Project Shitbox 172 (In Need Of A Good Tidy Up)

[Mickb]

haha I don't understand why people don't get it either mate.

plus one

 

[asrob910]

Looks fantastic mate, was looking forward to seeing you use the red wheels though but I guess I'll have to wait haha as with swapping the shell it seems the most logical decision apart from just selling the parts and buying another 172 (apart from you getting it cheap in the first place haha).
Honestly though mate I wish you the best of luck, looks like a massive build it also would be something I would love to do and I think you owe your mate a few bottles of Irn Bru!

 

[Knight_Rider]

Fantastic job fella, can't wait to see some pics of the finished article good luck for Monday

 

[marcushookdale]

just want to know, when you had the car in bits, subframe off etc,

why you never even botherd to give it a good clean, i would of had

the subframe powder coated, cleaned and painted a few other things to,

each to there own though.

 

[Mickb]

Comes down to money. And time. Which is limited just now. The bay was clean tbh.

As for his red wheels I have them on the van.

 

[Dominic172]

cheers



its been said i think twice now back in the thread.

Sport shell was damaged. lots wrong with it etc engine needed overhauled so rather put it back in a bent shell i put it all back in the 1.2 shell with some better parts added.

so essentially i have a straight shell and fresh parts for my future plans.

aaaah its all so much clearer now, like i said i fail to see why lol

 

[Mcaff]

Looks fantastic mate, was looking forward to seeing you use the red wheels though but I guess I'll have to wait haha as with swapping the shell it seems the most logical decision apart from just selling the parts and buying another 172 (apart from you getting it cheap in the first place haha).
Honestly though mate I wish you the best of luck, looks like a massive build it also would be something I would love to do and I think you owe your mate a few bottles of Irn Bru!

Cheers mate, yeah i owe him a few £££ after doing it for me.

as for the red wheels they will be going on when its finished, only because they have good tyres

hes a pic of them on his van

Fantastic job fella, can't wait to see some pics of the finished article good luck for Monday

cheers mate appreciate it

just want to know, when you had the car in bits, subframe off etc,

why you never even botherd to give it a good clean, i would of had

the subframe powder coated, cleaned and painted a few other things to,

each to there own though.

cheers, i would have loved to. but as mick said really didn't have time on our hands to send things to get powder coated.

and im not doing a lot of work on the car as im busy with work most of the time (also lack of knowledge)

Paint also costs money witch i don't have in abundance atm with this project and lots of parts to buy.

aaaah its all so much clearer now, like i said i fail to see why lol

Good Luck

 

[Mcaff]

Shes Alive

Credit where its due to mick for the hard work he has put in. its running but we have a problem, no throttle response and it goes straight into limp mode when started. Any ideas?

going to get it on the computer asap and see what the problem is. but probs not until next week some time, so have to do some tidying up in other places i the mean time.

some pics of how it stands atm.

Cheers for looking

 

[Mcaff]

Couple of minor updates:

Got my carbon fiber dash strips on:

Carbon fiber Clio badge came:

New painted Gearknob

Front bumper on with 3/4 plate

Still have problems as the car has not been on the computer yet to see what the problem is, Just goes into limp mode as soon as its started up. Any ideas?

cheers

 

[Stu.]

lookin good man LOL at the old shell in the background :rasp:

 

[Mcaff]

Cheers mate, yeah that will be gone soon hopefully.

just going to take it outside chop the roof off, keep the roof for whenever i have cash to swap them over then chop the rest of the shell up into bits, sling it in the trailer and take it to the scrappy.

 

[Mcaff]

small updates. should have another couple things done tomorrow but just waiting for the computer to see whats wrong with it.

Put my Renault Sport door strips on.

and a pic of the tow strap closer up.

hopefully get the side skirts on tomorrow and my smooth bullets.

Been looking at getting a pair of Bimarco Futuras as well with renault sport stitching.
and hopefully get some more carbon bits on soon as well.

cheers

 

[Mickb]

nice seat if you get them

 

[Mcaff]

put a deposit down on them tonight will have them by the end of the month. they are awesome

 

[Mcaff]

another small update.

put my smooth pearl black bullets on

and now my skirts as well

before

after

just bought gear oil for her as well so will get that sorted

then new wheel bearing mot and tax

 

[Mcaff]

Re: Project s**tbox 172 (In Need Of A Good Tidy Up)

not a great deal of progress but i am hoping to have it on the road soon.

needs the wheel bearing fitted, speedo sensor and a new accelerator pedal. then i can have it mot'd and will tax it.

so for now got some carbon fiber bits on her.

fog light surrounds:

Hazard panel:

and a couple pics of the front.

got some more carbon bits on order as well.

just cant wait to get it on the road now.

oh and ignore the paintwork, im going to have the car either wrapped or painted at a later stage.

 

[Mcaff]

Re: Project s**tbox 172 (In Need Of A Good Tidy Up)

Not a huge update but the cars getting somewheree should hopefully fingers crossed be on the road in the next couple of weeks.

Had my coilovers fitted and anti roll bar:

They are just raceland ones for now the same as the Ktec kit, and a whiteline anti roll bar.

Having my spoiler painted this week and getting her taxed and mot'd

 

[Claire90]

btw the spoiler is in the back of it along with your exhaust. after you know why

 

[Mcaff]

Ah cheers mate didn't realise you took them

 

[Mcaff]

Well finally on the road all mot'd taxed and insured

Today I cleaned my winter wheels fitted with fresh budgets, while my td1.2s go in for a refurb and new tyres over Xmas

Also had to raise the front today because of some rubbing, might raise the back tomorrow as I think it's catching the arches and raise the front slightly more just for the fact it's still far too low.

Heres some pics:

Im not a big fan of the wheels can't wait to get my td's back on there all fresh.

It needs a desperate clean witch I will do later or tomorrow, and as you can see it has no spoiler as ive misplaced the bolts for it

And I need a new pas hose as it burst last night so another thing on the list, but I will get there in the end.

 

[Mcaff]

Found the bolts for my spoiler in the glove box, so put it on and took a couple of mega rubbishy iPhone pics

Still needs painted it's been quickly rattle can'd.

Will get it painted and I have a brand new brakelight to go on

Enjoy

 

[Stu.]

lookin swish

 

[Mcaff]

Cheers mate, wish I had done the wheels black or grey though really not a fan of the red!

 

[Stu.]

Lol! No gonna lie i quite like the red

 

[Mcaff]

Re: Project s**tbox 172 (In Need Of A Good Tidy Up)

Looking as it should with the spoiler on, wheels look orange in the picture though.

 

[Mcaff]

so tonight i feel physicly sick

was going to take the clio out, just put £20 in the tank to go burn and pulled out the petrol station when .... crunchh the most horrible noise i have ever heard especialy when you are just about to enjoy a long awaited drive.

so this is the damage

and how it ended going home on the back of a truck to its new home untill its fixed the garage ..

and lay to rest..

looks like an expensive fix, gutted is an absaloute understatment a drink is in order tonight to cheer me up i think.

 

[Stu.]

s**t man! whats broke? Dephaser? How fucked will the engine be?

 

[.Stevo.C.]

Aux belt pulley looks shagged or am i looking at it the wrong way.

 

[Mcaff]

think its the power steering pully thats shagged dont quote me on that as i really dont know yet what the damage is.

but im gutted

if its mega damage like i need a rebuild and its stupidly damaged i wont be puting a renault engine back in and it will be off the road for a year or so. but lets hope it doesnt come to that!

 

[Mcaff]

after inspection looks like im needing a new power steering pump, new pully and belt for it

so looks like a nice few £££s

Renault ownership... worth it? ive spent a good £1500 on this the past month not including this.

should have bought a decent car!!

 

[daveski]

You can buy another 172 for that!

 

[Mcaff]

Lol tell me about it mate, just feel like I'm stuck with it after spending so much on it.

I couldn't bare to part with it after only having driven it for 4 miles after its been built back up.

They are good when their going!

 

[Mcaff]

not much of an update on the car as such, still hoping to get it back for the end of the week.

buttt i recieved my carbon fibre door handle surrounds from Chris powell on here. awesome work chris !!

some pics:

enjoy

 

[Ali]

I like the carbon handle surrounds! Nice touch! Who makes them? Chris?

 

[Mcaff]

Cheers mate, I sent them "chris powell" and he done his magic with them for £35

Hopefully more carbon parts when I have money

 

[Stu.]

those handles look mint!

 

[Ali]

Cheers mate, I sent them "chris powell" and he done his magic with them for £35

Hopefully more carbon parts when I have money

Interesting, is it carbon (Real) or film...Looks real.

 

[Claire90]

nice wet lay handles

 

[Rubicon_]

Sad to hear of the damage.

Great job on the car though, looking really good!

 

[Thecupkid]

just looked through how it all began and wow uv done wonders! i would be absolutely gutted if that happened to me good luck tho dude! hope it all goes well for ya