Artic Blime 182
I decided to do some changes to the 182 as i have now owned it since January and i was getting a bit bored of always having the standard 182 at the meets :dapprove:
I purchased a Yozza Sport exhaust a month ago and it had been sat in my room for about a week collecting dust (i have been doing assignments for college) so i decided it needed to be fitted this weekend.
For some reason i didnt actually take many picture of the under car when the work was being done.
This is the first time i have done anything big ish to any car i have owned so it was very much trial and error.
This is the 182 before any work was carried out:
I can honestly say i have never been under the car before and i didnt own any axel stands.
For some reason i have been a lil scared of jacking the car up :S but up she went:
I thought it would look a lot lower at the font than this with the rear on the stands:
Does look mean though :approve:
I managed to get so far (not very far at all) and then i needed an extra set of hands, so Ste came to the rescue (Ste01):
Followed shortly by Liam (Camble):
The house then started to look like a pit stop:
Liam's 1.2 16v:
Ste's 197:
I only managed to get the bracket that holds the cat and centre pipe together off (took ages) and some of the bolts, supports etc. I was determined to get the exhaust off in one. This is Ste telling me it isnt possible as it is:
Think we spent 20+ minutes trying to find a solution to get it off in one, by this point Liam had got bored and was on a mission of his own....... to create a 1.2 bumble bee!
More pics of his progress:
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=435090
We then decided the only way off was to cut it off :dapprove: Ste again jumping to do the work:
Me and my brother taking turns to get our hands burnt whilst Ste cut away (this is my lil brother on his go)
I was waiting for it to go bang!
Still unable to get the exhaust off even when we cut it my dad came to the rescue and started removing the heat shield's:
Eventually we got the new exhaust on (then Ste and Liam had to leave):
It was leaking from the centre and just before the back box but this was solved by tightening it up. This is what it looks like now:
I am happy with the exhaust but i want it to sit better in the centre, i tried tonight but i think i will need new brackets (with the rubber x's) as the x's have started to give way and i may need to bend the arms. I will do this when i have the new brackets.
After seeing Ste's blue indicators i decided to invest in some of my own:
My next cheap mods will be either carbon diamonds or anthracite grey diamonds and artic blue bullets with athracite grey writing. I am unsure as to what colour i want to paint my calipers blue or red, i am concidering going for something a bit wilder like alien green or orange but dont know how they will go? Dont really want to go down the yellow and blue or white and blue road as these have been done although i do like them. Its more than likely everything has been done now.
What i am saving for next to install are: ITG panel filter, polished inlet, re-map, upgraded brakes, coilovers, a few carbon bits.
Thanks for reading the thread and if there is any advice you can give me or comments etc please do.
A big thanks to Ste01 and Camble for all their help
Steve
I purchased a Yozza Sport exhaust a month ago and it had been sat in my room for about a week collecting dust (i have been doing assignments for college) so i decided it needed to be fitted this weekend.
For some reason i didnt actually take many picture of the under car when the work was being done.
This is the first time i have done anything big ish to any car i have owned so it was very much trial and error.This is the 182 before any work was carried out:
I can honestly say i have never been under the car before and i didnt own any axel stands.
For some reason i have been a lil scared of jacking the car up :S but up she went:
I thought it would look a lot lower at the font than this with the rear on the stands:
Does look mean though :approve:
I managed to get so far (not very far at all) and then i needed an extra set of hands, so Ste came to the rescue (Ste01):
Followed shortly by Liam (Camble):
The house then started to look like a pit stop:
Liam's 1.2 16v:
Ste's 197:
I only managed to get the bracket that holds the cat and centre pipe together off (took ages) and some of the bolts, supports etc. I was determined to get the exhaust off in one. This is Ste telling me it isnt possible as it is:
Think we spent 20+ minutes trying to find a solution to get it off in one, by this point Liam had got bored and was on a mission of his own....... to create a 1.2 bumble bee!
More pics of his progress:
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=435090
We then decided the only way off was to cut it off :dapprove: Ste again jumping to do the work:
Me and my brother taking turns to get our hands burnt whilst Ste cut away (this is my lil brother on his go)
I was waiting for it to go bang!
Still unable to get the exhaust off even when we cut it my dad came to the rescue and started removing the heat shield's:
Eventually we got the new exhaust on (then Ste and Liam had to leave):
It was leaking from the centre and just before the back box but this was solved by tightening it up. This is what it looks like now:
I am happy with the exhaust but i want it to sit better in the centre, i tried tonight but i think i will need new brackets (with the rubber x's) as the x's have started to give way and i may need to bend the arms. I will do this when i have the new brackets.
After seeing Ste's blue indicators i decided to invest in some of my own:
My next cheap mods will be either carbon diamonds or anthracite grey diamonds and artic blue bullets with athracite grey writing. I am unsure as to what colour i want to paint my calipers blue or red, i am concidering going for something a bit wilder like alien green or orange but dont know how they will go? Dont really want to go down the yellow and blue or white and blue road as these have been done although i do like them. Its more than likely everything has been done now.
What i am saving for next to install are: ITG panel filter, polished inlet, re-map, upgraded brakes, coilovers, a few carbon bits.
Thanks for reading the thread and if there is any advice you can give me or comments etc please do.
A big thanks to Ste01 and Camble for all their help
Steve
