Project: Where my 182 is at ...

[Sumner]

Thought it would be a good idea to get a project thread up for my 2005 registered 182. As it stands the current mileage 42K.

Please excuse the pictures as they all taken on an Iphone

Some interior shots:

I will be looking at some small updates very soon, but in the long run I am looking into a supercharger, fingers crossed

 

[Beef-Mc]

Looks very good, was this another members by any chance?

 

[Sumner]

Yeh i bought it off another member, used to have a 197.

 

[Beef-Mc]

Ha I thought I recognised the car.

 

[JB]

Very nice, liking the seats! Same setup I had in my old 172 - Bimarcos and an OMP Targa!

Is it lowered? If so how much and what on?

EDIT: Just saw it's on H&Rs!

 

[Tom@JMS]

I recognise this car - hows it holding up mate?

 

[danjf]

looks gorgeous mate.whats your short term plans?

 

[Sumner]

I recognise this car - hows it holding up mate?

Yeh its had abit of work done by yourself, the car is great and the seats are so comfy for a pair of buckets.

 

[Sumner]

looks gorgeous mate.whats your short term plans?

Short term plans are just making sure the whole car is kept in good working order, replacing anything that is slightly worn, giving it a nice refresh.

Also going to change the interior slightly (not the seats though)

 

[Gray]

Brilliant 182 this... Never wanted for anything, excellent example!

 

[Sumner]

Update:

Bought some new plates from fancyplates, after they messed up my order I now have two sets. Rear plate is a legal standard plate, the front plate is a 3/4 to fit the recess.

Before:

During:

After:

I think it sets off the front quite nicely. However, I didn't have chance to remove all the sticky pads on the back so you just see some pop out behind the plate.
excuse the iPhone pics, they arnt the best.

Comments welcome.

 

[scottiebhoy]

Nice car mate, after a set of 2118's, by any chance you know what offset they are on yours?

 

[MK3]

I'm in love with your wheels! 3/4 plate smartens up the front end alot too.

 

[Sumner]

Nice car mate, after a set of 2118's, by any chance you know what offset they are on yours?

there looks like there is a group buying happening on the 2118's but I think these ones are ET43 (I think, I'm not too sure).

 

[Sumner]

I'm in love with your wheels! 3/4 plate smartens up the front end alot too.

Thanks for the comment, I love the wheels also think the colour is perfect to match the silver of the car. Just need to colour code badges next to the wheels.

 

[T26TGT]

plates look better than standard!

 

[JamboM3]

What exhaust is that? Fit looks brilliant


Nice car

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Looks awesome! Nice choice in seats too

 

[maynard]

Is that the OMP WRC steering wheel you've got? If so, how do you find it?

 

[Sumner]

What exhaust is that? Fit looks brilliant


Nice car

It's a miltek exhaust with a decat, sounds great too.

 

[Sumner]

Looks awesome! Nice choice in seats too

Cheers fella, they are a nice seat and surprisingly very comfy too.

 

[Sumner]

Is that the OMP WRC steering wheel you've got? If so, how do you find it?

The wheel was an OMP targa 330mm wheel, was a great fit too!

 

[Sumner]

plates look better than standard!

It was a must really! Changed the rear plate too, so it didn't have sunwin Renault on it.

 

[DaveW_cup]

Looks very very nice.

big fan of the seats and 2118's

 

[RudyClio]

It was a must really! Changed the rear plate too, so it didn't have sunwin Renault on it.

i have done the same, got rid of the sunwin, sets the front off nicely

 

[Sumner]

Update:

firstly the bad news, since having the 3/4 plate on the front of the car, the police were kind enough to give me a fixed £60 fine twice in the space of a month!! Don't drive through Warrington at night!

After seeing mullens car was nicely colour coded I decided I would do the same with my front badge and bullets in the same colour as the 2118's. Sadley I have no pics of them on the car until I get it cleaned at weekend.

The next thing to order was a new steering wheel, instead of getting the sabelt renaultsport racer I chose a OMP flat bottomed wheel. However, I still wanted the renaultsport logo on the wheel so I contacted Ady off here and he sorted me out. I used the OMP horn for the placement of the logo.

Apologies for the lack of picture quality they are again iPhone pics.

Hope you all like. Comments and opinions welcome.

David.

 

[adam172]

like this ALLOT if i had a 182 i would want it like this steering wheel looks good too.

 

[Sumner]

Cheers fella, I do like the steering wheel, much easier to get into the car now!

 

[SteveS Cup]

I like this a lot! For bucket seats those bi marco's do look comfy!

Not a lover of your new wheel though... sorry!

 

[SteveS Cup]

Does the front diamond come off easily? Did you rub it down or just a quick spray??

 

[Sumner]

No worries about the wheel, everyone has different tastes. It's more practical for me.

With the diamond it just pulls off, and I sanded it down to a dull finish then used primer, followed by few coats of lambo grey spray paint and finished with some laquer. It was my first try and spraying and wasn't too bad. There's a few good guides on here that will help you out.

 

[mullen]

copy lol were's these pics? want to see it"