# My Official Diary Of Ownership - 172 Flamer #

[Piers.]

Hello!

Think this could be a 1st, not 100% on that though. but i got thinking, i want to make a diary of my ownership of my 172. i think it would help when i come to re-sell the car etc etc and is sort of a more personal project thread.

It will contain updates every 2weeks (minimum) of things like..
-good driving trips/meets/photoshoots,
-having abit of fun with other cars,
-updates on moding the car,
-milage / milage done since last / services / running costs
-etc etc...

Unfortunatly i have already owned the car four months since purchase but better late than never!

so here goes, Firstly i should introduce myself properly as i never actually did when i 1st joined the club and have been on here a while now. lol!

My name is Piers, i am 20 and i live in Carlisle, below is a pic of me on the right and my better half on the left!


and here is my 172 as i 1st got it standard!


When i got it in Dec it had 48,000 miles on the clock it is a 2002 model and was in mint condition mainly standard apart from a load of stickerd and private plate and stealth exhaust.. always serviced before it was due and passed every MOT so had a very healthy past which i was happy about i bought her for 3,600quid after a good haggling down of 600quid! lol so was chuffed about that!

It also came with some dyno tested papers. says it i producing 147.6hp at the wheels which i was again chuffed with as some produce as little as 130hp at the fly.




Below is a quick summary of the last four months of ownership!

Over the last four months i have coverd another 5000 miles which brings it to 53.000miles. i got the cambelt and aux service done ASAP as they hadent been done and were due (hence the price) i got that done on the cheap from a friend in newcastle (renault technition!). i bought the parts direct through my uncle who works high up in renault so got a great discount. ended up only paying 300 for the major service and stampd . some people pay over 600!!!

The 1st mod i did which was in Jan. was buy a CF Splitter from Ktec. here she is with that!


here is a pic of my 1st photoshoot i had with my friend when i 1st attached the splitter. his clio is a 1.5dci with my old 1.4clios 17" alloys on lol


this one is a couple weeks later with my cuzin and his Alfa 147 GTA.. Shexy!!


i have a couple good run out in my flamer with my cuz. around the lakes.


Unfortuatly when the snowy/icy weather came along a week after the above photoshoot with my cuz i has a very minor accident. was only doing 20mph in very bad conditions coming home from my gf house (blizzard!! lol) and was coming down a hill / corner and car decides not to turn due to heavy ice and snow and goes of into some snow and grass (luckly nothing harder) and i broke the splitter!! crack the bumper, was gutted!! heres a pic of the damage



the bad weather!!


so this was a major pain in the arse! removed what was left of the splitter and got the bumper plastic welded were the splits and cracks are so look much better! hardly noticable! decided not to take it to a body shop as i will want to respray it in the future due to stone chips and would get it done all in one at a later date, as its not really noticable there is much point!
after fixing that problem, both my xenons went out. a good friend one here helped me out with that problem. he found out it was both ballast units had got f**ked due to corrosion. water had got into the headlights and f**ked the ballast units so i bought 2 second hand off of here for 50quid. renault quoted me 310 to fix one headlight (ballast unit and labour work!) so got quite a bargain since casson182 fitted them for me before fitting them i dried them out good and proper before re-fitting them to prevent this in the future, so far so good! working perfect! here she was once fixed



next event on the list was i decided to colour code my bullets flame red! here is how they turned out. (still want to paint the lettering white mind but we will come to that later!)



then next on the list was clear side repeaters and silva techs all round! nicked the clear repeaters off my dads 1.4 (simple swap, he will never know! lol) and bought silva techs from ktec





next was i wanted a small ariel. so i went to the local area in carlisle that has all the car garages and found a C2 VTS whic a tiny ariel. went into the dealer and orderd one. cost me 3.82 and arrived in 2 days. some people say signel is s**t but i have not had any trouble and mostly listen to cd/iphone so dont care lol.. here it is..



next was i did abit of diy on the interior. resprays the interioir trim flame red to match the car i like it but u guys may not!



just for the record. i clean my car everyother day or every weekend if i work away with work. includes, rinse,wash,clay,polish,wash,wax,hoover,wipe down interior ..not all of those steps are taken as they only need doing every month or so ...are the products i work with..


since that pic i now have zymol car wash and autoglym polish




....so thats the brief summary of whats happend and what i have done to the car so far!
i have just bought some special limited edition Ex Clio Cup Magnesium Alloys which weigh in at 4.5kg a piece. will make a huge weight saving once fitted. will upload pics as soon as they arrive!!


thanks for veiwing, watch this space. updates soon! injoy!!

[leeds_182]

Your bird looks tidy.

[Chrisjk]

147 hp at the fly?? Seems down on power to me.

[Piers.]

Your bird looks tidy.

Yea she is, thanks

[Piers.]

147 hp at the fly?? Seems down on power to me.

Aaahhh fak! Will have to get a mod t change it, I ment at the wheels

[Fletcher]

Nice flamer.

[maynard]

Your bird looks tidy.

i wondered how long it would take for someone to say that.

your car is cleeaaannn!

[fUbAr]

Aaahhh fak! Will have to get a mod t change it, I ment at the wheels

done.

Nice ride!

[gally]

Lovely mate, really nice car and lovely girl.
Love the flamer!
Any amphasite coming into the wheels or badges?

[koi]

nice rides

[Piers.]

done.

Nice ride!

thanks m8

Lovely mate, really nice car and lovely girl.
Love the flamer!
Any amphasite coming into the wheels or badges?

again thanks well the new Magnesuim OZ F1s im getting are coming in white... not sure how those will look on the flamer as i have never seen one wearing white wheels if they look turd i will respray them as i originaly wanted to amphasite but we will see how it looks first.

unfortunatly wheels wont be coming until next week now just had the news off the guy im buying them off .


..again thanks for all the positive comments.

[jesus]

Nice little diary you got there look forward to the updates.

[scott1205]

yer smart car love the painting in side looks mint

looking 4ward to seeing the new wheels

[D4N13L]

Looks sweet.

Got any pics of the mag wheels?

[AK]

Good write up!

Get a few more pics/vids of the other half up tho

[Piers.]

Nice little diary you got there look forward to the updates.

yer smart car love the painting in side looks mint

looking 4ward to seeing the new wheels

Looks sweet.

Got any pics of the mag wheels?

thanks guys chuffed with comments ...yess i have pics of the wheels but wont be showing them until i take my own pics of the wheels when i take them out the box the day they arrive, which will unfortunatly be next friday will then take pics as soon as they are fitted though, either on the following sat or sun lol. cant wait.. really cant!

Good write up!

Get a few more pics/vids of the other half up tho

ahahaha! for my eyes only sorry.

[Mike_08]

mint looking motor

[Mark One]

corrr nice mrs. Lovely lookin motor.

[Brett]

Your bird looks tidy.

PMSL Your only comment on the entire thread is that.

The car looks sport on mate, very tidy indeed.

[Piers.]

# My Official Diary Of Ownership - 172 Flamer # UPDATE ! #

Sine today was such a beautiful day and my better half was at work all day i thought i would do some prep for when my wheels arrive this weekend coming. i decided to paint my calipers red (i think this will go well behind the white wheels) unfortunatly i only managed to get the front ones done as i wouldnt have time to let the rear ones dry in time (i have to drop some1 off later on) so i will do them next weekend when i replace the wheels.

i also painted the 2.0 16V bullet lettering white. i also think this will suit for when the wheels are fitted. but for the time being i still think its an improvement!! below are a couple pics of the result of how the car is now.





hope you like!