kevs 172

[kevin.s]

ive had the car for about a yeah and a half now and ive done a few bits to it so i thought it was about time i did a project thread. when i bought the car, i had no intention of doing anything to it bar tidying up a few scuffs and scratches. that was untill i joined this place so i hold you lot fully responcable for the end results lol. anyway this is how it was when i got it.

 

[kevin.s]

i then set about getting the scatches sorted on it to tidy it up a bit.

this is just one of the many scratches that it had. a few wher too deep to flat out and would need to be painted but that would come later

 

[Greeny.]

Came out well

 

[kevin.s]

things then took a turn for the worst and i lost my job but managed to get work at another body shop. on my first day there on the way home i spun out on an island and caught the rear wheel on the kirb resulting in the wheen being knackard, stub axel being bent, passinger seat airbag being deployed and all the gref that followed to get it put right. and so followed the new parts and a jig session to make sure that the accident hadnt done any major damage. luckily it hadnt. so i replaced the seat, pretentioners(as the back ones had gone too :dead , air bag module and programming, stub axel and wheel. i think there where more bits but it was a while ago so i cant remember everything i replaced lol. once that was sorted i started to tart it up a little, starting with the engine bay

i then decided i wanted a bit more under there and so i decided to fabricate my own battery cover ...

 

[Lee-182]

bloody hell that scratch came out well

 

[kevin.s]

i then wanted more lol so i decided to have a bash at polishing it up...

at this point i had managed to get a blue samco induction hose so the bring the blue into the colour sceme i did this

i then started on the inlet

i then thought this would be a nice finish to the engine bay so put a polished k tec strut brace on it

 

[Greeny.]

Looks smart mate!

 

[Plummer]

Magic on that scratch like!

 

[kevin.s]

i then thought that the fron end was looking abit taty and there were a few scratched (the ones i mentioned earlyer) on the rea bumper that needed doing so i started on them

so once that was done it was on to the next thing

 

[Alexander]

Nice bay.

 

[kevin.s]

my missis got me a stelth shelf for my birthday so it was rude not to fill it with vibe juicy goodness

and whilst i was at it i put some in the rear 1/4s too

i also decided that i fancied making a one off fibre glass sub box that fitted perfectly into the corner on the boot so set about doing that
heres all the stuff i used

i then stuffed it full of wadding and fitted the speaker along with these that i had made up

needless to say my car stunk for weeks after doing this lol

 

[kevin.s]

thank for all the comments chaps

 

[kevin.s]

amongst all this work i was doing i also decided to have a bash at making some fibre glass thumbgrips as mine were batterd

 

[Bluebeard]

f**k me boyo, you got some serious talents there!!

 

[kevin.s]

next up was the wheels and badges so decided what i wanted to do then got on with it

and this is pretty much how it stands at the moment. ive just had the dephaser pulley, cam belt kit, aux belt kit, cam cover gasket, lamba sensor, exhust and steering rack all sorted recently which cost a fortune but is well worth it in the end.

heres the spec so far
body work
laguna front splitter
white with black detailed side bullets
white badges all round
cup racer toe eye
pressed euro plates
suspension / wheels
brembo high carbon discs
mintex pads
35 mm stiffer sports lowering springs
polished strut brace
white refirbed alloys with black badges
engine
pipercross ik
piper cross cold air feed
samco induction hose
polished inlet manifold and fuel rail gard
polished ik heat sheld
polished air con pipes
colour coded engine cover
colour coded fuse box cover
stainless steel battery cover
ice / inside
adjusted accelerator pedal (for heel and toe)
coustom fibre glass sub enclosure with rockford fosgate 12" sub
stealth shelf with vibe slick 6x9`s
vibe slick 5" co- axel r 1/4 speakers
sony head unit
fibre glass colour coded thumb grips
richbrook gear knob / tax disk holder
repairs taken out.
new rear axel
new stub axel
new hand break cable
new power steering pipe
new spark plugs
new battery
new passenger seat
new air bag module and reprogramming
rear shock absorber
hazard light switch
cv boots
up stream o2 sensor/ light switching off
dephaser pulley
cam belt kit
aux belt kit
cam cover gasket seal
exhuast sleeve
new spare wheel.

 

[kevin.s]

f**k me boyo, you got some serious talents there!!

cheers mate

 

[Curtis!]

You know when Clarkson reviewed the 182 and said it was like a puppy dog jumping up your lap.. That's exactly what the 2nd to last pics remind me off lol.

Very nice car, the steering wheel.. oh my!

 

[guysy]

Great progress on this car, Like it a lot.

 

[maynard]

great progress, not my cuppa tea - but you gotta admire the skills! well done

 

[Rob_bennett]

im impressed, would you be tempted to make some more of those steering wheel thumb rubbers?

also on your sub box what did you wrap it in, and paint over? is it strong enough?

 

[kevin.s]

cheers for the comments and sorry about the spellings lol. i was a bit tired when i did this. i do the thumb grips when i get the chance mate and put them up in the for sale section. they are made from fibre glass though not rubber im afraid. as for the sub box, i rapped it in a fleece blanket then soaked it in fibre glass resin to stiffen it up. once thats done and you put all the sound deadning in and the filler on the out side then it ends up quite thick and dense which make for a good punchy bass.

 

[kevin.s]

great progress, not my cuppa tea - but you gotta admire the skills! well done

i would strip it out like yours mate but it wouldnt be practical for me so i just made it my own.

 

[Domobaby]

Right little handy man.... Nice work mate

 

[Sargara]

i do the thumb grips when i get the chance mate and put them up in the for sale section. they are made from fibre glass though not rubber im afraid. as for the sub box, i rapped it in a fleece blanket then soaked it in fibre

Considering how many people posted in the thread about ruined thumb grips: *here* I bet you could make a fortune selling yours

 

[Jason_E]

Nice work! Good with ya tools

 

[kevin.s]

Considering how many people posted in the thread about ruined thumb grips: *here* I bet you could make a fortune selling yours

lol ive already done about 10 pairs and have a waiting list of people who want them too lol. i just dont get the time to do them at work unless its quiet though.

ther are guides to most of, if not all of the stuff ive done to it so if anyone fancied a go then its there.

 

[maynard]

i would strip it out like yours mate but it wouldnt be practical for me so i just made it my own.

yeah man it's all about what you wanna do with the car and getting it to how you want it to be. part of the fun and the reason we spend all our money on doing it!

 

[r_dizzel*]

alot of hard work and ideas going in to this...

i like it

 

[kieran?]

Mate, I love this, pretty fine work! Love the little badge work and whatnot!
Awesome little read

 

[W4tson]

You've put some serious effort in there, great work boyo! Im not one for subs however, but each to their own.

Keep it up!

 

[Speedlover]

Credit to you mate, lot of hours gone into it but looks epic!! Nice work!

 

[kevin.s]

cheers for the comment fellas. didnt think i had done a fat lot to it but whenm you look at it as a whole, there is a fair bit there. next on my list is a zorst system (when my renault one falls off), remap or rs tuner and possibly some of those k tec coilovers when funds allow it. wont be for a while though as my work hours have just been cut

 

[riles79]

looks awesome fella only bit i dont like is the sub box but dam you got some mad skills

 

[Djw John]

Properly impressed mate, good work

 

[kevin.s]

heres the spec
body work
laguna front splitter
white with black detailed side bullets
white badges all round
cup racer toe eye
pressed euro plates
suspension / wheels
brembo high carbon discs
mintex pads
35 mm stiffer sports lowering springs
polished strut brace
white refirbed alloys with black badges
engine
pipercross ik
piper cross cold air feed
samco induction hose
polished inlet manifold and fuel rail gard
polished ik heat sheld
polished air con pipes
colour coded engine cover
colour coded fuse box cover
stainless steel battery cover
ice / inside
adjusted accelerator pedal (for heel and toe)
coustom fibre glass sub enclosure with rockford fosgate 12" sub
stealth shelf with vibe slick 6x9`s
vibe slick 5" co- axel r 1/4 speakers
sony head unit
fibre glass colour coded thumb grips
richbrook gear knob / tax disk holder
repairs taken out.
new rear axel
new stub axel
new hand break cable
new power steering pipe
new spark plugs
new battery
new passenger seat
new air bag module and reprogramming
rear shock absorber
hazard light switch
cv boots
up stream o2 sensor/ light switching off
dephaser pulley
cam belt kit
aux belt kit
cam cover gasket seal
exhuast sleeve
new spare wheel.

forgot the all important silver side and repeater light bulbs and the toe eye

 

[K1NGY]

Sub boxx ! woww..

 

[Puressence]

some talents there mate

 

[armogedden57]

Beautiful car mate, some skills ya sen too!

 

[VeinAST]

Top work

Only thing I can say I don't personally like is the Clio Sport KTR stickers on the battery cover.

 

[kevin.s]

not 100% sure they are staying there to be honest mate. i heve a big one in the back window that has outstayed its welcome too lol