The only BLUE Renault Sport Clio 182 Trophy!

Dave · Mar 8, 2006

Well almost....now with recaros and the anthracite turinis i picked up last year....

HUGE thanks to Yozza. 4 hours of burning hands, tearing knuckles and *****ing around with seat runners later, I have the recaro's on my car

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=3/6615070941.jpg&s=x10
http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=3/6615083561.jpg&s=x10

I was worried for a while but it all worked out in the end :approve:

Once again big thanks to Yoz...quite possible one of the nicest ppl out there!

Dave

GarethM · Mar 8, 2006

they look nice from what i can see. any pics of the whole car?

Gaz_ · Mar 8, 2006

were these the ebay ones?

how much did they go for in the end??!

ollie_yesclio · Mar 8, 2006

look good mate, nice work

Rhino172 · Mar 8, 2006

looking good mate, car was mint when I saw it and now you've made it even better!!more pics! haha

Dave · Mar 8, 2006

When I;ve had a chance to polish them up a bit...car has been worked in all day and it was dark and raining by the time i got back!

Fletcher · Mar 8, 2006

Looks good, very nice seats.

Adam · Mar 8, 2006

i want some....
get some better pics up asap...

R20 CWH · Mar 8, 2006

nice what plate nr have you blagged (LOL)

EVOgone · Mar 8, 2006

870...

Dave · Mar 9, 2006

From memory its no. 454/500

Apparently a girl stacked it...poor thing...she's ok tho

Clart · Mar 9, 2006

so u've got a trophy plate on a car thats not a trophy?

Surely thats as bad as having a willy sticker on a valver?

Red Cup · Mar 9, 2006

Much better than the standard ones aren't they!

Technically speaking the sticker is on the subframe, and their not lying. That is pair number 454 of 500 sets of Trophy subframes

Cupster · Mar 9, 2006

Noice, want want!

Hotshot · Mar 9, 2006

Clart said:
so u've got a trophy plate on a car thats not a trophy?

Surely thats as bad as having a willy sticker on a valver?

trophy plates on the inside of the car so na not really, and frankly those seats are absolutely f**king gorgeous so who gives half a w**k about the Trophy plate!

Superb.

Ali · Mar 9, 2006

Nice one Dave.

Next time your excited on MSN tell me what your on about 1st! haha

Ali

Turkish · Mar 9, 2006

4 hours ? :S to disconnect a battery, unclip the wiring harnesses, remove 4 bungs, undo 8 nuts, lift seats out, drop new ones in, put on the 8 nuts back on, replace bungs, reconnect harnesses and battery. Seems a little excessive or are trophy seats radically different and require modding to fit ?

Rich · Mar 9, 2006

Worst pictures ever LOL

Just the only really unique component from the Trophy to get now to make it a blue Trophy then Dave!

TheCake · Mar 9, 2006

Loony said:
4 hours ? :S to disconnect a battery, unclip the wiring harnesses, remove 4 bungs, undo 8 nuts, lift seats out, drop new ones in, put on the 8 nuts back on, replace bungs, reconnect harnesses and battery. Seems a little excessive or are trophy seats radically different and require modding to fit ?

I was thinking the same mate! I guess he means including travelling time as Dave is from Essex!

Turkish · Mar 9, 2006

lmao, well that would make more sense. I would have thought the seat swap could be done sub 1 hour really.

DebV6 · Mar 9, 2006

Ooh I'm jealous, I want Recaros

Very nice though..from what I can see!

Tyson-182 · Mar 9, 2006

Cant see the pics on my work PC, can someone copy them into the thread?

Tyson.

Nik · Mar 9, 2006

here you go:

Tyson-182 · Mar 9, 2006

Thanks Nik! Bad pictures, but you get the idea! I want some recaro's!!

Tyson.

Leeshez · Mar 9, 2006

I like that

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stokedRich · Mar 9, 2006

EVOgone said:
870...

F**K Me! thats a lot of money to spend on nice seats...they are ace/cool though...

So that's 499 Trophy's left OTR then...

Tyson-182 · Mar 9, 2006

^^ There cant be only one that have been written off...Don't know for sure though..

Tyson.

Rich · Mar 9, 2006

One other at least was written off early on as well by a guy in the Worcester area.

Tyson-182 · Mar 9, 2006

Dave, what is the difference? Would you reccommend getting some Recaro's? Are they worth the extra ££££?

Tyson.

Gareth · Mar 9, 2006

stokecitypottermouse said:
F**K Me! thats a lot of money to spend on nice seats...they are ace/cool though...

So that's 499 Trophy's left OTR then...

500 actually, there was a number ' 0 ' apparently.

stoddie · Mar 9, 2006

nice one!

Jamie _Swales · Mar 9, 2006

you got any proper pictures?

Dave · Mar 9, 2006

I will post "proper pictures" (!) when I have cleaned the car and that. I sorted the seats out tonight with a vac and some Zymol leather and vinyl stuff but it was dark by the time I was done! Watch this thread!

I'm sure yozza will explain the 3-4 hour fitting scenario but it was not easy believe me. Cramped garage, pissing down with rain outside, and the drivers seat just would not work. Had all sorts of worrys about the runners etc dont forget I took a bit of a risk on these as they ARE salvage.

The drivers seat had to come in and go out 3 times as the runners just werent in the right places. As they were offset, one of them was a notch out or something so the whole seat locked. Then there was a random bit of plastic causing the seat to lock...not good.

Got it all sorted now though.

As for how they compare...they hold the body far better. They are more comfortable. They look ace yet are still standard ish.

Rear set passengers are a nightmare. The seats are a different shape and seem bigger. They also seem to force the pelvis forward meaning that when carrying back seat ppl, I use to be able to grin and bear moving my seat forward for a little while. Forget it with these I think. And the tilt and slide mechanism isnt as smooth as the OE seats.

And I have airbag lights on that no Renault dealer will clear on the clip even though my pretensioners clearly work. So Im off to portsmouth next week to see Mike @ Rentech.

ANYWAY, those are your postives and negatives!

Jamie _Swales · Mar 9, 2006

sounds good, cant wait for the pics

Dave · Mar 11, 2006

Some interior pics

http://putfile.com/pic.php?pic=3/6907060556.jpg&s=x10

Ad · Mar 11, 2006

They do look the nuts.....

And they are some much more supportive than standards.....

After youve had them a while dave, go for a drive in a normal 182... to you will realise then how much better they are!!

Jay · Mar 11, 2006

I want a set of these!

Bubbles · Mar 11, 2006

it looks SO much better in the 182... everything matches and blends in so nice

And Dave, there appears to be a bit gap in the seat?

Jamie _Swales · Mar 11, 2006

What she said

They should have kept the full phat door cards in 182's with recaros, looks so much better

Dave · Mar 12, 2006

I'm still settling into them just now. Feel great in just a t-shirt. Bit restrictive when you start wearing coats and big jumpers and the like. Will clean the car soon and post full pics!

The only BLUE Renault Sport Clio 182 Trophy!

Cupster

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