My Liquid Yellow 182 so far

[Tommy_C]

As I've got an hour or two to kill, thought I'd document the progress of my 182.

I bought the car in August 2010 after selling my Fabia vRS, drop in mileage due to job change allowed for a more fun car.

When purchased the car had just under 51k miles on it. Unfortunately, at the time I didn't really get the cup pack necessity, something I'd come to regret... Remember kids, do you research.

Modifications we're:

Milltek exhaust and de-cat
Apex Lowering Springs
Blue LED dash conversion
Wheels Re-furbed in Anthracite
RenaultSport graphics on the rear quarter

Also came with original springs, cat and a brand new K-Tec Carbon Splitter.

Here's the car when I was picking it up:

Blue Dash

Alpine XDA-001 iPod/Bluetooth headunit installed, along with steering wheel controls working (Thanks to MT Audio for that)...

Decided the theme I wanted for the car was yellow and anthracite/carbon... so it was on with anthracite bullets (which need a tart up/replacing with carbon items now)

and the splitter

Private plate was also fitted as can seen above. I wasn't happy with the fit of the plate, so I decided to be one of the CS illegal plate crew (dims 520mm x 90mm from fancyplates.com)

Next thing I wasn't happy about was the springs - the car sat too low, ride was crashy and the handling was not how it should be.

So it was off with the Apex:

and on with some Eibach Sportlines (no pics)

Next on the agenda was inside, a damn good clean and some RS mats:

First proper clean time!

Washed - Meg's Gold Class
Clayed - Meg's Clay Kit
Polished - Autoglym SRP
Wax - Autoglym HD Wax
Glass - Autoglym Fast Glass
Wheels - Autoglym Customer Wheel Cleaner
Tyres- Autoglym Instant Tyre Dressing

Results:

More to come

 

[DrewBear11]

Niiiice !!!

 

[Gandi69]

Tidy.
I run sportlines but I have to ask where the apexs really that bad? They sit a lot better on the apexs than sportlines. Also how long did it take you do to all the dash LEDs, looks very good?

 

[Tommy_C]

Decided to add some carbon trinkets to the interior (Thanks to extremeinferno on here)

Gear Knob Insert:

Hazard Surround:

And a quick pic of some lemon meringue pie action in the winter:

Next came some problems...

Rear Eibach snapped:

Great service from K-tec, new set arrived within 2 days direct from Eibach:

Job done.

Next was the exhaust - and a nice big crack around the weld on the centre section.

New section had to be purchased from Milltek directly, unfortunately I didn't buy the exhaust so no kind of guarantee, but 25% discount was better than nothing.

Turns out this maybe wasn't all Milltek's fault.... Manifold/Cat joint and gasket weren't in the best condition, however 17mm nuts and bolts didnt help:

When this was replaced with the proper kit from Renault (£27 approx) the de-cat was also removed:

Don't get me wrong, the popping was lovely (although it does scare old ladies if you're not careful!!!) but on motorway/60mph roads it was just too loud and screamed 'pull me' to coppers.

Tyres all needed replacing, so 4 x Avon ZZ-3's we're fitted, as well as Brembo HC discs, Ferodo DS2500 front pads and standard rear pads.

Finally got round to fitting one of my christmas presents from the GF, carbon fibre fog surrounds

I need to re-fit these ideally, as it's a bit shoddy when you look close up. One's also been smacked by a stone so has a white patch on it



I'd never been happy with the wheels, so when I was offered the wheels from Trophy No 007, I couldn't say no:

Stupid yet common exhaust issue:

Solved!

Purchased a boot net, as stuff rolling around drives me mental.

Caliper freshen up was also called for...

On a negative note, the heaters stopped working. This turned out not to be the resistor as it is in 99% of cases, but the blower motor itself. On trying to fit a new one (mainly by Neal at NERP) the clip on the housing snapped - meaning a new one had to be fitted, actually calling for the manifold to be removed from the top of the engine.

Job done, heaters working - however this gave rise to another problem... we hadn't fitted the windscreen wipers on the correct spline. Had to pick the gf up one evening, and it was p!ssing it down - I noticed the wiper was banging against the side of the door. Went to fix this in the morning to discover this:

B**tard. Need to get this along with a few other chips fixed.

Birthday present of carbon diamonds, however this didn't go to plan:

Front was the wrong one, believed to be for a Meg RS250

Rear was poor quality as it wasn't made correctly to fit in the boot handle

Still awaiting new items to arrive from streamline carbon.

Finally for now, the fitting of my cup spoiler - something which has irritated me since realising I didn't have one already.

Connectors we're different:

but after smashing the pins from the plug on the car (and blowing a fuse due to having them the wrong way round) job was a good'en (wires we're insulated)

6 bolts and we're away!

Exhaust also sits right now!

Final couple of 'how it sits' photo's for the minute, until more bits arrive/are purchased

 

[Tommy_C]

Tidy.
I run sportlines but I have to ask where the apexs really that bad? They sit a lot better on the apexs than sportlines. Also how long did it take you do to all the dash LEDs, looks very good?

I didn't do it mate, I think it was a guy called Kirton on here as he owned the car at one point. Only two that aren't done are the ones on the drivers side window switches

IMO the Apex was poor, the back sat far too low and it looked broken. I like the look of the sportlines, low but not impractical.

 

[tanker]

Got sportlines on mine look good but rides not 2 harsh or low.

 

[Knuckles]

Awesome I didn't know this had blue lights in the dash, you've jut explained what the scratches on the passenger door are off. I'll have to get my wipers sorted :/ cup spoiler and turinis look ace mate

 

[Tommy_C]

Awesome I didn't know this had blue lights in the dash, you've jut explained what the scratches on the passenger door are off. I'll have to get my wipers sorted :/ cup spoiler and turinis look ace mate

Think it's just a 14mm socket and the arm site on a spline mate, pull it up and shift it round.

Cheers, I feel it's finally the car it should have been from the factory!

 

[Knuckles]

Cup LY ftw splitter lows spoiler and turinis ha, I so want this car

 

[Tommy_C]

Not exactly a huge update, but banged an alloy footrest in...

Bit rough round the edges 2bh, but it'll do the job.

Just need some Recaro's now, but cannot justify that kind of money atm, other things to spend money on...

 

[Davis]

Perfect LY, Recaros will finish that of nicely!

 

[Gandi69]

You should deburr that footrest mate, it looks like a 4 year old cut it out!

 

[TinaHingas]

lavly! good work

 

[Clio-Ell]

Good progress!

I'd love a few bits of carbon, its just alot of money for no extra go.

 

[Tommy_C]

Cheers for the comments guys

You should deburr that footrest mate, it looks like a 4 year old cut it out!

Yeah I will get it done when I cba lol

 

[HartZ]

Very nice, loving the anthracite/carbon effect, goes really well with LY

 

[Addicted]

looks good man, pretty much exactly the same changes i want to make to mine, but on a silver 182

 

[Jimbo_M]

Lovely LY mate its got to be one of the best on here, its perfect imo

 

[Tommy_C]

Carbon Badges (Finally)

After what can only be described as a right faff on with Streamline, badges have finally arrived.

Rear sits perfect, the front still needed packing with some cardboard as it pivots from side to side... for an expensive product still not the best quality.

They do however look great IMO, need to get the bullets done but will contact extreme inferno for that.

Unfortunately the fogs are showing signs of stone chips, but there's not a lot that can be done about that...

Anywho, pics:

Rear RS badge also been removed, possibly to be replaced by newer style one but not sure on that one... we'll see (didnt' realise they are £30 odd!!!)

/ASW'ing.

 

[Chris205]

loving it tommy, cant wait to detail this beauty!

 

[Tommy_C]

loving it tommy, cant wait to detail this beauty!

Just been reminded of some shares I'd completely forgotten about mate.... looking good for that long weekend

 

[Tommy_C]

Damn good clean

chris205 m/c polished the car for me yesterday, and I've spend the morning cleaning all the shuts, interior, wheels, glass and giving it a coat of Autoglym HD wax.

A few quick results photo's

More carbon bits next...

 

[Chris205]

Re: Damn good clean

Thanks again tommy, lovely car and should be even better if you keep on top of the paint now, looks awesome after correction

 

[badgerbite]

a beauty - bloody well done fella

 

[Tommy_C]

Not updated this for a while! Not a fat lot interesting, hopefully some cooler stuff at some point...

Gear gaitor was replaced, as the old one had snapped it's clips in the usual place and was a bit tatty...

New Gaitor by TECribb, on Flickr

Then today these arrived from Chris Powell...

CF Bullet by TECribb, on Flickr

So it was off with the tired painted ones

IMG_0866 by TECribb, on Flickr

And on with the carbon loveliness

IMG_0867 by TECribb, on Flickr

CF Bullet by TECribb, on Flickr



Strut brace was removed, although the brackets won't come off and an engine cover was purchased (wanting the car as OEM+ as poss)

Dirty Engine Cover by TECribb, on Flickr

Then cleaned and fitted with stainless bolts and washers

Clean Engine Cover by TECribb, on Flickr

And for anyone who didn't see the detailing thread I posted the other day, after a damn good clean

Shiny 182 by TECribb, on Flickr

Thanks for reading my exremely boring update! Will get some nice/proper photos taken soon.

 

[Jordi17]

Awesome, dont spose you have any more pics side on etc whilst on apex springs?

 

[Tommy_C]

Erm not square one, not sure if this helps (they went pretty early on)

 

[Knuckles]

You mad man! Why didn't you take the strips off to change the bullets lol?

 

[Sleepy.]

Just right!! Beauty mate, lovin' it!

 

[Tommy_C]

You mad man! Why didn't you take the strips off to change the bullets lol?

Damage you can see was done first time round :-( error! Easy to do like that if you're careful

 

[davo172]

Fantastic mate really nice mods
Footrest is a bit cheap and nasty looking thou should have got a proper one from me lol !
Have you still gotvstd wheels ?

 

[Tommy_C]

Fantastic mate really nice mods
Footrest is a bit cheap and nasty looking thou should have got a proper one from me lol !
Have you still gotvstd wheels ?

Yeah I should fix it it's pretty piss poor 2bh. No sold them ages ago pal

 

[guysy]

Top mods, looking clean all round.

 

[v15ben]

Really great looking LY!
Flol at lemon meringue in winter too!

 

[Wick]

Looks ace!

 

[Toby]

Perfect LY mate. Nice one!

 

[joshhicky]

Looking like a great car

 

[markerboy2002]

same wheels and colour as my liquid yellow. beautiful example of a liquid yellow right here!

 

[Stefan.]

really nice 182, cant help but think it looked better on the std 182 wheels though

 

[yellow_chris]

your car is everything i want my car to be! great work mate