Stanis232 Ph1 172 Trinidad

[stanis232]

Hey everyone, I decided to start a thread on my 172 so that I can get to know more about the do's and don'ts involving my car.

I've owned this car a little over 4 years now of the sole purpose of being my daily. I thought I would be building my father's (God rest his soul) 1983 A172 Mitsubishi Lancer as my weekend warrior after 8 long years as my daily but unfortunately that was not the case due to so many things including falling in love with the firm chassis of the RS 172.
Long and short of the story, building my LANCER didn't happen because as you all would know, an RS 172 works fantastic on both the straight and the corners of B class roads and as I observed more and more on Clio Sport Owners Club via Facebook and recent interaction on this forum, I now have realized the gem I've got, especially as my country only has about 4 drivable ones.

Here is a few pictures of how I got it when I bought it 4yrs ago

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This was 2 weeks ago before I have it my first paint over

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And presently

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[stanis232]

After going through different threads on this forum I've grown to realize that I need to replace my rear lights with my stock rear lights as it compliments the car times better but the reason for changing it was due to the wiring of the passenger side completely screwed up. So I may have to either look into getting another pair or trying to re wire it.

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[stanis232]

Found my old lights! Needs some electrical work done but I still put it on! Hopefully I can sort out weekend coming!

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[stanis232]

I'm putting my skills to use at work using our CNC to cut some spacers [emoji16] [emoji16] [emoji16]

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[c4pob]

Nice start. good luck with the cnc'ing. With 20 spacers is there enough thread for the wheel bolts?

 

[stanis232]

Nice start. good luck with the cnc'ing. With 20 spacers is there enough thread for the wheel bolts?

Thanks. I have the extended bolts just in case[emoji4]

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[stanis232]

I left home this morning with the intention of getting things straightened up at the neighborhood electrician.
Unfortunately all I could have done was purchase some bulbs and tackle this on my own!
I cleaned the contacts compared right wiring from left
And boom success! [emoji16] ....
Or so I thought [emoji20]

The had an extra pair of feet (my cousin) so she put the ignition on and stomped on the brake, they both lit perfectly.

But when I told her to put on the park light. Only the D side worked, in fact the entire Passenger side front to rear park light didn't work. Then and there I realized that it would most likely be a fuse blown. Funny enough when I switch the park light on there is no 'beep-beep-beep' sound any more neither does the instrument panel dim. I also noticed that my reverse lights aren't coming on either![emoji26] [emoji26] [emoji26]

Have I caused more harm than good?

Have no idea what to do at this point.

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[stanis232]

I left home this morning with the intention of getting things straightened up at the neighborhood electrician.
Unfortunately all I could have done was purchase some bulbs and tackle this on my own!
I cleaned the contacts compared right wiring from left
And boom success! [emoji16] ....
Or so I thought [emoji20]

The had an extra pair of feet (my cousin) so she put the ignition on and stomped on the brake, they both lit perfectly.

But when I told her to put on the park light. Only the D side worked, in fact the entire Passenger side front to rear park light didn't work. Then and there I realized that it would most likely be a fuse blown. Funny enough when I switch the park light on there is no 'beep-beep-beep' sound any more neither does the instrument panel dim. I also noticed that my reverse lights aren't coming on either![emoji26] [emoji26] [emoji26]

Have I caused more harm than good?

Have no idea what to do at this point.

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Fixed it. Just a 10A blown fuse! [emoji28]

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[stanis232]

If that fuse wasn't blown I may not have given my Engine bay a quick refresh

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[stanis232]

Evening testing of the cnc'd spacers
Fit perfectly on the rims. But the outer diameter was too large causing the rear brake pad to bind unto the disc

So its back to the CAD in the morning to make the spacers a smaller fit.

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[White16valver]

Good work!

 

[stanis232]

Redone the spacers as the one's I've cnc'd before were a tad too big in diameter and resulted in %NO MOVEMENT!

reduced the diameter and BOOM!

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[stanis232]

Got my membership package! [emoji16] [emoji16] [emoji16]

Too bad I can't utilize it as much from so far away[emoji20]

How do I utilize the discounts? Are there specific places that I can go online to shop for parts

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[stanis232]

Ok quick update

Had my rims sand blasted and intermediate epoxy coated courteously my work place [emoji6] [emoji6] [emoji6]

I'm planned on top coating it anthracite but I'm thinking to leave it as is and clear coat it

What do you all think?

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[c4pob]

Lighter wheels on a black car looks good. Not sure anthracite would be the right colour. Good luck with what you finally choose.

 

[stanis232]

Received customized goodies

Customized goodies installed

Couldn't wait to see how it looked on the car

Need to get a couple more tyres for the front[emoji16]




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[stanis232]

Swapped the mommy rims out entirely

This was the color of rims before I painted it over

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[stanis232]

Family adventure today!
RS172 WAS FULLY LOADED TODAY! Made me so proud [emoji16] [emoji16]

Prep and testing the evening before to ensure I can drive comfortably

Cleaned the wheels to get dirty again next day

Load up my bundles of joy[emoji4] [emoji4] [emoji4]

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[stanis232]

Family adventure today!
RS172 WAS FULLY LOADED TODAY! Made me so proud [emoji16] [emoji16]

Prep and testing the evening before to ensure I can drive comfortably

Cleaned the wheels to get dirty again next day

Load up my bundles of joy[emoji4] [emoji4] [emoji4]

Some shots before we leave

2hrs and 20mins after... We have arrived at our destination

5hrs after we're back home with a fully loaded RS172

[emoji25] [emoji25] [emoji25] [emoji29] [emoji29] [emoji29] [emoji29] what a day!

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[stanis232]

Prep night before into the morning for a drive with the Swift club.

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[stanis232]

Finally received my Ktec goodies (Ktec sports 2.5 silenced and stealth back box with mounts, water pump, timing belt kit, cam caps, solid shock mounts rebuild kit, 2 bosch lambda sensors, tensioner kit

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[Louis]

Great progress mate. Cars coming along really well!

 

[stanis232]

Thanks mate. I try

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[stanis232]

Headlights were getting a bit dull. Decided to give to a shine. Not perfect but better than before

Exhaust installed (took some getting used to but love the new tone!)

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[stanis232]

Headlights were getting a bit dull. Decided to give to a shine. Not perfect but better than before

Exhaust installed (took some getting used to but love the new tone!)

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I really really really would love to hear how this new exhaust system would sound and perform with I low pressure turbo kit installed.... But I'm worried that I may not enjoy it as much as I'm currently.

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[White16valver]

Looking great :smile:

I am jealous of your lack of rust! :smiley:

I am not sure if bigger rims help the handling :wink: but they do look cool. lol

 

[stanis232]

Looking great [emoji2]

I am jealous of your lack of rust! :smiley:

Thanks. I am not sure if bigger rims help the handling :wink: but they do look cool. lol

Handles great since I aligned and cambered recently! But I'd really like to get a set of 16" speedline turini either silver or white.

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[morgam23]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

 

[stanis232]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Wah going on!

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[morgam23]

nothing palos.. How is the beast?