mintno1's Ph1 172 & Ph2 172 Cup Progress Thread

[182_steve]

Great stuff with the MOT mate!

 

[mintno1]

Great stuff with the MOT mate!

Cheers Steve, have owned it for about 2 1/2 months so not too bad considering what it looked like when it arrived :up:

 

[Clio_fool]

Great work getting the ticket on it. Considering what you started with its a great transformation.

 

[182_steve]

Cheers Steve, have owned it for about 2 1/2 months so not too bad considering what it looked like when it arrived :up:

Couldn't agree more buddy, you've brought it a long way very quickly. Saved it to be honest

Great work getting the ticket on it. Considering what you started with its a great transformation.

Agreed :up:

 

[mintno1]

Great work getting the ticket on it. Considering what you started with its a great transformation.

Couldn't agree more buddy, you've brought it a long way very quickly. Saved it to be honest
Agreed :up:

It's been worth it I think, will tell you once I have driven it for a few weeks and see what happens 😂

 

[Jekyll]

Happy days Gareth!

 

[mintno1]

Happy days Gareth!

Cheers Mark, just got to collect it from Alex's now and drive it, not sure that going to happen till end of this week which is a bit of a pain :down:

 

[mintno1]

Picked the cup up tonight and managed a quick spin in the countryside, exhaust not fitted yet but hopefully this weekend with a bit of luck :up:

 

[182_steve]

That looks very smart, at that angle and in that light the blue wheels actually look really cool!!

 

[mintno1]

That looks very smart, at that angle and in that light the blue wheels actually look really cool!!

I do quite like them but they will be being swapped shortly, still need to sort out some tyres for the silver ones I have to go on :up:

 

[Christopher]

Cheers, it's getting there :up: loving yours, would love a Storm Grey 200

Thanks mate.
Great news that it passed! When you look back to the condition that you bought it in, it's amazing!

 

[mintno1]

Thanks mate.
Great news that it passed! When you look back to the condition that you bought it in, it's amazing!

Cheers Chris, even though I knew the work we had done getting the MOT was a great moment I kept thinking I wonder if we forgot something especially with what it looked like when it arrived 😂

 

[MrBlonde]

Nice work mate :up:

Not sure if i asked before but you coming to the Forum weekend in Aug?.

 

[mintno1]

Nice work mate :up:
Not sure if i asked before but you coming to the Forum weekend in Aug?.

Cheers Steve, don't think I have seen anything about the forum weekend, will have a look in the meet section and see if I can make it :up:

 

[MrBlonde]

Well i mean the clio festival mate at blython park .

http://www.cliosport.net/forums/cliosport-festival-2017.262/

 

[mintno1]

Quick pic after a wash earlier, not a lot else has happened other than driving it for the last week :up:

 

[Jekyll]

This is wonderful.

Next time your round Alex's give me a shout and I'll try and pop over too.

 

[mintno1]

This is wonderful.
Next time your round Alex's give me a shout and I'll try and pop over too.

Definitely good to get it on the road, will shout when I am over that way, exhaust will be going on when I am :up:

 

[mintno1]

Couple of pics after another wash earlier, not a lot else has happened other than put a different speed sensor in the gearbox as the other one was playing up, needed the code for the radio and checked the top mounts as had an occasional knock from front passenger side, not sure have fixed it but made it better so far :smile:

Plans next are to fit Ph1 gearbox as the gearbox currently crunching in to 5th, not all the time but can't see it getting any better 😂 will also fit a new clutch at the same time and fit the PMS exhaust which is currently still in my office! Also still need to get some tyres for the silver f1's and get them fitted. Hopefully that will all get done in next 2/3 weeks then after that we'll see what happens :up: hope everyone has had a good weekend!

 

[MrBlonde]

Nice work so far mate well done

 

[Coops Mk1]

so glad you saved this, nice motor now

 

[182_steve]

^^ agreed! This is looking better and better everytime you post new pics

 

[mintno1]

Nice work so far mate well done

It's getting there, my to do list feels like it's getting longer :smile:

so glad you saved this, nice motor now :smile:

Cheers, have some other things I want to do just have to figure out in what order

^^ agreed! This is looking better and better everytime you post new pics

Cheers Steve, that's what 2 weekends of cleaning looks like 😂

 

[MrBlonde]

Haha yeah theres always something you find to do after you have finished one thing.

 

[mintno1]

Haha yeah theres always something you find to do after you have finished one thing.

It's a dangerous thing it's turning into an obsession 😂

 

[mintno1]

Just a small update, did 200 miles in her yesterday all the way to Southwold and Aldeburgh for a day at the seaside with the family, no issues and managed to pick the Ph1 gearbox up as well (thanks again @rsdan) on the way there, would have been rude not too :smile: now just have to organise getting fitted hopefully in the next week or two :up:

 

[dann2707]

This looks absolutely fantastic. I really want a cup

 

[mintno1]

This looks absolutely fantastic. I really want a cup 😧

I'll do you a swap 😂 once yours has been mapped :up:

 

[imprezaworks]

Yep very nice

 

[182_steve]

Very nice indeed, familiar back drop for the photos too near the Adnams brewery :up:

 

[MrBlonde]

Nice work mate,be good to see once the other wheels go on.

Little hi jack,but i went to southwold a couple of months ago to,great sea side town & took a pic of course!

 

[mintno1]

Yep very nice

:up:

Very nice indeed, familiar back drop for the photos too near the Adnams brewery :up:

We got to Aldeburgh later on in the day so managed to park there, fish and chips were needed for the drive back :smile:

Nice work mate,be good to see once the other wheels go on.
Little hi jack,but i went to southwold a couple of months ago to,great sea side town & took a pic of course!
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You have to have a pic :smile: wheels should go on at the same time as the gearbox/clutch/exhaust all being well, can't decide whether to keep them silver or try something a bit different, the blue has grown on me but not that colour maybe something else, I can't decide!!

 

[MrBlonde]

Personally I would change the colour mate,are you putting back on OZ F1's,just in a different colour?

 

[mintno1]

Personally I would change the colour mate,are you putting back on OZ F1's,just in a different colour?

Yes have another set of Oz F1's to go on just need to sort tyres out, they are currently silver and in reasonably good condition, would need a refurb to make them immaculate, I think the silver will look good just trying to decide whether to get them refurbed and possibly change colour, will make a decision probably when I have organised the tyres

 

[dann2707]

I'll do you a swap 😂 once yours has been mapped :up:

Never going to happen (not the swap, the properly mapped thing) haha

 

[mintno1]

Never going to happen (not the swap, the properly mapped thing) haha

Haha looking forward to seeing what it makes once you get it back for mapping :up:

 

[182_steve]

I think the freshly re-furbed silver wheels will look awesome on it, very oem :up: BUT......... those blue wheels do kinda look cool, oooh choices choices!!

 

[mintno1]

Weekend started with blue wheels and ended with silver and the car had a wash :smile: went for Michelin Pilot Sport 3's got 4 fitted for £240 and they swapped the wheels over for me as well which was good, saved me doing it at the side of the road :up:

Have also added a new clutch and gearbox oil to go with the other parts that I have collected and all being well will all be fitted in a couple of weeks

 

[182_steve]

Yeah your right, silver was 100% the right choice :up::up: looks great and very oem+ now the car......... I was half expecting to see this post as saw the blue ones for sale on the facebook group earlier!

Very good price for the PS3's too, was going to say cheaper than mine but of course the 15's make a difference don't they

 

[imprezaworks]

Yep looks great