Tom’s 55 ‘RB 182’

[Ben]

Lovely colour mate.

 

[Ol’ Tarby]

Tidy as f**k!

 

[Cerrone]

Has it put you off getting a ph1 mate haha? :tonguewink:

It’s not put me off getting a ph1, it’s put me off selling the 182 tho! See what’s comes about in the next 12months!

 

[Supernova]

Very nice Tom

Have you thought about letting andy greer give it a once over ?🙈

 

[Mr Plums]

Very nice Tom

Have you thought about letting andy greer give it a once over ?🙈

Hahaha, yes mate and then i was going to pay him with a few Barnsley kisses.

 

[182_steve]

Always looks so smart when buffed up this colour, as you said bud, looks a cracking example this. A great buy indeed!

 

[Mr Plums]

Cheers bluds.

 

[182_steve]

All good in the hood!

 

[Jekyll]

As others have said, looks ace mate :up:

 

[STALLED]

Looking great!
What sealant did you use by chance?

 

[t90_lle]

Looks great mate!!

 

[Mr Plums]

Looking great! :smiley:
What sealant did you use by chance?

I ussd autoglym egp on the paint and on the wheels i used autoglym wheel sealant, i am proper happy with how they worked on rb and the cup alloys, those products have really made the colours pop, and the wheel sealant looks like the wheels have had a new coat of lacquer applied, awesome!

 

[imprezaworks]

Egp another oldie but good one.

 

[Clio_fool]

Wow that looks great Tom. I'll have had my clio 2 years in March and it'd still only had half a polish [emoji23].

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

That looks really good!

 

[Jekyll]

Stop changing your name ffs, it gets confusing!!

 

[leedsboy]

Stop changing your name ffs, it gets confusing!!

Haha, he has many different aliases.

Car's looking slick Thomas.

 

[imprezaworks]

This is sober Thomas alias

 

[Mr Plums]

Hahaha cheers everyone :up:

I bought a few bits and bobs today, a new cabin filter, it definitely needed changing!

I also fitted a new thermostat as the temperature needle used to move slightly from just above half to just below half, now its bang on and doesnt move when its up to temp.

I noticed on the mot advisory it needed a new bottom ball joint, so i bought a new one but i didnt have time to fit that.

I also like the new car smelly trees and noticed that they do a rubber one now in RB to match the car

I wasnt 100% happy with the exhaust tips, so i got myself the trusty old autosol..

and now im more happy with them, although they still arnt 100%, ill finish them off tomorrow.

I also started polishing the aircon pipes but got bored, so ill finish them off tomorrow too haha.

 

[BoatNonce]

There is nothing more satisfying than getting the autosol out and polishing the living hell out of your tip.

 

[Mr Plums]

There is nothing more satisfying than getting the autosol out and polishing the living hell out of your tip.

Haha, youre right mate, and when you finally buff it off with a clean microfibre and they go all slippery and shiny i feel rate good abart misen :tongueclosed:

Theres a few stubborn bits around the rim that are taking abit of shifting, and i was starting to get w*****s cramp so ill tackle them again tomorrow.

 

[Jekyll]

I've ever done my carbon filter, although I've been saying I'll change it for nearly 2 years!!

Have you got RB trainers?

 

[Mr Plums]

I've ever done my carbon filter, although I've been saying I'll change it for nearly 2 years!!

Have you got RB trainers?

I have mate yes, adidas racing blue 3 stripes ‘with a twist’

 

[dann2707]

Wow. Unbelievably shiny.

 

[Mr Plums]

Im going to renault/nissan in a moment to pick up 5l of type d coolant and a oem oil filter but they havnt got any elf oil only nissan equivalent, theres a halfords and a eurocarparts nearby, any recommendations on oil please from halfords or euro, or will the nissan oem 5w 40 fully synth be suitable?

 

[imprezaworks]

I used the Nissan stuff in mine after getting it off Carl.

 

[Mr Plums]

Ill get that fukit :smile:

Is it decent stuff anyone? Or halfords or ecp be a better choice?

 

[imprezaworks]

Like your style

 

[Mr Plums]

Struggling to get the filter off! b*****d thing!

 

[imprezaworks]

Turning it the right way?

 

[Jekyll]

No, he's just a weed.

 

[Coops Mk1]

coilover adjustment spanner is my weapon of choice to grip it, works well. then hammer if required for a bit of persuasion

 

[Stay Puft]

Do what i did and rip an injector!

The tool I bought was shite, ended up hitting it loose with a screwdriver.

 

[leedsboy]

Bang a screwdriver in it, ya wuss.

 

[Mr Plums]

Haha, i ended up buying a tool for £5.99 from my local car parts store and it took about 3 seconds to remove, Mint!

Anyway, earlier today i picked up 5litre of renault type D coolant, 5litre of 5w 40 oil and and an oem oil filter/sump plug washer from nissan/renault, unfortunately they didnt do the elf oil, only nissan so i opted for this, its got to be decent stuff being from a main dealer..

The oil change was straight forward(apart from removing the filter, but the coolant change was a bit of a b*****d removing the bottom hose etc, i also let it idle for about ten mins and when the fan kicked in it gobbled loads of f**king coolant and i only had a bit left so i had to top it up with water to max, so you do need more than 5litre if you dont want to add a smidge of water.

Looks nice tho, and i did top it up to the max line after i had finished...

Heres a small list of what i will be doing in the near future..

.A new windscreen(stonechip bugs me)

.Fit my bottom ball joint

.Polybush dogbone

.Powerflex engine mount

.Decat

.Rs tuner/efi map

.New pads/discs all round + fluid

.Maybe a steering wheel refurb



Thats it, the car is brilliant i absolutely love it, its high mileage at 118k, but it feels a lot more tight than my arctic did.

 

[imprezaworks]

If your going to decat it get it live mapped.

 

[Coops Mk1]

118k is not high mileage ;-)

 

[182_steve]

Nice progress, surely the Nissan oil would be the same stuff anyway just with a different label if the dealership does both makes? If that makes sense!

 

[dann2707]

Please can you add to your list to stop changing your f**king username! Xx

 

[Mr Plums]

Please can you add to your list to stop changing your f**king username! Xx

Hahahaha, im a changed man, im now sophistically sensible.