Project Log - Ph1 Flame Red 172

[Djw John]

Thought I'd start one of these, got them on coupe-club.co.uk and like the idea of charting any mods etc in 1 thread.

Does mean Im reposting some pics Ive already put up but hey ho!

Picked it up on the 22/8 with just under 42000 miles on it from FunkyMunky down in Luton and then drove the 400ish miles back home and it drove like a dream!

A couple of pics next to Bubbles' liquid 182

Stopped at the side of a random road near York as my Uncle was passing by the opposite way so was going to meet up but he missed the junction!!

And then yesterday gave it my first clean, just a very quick going over, only had AG car shampoo cos I cant find my zymol :S dried it with the help of some QD, cleaned the windows inside and out and dressed the tyres.

And the engine bay in an original state

Some planned mods for it in no order are;

Desticker it
Clear side repeaters
ph2 rear lights
Silvervisions all round
French plates
Colour coding (maybe ph2 side strips)
New steering wheel
new sounds
itg panel filter
clean up and poilsh the engine bay

Will probably lower it next year but very happy how it drives just now and its nice not to be bounced around everywhere!

 

[Christopher]

that looks so tidy!

very nice fella

 

[Middo]

tbh mate, i regretted touching the suspension on mine. They handle so well as standard, i put some kw v2s on which are decent coilovers and the ride is still worse than standard. Looks like a minter btw

 

[Marky_]

Sounds like a good list of mods. Go for the ph2 bump strips.

 

[Djw John]

Cheers guys, yeah gotta admit Mark that this is the first car Ive had where im not itching to lower it! May just get some pros for it but it handles like a dream just now. Got plenty of time to think about it, not rushing things this time!

 

[Jonaldinho]

p**n, should really be a NWS thread.

 

[Ryan]

Great looking car John, good luck with it!

 

[Christopher]

i'm looking forward to the mods, nice list you have

 

[Nafoff]

de-stickering them makes a hell of a difference, i did with mine and its totally cleaned it up, the plates would be a good idea also as you say.

looks lovely mate

 

[Big Iain]

gis a shout I got an itg panel filter here I aint gonna be usin again!!!

 

[Djw John]

lol @ Jonny!

Iain I would but its a different airbox on mine compared to your old one.

Always desticker my cars Neil, some times re-add choice ones

 

[Big Iain]

yer right so it is!! oh well for sale forum it goes to then

 

[cat171]

Looks great - i thought that FM had only just got it though ??

 

[Alan]

Tidy...

BTW Campbell, you owe me a parcel shelf and a panel filter

 

[Matt@Stealthsport]

Phase 1's rule.

 

[miltage2]

looks lush in that colour, my fav!!

 

[Djw Dave]

Zymol is at mines. Ill get the clear reps off for you.

Ps minter!!

 

[GarethM]

gorgeous fella

 

[John185k]

a beaut!

 

[davebem]

Very nice, glad you got one in the end, looks a lot minter than mine. :approve:

 

[_Kenny_]

Mint mint mint. Plans sound good, I'd even think about keeping the rear lights as they go so well with the colour

 

[R3OBC]

you know what i love most about this car, other than the fact that it is mint..........

you bought it on my BIRTHDAY!!!!! Love it

 

[Djw John]

lol it was my Mums birthday too!

Destickered it today but not taken any pics yet, will come tomorrow along with some interior shots!

 

[R3OBC]

was your mum 25 too??

 

[Martin_172]

awesome mate, sorry i went offline on msn the other day, didnt manage to get time to put the 15s on mine but will do soon!

i was itching from day one to put sportlines on mine, had only had it a month when i changed them. next up after a new exhaust is a set of 15s tho deffo as 16s are balls!

 

[Djw John]

was your mum 25 too??

She wishes!

No worries Martin, just get it done!

 

[R3OBC]

Martin - did the 1.2 eventually die ??? lol

 

[a.e]

Looks nice. I LOVE ph1 172 flame reds. There Hopefully I'll see you around.

Andrew

 

[Ryan]

Martin - did the 1.2 eventually die ??? lol

lol think it had about 150k on it or something didnt it?

 

[Christopher]

yeah, was that the ex-driving school car?

not bad i guess, 150k!

 

[adamRS]

clean up and poilsh the engine bay

Got a phenum and inlet ripe for polishing for sale:quiet:

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=254707

 

[foxon]

looks v nice m8, clean`s up well , if ya fancy a carbon engine cover drop me a pm cause mines going 4 ITB`S this week so won`t b much good 2 me??

 

[Djw John]

Thanks both but I plan to get some matched ones from AWT throught the exchange deal and then get those ones polished up and gonna paint the current engine cover. Cheers though

 

[adamRS]

Thanks both but I plan to get some matched ones from AWT throught the exchange deal and then get those ones polished up and gonna paint the current engine cover. Cheers though

No worries, just make sure they send you one FIRST, delivery is s........l..........o............w , mine was a 5 week turnaround.

RS tuning remap well worth it too.

 

[Djw John]

Yeah? How much of a difference did they make individually and combined?

btw more pics being uploaded right now!

 

[Ali]

^Been there done that! - Just look at the old pink bus for mods!

 

[Djw John]

Yeah, well engine bay will look similar! Where the engine mods worth it though, bearing in mind this is a keeper!!

 

[adamRS]

Yeah? How much of a difference did they make individually and combined?

btw more pics being uploaded right now!

AWT inlets on their own aren't meant to make much noticable difference. Combined with remap its alot smoother in the power delivery, revs more freely, torque for overtaking feels better too. Not RR'd yet just subjective. Not a massive gain but worth it IMO

 

[Djw John]

Cool, cheers.

Sod waiting for the pics, Im off out for dinner, will post them tonight!

 

[Djw John]

As promised!

Gave the car a quick clean today and used Alans PC on the bonnet, not that its particulary awful, i just wanted a shot!

A before pic of some damage

after

before of another wee section

after, not completly gone but much improved

A shocking 50/50 attempt!

The finished article

Im sure I can improve on my techniques and get a better finish, that was just using sonus sfx1 with a 4" yellow spot pad though so dont expect uber shininess just think I can reduce the slight swirling more, did about 3 passes though so maybe Im expecting too much.

Gave the engine bay a wee clean too.

Previous pic posted at the start of the thread

And now

didnt spend too long on that today but will do at some point im sure!

Did the plastics with AG bumper care

And removed the rear stickers as well

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Will order a new cs sticker, just wasnt happy with the postioning

Cheers
John