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Smiggy's 182 Build.
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Wiiilllllllllllll!!!!!!! Thanks buddy!!! Nice too see your still on here haha after moving onto bigger and better things haha! :kissingheart:
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Looking awesome mate!!!
haha of course I'm keeping up to date with your progress! makes me want my Clio back!
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Don't often have a free minute to keep this thread going so gonna smash out some over due pics haha!
Got a load of parts back from being powder coated and a few more waiting to come back...the results were fantastic!!
Venture out at Cadwell with my good friend @Apg100 with a very wet morning but ultimately an awesome day and an awesome car!
God bored one day so decided to refit my light back into my car as I missed it after pulling it all out so went a bit mental and took out my 4 SMD slight and fitted a 42 board instead haha! It works haha! Love the way when I unlock my car it illuminates my sexy white cage!!!
Got a load of parts back from being powder coated and a few more waiting to come back...the results were fantastic!!
Venture out at Cadwell with my good friend @Apg100 with a very wet morning but ultimately an awesome day and an awesome car!
God bored one day so decided to refit my light back into my car as I missed it after pulling it all out so went a bit mental and took out my 4 SMD slight and fitted a 42 board instead haha! It works haha! Love the way when I unlock my car it illuminates my sexy white cage!!!
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New wishbones and new bushes removed.
Sandblasted and ready for welding
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Bit of Bilt Hmaber on the exposed and deliberately un powder coated circlip area to prevent rust before the bearing is fitted.
Bottom ball joint treated too
Goes on blue dries black. Awesome Stuff. Love it!
All built back together!! The results speak for themselves but wowwwwwww!!!!
Bottom ball joint treated too
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The interior light's so much better with a proper panel in it 
Rest looks good!
Rest looks good!
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Turned down some Acetal Bushes for my rear GAZ coilovers!! Love Acetal machines so well and doesnt stain like nylon!!
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Rapid fire uploads haha 😂😂😂😂
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
Awesome awesome stuff Ant!
I'm moving back (sigh) to Huddersfield with work next month so we will have to finally meet.
I'm moving back (sigh) to Huddersfield with work next month so we will have to finally meet.
Unreal stuff. This is awesome!
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Yeah hoepfully mate that is the plan haha!! Juts hate rusty parts and im all about prevention of rust too so the powder coating had got a little bit out of hand tbh spent way too much on it. Was planning on having it finshed for Blyton park but its looking hopeful haha! Sigh! :sweat:🙈
Cheers buddy! Although feel like we already have the amount of snapchat selfies I get from you is unreal haha
Thanks mate :up::up::up: 😌
Sorry for the shocking update btw I did it mid leacture on a computer whilst my phone happened to be plugged in haha! and the lecturer caught me out so thats why it suddenly just ended haha!! least I got some pics in!!
The best is still to come!!
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Arch after a clean and de-grease the before shot was the dirty one above. The difference is quite dramatic. The plan is to get it all as clean de rusted as possible ready for the new components to go on.
The weapons! Love Bilt Hamber Stuff!
Some swirls seen here that I managed to get out by hand.
Some apparent low mileage wheel studs which were pretty shocking to be fair so re chased them down with a die, will also have the re blackened.
One of the scabby ones the pikey before removed them with his teeth!
After
This was a particularly bad one also!!! Dont even know wtf is on this!!
The weapons! Love Bilt Hamber Stuff!
Some swirls seen here that I managed to get out by hand.
Some apparent low mileage wheel studs which were pretty shocking to be fair so re chased them down with a die, will also have the re blackened.
One of the scabby ones the pikey before removed them with his teeth!
After
This was a particularly bad one also!!! Dont even know wtf is on this!!
dann2707
ClioSport Club Member
haha perfect time for you to check sc now
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Magnesium Alloy 20mm spacers big boys!!! Youll see why soon!!!
Wishbones back and all welded up!!! Some bloody superb TIG welding!!! Yummy!!!
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Some lovely interior goodness whilst the wishbones and several other items are being welded up!!
Dont know why half these images keep bloody rotating so annoying!!!! arrrrghhhh!!!
Prototype needles next my finalised ones!! the blue really pops on the new ones!!! well happy shame my smd display/ computer is f**king playing up now arrrrrghhhhhhh!!!!!
Dont know why half these images keep bloody rotating so annoying!!!! arrrrghhhh!!!
Prototype needles next my finalised ones!! the blue really pops on the new ones!!! well happy shame my smd display/ computer is f**king playing up now arrrrrghhhhhhh!!!!!
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Photos do not do it justice at all!!!!
The flock looks shite on these pics it really does look better I promise!! haha The HDR didnt do kindly on it
Cheeky shift lights
The flock looks shite on these pics it really does look better I promise!! haha The HDR didnt do kindly on it
Cheeky shift lights
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Completely removed all the nasty underside heat shielding because well it was nasty and replaced it with some aerospace Kevlar heat adhesive shielding
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Blue Titanium (The colour) TPI 'Tuner' Nuts with bearing bottom for accurate torque tightening and scratch prevention! Lovely!!
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Then!!! NIGHTMARE struck!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage:
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As you can see!! The top caliper mounts are parallel to the hub but sadly the bottom mount is quite severely out of line!! These hubs were now potentially scrap!! Untill I had a genius Idea!!! Mwahhhhh hahahahaha
Held the upright down securely using aluminium plate (also aided shimming it and actually saved the powder coat too) and then on the offending caliper mount, the one with the hug clamp on it!! Squeezed it back into alignment!!! Was severly a massive bum hole twitch moment!!!
Held the upright down securely using aluminium plate (also aided shimming it and actually saved the powder coat too) and then on the offending caliper mount, the one with the hug clamp on it!! Squeezed it back into alignment!!! Was severly a massive bum hole twitch moment!!!
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And voila!!! took me nearly half a day!! but succeeded!! went through several pairs of underwear!!!
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Certainly can haha!! Spent ages doing it today the trouble with second hand stuff really you live and learn!! will not be making that mistake again!! Will be swapping with my uprights in the future
Just using OEM 197 pads for the time being mate. and HC discs couldnt justify the cost of silly pads atm not after the outlay
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You sure you are posting in the right thread?
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Massive sorry for the late reply mate it's been a mad few months for me finishing uni and competing in the formula student events. Think I've got a few photos tucked away to upload will need to remind myself where I've left off haha! Got some more bolts back from moss metals t'other day which I know is a new one haha! I have and OCD thing about bolts haha!!
Strange knowing people are actually reading this! Nice to know haha!
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Yeah the look incredible! Picture never quite does them justice!! These have come out almost purpley!! Which is awesome yet bloody annoying as the previous batch was less purple and more yellow! Which is annoying because it won't match dammit!! Haha! I really need to keep telling myself they are only bolts!! :unamused:😅
Don't think I've posted pics of my powder coated and spherical bearing'd arms yet. Probs will be next week now as I'm away all weekend! Then next week I graduate my MEng degree! Bout bloody time! Only taken 5 years! :fearscream:
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It's usually around £30 a batch no matter how many bolts tend to go in. As long as it fits in his basket. These are all hardened OEM bolts so they de-embrittle them all too which a lot of plating places do NOT do! As usually the zincing process reduces the grade. So they re treat them too included in the price.
Check out their site Will probably explain it all better
Moss metal finishers
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Haha your funny you!!
First time I've logged on in months, graduating uni, working and now moving house has put the Clio on the back burner!
You'll probably finish yours before I've even started on mine
M2 Comp
Pfft... you need to sort your priorities out :smile:
I haven't touched mine in months either. 9 months on axle stands and counting lol!
Looking forward to the updates anyway mate, whenever they may be :up:
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Hehe!! It's a hard ol life aaaaayyy!! one of the many reason why my updates have become less frequent is because its such a pain in the bloody arse to do anything directly on the CS site on my phone, and tap talk is shite too! just stresses me out!!
Ahh the dreaded axel stand curse!! Ive just taken mine of the road can see mine ending up like that too mate!
Got there in the end with bolts and what not for the wishbones! turns out the shorter ones are superseded by the longer ones the pikey b******s!!
Been talking with my mate @Martin. and I think my next plans are to stop being so fricking anal about nuts and bolts and start bolting things to the car and just enjoy it all!!
vary minimum I at least want to do is powder coat the subframe and rear beam but thats gonna be difficult now ive moved as both my trusted fabby and powder coaters are over end of the world!!!
will try and update soon!
Tomotek
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Picking my powdercoated subframe and axle up on wednesday [emoji39] woop woop!
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Sssssssh you!! Who put 10p in you???
