Nicks storm grey one 7 two

[nickfantastic]

So i thought id start a project thread for the new buy. I pick it saturday this is just a quicky to open the thread bit of a poor pic as its in a crammed garage

 

[nickfantastic]

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The story so far. The car belongs to a new friend. He used to run a body shop and was doing this full respray for a customer. Customer fell on bad times and cudnt finish or pay the bill so far so paid with the vehicle
I have purchased it in this condition to put my own stamp on it
Im told its running 190bhp although no proof. Remapped by some sunderland company. I will be emailing them to see there is a history
my plans obviously full spary in a grey colour. Im liking mini cooper s grey. I will be replacing timing belt kit and giving it a good old service

more to come soon................

 

[guysy]

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Sounds like a good base for a project, get some more pics and details up of any plans you have.

 

[Stu.]

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did you get all the bits to put it back together? Will keep an eye on this

 

[JLister]

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Will look forward to this one

 

[nickfantastic]

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I pick her up tomorrow. I will get sum decent pics. It is coming with all the parts to rebuild.

 

[Bluebeard]

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I hope it was cheap!

 

[nickfantastic]

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Id rather not divulge financial terms

 

[nickfantastic]

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So i picked her up 2day. Dusty old thing. Heres some pics

 

[nickfantastic]

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Been looking round the car trying to drink it in. Ive been looking on projects and saw a graphite grey 172 and love it. At the minute im not in love with the alloys and the exhaust is abit "young laddy" for my taste.
I will probably refurb the alloys black to compliment the grey. Thinking grey and black theme for this one. Anybody know if these alloys are any good or cheapo. Also if i decided to remove the exhaust is it worth anything? Cheers

 

[Bluebeard]

New winter project

Wheels and exhaust are worth nothing on here. It's not what this site approves of! Lol.

You'll probably get £250 for the alloys and £60+ for the exhaust on eBay though!

 

[nickfantastic]

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Ha i know what you mean. There really not my cup of tea. I favour the standard look when it comes to wheels and exhaust.

Didnt realise the alloys were worth as much as that. I think they will definately be ebay bound. Cheers

 

[nickfantastic]

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At work today decided to try sort the clouding on my headlights. This is how itwent down.......
Before

mid stage after sanding

finished after a buffing

just to compare

 

[nickfantastic]

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Picked this up today although shocked the core plug bungs were not included. Going on holiday this weekend though so probably wont get round to fitting it till 2 weeks. I figure i might aswell fit it wile bumpers off and lights out.

 

[nickfantastic]

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Bit of an update. After spending the last week or so in the freezing tenerife 28 degree heat i was happy to get back to the soaring 4 degrees of the uk.
i decided today was the day to get the timing belt out of the way. I have done the odd renault timing belt before although not a f4r so i expected it to be tricky. Understatement to say the least. Much respect to renault techs coz these cars are crap to work on. Take bmw all day over these things. Anyway al bob a few pics up

First things first the car seemed to bit abit lumpy which i wasnt too concerned about however i think i found why
timing of the exhaust camshaft with the crank pin in

then off with the old

on with the new

new timing of the cams

so that was that done decided to do the plugs and do abit of matt blacking whilst i was doing belt

Started up first turn of key and low and behold not lumpyness. Jobs a gud one for today

 

[nickfantastic]

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Just to add abit if a moan how fricking expensive are the plugs. £40 i ended up getting them trade but nearly £70 retail. Jeez!!

 

[nickfantastic]

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Picked my new alloys up from gee man on here this week. Not in perfect condition but i was always planning refinishing them anyway

bit of time spent priming which i think looks a tidy colour

then for a nice finish

just the one done today as i didnt know how id feel about black however after seeing the finished article i like

 

[nickfantastic]

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Im still abit undecided on the colour of the car. A grafite grey is a maybe but im toying with maybe the mk3 storm grey. Think it could look sick on the mk2. If anyones seen one post me a link coz im eager to see one

 

[cremat]

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Nice color of rides

 

[roberto.]

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Storm grey would be epic, but if you had to pay 70 quid for plugs normal price then you would be getting royally shafted.

 

[one in a million]

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subscribed, good work so far mate

 

[nickfantastic]

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Bit of an update. Not much doing with this over last few months was just stored due to christmas and a family illness. Anyway got some paint finally on her.

 

[Matthew]

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Storm grey?

That would be great stuff.

 

[nickfantastic]

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Aye storm grey. I havnt seen it in person think it looks a little light on the pics but im sure itll look top in person. Apparently its getting some serious interest at the bodyshop. Real love it/hate it situation there.

 

[pixeldiablo]

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going out nice, suscribed.

 

[MCC@U13Y]

cool

 

[Slammed172]

Good progress.

Storm grey is definitely a love/hate colour - love here.

Have you not sold those alloys and exhaust yet !!

 

[Daz.]

Could be great this when it's done!

 

[nickfantastic]

Cheers for comments guys. Im goin through this weekend to have a real look.
And no havnt sold them yet although the replacement alloys and exhaust are here.

also got a set of cooksport springs to bob on when i get her back. Busy times

 

[GeorgeH]

Ohh nice. I think the grey and black will look good.

 

[nickfantastic]

Quick cheeky update. Got my doors back today and even the blizzard couldnt stop me fitting them so i battled with the snow to get them on then swiftly back into the garage. (The garage is not big enough to fit them). This pic shows the colour abit better

 

[Knuckles]

This is looking ace. I used to love o.z. Superturismos but I seem to have gone off them a bit

fyi, the only reputable tuner I know of in sunderland was manic motors in boldon, they used to be popular with the saxo boys, unsure of whether they divulged in Clio's, so I'd take the 190bhp with a pinch of salt lol

 

[Wick]

I like this colour.

 

[nickfantastic]

This is looking ace. I used to love o.z. Superturismos but I seem to have gone off them a bit

fyi, the only reputable tuner I know of in sunderland was manic motors in boldon, they used to be popular with the saxo boys, unsure of whether they divulged in Clio's, so I'd take the 190bhp with a pinch of salt lol

Thanks for the comments guys. Yeah ive totally given up on the guys claims. I got 2nd hand info cams were fitted but when i changed the cambelt nothing gave me the impression anything was changed so i reckon he was just a dreamer or something. Besides which im putting engine mods on the back burner until after bodywork. In fact will probably stick with the standard power

 

[Feirny]

Ahh you're very close to my work in Brampton. Can't wait to see the finished thing.

 

[Wayne-G]

Looking good so far

 

[welshname]

Awesome!

 

[nickfantastic]

Bit of work c/o in the blistering heat today. God damn the garage for being so small. So out she went again. My daily drive was screaming -1 degrees from its smug little face on the instrument cluster as if to say " you goin out in this lad? Good luck with that"
Still waiting for the rest of my panels to get back from spray shop so i thought great time to crack on with the springs. And found some caliper paint sat at work so i swiftly nabbed that. Heres the results.

A teddy bear for anyone who spots where i knocked the pot of paint over

this also happened so i swore alot

some more work tomorrow including the stupid bolt removal. Jeez im too old for this. More to come guys

 

[jonny6]

Who knocked the paint over lol ? Nice work dudes , you got a nice finish on. The wheels.

 

[nickfantastic]

Bit more work today. Drilled the snapped bolt out and got my wings back. Swiftly fitted these along with the headlights. Put some 182 alloys on i bought for the time being as the turinis require rubber. Heres the latest
Suspension still looks slightly high but i think it will settle a few more milimetres in time