What have you done to your car today ???

[Matt e]

Got these and sealed with carpro dlux

Box fresh

 

[Mar172]

Left it at work

 

[RS Charlie]

Some of you may have noticed a minor detail on my car changing. As much as I love Turinis the car is a daily, and I hate kerbed wheels, not helped on a car with appaling steering lock. I am not a kerb hunter by a long shot but the lack of rim protection on my current tyres (Contis and Toyos) really does not help. I wanted a set of 15s for this reason as well as curiosity but also for practicality. Being a little tight (when did OZ F1s and Turbines become expensive?) the car looked as it did above.

After gathering enough cash the Turinis went back on, but not after the car saw a layer of Collinite along with the wheels. Turinis do look good eh?

An engine cover also went onto the engine:

But with two Continental slicks I would hardly be able to drive it anywhere. Off they went for a refurb. Because of the Clio I ended up taking the Escort down:

Like the Turinis, I also treated these to a dose of Collinite in the hope of them being easier to clean in the future:

Oh, I changed two of the tyres for Uniroyal RS3s. I am still undecided:

At the time I did not have the right nuts for the cap, and so I went capless. It is fair to say they look better in the new colour:

But like any Clio it can be a needy mistress. At MOT time the 2 year old track rod end decided it would have play in it after 18k. I did wonder why it felt wierd but I put it down to the tyres which are Uniroyal Rainsport 3s. They grip, but they are not most responsive of tyres from the cars I have driven with them on.

Hopefully the Lemforder item will last longer.

Likewise the 3 year old pattern exhaust hanger decided it would also let the exhaust hang low and knock against parts of the car. With a new item on all is well again:

Yup, that's goosed:

It may have been aided staying together with a zip tie!:

With this all done the car was spot on. Expect one more thing but this is down to me!

The car has a cracked ABS ring which at low speed causes pulsing in the brakes. Now and again the ABS/SERV combo come on, probably twice in a year. One day when I was low on fuel I had Connect 3 appear on the dashboard:

French cars, who'd have 'em? They are fun for sure however!

 

[Filters]

Today -
Took delivery of the fatty induction kit..Cheers @Ghm for sorting it so quickly.
Fitted new Bosch wipers front and back.
Added some Wynns formular gold to the tank in the hopes it'll help clear the little misfire I'm getting just under 2k

Last night -
Hit a rabbit in the lane going up to my house (third one in two weeks) Little fluffy tailed gobsh*te took out the drivers side foglight. :down:
Coupled with cracking the bumper. I swear the rabbits here in wales are on steroids/pcp 😂 It skidded 20 odd meters up the road on its back...got up...looked at the car/me...rolled its sleeves up, gave me the finger and hopped off! :fearful:

 

[tom172w]

Last night -
Hit a rabbit in the lane going up to my house (third one in two weeks) Little fluffy tailed gobsh*te took out the drivers side foglight. :down:
Coupled with cracking the bumper. I swear the rabbits here in wales are on steroids/pcp 😂 It skidded 20 odd meters up the road on its back...got up...looked at the car/me...rolled its sleeves up, gave me the finger and hopped off! :fearful:

Haha unlucky mate, I know the feeling. In my first 172 a massive hare obliterated the front end!

I've hit several rabbits/hare at speed that have laughed at me and then ran off. Hard little b******s

 

[Filters]

Haha unlucky mate, I know the feeling. In my first 172 a massive hare obliterated the front end!

I've hit several rabbits/hare at speed that have laughed at me and then ran off. Hard little b******s

Laughed be buggered, he full on death stared me...I'll have the last laugh though...Lamping tonight!
He murdered my foglight...I'm going to murder his offspring and if possible...him! 😂😂

 

[Kylei]

Sorted out my seats and sorted out some body work

 

[boomerbang2006]

Monday...got in the car to go to work and it wouldn't turn over,not even cough...I could hear the cd changer clicking on and off,checked the hazards and they went off after 2 mins so I knew it was the battery.Decided to get the RAC to deliver and fit a new battery,£89.99 with fitting,diagnostic check and disposal of old battery and I didn't even have to leave the house!!.

 

[Mr R.]

Gave this a good clean and a machine polish ready to be sold.

 

[beemon]

Bought a new engine £300 62000 miles,mine rattles like a good'un 86000 miles

Finally got engine fitted, runs like a dream also changed clutch as well, back to enjoying the 182. It's like a new car.

 

[Filters]

Fitted the "fatty" induction kit, sanded the paint off the Renault sport logo and gave it a bit of a polish.

 

[arranshuker]

I fitted some new mats.

 

[Karlos182]

Fitted a new rear wiper blade. Proper exciting stuff.

 

[Wezwoz]

Fitted ramair induction kit new mats new wipers all new led bulbs and polished the headlights with autoglym headlight restoration kit unbelievable how they've turned out £24.99 for kit was quoted £70 for someone to come and do it saved myself nearly 50 quid putting it towards a new pure dab radio tomorrow

 

[jamesycc]

Cleaned it, for the second time this week....

 

[Stefan.]

Gave the car a clean today aswell as putting af revive on the bumper grilles, was a pain in the arse to do,but the car looks so much better now

 

[R-Sport.]

Exhaust refurbishment

 

[CrippsCorner]

Received my Poorboys wheel sealant today

 

[MATTJRALLYE]

Got a package today from Chris at CM composites !
So cracked on with painting, just needs some laquor now
Also on the lookout for a cup brake light now too!

 

[GrahamS]

Finished fitting my whole front end refresh. Car feels brilliant now.

 

[Bluebeard]

Got it ready for its respray...

 

[Stay Puft]

That'll look great. Expensive?

 

[Mr R.]

Door handles staying on I take it?

Dan, will the place you work pain other car's or is it only stuff within there group?

 

[Bluebeard]

That'll look great. Expensive?

It's being done at work. BMW/Porsche Main dealer.... I'll let you guess! Lol

 

[Bluebeard]

Door handles staying on I take it?

Dan, will the place you work pain other car's or is it only stuff within there group?

Door handles are staying on yes. I've had to cut some corners as the bill is already huge. Hopefully worth it though!

We'll paint anything mate. We're proper expensive though, as you can expect being a main dealer.

 

[Mr R.]

Door handles are staying on yes. I've had to cut some corners as the bill is already huge. Hopefully worth it though!

We'll paint anything mate. We're proper expensive though, as you can expect being a main dealer.

I can imagine mate. It will look stunning Dan once it's all fitted back up. [emoji2]

When I worked for Porscha bodyshop I used to love fitting up a freshly painted car.
Cleaning everything up before it was fitted back was so bloody rewarding.

Great colour. [emoji41]

I just thought I'd ask, I always struggle to find a good painter.

 

[Bluebeard]

I can imagine mate. It will look stunning Dan once it's all fitted back up. [emoji2]

When I worked for Porscha bodyshop I used to love fitting up a freshly painted car.
Cleaning everything up before it was fitted back was so bloody rewarding.

Great colour. [emoji41]

I just thought I'd ask, I always struggle to find a good painter.

Ive got to fit it back up, it's cheaper!

Although when I had my Naples mk1 painted, I dropped the sunroof when putting it back in and chipped the roof!

I'll be going extra extra careful with this.

 

[Mr R.]

I know that feeling mate but when it's done they look great.

Also you know that it's been fitted back correct not full of odd nuts, bolts and self tappers. [emoji23]

 

[TonkaTruck]

New discs and pads for the dCi courtesy of @George@RTR_Parts
New glow plugs + Oil & Filter

Rear discs and pads next!

 

[Pat 182]

Oil n filter change new magnecor leads on n lowered rear abit but still plenty of 'rake' back to front n some blue racing brake fluid

Ooo n clean n polish n its lobbed it down
[emoji107]

Pat

Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

 

[Pat 182]

From this

Too this

Plus clean

Soz bout pics but it was wazzin down outside[emoji107]

Pat

Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

 

[Matt e]

fitted my engine cover

Engine cover fitted by matt eaton, on Flickr

 

[Snake182]

Managed to fit a new o/s headlight as the adjusters were broken and failed mot. Fitted new rear brake discs and pads, fixed central locking fault, fixed water leak in boot from boot stops, then cleaned and valet inside and out and fitted new Clio cup stamped boot mat and floor mats. Its been a busy day hah.

 

[Wezwoz]

Stripping interior out all seats carpets door cards and rear panels and fitting sound deadening then fitting new speakers

 

[CrippsCorner]

Cleaned out the interior... which made me miss my Recaros

 

[MATTJRALLYE]

Flatted back and a cut n polish for the cup spoiler,
Just waiting for my brake light to come then i can get it put on

 

[Karlos182]

Fitted two Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tyres today. The old Exaltos had pretty much had enough!

 

[Paul Mitch 1986]

Painted my engine cover drip free

 

[JKING3008]

New clutch arrived today so in the diary to be rebuilt Tuesday and hopefully ready for Snetterton Wednesday

 

[DanSej6]

Removed those little spacers from under the driver's seat. Didn't notice too much difference other than it being more awkward to slide back and forth now. Cured an annoying rattle from the passenger door too.