Ollie's Silver Cup
Iceberg 172 Cup 
As a few things will be happening soon, I thought best to stick everything in a single thread. I spent a little while sorting through flickr this morning and finding all the photos needed to diary the car to date; I started a thread a few months back which I planned to update, but it never seemed to happen!
After spending a while deciding between a 172 cup and 182, I decided on a cup and set about finding one. I came across an iceberg cup online and took a trip to Derby to have a look and take it for a test drive; deposit was left and a couple of days later it was collected
Such an enjoyable car, and generally very happy with the condition
The following week it had a full on service with cam belt kit and, because of the air-con option, an aux belt too. Only thing was that the turinis weren't in the greatest condition, and a couple of small dents, but not a problem getting those sorted.I was going to spray my front diamond anthracite, but after seeing them available on here, I ordered a carbon front diamond; think they look great on silver cars!
At this point, gave the car a serious clean and detail, followed by some photo *****ing
As the cup splitter was missing when I bought the car, it seemed the perfect excuse to order a carbon replacement
As said, the turinis wern't in the best condition and buying the car just in time for the winter weather it was pretty obvious they wouldn't fair too well. There was some curbing from a previous owner, but the biggest problem was the corrosion! :dead:
I decided the best solution would be to order some new turinis from the local Renault dealer; can't fault the service, ordered one day, arrived the next :approve: I wasn't sure whether to go for anthracite turinis, but because of the difference in offset and the fact I think they look great in silver, I stuck with the cup version
Obviously a refurb would have been the cheaper option, but I liked the idea of having a second set of wheels, not to mention the convenience. The new wheels haven't gone on the car yet, as I thought better to wait until the worst of the winter weather has gone
Currently in the process of messing around with suspension :approve:
Although they seem to get mixed reviews on here, coming from Fords previously where they are much more highly rated, I thought I'd give the Gaz kit a go. After ordering a few weeks ago, they arrived last Friday.
However, there was a problem, I had been sent a kit with 60mm front hole spacing! :dapprove:
Jumping straight on the phone to the supplier, he had ordered the kit that Gaz listed for a 172 cup!
Gaz were arguing that 172 cup and 182 cup both use the 60mm hole spacing :banghead: They stated that, because as far as they were concerned they had supplied the correct kit and my car must be wrong, I'd have to pay for them to be changed to mounts with 54mm hole spacing!
Shocked was an understatement tbh!
This went on for a couple of days before on Wednesday I spoke to a guy called Andy at Gaz, who was very helpful! He arranged for a courier to collect the fronts on Thursday, Friday the cases would be changed to those with 54mm hole spacing, and they should be back with me on Monday
Thought something didn't quite feel right!
