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Flamer 172 Van conversion



MattRS182

ClioSport Club Member
  #3 PH2 172 Flamer
Right then decided to do a proper project thread of my Flamer 172 van conversion. I nee a car for work that is good on fuel, dont need ALOT of room in the back, something comfortable and something fun, So i thought to myself ill do a 172 van conversion, I was fortunate enough that i had a friend who was thinking of selling his 172 flamer. So.. I bought it off him. The car has full service history with the following mods :-

-Apex springs
-197 Renault sport badge (put in a weird place)
-Carbon wrapped badges
-Powerflow cat back exhaust
-Skode splitter

Heres pictures of when i bought the car

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Anyone a week later I sourced some of the parts needed for my van conversion, Managed to get all the van interior bits and the window panels for a total of £80 bearing in mind renault wanted £90 per panel!

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Next thing was to start stripping out the back ready to fit all the van interior so off i went and stripped

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Once all stripped out i sourced a cup splitter for a good price! Sent it off to my mate to spray and on the car it went, Love this mod on 172's and probally my favourite mod of the car all together, I also took the carbon wrap off the badges as i prefer the standard look

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Anyway, when i got the time i fitted the new van interior ready for work and gave it abit of a clean

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Anyway after a few days of this the sprayer rang me up and told me the panels were ready so off i went the next day to get them in!!

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And here is the final look!

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The colour match on spoiler and the panels are perfect!! would deffo recommend him

Anyway the VAN ;) is perfect for my use and i have loved using it so here is a few pics of the van at work haha

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Then a roofrack come up forsale on the forum so snapped his hand off and on that went too haha

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Met a rival at the local petrol station haha

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And that is how the car is now! or should i say van haha here is one last pic after a quick clean

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Hope you all like!
 
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  172 phase 1
looks wel! would love one as a dci but a 2.0L van seems pointless to me..

as a car its proper clean,cant beat a nice flamer! ;)
 

Daniel

ClioSport Moderator
  Whichever has fuel
looks wel! would love one as a dci but a 2.0L van seems pointless to me..

Go to work mon-fri getting 35-40mpg, saturday morning empty it out and do a track day.

Is there a more perfect vehicle??
 

MattRS182

ClioSport Club Member
  #3 PH2 172 Flamer
Haha cheers Daniel, currently making the decision if I should send it off to andy for the turbo conversion now haha, deffo be the quickest van around
 
  Focus RS + S3
I absolutely love this!
when i used to commute 45 minutes a day in my dci van id always daydream of putting a 2.0L in :)
 

MattRS182

ClioSport Club Member
  #3 PH2 172 Flamer
Haha Daniel iv seen that before, that would deffo woop my ass! Thanks for tyhe comments guys
 

GCC

  1.2Clio / 182!!
This van/car has given me inspiration, and finally last night I got my hands on a 172 to start a similar project... I'll add a thread when I have started it, got to find out some more about the car to begin with though...
 

MattRS182

ClioSport Club Member
  #3 PH2 172 Flamer
Tiny update, Purchased a towing eye and a little sticker for the van theme haha hope you like

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MattRS182

ClioSport Club Member
  #3 PH2 172 Flamer
Ohh!! lol sorry, Best not to be honest, Dont want everyone seeing all my tools haha

Cant wait for FCS as hoping it will make it on the stand!
 

GCC

  1.2Clio / 182!!
If anyone happens to find a van rear interior for sale then please please let me know... Hens teeth springs to mind!!
 

MattRS182

ClioSport Club Member
  #3 PH2 172 Flamer
Scrap yard is the best place to get panels, I may be putting it up for sale in next week or so depending on few personal issues, Its very clean and tidy, 89k full service history with cambelt done, probaly take £2200 as i think alot of people are interested in it
 

GCC

  1.2Clio / 182!!
Scrap yard is the best place to get panels, I may be putting it up for sale in next week or so depending on few personal issues, Its very clean and tidy, 89k full service history with cambelt done, probaly take £2200 as i think alot of people are interested in it

None of my local ones have any vans, I call round almost weekly at the moment lol

You'll get that easily for yours!! It's very tidy!!
 

GCC

  1.2Clio / 182!!
MattRS182
How easily do the van panels come in and out of the rear? Are they the same as removing or fitting a window would be?
 

MattRS182

ClioSport Club Member
  #3 PH2 172 Flamer
Right then Ladie's and Gents.. New update!

Car will be going up for sale in 2 weeks time, As No need for a van now, Just seeing if theres anyone on here who is interested before i advertise? Pm Me

Thanks
 


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