My RB182 project thread

[Landyman]

I bought my RB182 in May 2018 and am starting this project thread to detail all the work l do to the car.

Today l replaced the faulty/rusted horns with an almost pristine used set obtained on Ebay for a tenner.

Only one of the old horns (pictured below) was working and the connection had broken off.

 

[Landyman]

Another trip to Renault for random plastic parts

 

[Landyman]

While spraying wax into the rear panels l noticed that the sound insulation was missing from the driver’s side.
An Ebay search turned up a pair for £9 including postage.
It was the only item that came up in a search for “Clio 182 sound proofing” l couldn’t believe my luck.

 

[Landyman]

Lower suspension arm replacement

Not for the faint hearted. Ball joint fought me all the way, even after removing the seized-in clamp bolt, ARB mounting bracket didn’t want to go back in, and the rear bolts (extremely tight) have no access to get a breaker bar on.

 

[Daz...]

Hats off for tackling the lower arm change on the drive, but please tell me you didn’t do it with the car on that jack?

 

[Landyman]

No there’s axle stands underneath, and wheel chocks on the rear wheels.

Although l was never under the car so had it fallen l wouldn’t have been injured.

One of my customers was crushed to death under his Porsche when he went under it supported by a trolley jack that collapsed.