Storm grey 172/182 nearly finished...

[Bluebeard]

This is my mates car who I do trackdays with. Hopefully when he's finished this we can crack on with mine!

172 engine in a 182 shell, Storm grey body, gloss black roof, Rover red cage.

 

[Chris_786]

Daniel son, that looks flipping epic!!!

Got to be one of the best RS colors ever and the gage looks nice against it, going for a particular color scheme?

 

[Bluebeard]

You wait til its finished!

The boy has immense attention to detail, it will be superb. He's already had most major components powder coated.

 

[Chris_786]

Just clicked subscribe Cannot wait to see the end result!

Whats the time scale on completion?

 

[Bluebeard]

End of jan hopefully. He's not got much work on so is ploughing through it at the minute.

 

[Jimbo_M]

Cracking project mate, looks like its going to be a very nice motor indeed.

 

[AP'Moss]

Fuckin epic colours.

 

[schnitzel]

absolutely stunning colors great job man

 

[Jamie]

Why a 172 engine in a 182 shell?

 

[Lagerlout]

When does the paint go on? /primer







Gonna be mint. Guessing the difference between the engines is effectively nowt? It was the exhaust/cat/mapping that supposedly gave the 182 the extra... 3 horses lol

 

[DanFreemanPhoto]

Looked better as arctic blue

Srsly, looks epic. Can't wait to see the finished car!

 

[Wests Renault]

Epic colour

 

[Fletcher]

Looks great. I would have gone for the same colour scheme methinks.

 

[leeds_182]

I thought on the first few pictures that it was still in primer!

 

[davo172]

Awesome colour for a clio TCR race clios are Ashat grey i think quite similar colour but look stunning cant wait to see this finished :approve::approve:

 

[katsanos]

What a color !! I m so jealous !

 

[Bondy 172]

Looks great, subcribed to this baby :approve:

 

[Bluebeard]

Why a 172 engine in a 182 shell?

He already had a 172 track car but wanted a flat boot floor as the wheel well is ugly and he also wanted a cage. So when a caged 182 shell caME UP FOR SALE, it was a perfect opurtunity.

 

[fez]

excellent!!

 

[Dave Hester]

Lambo reventon grey would have been much nicer

 

[Daz.]

Oooft!

 

[R1XPH]

Mr Kift?

 

[Matthew]

Gona look mint Daniel. Cant wait to see the finished car.

 

[Bluebeard]

Mr Kift?

Of course. Best painter within many manymiles radius.

 

[DrR]

Nearly finished?

 

[Mr Burns]

That's going to look superb when it's finished!

 

[.Andy.]

Ooftt that looks epic. Keep us posted Daniel.

 

[Darren S]

Brilliant - stripped right back to the bare chassis for painting too. I SO wish I had the money and facilities to do this!

D.

 

[Bluebeard]

He worked in a bodyshop for years so he did all the prep work himself.

A mutual friend called Dave just painted it.

Its back at the unit now and re-building will start tomorrow I expect as soon as we finish our fcuking MR2 Turbo. Jap crap.

 

[Tony Hunter]

:approve:

 

[MarkCup]

Mmmmm, nice.

 

[Ralphizzle]

He already had a 172 track car but wanted a flat boot floor as the wheel well is ugly and he also wanted a cage. So when a caged 182 shell caME UP FOR SALE, it was a perfect opurtunity.

Aah in that manner.

Just recently saw a boot floor (182) being up For Sale, as cut/welding in/out a 172 boot floor for 182 boot floor.

Daniel tell your mate to eggshell finish clear laquer the Storm Grey and Black top.
How high is the front off the floor without the engine weighing it down!

 

[Craig.M]

That's gonna look epic when it's finished.

 

[RDH]

Some serious work going into that! Just not a fan of SG tbh. May look abit different on a MK2 i suppose.

 

[clio_luke]

thats going to look great! awesome colour scheme

 

[.GAZ.]

Any progress/pics of this??

 

[Bluebeard]

The engines in, seats are in, all suspension is on....

But its in the darkets dirtiest workshop known to man. I'm down there all day tomorrow so may manage to get a pic or two.

 

[domsclio182]

Very nice,great colours what is the full spec going to be

 

[James28]

You call that nearly finished! Its just a shell in the pics!
I joke . Looks awesome!

 

[Bluebeard]

You call that nearly finished! Its just a shell in the pics!
I joke . Looks awesome!

That was the hardest part! Putting it all back in is a piece of piss. The roll cage, stripping/prepping/painting/masking/painting/masking/painting/masking/painting then laquering the whole lot was the biggest job!