Renault Sport Clio 182

Renault Sport Clio 182

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RacingBlue

1,394 posts

163 months

Sunday 17th November 2013
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Fantastic car - makes me miss mine rather a lot!

Danny Milner

128 posts

202 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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Great choice! My last car was an inferno 182 as well.

I didn't do anything with the engine, but put decent brake pads on, fitted recaro seats from an Evo and 888s on Pro Race 1.2 wheels. Along with a few other weight saving measures I cut out around 50kg including 3kg unsprung.weight from each corner. The difference was amazing on track. Felt so much lighter on its feet, yet still every bit as comfortable on the road.

Had a great time in that car.

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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Were the recaros the reclining ones? I'd love some trendlines from the Trophy but they go for £800 which is a lot of money in my opinion.

I'm after some cooksport springs once they are back in stock

Danny Milner

128 posts

202 months

Monday 18th November 2013
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Well they did recline, but only by rotating the tilt adjuster. So it took about three seconds instead of one second to get someone in the back. This massive inconvenience was more than made up for by the fact that the seats and sub frames cost about £350 all in!

kris1293

26 posts

184 months

Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Nice car.

I've just done this to mine!


Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Danny Milner said:
Well they did recline, but only by rotating the tilt adjuster. So it took about three seconds instead of one second to get someone in the back. This massive inconvenience was more than made up for by the fact that the seats and sub frames cost about £350 all in!
That is definitely worth if for the inconvenience! If I could find some at that price they would get bought for sure!

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Tuesday 19th November 2013
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kris1293 said:
Nice car.

I've just done this to mine!

Oh no!

Cambelt snap or did the auxiliary belt go taking out the cambelt?

Danny Milner

128 posts

202 months

Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Simon182 said:
That is definitely worth if for the inconvenience! If I could find some at that price they would get bought for sure!
They were actually from an accord type r now I remember. £145 for the seats and £190 for the sub frames. Some of which I recouped by selling the old 182 seats!

Oh, my old one was used for the buyer's guide shots;

http://www.pistonheads.com/doc.asp?c=52&i=2578...

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Tuesday 19th November 2013
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Looks good smile. Found a set on eBay at the moment, keeping an eye on them biggrin

5678

6,146 posts

226 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Love my 182!

The fact it's stayed for nearly 3 years speaks volumes for it!

Get some eibach if you like to press on. They make a nice difference. One of the best things I've done to mine was a full suspension refresh. New OEM dampers, balljoints, inner & outer track rods, steering rack bushes and powerflex wishbone and arb bushes. Makes a very significant difference.

Have you stuck some DS2500s in yet?

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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5678 said:
Love my 182!

The fact it's stayed for nearly 3 years speaks volumes for it!

Get some eibach if you like to press on. They make a nice difference. One of the best things I've done to mine was a full suspension refresh. New OEM dampers, balljoints, inner & outer track rods, steering rack bushes and powerflex wishbone and arb bushes. Makes a very significant difference.

Have you stuck some DS2500s in yet?
I'm looking at changing the springs at some point, wanted some Cooksport but they never seem to be in stock so it's looking like the Eibach sportlines will be getting purchased instead.

I've got a full brembo setup on mine at the moment, I refreshed all the brakes when I bought it which was just as well as the pads were practically seized into the calipers and discs weren't great either. Genuine rear discs with KTEC pads and full brembo on the front and I've not had a bad thing to say about the setup so far apart from it's starting to squeal a little on slow speed braking.

5678

6,146 posts

226 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Simon182 said:
I'm looking at changing the springs at some point, wanted some Cooksport but they never seem to be in stock so it's looking like the Eibach sportlines will be getting purchased instead.

I've got a full brembo setup on mine at the moment, I refreshed all the brakes when I bought it which was just as well as the pads were practically seized into the calipers and discs weren't great either. Genuine rear discs with KTEC pads and full brembo on the front and I've not had a bad thing to say about the setup so far apart from it's starting to squeal a little on slow speed braking.
Seriously, while you have it apart for the springs, fit new dampers and gubbins too. IIRC, total cost was around £400 but it's well worth it. The cars are getting on for 10 years old now and the rear dampers have a shockingly short life.

If you change to DS2500s bought from Fred @ BTM then you won't get much squeal.

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Sunday 8th December 2013
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Cooksport Springs by Simon_89, on Flickr


Cooksport Springs by Simon_89, on Flickr


Cooksport Springs by Simon_89, on Flickr

Arrived biggrin

5678

6,146 posts

226 months

Monday 9th December 2013
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Nice!

Make sure you fit new dampers and some camber bolts at the same time. Will save you on labour and geo setup costs.

Dampers are around £45 each, bolts around £20. Pm me If you want the details of a friendly Renault parts man wink

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Monday 9th December 2013
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At the moment I'm just going to fit the suspension with fresh top mounts, I don't really have the spare money to buy new dampers too.

Labour won't be a problem, I will be fitting the suspension either during the week or next weekend so can't wait biggrin

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Saturday 21st December 2013
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"Before" shot of the ride height:



Bolts out, springs dropped out:


New vs Old:






Fronts needed bullying with plusgas and rattle gun, didn't take long though - also must have got the car under 1000kgs with all of the crud I chiseled off the bolts...



I was nervous about us not being able to undo these, but they pretty much just fell off when we touched them...



Cruddy...



New vs Old top mount bearing:



Shiney shiney...



And the after shot, the spring you can see in front of the car is not a part we forgot to put back in... I don't think.



Car felt fine from the test run, no creaks rattles or bangs - but my 4000 mile old Continentals have been knackered on the inside edge, so I definitely need to sort the alignment out before the Xmas closure and potentially look at replacing 2 CS3 tyres I reckon frown

PinetreePT

8 posts

124 months

Thursday 26th December 2013
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It looks even better with these new springs!

MrsThatcher

3,648 posts

194 months

Thursday 26th December 2013
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Nice 182!

If you're in the south east take it to Mark Fish and get him to set it up properly.

Mark did mine and it felt like a different car after. Also my steering wheel is bang on straight (something nobody else managed to do!) and my tyres have worn equally. They always worn on the inside edge before.

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Thursday 26th December 2013
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Thanks guys, subsequently the ride is a bit stiffer but the car is so much flatter through the corners, really gives you confidence.

I got the tracking done on Monday evening, the half toe was miles out on either side and it's all back to manufacturer settings smile

Simon182

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131 posts

126 months

Friday 4th April 2014
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Untitled by Simon_89, on Flickr


Untitled by Simon_89, on Flickr

As you can see the exhaust has cracked where it enters the rear silencer, ironically the plate that is meant to strengthen the pipe has also come off. Luckily the garage I went to knows someone who can weld stainless steel and are charging me £15 for having it welded up.


Untitled by Simon_89, on Flickr

I also need to get my centre section sorted as it seems to put my cat at a funny angle and I think it is causing it to blow slightly from the cat/manifold joint