T4RKD 182FF Daily

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Bought a tidy 182 Full Fat as my daily as my other Clio will be off the road for a while or may never actually go back on the road. So here it is as it was advertised:

Some may recognise the race car in the background.

 

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Few more:

 

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Just had cam belt, dephaser, water pump, aux belt and tensioner, clutch, gearbox oil, engine oil, plugs, coolant, pas fluid, A/C gas, ball joints, track rod ends, exhaust mounts & lambda sensor.

Might change the gearbox as there is a little crunch around third gear and the exhaust is blowing at the cat to downpipe joint despite it looking like it has a new fitting kit.

Wheels are a little scuffed and tyres worn and the steering wheel reflects Renaults lack of quality control but other than that it's clean and good condition.

 

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Arrived at home:

Black Gold looking great in the sunshine:

Assuming the Clio parking spot:

 

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All original badges still there.

 

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Didn't stay standard for long as the tyres need changing and I have a brand new set of TD 1.2's with new tyres sat here so seems like he obvious thing to do for now:

So changed from 16" with ET45 and 205 tyres to 15" with ET35 and 195 tyres.

Also fitted the studs rather than bolts.

 

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The CAT and Mid Section don't math each other and I can't get a seal. Easiest solution I could think of:

 

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This is the old car that I took off. Looks like it's either not original or someone has cut the end off and welded a different one on.

I got a Lambda extension fitting from MAD too so hopefully won't get any warning lights.

 

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Tuning Tuesday:

 

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Jesus, how shiny is the underside of the bonnet??

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Very shines but I would actually like the sound proofing just to keep it all complete.

 

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My dad bought me this induction set up for Christmas but my 172 ended up on ITB's so I decided to put it on the 182 for a while.

 

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An exhaust story for you all:

When I bought the car it was blowing from the centre section. I checked the clamp and it seemed that the cat and centre section had been modified and the ends did not fit together properly. I bought a decat pipe which has the correct end to match the centre section but when I went to fit it I found the gap was too big between the centre section and cat as it has been welded to the original back box. I decided to just bite the bullet and bought a cat back Scorpion system with centre resonator.

I waited for the Scorpion to arrive before taking a grinder to the most match system.

 

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I lay on the floor on the drive with the car on little ramps and began installing the new exhaust system. Took a while getting everything in place with restricted access and to be honest struggled to get it all lined up. It's still not right now and think I will need to loosen the brackets and jiggle it about. I used exhaust joining paste which will mean it's not going to be that easy to loosen it all and twist the joins but it does need doing as I am not happy.

 

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And just to make matters worse it was still leaking from the centre to cat join as the new system didn't come with a new clamp and the old one wasn't the right size, the threads had been stretched and the bolts bent.

So considering I was about £500 into this now I spent the £7 odd and went to Renault this morning and picked up the correct clamp.

Smeared a bit of exhaust sealant on for good luck and the new clamp is sealing fine.

 

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Took it to my favourite friendly MOT station today and got a 12 month ticket. Obviously bought myself a new cat, took the decat off and fitted the new cat before going to the test.

It actually failed at first for the headlight beam being too low but they took it upon themselves to adjust them and then re-test it and passed it. I thought that was a bit strange but not to worry. Charged me £5 to adjust the headlights but the MOT was only £35 so happy enough.

 

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Now it has an MOT I could play with a w other things. I fitted White LED side lights from Philips to match the headlights a little better and also changed the high beams for 100W MTEC. I read up on a few forums about headlights and these seemed to get good reviews for their colour and were a good price. I fitted them this afternoon and they are a good match to the standard Xenons.

Also fitted this to the rear number plate. About 50 LEDs:

 

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Had a late night tonight working on it too.

Fitted the OMP wheel I already had. Unfortunately I had the OMP boss too which isn't really any good for the 182. I had to cut the horn connector off as it wouldn't go through the boss hole and also had to drill, tap and fit an M4 bolt to the boss so that it picked up the steering wheel position thing that rotates in the squib.

I didn't want to lose the cruise control so bought one of these:

Spent a bit of time cutting, soldering and fitting this with the wheel and boss and it looks great. Gave it a test drive and fortunately it all works.

I used the RStuner to disable the drivers air bags and all is well

 

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Now I need to get myself sorted as I am doing Total Warrior Scotland in the morning and need to get my stuff packed, work out where I am going and how long it will take to get there and then get myself to bed!

 

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Washed the toys yesterday including the Clio. Just a blast with snowfoam and pressure washer was enough.

 

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Since its clean it is now pretty dirty again with all the weather we have been having. I broke my foot in a step ladder incident so been in cast for 6 weeks and 2 weeks after that hobbling about!
The moral of the story is do not work on the top of old knackered step ladders!

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Fracture Clinic

Cast

Daily injection

Piggy Toes

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