Frayz's Inferno 182 - Back in the old flame

[MLB]

They look really good, shame you can't see them!

 

[frayz]

They look really good, shame you can't see them!

For what they cost, I’d bloody love to see them. 😂

 

[MLB]

Haha, I was wondering that, probably Porsche+ prices for those! Nice to have a cheap Clio on the side, altough I've seen what window seals cost on a Clio today..

 

[frayz]

Haha, I was wondering that, probably Porsche+ prices for those! Nice to have a cheap Clio on the side, altough I've seen what window seals cost on a Clio today..

Please don’t look up Porsche window seals then. 😂
Porsche parts are funny things. Anything performance related is absolutely outrageous, I mean full on bonkers expensive. Most OEM parts are bloody steep and then you occasionally find something you expect to be expensive and it’s weirdly cheap.

My window surrounds are £400 a side.
GT3 front brake ducts for example are like £2.60 a side 😂

 

[MLB]

I had read that before, about the GT3 brake ducts, funny that!

Worth it though I suppose, you get what you pay for and altough I've never driven a Porsche I know a couple of Porsche owners and they all wouldn't drive anything else.

 

[frayz]

I had read that before, about the GT3 brake ducts, funny that!

Worth it though I suppose, you get what you pay for and altough I've never driven a Porsche I know a couple of Porsche owners and they all wouldn't drive anything else.

I’ve been fortunate enough to drive a few expensive and special things and I have to say a well kept Porsche drives different to almost everything else. They’re funny things that really get under your skin.
There aren’t many cars I’ve driven that feel so completely engineered the way they do.

Having said that I was talking to a neighbour today and they were supposed to hear me say I love driving my Clio every bit as much as I enjoy the Cayman.

 

[MLB]

If I'd ever win a lottery there's quite a couple of cars I'd like to try for different reasons but I think I'd end up having a car built by Singer.. Hmm DLS with that open gear linkage.. I would park that in the living room.

 

[frayz]

Finally the very last piece of my hub swap arrived in the form of 2 new Bosch ABS sensors.
I cleaned the holes and sprayed with Dynax before installing as hopefully this should stop them ever welding themselves in again.

Also nice to not have my dash lit up like a Christmas tree as it has been for the last week or so. Lol.

 

[Amos91]

MPG reading is too high, that is all

 

[frayz]

MPG reading is too high, that is all

Always surprisingly good on fuel this little thing 😅

 

[Amos91]

Always surprisingly good on fuel this little thing 😅

My calculated average is 28/30 ish but it's not used for casual runs lol. Realised I last filled it up in August lol!

 

[Usr117063]

Mine is around 34 ish. Frayz is just idling it on the drive

 

[frayz]

Mine is around 34 ish. Frayz is just idling it on the drive

It’s actually dropped due to such short journeys at the moment as it’s only really going to Tesco or the pharmacy.
It usually does 50 miles a day and sits around 36/37 mpg.

I also don’t drive it like a nob, and being an automotive engineer, I tend to drive cars with a higher degree of mechanical sympathy.

 

[frayz]

Spent the last few days cleaning and prepping some engine bay bits to be painted. Ported/matched inlets, fuel rail guard, engine mount bracket the usual suspects.
Got these in paint yesterday. Overall I think they have come out reasonably well and should help clean the standard engine bay up nicely. They will go back with stainless cap head hardware to add some contrast.

Also decided to add further foam inside and trial fit a U rubber on the top of the rear boot trim. This sits up tight against the rear screen, looks almost OEM and should help stop any further trim rattles from back here.

Next up was beginning the prep on my bullets to refinish in silver. Currently rubbing these down with 1500 wet/dry. I’ll hit them with some Upol adhesion promoter before painting and hopefully should end up with a decent finish.

 

[Coops Mk1]

Let us know how the U rubber works out, amazes me how many more rattles my 182 has compared to the phase 1. Phase 1 is just so much more solidly built

 

[frayz]

Let us know how the U rubber works out, amazes me how many more rattles my 182 has compared to the phase 1. Phase 1 is just so much more solidly built

Will do mate. I fricken hate rattles and any kind of unnecessary NVH. I’m tempted to add some Lightweight Dynamat to the car in a few places just to tighten it up. The honeycomb exhaust mount made a surprising difference to any boom from the rear. I’ll report back on the U rubber. 👌🏼

 

[frayz]

Started the strip down for the cam cover paint today.
Spent a good hour or more prepping and cleaning the cover with a mix of various things, Billberry wheel cleaner, iron x, brake cleaner, various wire wheel fittings in a drill to get the cover as clean as possible.
Then rinsed and washed with plenty of hot water.

Next followed a lot of careful drying and about 2 hours of masking. A hateful job but worth it if I were to get any kind of decent finish.

Took a quick pic of a standard RS inlet vs a ported/matched standard inlet.

I also found a lot of worn plastic armour on the engine wiring harness. This I re-armoured and bound in fabric loom tape. The fuel rail orings were also dead so I’ve replaced these now before they become an issue.

Still got a few parts to finish off tomorrow but I think the overall appearance is greatly improved.

 

[Greeny.]

Looks great, might have missed it above but what paint have you used for that? Need to re-do mine at somepoint as they are starting to peal with it being sat in the garage, never had this issue when I actually had a Clio I drove.

 

[frayz]

VHT wrinkle black. No primer required and as VHT reacts with other paints, it’s needs to be very clean. So Nitromors or blast what you already have and get it back to bare metal.

Then go direct to clean metal. 👍🏼

 

[Eddie555]

VHT wrinkle black. No primer required and as VHT reacts with other paints, it’s needs to be very clean. So Nitromors or blast what you already have and get it back to bare metal.

Then go direct to clean metal. [emoji1360]

Why mate just why do you have to do these things?. It just causes problems for me.. Now im gonna have to take mine apart and bloody well copy you..

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[frayz]

So to finish up, I dusted the lifting eyes with some zinc and satin black before refitting those.
There was also some lengths of M6 stainless cap heads I didn’t have in stock so I’ll get some more of those, namely for the coil pack and such.
Boxed the rest of the car up this morning and called it a day on the engine bay for now. I’ve some other ideas but they’re for another day.

Another item I’ve been toying with for a while is a sunstrip. I know these divide opinion, but I had an idea and wanted to try It.
Gone with matte black, and keeping with the same idea I run on my Cayman I have gone with a gloss black accenting decal.
On the Clio I’ve gone with the “Vive Le Sport” logo in the corner.

I wasn’t sold on the sunstrip till I added the decal but in the flesh this looks loads better than even I expected.

I’ve been told I’m to return to work on Monday so tinkering time will slow now. Still, I’m quite pleased with what I’ve been able to achieve over the lockdown so far, I think the cars starting to look how I was hoping it would.

 

[Usr117063]

Looks mean with the tyre/wheel combo and sunstrip

 

[RustyMojo]

looks great, similar to mine with the crinkle finish. One thing you got to address is the slam panel bonnet catch! I stripped mine rubbed down and painted it silver then rebuilt and lubed up. Sure it will get scuffed you again, but they look minging left alone

 

[frayz]

looks great, similar to mine with the crinkle finish. One thing you got to address is the slam panel bonnet catch! I stripped mine rubbed down and painted it silver then rebuilt and lubed up. Sure it will get scuffed you again, but they look minging left alone

It’s not rust. It’s brown covered in Dynax Wax

 

[Usr117063]

Are you convinced with the colour matching door bullet?

 

[frayz]

Are you convinced with the colour matching door bullet?

No, I’ve ordered some silver to do my original set, but I’m waiting for the paint to arrive. I’ve prepped the bullets and sprayed with Upol adhesion promoter.
Now they just await some colour and clearcoat.

 

[RustyMojo]

It’s not rust. It’s brown covered in Dynax Wax

Oh right apologies, it looks like rust in the pictures and the catches do suffer with it a little. Apologies, just your eye is drawn to it in photos with the rest looking so mint

 

[frayz]

Oh right apologies, it looks like rust in the pictures and the catches do suffer with it a little. Apologies, just your eye is drawn to it in photos with the rest looking so mint

No worries. Most of the cars front and rear panels are covered in Dynax. Doesn’t look pretty but I’m not fussed about that I just want to preserve what I have left lol

 

[Amos91]

Looks great overall, personally sold on the sun strip. Seems to be the current trend thing to do like bonnet bras at in the past. At least it doesn’t say speedhunters or similar 😂

 

[frayz]

Looks great overall, personally sold on the sun strip. Seems to be the current trend thing to do like bonnet bras at in the past. At least it doesn’t say speedhunters or similar 😂

I was in two minds myself mate.
I was tempted to do an Instagram poll... then I remembered I don’t really care what anyone else thinks anyways. 😂

We’ll see how long it lasts, I can always rip it off and it’s not like I’ve tattooed my face. 😂

 

[Stefan.]

Lovely update frayz!!

Lovely work on the Bay, never a fan of sunstrips personally but we are all different.

Lovely car though 😍

 

[-Simon]

Lovely work Sir. Great modifications so far and the engine bay looks great - exactly how i want mine to look. Currently sitting in my mates garage until it reopens after having cambelt, new boost pipes and general engine tidy up. Can’t wait to drive it and seeing a car as good as this makes me miss it even more. Keep the updates coming

 

[frayz]

Cheers for the kind words gents.
Much appreciated.

 

[frayz]

So when i first got the car back last June, i quickly popped off the rear door cards to have a look at the extent of any possible corrosion back there, and if i needed to act urgently on anything. Fortunately it all looked okay and i just dumped a load of Waxoyl on it and left it for another day.

Well this morning i revisited the rear sills to have a proper look.
I cleaned down the Waxoil with some thinners and cloths and was very pleased to find the NS absolutely spotless with barely a blemish to remark upon. The OS had some very slight pitting of the paint layer.
So i chose to clean this back with a small wire wheel which very quickly revealed bright silver metalwork with no signs of any rust.

I've coated both sides in Bilt Hamber Hydrate 80 for good measure, and will let this cure overnight. Tomorrow i'll paint with Bilt Hamber Electrox, then some satin black and will finish with a good coat of Bilt Hamber Dynax UB.

Nobody will hopefully ever see in these areas but its nice to know I've protected it as best i can.

 

[Eddie555]

How weird.. i looked at mine yesterday and my passenger side is also spotless but like yours my drivers side was about the same as yours.. Ive noticed some others have also just been the driverside that worst for wear.. very strange..

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[frayz]

How weird.. i looked at mine yesterday and my passenger side is also spotless but like yours my drivers side was about the same as yours.. Ive noticed some others have also just been the driverside that worst for wear.. very strange..

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If that’s a genuine trend, it’s a difficult one to try and explain as to why.

All I could suggest would be possibly a manufacturing issue, or something thats different on the OS that may cause more moisture to accumulate in that area?

I would suggest there is possibly a grommet or something through this side of the chassis that maybe isn’t present on the NS?

 

[DomP182]

Same here, my drivers side was worse than the passenger side which was nearly spotless.

 

[dann2707]

Engine bay is looking pukka now mate

 

[frayz]

Engine bay is looking pukka now mate

Thank you Dann, gone quite basic but hopefully a purposeful and uncluttered look.

 

[MLB]

How weird.. i looked at mine yesterday and my passenger side is also spotless but like yours my drivers side was about the same as yours.. Ive noticed some others have also just been the driverside that worst for wear.. very strange..

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Maybe the spray pattern from passing cars in the rain is different on the drivers side because of driving on the left side of the road?