made some changes to the 172 last night.

[jaysjetski]

a few new pics today as i spent 4 hourts cleaning and polishing.

also been sorting out a cup splitter i got cheap.(not fitted yet)

got the clear repeaters fitted now. much better.

 

[Martin!]

Love that, besides the splitter....very nice indeed, can't beat black cars when polished up.

 

[dutty_112]

No no no no no no.

agreed get a cup splitter or megane ph2

 

[jaysjetski]

agreed get a cup splitter or megane ph2

thats what i had been doing today. the second line says i got a cup splitter just not fitted

 

[Rob]

Car looks really nice mate, gloss white wheels and it'll be lovely, exhaust is such a big improvement.

As for the splitter, you could just get a 307 one, look very similar to cup one and are a lot cheaper.

 

[SammyT]

looks good, exhaust looks much better

 

[jaysjetski]

looks good, exhaust looks much better

yeah, i think so too.

cheers

 

[jaysjetski]

Car looks really nice mate, gloss white wheels and it'll be lovely, exhaust is such a big improvement.

As for the splitter, you could just get a 307 one, look very similar to cup one and are a lot cheaper.

got a broken cup one for £8.00 so been repairing it today

 

[Rob]

How you been repairing it mate? I've got the same in the loft, but I know nothing about plastic welding?

I'm considering covering it in CF wrap myself....

 

[Jason_E]

Splitter fits in well. LOL at finding it! WIN!

 

[jaysjetski]

How you been repairing it mate? I've got the same in the loft, but I know nothing about plastic welding?

I'm considering covering it in CF wrap myself....

superglue to hold it together, then roughed the rear surface and fibreglass resin and sheet.

seems pretty strong. then gonna sand the front and spray it.

 

[Rob]

Cheers mate. Care to take some pics of the fibreglassing and write a little explanation?

 

[jaysjetski]

Cheers mate. Care to take some pics of the fibreglassing and write a little explanation?

will do

 

[Tigger]

Exhaust looks so much neater, and I love the badges :approve:

 

[Plummer]

splitter would look better painted i think

Agree! Would look very V6esque

 

[jaysjetski]

bought Matt Black paint tonite. so will get some pics up when its done.

got an Rs tuner coming this week also, just need to finish sorting my inlets out!!! takes ages with a dremel! but its getting there.

 

[mark_sport172]

bought Matt Black paint tonite. so will get some pics up when its done.

got an Rs tuner coming this week also, just need to finish sorting my inlets out!!! takes ages with a dremel! but its getting there.

When you say using a dremel on your inlets... Do you mean your matching then or using it to sand down the outside?

 

[jaysjetski]

When you say using a dremel on your inlets... Do you mean your matching then or using it to sand down the outside?

will be doing both

 

[mark_sport172]

will be doing both

I have a dremel, and just wondering how you managing to use it to match the internal of the inlets? You got any info on how you doing it? What applicator you using, etc?

Wanting to buy some matched inlets but if i can do it at home would save me some pennies.

 

[jaysjetski]

I have a dremel, and just wondering how you managing to use it to match the internal of the inlets? You got any info on how you doing it? What applicator you using, etc?

Wanting to buy some matched inlets but if i can do it at home would save me some pennies.

havnt really started.

but thinking just the sand wheel things that go onto the rubber wheel you tighten. then emery cloth to tidy it up. then polish it with polishing wheels and paste.

im gonna start with the upper and match to the gasket as its only 15mins to change over.

then when i dont need the car for a few hours i will blue the lower to the head and then do that.

as i have a spare set the car can still be on the road. also if it goes wrong then i still have working parts anyway.

quite a few ppl have done it this way

 

[brownin]

i need my bullets and diamonds on the wheels done like this to really finish off mine, was it hard, how did you do the 2.0 16v bit?

 

[jaysjetski]

i sprayed them white then i hand painted the letters. took time but came out good. then i lacqured them. i got some pics of the process. i will upload tonite

 

[Icarus83]

In my opinion I think the Mk1 Laguna splitter you have fitted suits the front end of your car. I 'might' have the same splitter fitted to mine.......:rasp:

Car looks great!

 

[jaysjetski]

i need my bullets and diamonds on the wheels done like this to really finish off mine, was it hard, how did you do the 2.0 16v bit?

here are some pics of me doing the bullets.

hope that helps.

 

[jaysjetski]

did some more things tonite.

omp towing ring fitted(£14.50 delivered from ebay) also this can only be unbolted not unscrewed like the proper ones.

the laguna splitter has come off(now sold)

and i started preparing my cup splitter.

 

[jaysjetski]

I have a dremel, and just wondering how you managing to use it to match the internal of the inlets? You got any info on how you doing it? What applicator you using, etc?

Wanting to buy some matched inlets but if i can do it at home would save me some pennies.

had a little go tonite. heres some pics

this is the sanding bit im using

this is the lower inlet. i havnt got the gasket to match it just yet but you can see on the outside ports the casting is really poor. the middle two i have started to grind away. (for starters) im ordering as set of gasket this weekend so then will do it properly.

this pic shows the castings(left port) better to what i have ground away with the dremel

 

[Rob]

Cheers for posting that up mate, good work with the fibreglass stuff, it looks good and solid, could you fill the front of the crack with a bit of that, and then sand it down flat??

Where do you get the resin from mate? Any links?

Thanks for the info etc, and good work. Cup splitter should look blooming excellent fitted

 

[jaysjetski]

Cheers for posting that up mate, good work with the fibreglass stuff, it looks good and solid, could you fill the front of the crack with a bit of that, and then sand it down flat??

Where do you get the resin from mate? Any links?

Thanks for the info etc, and good work. Cup splitter should look blooming excellent fitted

any motor factors/halfords etc for glass fibre resin kit. yeah its rock hard. dont think it will last 2 mins if i hit something so will have to be careful.

i just roughed up the back with dremel(sander etc)

then mixed resin(approx gold ball of resin to pea of hardener) then cut glass mesh to size.(in glass fibre kit) then layer it up. i used 4 strips on each break.(just remember it goes hard in about 15 minutes so you have to work fast.)

you can use on the crack and rub it back, but body filler would be better. you can still just make them out on mine but for now it will be fine. i can always touch it up with filler later and spray over again.

 

[jaysjetski]

Fitted the cup splitter last night. wasnt a great fit. will put up pics later