Titanium MrBlonde

As some of you may know already,i had an accident in my Cup & hit a barrier.In a nutshell,Raining very early cold morning on AD80rs (close to the limit) back end stepped out going up a banking corner.Still Drives fine tho,just wasnt worth me repairing,So decide on getting a 182 but in Silver.

So i found one and got up early on a Sat morning to head to south wales.

So this one is on 53k 2 owners & one of the very last ones & standard,previous owner also has a lovely Mars Red V6.

So plan is to get all the good bits off the cup & transfer onto the 182 then break or sell the cup as a whole car.

Couple of Photos of the Cups damage

 

Top work as usual mate, would love to know if you find a good match to the OEM carpet. I have been looking at building a false floor for when i remove the rear seats from mine. But have held off until I find a carpet match. I’m not a big fan of the off the shelf matts which done match

 

Top work as usual mate, would love to know if you find a good match to the OEM carpet. I have been looking at building a false floor for when i remove the rear seats from mine. But have held off until I find a carpet match. I’m not a big fan of the off the shelf matts which done match

Thanks mate,yep its a bit pot luck with ordering online.May look into finding a place local to find a good match,other option is to use fabric spray paint,but i dont think you will get a good match being its a funny grey and not a black or dark grey.

Also i need to tidy up the rear grommets,added to list.

 

Thanks mate,yep its a bit pot luck with ordering online.May look into finding a place local to find a good match,other option is to use fabric spray paint,but i dont think you will get a good match being its a funny grey and not a black or dark grey.

Also i need to tidy up the rear grommets,added to list.

I’ll start digging a bit harder now. Sure it must be available from somewhere

 

Ive got 9 samples coming now from the original place i bought the carpet from,hopefully one will be a close match @RustyMojo

 

A couple of mine from sundays meet,photo credit Nick Clarke in his flame 172.

Instagram @FlameR172 and @nixc.media

 

Some Rolling Shots from last Sundays meet on the drive up 😎

Photo Credit-instagram

https://instagram.com/edgerated_media?utm_medium=copy_link

 

I was considering going back to the Turinis for good!.,until i saw Neils photos.Not sure on what now 😆

 

I like how clean the silver on silver looks, new wheels looks more aggressive though!

They look good in the rolling pictures as well.

 

Bottom pic 👍

 

I like how clean the silver on silver looks, new wheels looks more aggressive though!

They look good in the rolling pictures as well.

I guess thats it,both sets of wheels give it a different look.Turinis fresh and clean while the Evo's give an aggressive look.

 

Evo’s IMHO

 

Turinis for me

 

I mean I love the evo’s, but for me your car always looks stunning with the silver Turini’s.

 

Turinis for me

 

I mean I love the evo’s, but for me your car always looks stunning with the silver Turini’s.

Its a tuff one,i do need two tyres on them before they go on for winter.

They do need a refurb also🤔

But!😍

 

Get the Evo's refurbed in silver!

 

Perfect as it is now! The Evos in that colour look so good… how many silver 182’s are there on Turinis? Lots

 

Clean & Fresh,out for a morning drive before the heavens opened.

 

I have started to play about with the big camera.

 

I was considering going back to the Turinis for good!.,until i saw Neils photos.Not sure on what now 😆

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If you did go back to the Turinis let me know if you wanted to sell the EVO's as I'm looking for a new set of wheels for slicks.

 

Tom, you wheel whore!

 

Hmmm... the 2118's in Bronze would look good on mine 🤔 @R29TJR

 

Hmmm... the 2118's in Bronze would look good on mine 🤔 @R29TJR

Noooooooo. Just no!

 

Tom, you wheel whore!

I think once I have one more set I'm done!

Hmmm... the 2118's in Bronze would look good on mine 🤔 @R29TJR

I'm in the buying market, not selling!

 

Next little project for the 182 is to refurb the front hubs.I managed to get hold of a 2nd hand pair of front hubs that i plan to clean up,new bearings and possibly new abs sensors also.
Plan is to give them a go over with a wire brush & wheel,then soak in some Bilt Hamber Deox to remove most of the crap & rust,then Mark will give them a shot blast at his work.Once done i will get Alex to fit the new bearings,i will fit the sensors myself then give them a nice coat of black smooth hammerite.I hope they turn out just as good as @Tomotek did.

Will also give all the Geo kit a good clean and re coat in ACF50 while its all being taken off to put the other hubs on.

Inspiration

 

Not to much to update,but the hubs are nearly ready to be painted.New Bearings and sensors have been bought ready.

Also have a pair of Vibratech engine mounts to go on soon.

Just a few photos from a local cars & coffee meet from this morning by a photographer.

 

Hubs are all ready now to be swapped over next weekend.New SNR bearings fitted,along with new sensors as i know i would of never got the other ones out in one piece and also its nice to have new bits to replace old.

Iam happy with how they have turned out,i was going to have them zinc coated but after talking to a few others i decided with painting as will be tuffer durable.

 

Also fitted brand new Studs & Nuts,rather than trying to take the old ones off.

 

What size did you go for in the end?

 

What size did you go for in the end?

75mm,same size as last time.Just re ordered.Will start to fit these hubs on friday.Then onto the front sills and support brackets,can you remember what bolts/size you used on yours?

 

I can't but I can measure if you want.

Good stuff mate.

 

Last Photo and Wash from 2021

 

Not much to say really,just found a cool old petrol station after having breakfast with @Jekyll & @Ricardos

Other thing this,ive been thinking to sell the 182 and move onto a Meg 250 this year or keep the 182 and buy a pair of nice seats,rebuilt gearbox with light flywheel etc 🤔

 

Keep the Clio!

 

250

 

250.

As much as I love your Clio, nice seats and a LWFW won’t scratch the itch of a 250 mate.

 

Great to see it's still immaculate as ever. If you do sell the 182 can I have first dibs on the turinis if you ever sell them? I've just picked up a titanium 182 last week.

 

Sorry but the Turinis will be sold with the car @Clio182mike

 

Sorry but the Turinis will be sold with the car @Clio182mike

You are not selling are you mate?? Has the 250 bug bitten?

 

You are not selling are you mate?? Has the 250 bug bitten?

Possibly mate,i would like to get one yes.So just need to look at the numbers etc once i get back from hols in march.Would mean putting the clio back to standard to sell.