project 'showroom' 172 cup

Nick172Cup · Nov 8, 2009

It certainly looks gorgeous having a mint mondial blue Cup, but I personally would prefer to drive mine which is what it was designed for. Its no dig as i'd love a mint standard Cup to use as a normal comfy runaround and have my Cup for when I want to tear it about!

Fair play for all the effort though.

james_h · Nov 8, 2009

Nick172Cup said:
It certainly looks gorgeous having a mint mondial blue Cup, but I personally would prefer to drive mine which is what it was designed for. Its no dig as i'd love a mint standard Cup to use as a normal comfy runaround and have my Cup for when I want to tear it about!

Fair play for all the effort though.

I totally agree, this sort of car needs to be on the track, after all thats what the cup is all about! hence why I was supposed to be at Curborough in September.

I need to make a decision soon to be honest.

1) Sell cup buy two cars, run around and sprint car.
2) Keep cup for sprints, buy a runaround.
3) Keep cup for road use, buy a sprint car.
4) Keep cup and forget about sprinting it.
5) Keep cup and do some sprints.
6) Sell cup and start another project.

james_h · Nov 8, 2009

davis88 said:
top job! MINT!

cheers matey.:approve:

DannoTheGreat · Nov 8, 2009

thats fookin lovely

james_h · Nov 8, 2009

danno172 said:
thats fookin lovely

:lolup: cheers

davers · Nov 8, 2009

any underneath pictures?

wouldnt mind seeing how clean it is?

james_h · Nov 9, 2009

davers said:
any underneath pictures?

wouldnt mind seeing how clean it is?

can get some as I did give it a full clean underneath, even removing the exhaust heat shields. It's going to be covered in crap again though now. It's like cleaning the arches, looks immaculate when it's done but after a couple of wet drives it's back to square one...hence why I would like keep it as a dry use only car but thats not going to happen in this country.

davers · Nov 9, 2009

waxoyl may sound stupid, but it says a lot when you go to sell the car

james_h · Nov 9, 2009

davers said:
waxoyl may sound stupid, but it says a lot when you go to sell the car

I think your right, it all depends how far you want to take it, whilst is still a road car I don't think I will go much further. I've thought about a lot of approaches to things, having all the body cavities waxed/sprayed, waxoyl the underside etc. Galvanised front subframe helps the front stay corrosion free/tidy. rear arches seem like a weak point and could be an area I'd consider for treatment. I've already had the inner skin of the boot treated/wax sprayed when I had some paint work done.

W17GLE · Nov 9, 2009

james_h said:
It would be nice to see some more restoration projects, especially with some older classics like the Williams etc.

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I'm considering doing my ph1 172 so that in a few years time when there are not many about i'll have an immaculate one. Its not like mine gets driven its just sat in the back yard. I need to build a garge or shelter before i start though as it needs to be in dry storage.

Great work with your car though its very impressive.

Fletcher · Nov 9, 2009

Cracking bus this :approve::approve:

182chick · Nov 9, 2009

Any advice on changing the fuse box, as mine needs doin badly

james_h · Nov 9, 2009

182chick said:
Any advice on changing the fuse box, as mine needs doin badly

I havent actually got round to it yet...doh.

One bit of advice though is mark/label everything up and take some photo's beofre starting...it's messy in there lol

james_h · Nov 9, 2009

W17GLE said:
I'm considering doing my ph1 172 so that in a few years time when there are not many about i'll have an immaculate one. Its not like mine gets driven its just sat in the back yard. I need to build a garge or shelter before i start though as it needs to be in dry storage.

Great work with your car though its very impressive.

Fletcher said:
Cracking bus this :approve::approve:

Thanks guys

182chick · Nov 10, 2009

james_h said:
I havent actually got round to it yet...doh.

One bit of advice though is mark/label everything up and take some photo's beofre starting...it's messy in there lol

I dont actualy think mine are all sittin in correctly or in proper order, so feel free to post a pic of what they should look like

Ian_182 · Nov 10, 2009

If i was in the market for a cup,then this is what i would hope to find...

edewer · Nov 10, 2009

need to get mine a lot closer to this stage. bought it a little rough around the edges, and am slowly working towards this level of finish

james_h · Nov 15, 2009

182chick said:
I dont actualy think mine are all sittin in correctly or in proper order, so feel free to post a pic of what they should look like

I'll try and get a pic, but depending on which model you have I suspect you are going to see some differences in the fuse box in terms of wiring and relays.

ian 182 said:
If i was in the market for a cup,then this is what i would hope to find...

Thanks

edewer said:
need to get mine a lot closer to this stage. bought it a little rough around the edges, and am slowly working towards this level of finish

Mine was very rough when I brought it, considering it was low mileage. Just work your way through the bits that need doing. I have to admit the new headlamps and spotlights plus having a few big chips on the front bumper sorted have made it look like new from the front.

Der Abt · Nov 15, 2009

Very clean 172 you got there.
Really nice.

james_h · Nov 16, 2009

Der Abt said:
Very clean 172 you got there.
Really nice.

Cheers matey.

james_h · Dec 21, 2009

Been out for a spin in the snow and thought a festive shot was in order...Merry Christmas!

Gaz_ · Dec 21, 2009

Nice

Just noticed (not being picky) that the Cup badge is too low on the door, should be about an inch higher

james_h · Dec 21, 2009

gaz-kev said:
Nice

Just noticed (not being picky) that the Cup badge is too low on the door, should be about an inch higher

Cheers mate

mmmm...Someone has prob had a stab at re-aligning them in the past maybe?. They easily get damaged or vandalised. See what you mean, just never noticed until now tbh.

I have a new set from Renault ready to go if needed, just can't be bothered yet.

123stevevw · Dec 21, 2009

I say it everytime this thread is revived - I fookin love your car sooooo much

r516vt · Dec 23, 2009

andrewrobert87 said:
car is lookin mint mate, fair play! i need to replace a few bits on mine, one thing being the inner front arch of the drivers side, its completly snapped! do you know if this comes in separate bits? the bit that has snapped off is the part which kind off protects the underneath of the fog lamp

The bit you are referring to is connected to the arch liner iirc.

r516vt · Dec 23, 2009

james_h said:
Been out for a spin in the snow and thought a festive shot was in order...Merry Christmas!

Have you done some post processing on this photo, with Photoshop for example?

172RT · Dec 23, 2009

Looks like the levels of blue have been turned up too much on that photo judging by the colour of the snow. Either that or the white balance is out on the Digital Camera

Skink · Dec 23, 2009

james_h said:
I have a new set from Renault ready to go if needed, just can't be bothered yet.

Give me a shout when you get round to it. I'm on the scrounge for the little yellow 2.

james_h · Dec 24, 2009

r516vt said:
Have you done some post processing on this photo, with Photoshop for example?

172RT said:
Looks like the levels of blue have been turned up too much on that photo judging by the colour of the snow. Either that or the white balance is out on the Digital Camera

No straight off the phone camera (2MP), just poor levels of colour on the shot, it looked funky so just left it. Only used photoshop to resize it.

cat171 · Dec 24, 2009

Cracking, nice & factory fresh. What mileage is it on ?

james_h · Dec 24, 2009

cat171 said:
Cracking, nice & factory fresh. What mileage is it on ?

31k now. I clock up around 3-4k a year.

cat171 · Dec 25, 2009

Cracking stuff

Will. · Dec 25, 2009

I want a cup

james_h · Jan 31, 2010

bit of an update for anyone interested..

Next up - rear pads. The current ones were still MOT passable but rather than letting them wear any more I thought I'd get them done out the way...and it was a bad decision on such a cold day

Looked around and I have always used OMP for most of my upgraded parts, but in the end decided to stick with OE as I managed to get them half price.

THey seem to wear well and quality is excellent.

What should of been an hour or two's work turned out to be a bit of a pain. Broke one of the split pins (if you can call them that?) which are utter rubbish in design and to be fair I knew these would be a problem after doing this job more than a few times. So decided to swap them out for heavy duty split pins. Some slight shortening of the pins was required but well worth it.

Next up a colleague of mine has managed to get me a new set of wheel bolts, looking forward to getting these on later.

the_prophet · Jan 31, 2010

you saving the wheel nuts for after winter?

Ian_182 · Jan 31, 2010

Nice when someone takes care with their car

james_h · Jan 31, 2010

the_prophet said:
you saving the wheel nuts for after winter?

Just realised they are the wrong pitch, he's going to try and get the right ones. These look like 1.25 and should be 1.5... I think, need to go measure.

the_prophet · Jan 31, 2010

i'd just save them to be honest. gives you time to get the right ones, and also stops the salt ruining them before the summer season comes round again. mine look crap, there rusty as hell. i'll prob end up just spraying mine when i get wheels refurbed in the summer.

Gaz. · Jan 31, 2010

Makes a change to see people refreshing a car to factory spec. Keep it up fella, you're doing great.

james_h · Feb 3, 2010

New correct pitch bolts on order! Can't wait to get them on - nothing worse than nice wheels with crappy looking bolts.

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