Tunst's Racing Blue 182 Ownership Diary!

[Tunst]

Well I'm back.. had the Megane for a few months and in the end it just wasn't for me.. So began the search for a Racing Blue 182! I originally wanted a Full Fat, but all the mint ones were well out of my Budget, so I settled for A cup in the end and it feels no different to drive than my old 172.. Picked it up on Tuesday not driven it much yet as I haven't had chance...

First Update- Current Milage 67,965

First thing I noticed when Viewing the car the exhaust was on the P*ss... Got the car on the lift to inspect.. Typically the exhaust mounts were shot! So went and got some new ones!

Old:

New:

Sitting as good as I could get it, I broke one of the mounts on the backbox so its sagging slightly till I get chance to weld it back on..

Next up was to check the steering as it had an advisory on the last MOT for Tie Tods.. Turns out the rods are new it was the ends that were shot!

Old vs New:

Got them changed over and steering feels much better!

Then I decided to take the new style RS badge off the megane and stick it on this instead..

Before:

During:

After:

New a few Pics of the Whole car

Apologies for how filthy it is.. The weather hasn't been great so not had chance to get near it!

Future plans;

Nothing major planned yet, Added some Osram Diadem indicator bulbs to the rears, need to do the fronts when I buy some more as I dropped one
Also currently on the look out for a Cup Splitter, either Carbon or standard other than that I'l just enjoy driving it till the bug bites me :rasp:

 

[.GAZ.]

Needs xenons.

 

[Tunst]

Needs xenons.

True, they will come in time but im in no rush to get them tbh

 

[Rob]

It looks pretty tidy tbh, needs the exhaust sorted though as one tip is sticking out further too.

How were the any 182's out of budget when coming from a megane? :rasp:

 

[Tunst]

It looks pretty tidy tbh, needs the exhaust sorted though as one tip is sticking out further too.

How were the any 182's out of budget when coming from a megane? :rasp:

It is tidy tbh, the bonnet has a few chips in it, and the rear bumper has a mark on it but other than that there isnt a dent on it anywhere

The meg needs a bit of work, its only worth circa £3k as it stands...

 

[Knuckles]

You change your car more than I change my pants! What's this, 5 in 2 years?

looks good though, I'll have a nosey around it on the 31st :approve:

 

[Mickb]

looks good man

 

[Wick]

Best colour, good man.

 

[Tunst]

The above is what im aiming for in time, but with some carbon goodies

You change your car more than I change my pants! What's this, 5 in 2 years?

looks good though, I'll have a nosey around it on the 31st :approve:

No I cant remember haha

Iv put my name down hopefully il make it, i'm ment to be with the Mrs that weekend :clown:

looks good man

Thanks

Best colour, good man.

Correct

 

[Knuckles]

bring your female. she can keep mine company, they can talk about shopping and paper collages and vaginas

 

[Tunst]

bring your female. she can keep mine company, they can talk about shopping and paper collages and vaginas

FLOL!

I did ask her but she said no

I will turn her into a girl thats into cars!

 

[Knuckles]

i'll turn her into a girl thats in my car if you like?


... in my boot

 

[Burty182]

Where did u get the badge from mate? £40 from Ebay?
Motor is looking good.

 

[Tunst]

Now now scott

I got the badge from ebay mate yeah, i paid £35 iirc but that was 2 months ago might have gone up...

 

[jesus]

New badge looks good, nice job of tidying the back end up plain plates would finish it off I reckon.

 

[Tunst]

Yeah my plate will be going on once its off te Megane

 

[Tunst]

Update- Current Mileage 68,028

So since the last update, I managed to break the exhaust when I was trying to get it to sit right I broke one of the mounts off at the top and I never had chance to sort it at the time, well 2 days later this happened..

Oops

Anyway I managed to get it welded using my great welding skills (Read crappy) It will do for now, I'l try and source a decent second hand system in the near future!..

Inspecting the rest of the exhaust I noticed the clamp connecting the Cat to the rest of the system was about to break so replaced that while I was at it..

Old rotten one

Nice shiny new one :approve:

Moving on to the interior, I felt it needed some changes... First up I picked up a Ph1 Gear stick from A mate breaking a Ph1, so I set about fitting that today!

Got it all fitted, IMO it looks far better and it might just be me but it feel so much better to use than the old one..


I then moved onto these.. Some rather tacky Lockwood item.. They had to go!

Old

New! I had these from a 172 I broke for parts glad I didn't throw these out now :approve:

Next up was the Parcel shelf, when bought the car it had a stealth shelf fitted minus the speakers, I'm not a fan of 6x9's so I got rid of that for a standard item.. Yes its grey but it was free so It will do for now!

Last but not least, I felt the engine bay looked bare with no engine cover, so I threw one on that I was given..

Its not perfect, but for now it will do!

Also noticed today that I have a broken spring on the front :dapprove: Its an excuse to upgrade I suppose

Looking at the Pics I may need to go over the interior with a hoover

 

[Matt e]

my parcel shelf broke recently, and i got hold of the grey one cheap. i bought this autoglym spray dye

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUTOGLYM-...e_Cleaning&hash=item56463400c6#ht_2138wt_1397

works really well and came out alright

 

[Tunst]

Iv used that before on some mats, might give it a try on the shelf...

 

[Hixle]

Looks good Mark, glad you've finally got one!

 

[Tunst]

Cheers mate, took some doing tbh but got there in the end!


Also FLOL! at your avatar

 

[Joe#]

My god that clamp was rusty lol.

Looking good though.

 

[Tunst]

I got about a quarter turn on it and it snapped in half :nono:

 

[Joe#]

I can see why lol.

Are you still coming the RR day next weekend?

 

[Tunst]

Hopefully mate yeah, if it makes it

Would be nice to see what kind of power its pulling, seems a bit better than my old 172

 

[Joe#]

Awesome

I'm interested to see how much my Simota is loosing me lol.

 

[Tunst]

I was looking for a Simota, but I pulled one of the pipes off the air box and thats gave a bit of induction noise, it will do for now

 

[Joe#]

It looks and sounds amazing to be fair. I might make my own ktec one to see what that's like.

I did that with my standard airbox in too, sounds pretty good.

 

[Tunst]

Decided to modify my airbox... Bit more noise now

 

[Nickson]

I'm lost

What happened to the Megane?

Loving this though! Needs XENONS!

 

[Tunst]

I'm lost

What happened to the Megane?

Loving this though! Needs XENONS!

Its sitting outside gathering dust! I just wasnt getting on with it tbh mate, IMO it just wasnt as fun to drive as the clio, felt a little to grown up

Maybe one day il have another, maybe a 250 but for now il stick with this little rattle box..

Xenons will be coming at some point, want to get the other bits sorted first, before I start spending big money :rasp:

 

[Nickson]

Its sitting outside gathering dust! I just wasnt getting on with it tbh mate, IMO it just wasnt as fun to drive as the clio, felt a little to grown up

Maybe one day il have another, maybe a 250 but for now il stick with this little rattle box..

Xenons will be coming at some point, want to get the other bits sorted first, before I start spending big money :rasp:

Noooooooooooooooo!!

I know exactly what you meant though... I still get that feeling when I'm driving it.

I miss my PH1 massively :-(.

Aaaaaaaaaah do it! Xenons are a must on these, considering the conversion is so much easier than on the Megane

 

[Lal B3N]

New rear discs next thanks to someone awesome

I need a ph1 gear knob after having a play with yours.....

 

[Tunst]

Noooooooooooooooo!!

I know exactly what you meant though... I still get that feeling when I'm driving it.

I miss my PH1 massively :-(.

Aaaaaaaaaah do it! Xenons are a must on these, considering the conversion is so much easier than on the Megane

haha yeah, you managed to get yours sorted yet?

New rear discs next thanks to someone awesome

I need a ph1 gear knob after having a play with yours.....

Hmm this awesome person puts me through hell with his shed

Next time you can polish it

 

[Rob]

I knew you'd both miss the Clio and find the Megane very sensible... I could have saved you a lot of effort Mark. :rasp:

Loving the ph1 gearknob, nice choice.

Now, get modding.

 

[Nickson]

I knew you'd both miss the Clio and find the Megane very sensible... I could have saved you a lot of effort Mark. :rasp:

Loving the ph1 gearknob, nice choice.

Now, get modding.

Shush you.

You of all people should have told him to get a PH1.

 

[Tunst]

I knew you'd both miss the Clio and find the Megane very sensible... I could have saved you a lot of effort Mark. :rasp:

Loving the ph1 gearknob, nice choice.

Now, get modding.

I know.. First couple months were great I love it but I just slowly fell out of love with it.. Plus 20Mpg at 225bhp doesnt cut it for me tbh...

Major mods probably wont come till next year tbh..

Next month I have my sisters Birthday, Mine and the OH Anniversary, then December hits me with xmas, January is the Other half's bday! Expensive couple months

 

[Tunst]

Shush you.

You of all people should have told him to get a PH1.

Ph1 Didnt come in RB :rasp:

 

[Rob]

All I hear is "Excuse this, excuse that."

I know he should have got a ph1, but TBH I kind of want a 182 if I get another, but I'd ITB and coilover it so I got my cable throttle and go kart feel back.

 

[Tunst]

All I hear is "Excuse this, excuse that."

I know he should have got a ph1, but TBH I kind of want a 182 if I get another, but I'd ITB and coilover it so I got my cable throttle and go kart feel back.

Haha money just isnt slowing as easy

Id love bodies but id want to keep Cruise etc..