originally wanted the above stickers in there but Ady coulnt do them that small but said he could do the RS decal. He sent me these free of charge! Question is do i go red or silver?

IMG_1258 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

I decided that since putting on the sachs's the rear was too raised to i dropped the rear adjusters from level to the lowest:

IMG_1270 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1271 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Before

IMG_1268 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

After

IMG_1274 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Although looking at it i think its a tad too low at the rear and from the side the car looks a little flat/level. I think i'll up the adjuster halfway from the before and afters. Im happy with my fronts so dont really want to drop them as its low(ish) but still practical.

Also got my Gtechniq C4 through the post so i'll do the plastics. Ill probably do this sat morning. Its small bottle and was around £25 but its quite highly rated and has a minimum life expectancy of 2yrs plus. Ive probably spent more than that with "black to black" and that comes off after a coouple of washes

IMG_1278 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

Also i see dan@mad was doing both front top strut covers and battery covers at a great price so i enquired and i got them done in black. They came today so i put them on. They are a great bit of kit and look good, which my phone didnt seem to capture very well The battery cover also has a thin rubber mat stuck to the underside for extra peice of mind. The strut covers are nicely machined and sit really snug over the struts. Im happy with them and would recommend them to anyone that wants to tidy up the bay

IMG_1286 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1284 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1282 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1287 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1289 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

And fitted: (although the sun was out so the pics arent that good and my stickers and inlets look orange lol)

IMG_1290 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1292 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1293 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1294 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1295 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

IMG_1296 by Dr-Jekyll, on Flickr

 

[alexr19]

I said it on your other thread and ill say it on this. My fave car on here. Simply stunning. Top work

 

[Jekyll]

Thanks Alex

 

[domsclio182]

No STICKERS.

 

[Jekyll]

On the back under the clio you mean, Dom or in the rev counter?

 

[domsclio182]

Both, it will start to look a bit tacky, IMO

 

[Jekyll]

That's what I don't want it to look like. I want to keep it subtle-ish.

I took a side pic earlier this morning that I will post in a bit. I do think the rear needs to come up a bit but not sure on the front, whether it should come down a tad or leave it. Can you post that side pic of yours in here so I can compare?

 

[Chippiegt]

Looks lovely mate, giving me loads of inspiration for mine!

 

[Jekyll]

Thanks Take as many ideas as you want

 

[subarufreak]

cracking clio this!

 

[lizzie.williams01]

Loving the colour theme and carbon wrap! looks good!

 

[dmallett]

Tried the sensors out yet?

 

[markerboy2002]

I love this clio! do you ever go to the clio saturdays? i'd love to take a look at the closer details you've done and see how you did them

 

[Jekyll]

Thanks all

Dan, I swapped them both over. The car seems to run fine all like it should but the light remains. Might tape it up! Lol

 

[Jekyll]

I love this clio! do you ever go to the clio saturdays? i'd love to take a look at the closer details you've done and see how you did them

Yes, I went to both. If there's a EoE meet when I'm free I might pop along

 

[dmallett]

Yes, I went to both. If there's a EoE meet when I'm free I might pop along

Were due a vist from you! ha.

Glad its running better, shame the light is still on! can you not disconnect the battery for abit or something?